For any business owner holding a website quote they cannot evaluate
Answer them about whoever is quoting you and find out in four minutes how exposed you are, before any money moves. Free, no sign-up to start, and useful whoever you end up hiring and wherever they are.
Nine questions. Your answers stay in your browser until you ask for the written version.
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Why this exists
It goes at the moment of paying a deposit to somebody who has not yet said, in writing, what they are building, whose name it goes in, and what happens if they stop answering. By the time any of that becomes a problem the money is gone and the leverage with it.
Then the replies slow down. Then they stop. Maybe a site eventually arrives. It looks acceptable on a laptop, the menu will not close on a phone, the prices cannot be changed without calling somebody, and the hosting sits on an account under an email address nobody has.
This is not a rare outcome. And if you are hiring from a distance, it is worse. You cannot drop by the office, whoever is checking on progress for you does not know what to ask, and a deposit sent across borders is very hard to get back.
Court record: DSPT International v. Nahum, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2010). Reported by BusinessDay, Techpoint Africa, Domain Name Wire and Zikoko. Tap a source to read the original.
Reading about it changes nothing. Asking nine specific questions, and knowing which answers should worry you, changes the outcome entirely. That is all this is.
The nine, in order
The scorecard
Nine questions, three answers each, about four minutes. Answer for whoever is quoting you right now. If you have not asked them yet, answer as though you have not, because that is the real position.
The highest-stakes answer on the list, and the one almost nobody asks. If the domain sits in their name, your web address is theirs, and getting it back becomes a negotiation.
The written version
The score is yours on the page whether or not you give an email. This is the part you keep, forward, and hold a developer to.
| Your score and every answer you gave So the position is recorded rather than remembered. | Free |
| The nine questions, written out to send Copy, paste, send. No rewriting required. | Free |
| What a good answer sounds like, for each And the specific answer that should make you walk. | Free |
| The after-launch cost list Six charges that start after the site goes live, and the month each begins. | Free |
| A one-page quote comparison sheet For putting two quotes side by side on something other than the total. | Free |
| Total | Still free |
The written breakdown lands in your inbox in a few minutes.
Your breakdown arrives in one email. There is no five-part sequence behind it, no daily follow-up, and nothing is sold to you in the meantime. If you want to hear from me again you will have to ask, and if you never do, you still keep everything above.
The Website Ownership & Growth Guarantee
You are not paying for a design. You are paying for an online presence you own and control: built to turn visitors into enquiries, set up in your name from day one, and handed over with the keys.
The guarantee
If your completed website does not meet the agreed project specifications, I'll resolve the outstanding issues at no additional cost before final acceptance.
The specification is agreed in writing before any work starts, so we both know exactly what "done" means. The guarantee covers that specification. New features or changes of direction are quoted separately, never assumed.
Website packages
Three packages, priced in US dollars. Every one includes the Website Ownership & Growth Guarantee and scores 18 out of 18 on the scorecard.
For individuals, freelancers and small businesses establishing their online presence.
For growing businesses that need a professional website designed to generate enquiries and build credibility.
For established businesses that need a more comprehensive website and digital infrastructure.
All prices are in US dollars (USD). Domain registration, hosting renewals, premium third-party subscriptions and additional functionality may attract separate charges where applicable. Every one of them is listed in your written quote before you pay anything.
Not sure which fits? Book a free consultation and I'll recommend one, in writing.
What good looks like
Nothing fancy. Each line answers one of the nine questions before you have to ask it. The wording is an example, not a template you must copy.
If the quote in front of you reads nothing like this, that is not proof of a bad designer. It is a list of things to ask for, in writing, before the deposit.
Who wrote it
Nnamdi Awurumibe builds websites for brands and businesses. Several of the nine questions cost him money when a client asks them properly, and they are here anyway.
Nnamdi helped build my company's website. The delivery was prompt and the website was perfectly done. He is patient and awesome at what he does. He comes highly recommended anytime.
Working with Nnamdi is like having a world-class digital team on your payroll, without the overhead.
How it works
Tell me about the business and what the website needs to do. I'll recommend a package, or tell you if you do not need one.
Pages, features, content, launch date and every running cost, in writing. It answers all nine scorecard questions before you pay a deposit.
The domain and hosting are set up in your name, on your email, before the build starts.
You watch it come together on a private link you can open on your own phone, with the agreed rounds of changes.
The site goes live, you get every login and file, and a walkthrough so you can make everyday changes yourself.
30 days of technical support (60 on Growth). Anything that does not match the specification is fixed before final acceptance.
Question 1, checked now
Type the web address you have, or the one your designer registered for you. This looks up the public registration record. Nothing you type is stored.
The quote scanner
Copy the text of the quote or proposal you were sent and paste it below. The check runs in your browser: the text is never uploaded or stored.
The scorecard runs without an email address and gives you the full result on the page. The written version costs one email and arrives once. If you want a website built afterwards, the prices are published openly rather than quoted on a call, which is the opposite of how a pitch works.
No. Questions 1, 2, 6 and 8 are worth asking at any stage, and the earlier in a build you ask them the easier they are to fix. Question 1 in particular is worth checking tonight regardless of how far along you are.
It applies more. The projects that go worst are usually the ones where nobody wanted to seem distrustful by asking, and the relationship takes the damage alongside the money.
Yes, and it matters more. Every question on the list matters more at a distance: you cannot turn up at the developer's office, a relative checking in rarely knows what to ask, and money sent internationally is hard to recover. Everything here works over WhatsApp and email, and the answers arrive in writing, which is the only kind you can hold anybody to from another time zone.
Then you have found a good one and the scorecard has done its job. Get the answers into the written agreement rather than the chat thread and go ahead.
Not unless you ask for the written version. The scoring happens in your own browser.
Free consultation
A short form, a personal reply by email, and a written recommendation. No obligation, and no sales sequence: you hear from me about this, and nothing else.
P.S. The expensive mistake is almost never hiring the wrong designer. It is paying before anybody has written down what is being built, who owns it, and what happens if it goes quiet. Four minutes now settles all three. Score the quote, then decide.
P.P.S. If you do only one thing from this page, ask question one. Whose name is the domain going in. The answer takes ten seconds to give and it is the hardest thing on the list to undo once the money has moved.