What delays a website project most often?

Content, by a wide margin. Copy nobody has written and photography nobody has taken hold up more projects than any technical problem. The second cause is approval — one person who must see everything, and who is travelling.

What happens if I do not like the design?

That is what the revision allowance is for, and it is why the design is agreed before the build rather than after. If the direction is wrong, say so early and specifically — "the tone feels too corporate" is actionable, "I do not like it" is not.

Who owns the copyright in my website?

Without a written assignment, generally the person who created it — the developer or designer — with you holding an implied licence to use it. Ownership transfers only if the contract says so, which is why the assignment clause matters more than anything else in the agreement.

Process

What do I need to give my developer before they start?

Content, brand assets, access, and decisions. Specifically: the copy for every page, photographs, your logo in a vector format, access to the domain and hosting, a list of integrations by product name, and a single named person who can approve things.

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The checklist

Copy for every page, or a written agreement on who is writing it and by when
Photographs of your actual work, at full resolution
Logo files in vector format, plus your brand colours as hex values
Domain registrar and hosting access, or confirmation of who holds them
A list of integrations — payment gateway, CRM, accounting, email — by name
Your legal details: trading name, registered address, VAT number if applicable
One named decision-maker who can approve without a committee

Why the decision-maker matters most

A build waiting three days for feedback because it needs four people to agree costs more time than any technical problem will. Naming one person who can say yes is the cheapest schedule protection available.

What you should get in return

A written scope, a staging URL you can open at any time, a payment schedule tied to visible milestones, and confirmation in writing that ownership transfers on final payment.

The longer version

This answer is deliberately short. If you want the full treatment, Writing a website brief that gets you comparable quotes covers it in about 3 minutes — free, ungated, written from client work.

Who answered this

Anas Bin Masud builds e-commerce sites and does technical SEO for businesses in the UK, Canada and Pakistan — fifteen live client sites, six of them stores taking real payments. These answers come from those projects rather than from a content brief. More about how I work, or ask me something directly.