My Website Build Process with the Client from Start to Finish [+ FREE DOWNLOADS]
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I'm David, a search specialist and beginner CZcamsr from Orange County, CA. I help people grow using automation, optimization, and first-principles thinking.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - 01:51 Intro
01:51 - 06:23 Starter Kit + Deposit
06:24 - 11:19 Revision (Major)
11:20 - 13:53 Revision (Minor)
13:54 - 19:59 Final Payment + Launch + Training
20:00 - 23:03 Anomalies
This is gold! It is so hard to find this content online especially on CZcams. Very helpful video for squarespace designers who are new to this whole process. Thanks for help!
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It's the details (like email titles) that you give which are so valuable! Thank you!!
This was so helpful! Thank you!!
you killed this very informative!
Thanks brother! I look forward to learning from you!
Your videos are absolutely brilliant, so helpful for a fellow Squarespace designer! Thank you!
Let's gooo! Amazing! If you have 1 minute to fill out this survey, it will help us create BETTER content for you in the future: forms.gle/yF7K6oj7EFZNv9jH7
Excellent break down for all skill levels. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
These videos have helped me update my website so much! I have been contemplating adding Website building to my services and I think this video confirmed it for me!
Let's go Allie! That is amazing :)
Wow good explanation thank you 🤩
Loved the step by step and detailed explanations of each step! Subbed :)
Awwww, incredible !! 👍🏽
Thank you so much, I'm subscribing 😀
This was soooo helpful!! Thank you for making this video!!
Glad it was helpful, Amy! :) You should def. check out our community launchhappy.co/community
great job david you were clear and to the point
Let’s go!! :)
Thank you so much for this!
You're so welcome Amanda!
PS. You may be get a ton of value from this: We are launching a Squarespace Community for 🚀 aspiring freelance Squarespace designers AND 💻 entrepreneurs using Squarespace. This is going to be the most encouraging community and best talent network! Don't miss out! Sign up here to stay up to date on the launch: launchhappy.co/coaching
Great stuff, really enjoyed this, lots of things I found useful.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video thank you
this was super helpful, thank you!
You're so welcome!
Thanks 🙏🏼
Best video ever. thank you
Glad you liked it!
I just got my first client! Thanks for the guidance!
Lesssssgo!!!! Such great news. Ask questions along the way. You are not alone :)
thank you for this!!!!
You're so welcome!
Great video! Love the tip about creating a doc for revisions. I am drowning in emails 🤣 Thanks!
Lolol, anything to get out of email is worth it. 🙌🙌
I got to the end and I appreciate your breakdown! I've just begun to venture I to building websites again and I chose squarspace bc I was the most familiar with it, and you've clarified that it doesn't make me any less of a designer to use this platform and you're helping me establish systems to make this run smoothly and help grow my business. Many thanks!
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@@meetdavidalex done! ✔️
Thanks Alex. Well explained thank you. Greetings from James J in Limerick city Ireland 🇮🇪.
Glad it was helpful!
Pure Value! I just wanted to clarify; in the end, you were talking bout the site migration, right? If yes, then could you make a tutorial bout it?
I've learned from others to absolutely have a signed agreement so the client can't try to chargeback later. I knew someone who did not have a signed contract/agreement and the day after the handoff, the client did a PP chargeback and the developer lost $5k in the dispute.
Love your videos, new subscriber here! Quick Question: i got that you use "website" for a password but what do you use for the email? The clients email? Squarespace doesn't let you build multiple sites on one account do they?
And do you build their website on a Squarespaces free trial? Or do you pay for the site at the beginning?
You truly went above & beyond in this video and it is massively appreciated.
I've unfortunately been giving my clients early access in order to build some items on the website. Like adding in product listings or subscriptions, I need their payment methods & an actual Squarespace subscription correct? I thought I had limited abilities on the free trial. Am I missing something? Are you adding in eCommerce/product listings during the (6 month) free trial somehow or covering their subscription until you are ready to transfer ownership?
Thank you so much for your time & insight.
You are so kind! Yeah, you can add in basically anything content-wise on the subscription. If you haven't become a Squarespace Circle member, I'd recommend doing that as soon as possible! You may be get a ton of value from this: We are launching a Squarespace Community for 🚀 aspiring freelance Squarespace designers AND 💻 entrepreneurs using Squarespace. This is going to be the most encouraging community and best talent network! Don't miss out! Sign up here to stay up to date on the launch: launchhappy.co/coaching
What a great video! I was just wondering, do i create all my clients wp account in my own wp account? Or i need to create unique ones for each of them? Im kinda lost with this part!
Thank you so much for your help 😊
Awesome advice thank you, worth a subscription 👍. One question please as I’m just starting out…… do you or your client pay for domain to get project started ?
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Hi david, loved the video. That tip with loom was great! I have a question tho. Say im building a wordpress website for a client, for example a website for their coffeshop. Do you think is it better to show them few themes which i think would fit their needs and let them pick one(for some reason it feels unprofessional to me), or should i choose theme myself, risking they wont like it at all and loosing a lot of progress ? Thank you in advance for your insight !
Great question Jakub! In my starter questionnaire - I'll ask the client 2 questions:
1. Send me 1-3 websites for inspiration. Sites you want to emulate - and if there are speciific things you like about the site, let me know!
2. Take a look at the Squarespace templates, send me 1-2 names that really stick out to you.
These 2 questions can save you sooooo much time! First, it lets you really know what the client actually wants. If everything they send you is different, then they don't know. If everything they send you is similiar, you have a sure fire win. If they send you huge websites like Nike or Amazon, the expectations are unrealistic. These two questions will save you so much effort!
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Hey David, love your videos :D! You've helped me so much already. I am struggling a bit with the process of connecting the site to an already existing domain owned by my customers (btw I am a designer). The few times I had to do it I always had the client give me their login details to (for example) ionos and then connected the site to their domain. I always felt weird asking my clients for log in details. Do you know if there's another way to do this? Or is this okay and a good way to do it? Thank you son much for your amazing work!!!
Do you have any videos explaining the process you speak about at around 17:20? How do you make the domain but not pay for it until you hand it over?
David, thanks so much for this in depth process explainer! It's super helpful!👏Quick Question! I've been using Wordpress to create websites however I've been wanting to switch over to SquareSpace, BUT I'm unsure of how to go about starting a website for a client on SS seeing as SS only offers a 14 day trail. Do I use the deposit I receive from the client to create an account / pay the first month of the plan while working on the SS site and then once the design is approved and I've received the final payment, I then transfer the ownership to the client and have them update the billing info so that all future payments are billed to them? I know you've mentioned the SS Circle Member in one of your videos, however I've never created a website on SS before so I don't think that option would work for me right now. OR do you have the client create a SS account which would then have their billing info and then you log in and design from there. Going this route, is it not risky? As they’d have access and could potentially not pay you at the end? Hope that makes sense!
Makes complete sense. My recommendation is to become a circle member asap. It's too risky like you said to do it through their account. If you are getting paid well, it should only cost you around $50 to get started. Also you can email me and I can start the site for.you and you will get six months out the gate hello@launchhappy.co
Hi David, Love your videos! Would you share what is the proposal tool that you use? Or, could you recommend such a tool? Thanks.
Sure thing! YES, I LOVE Prospero - super easy and quick to get setup: www.goprospero.com/?affiliate=KuHvn9Qt4gvH6mqL6
Thank you for this!! Quick question, when you are creating the website do you use their email address for the login? Creating their own account?
Hi Leah! I always use my own account as a Squarespace Circle Member, you get a 6m subscription. This video may help: czcams.com/video/GAIeLFGLGcQ/video.html and this: czcams.com/video/7ZIbuspqMhs/video.html
Do you use notion for your process with clients? If so can you do a how to setup for it
Currently don't use Notion to manage clients. Great idea tho!
can you tell more about the transionining domain, this is the part where i get stuck, how to move their domain to the new website.
This resource talks all through moving a domain/etc and understanding it! launchhappy.co/domain-kit
how does a client give me access to the website after paying their monthly subscription on square space? Wouldn't they have access to take me off admin?
In relation to final payment, are you utilizing the client's payment method to purchase the CMS, domain, and hosting platform? That way in the future you only have to provide them with a user id and password to the hosting site? I'm new at this.
Yes! I never use my card for their site! :) definitely spend time in my content for guidance on this. I have a lot of videos on these types of things
I looked at your Discovery Call Questionnaire and wanted to know what you do in the situation of a client telling you they don’t have a logo, colors, or fonts. Do you create that yourself? If so, how and what program do you use? Or, do you outsource that to someone else? Do you charge the client for that? If so, how much? I want to design Squarespace sites and can only make very standard logos on Canva and I have limited experience with their colors and fonts. My concern is that if I decided to take care of these items myself that the client won’t like them or that I won’t know how to execute the type of logo they’re wanting on Canva since I’m not professionally trained in graphic design. Thanks for your help and for such an informative video for us newbies on the block!
Hi Rosemary! I came across your comment and thought I'd answer what I do.
This is a great opportunity to connect with a brand designer. Branding is not my jam, so I like to refer clients to brand designers I've worked with and trust (they pay for this on their own). This way, when they get website design inquiries, I'm top-of-mind and they'll likely refer them to me for their project. 😉
I highly recommend building a network of referrals for this type of stuff (branding, copywriting, etc.). It will build great working relationships and not make you feel like you need to do it all.
Good luck in your new design business!
Hi David,
Thankyou for all the information!! I have a question how and when do the clients pay for the squarespace site? When you start do you pay the first month or how does that work?
🙌 Great question: watch this: czcams.com/video/7ZIbuspqMhs/video.html
@@meetdavidalex thankyou!!!!
Hey David just wanted to ask if you’re not paying for the clients site. How are you getting time to edit the website if you pass the 14 day trial plus the extra 7 days?
My full answer: czcams.com/video/7ZIbuspqMhs/video.html :)
Looking for the Starter Kit video on the channel, cant seem to find it
which one? :) Digital products are here: go.davidalex.com/products
Thought you had a video regarding Starter Kits for website build projects, which includes items like the pricing, turn around time, content needed like text and images, mentioned in the very beginning of the video
Just starting a design business. If you are adding social media to a site, do you ask for the clients login info or do you explain how they can do it themselves on the zoom call?
Great question - I show them how to do it on a zoom call - I try to avoid ever getting client logins (as much as possible!).
@@meetdavidalex thank you!
I would really like to know how do you take credit/ debit credentials and email credentials from client while making website and purchasing domain. will be waiting for your reply!
I don't take them - ever. :) Or, I avoid it as much as possible. I never make purchases on behalf of clients. I may take their domain registrar login but even then, that's limited.
Do you have any recommendations for how to charge clients if I am the one coming up with content in addition to building the website?
Hey! I'm going to make a video on this soon - but at the moment, I'd say: It depends. Each client is different and depends how much content you are writing. I would imagine it would be about 1/3 the price of the project. So if the website build is $3k, I'd charge around $1k for the content.
@@meetdavidalex this is great! I just watched this video after your ‘web designer or graphic designer’ video and I realized my last client I did everything for them. Moving forward I dont know how to properly Cale my pricing. Would love a video on this - thanks for all your content!
@@virginiapricemomma Send me more details :) I'd love to understand what you did do for the client and a general price range the client paid. I understand this situation well!!!