The Forge Lab
Planning · 5 min read

Website Brief Generator

A good brief takes about twenty minutes and removes most of the guesswork from a quote. Work through these sections and you will have everything a studio needs.

Last reviewed August 2026

1. The business

  • What you sell and to whom
  • Service area or trading locations
  • What makes customers choose you over the alternative
  • Existing website address, if there is one

2. The objective

Pick one primary objective — enquiries, sales, bookings, credibility, or a business system. A website designed for two competing objectives usually achieves neither well.

3. The customer action

  • The single action you want most visitors to take
  • Secondary actions that are acceptable
  • How enquiries reach you today and what breaks in that process

4. Content and functionality

  • Pages you know you need
  • Functionality: store, bookings, portal, forms, uploads
  • Integrations already in use
  • Who supplies copy, photography and logos

5. Direction and constraints

  • Two or three websites you respond to, and why
  • Anything the design must avoid
  • Deadline, and what is driving it
  • Budget range you are working within

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