Checklist Website Hosting Agreement

This checklist website hosting agreement template has 3 pages and is a MS Word file type listed under our software & technology documents.

Sample of our checklist website hosting agreement template:

CHECKLIST website hosting agreement Not all items are relevant in all contractual situations. In some situations, other provisions may be appropriate that are not listed below. The following checklist is, however, a basic and general guide as to what provisions it may be important to include, or at least consider, in the Website Hosting Agreement that you enter into. This document is not intended to substitute for legal advice nor legal wording provided by a competent advisor in the relevant legal jurisdiction. Title of contract Identity of the parties Individuals or business entities If businesses, what type? (partnership, corporation, LLC, etc.) Name of person signing on behalf of the business Signer's official title Does he or she have authority to bind the business? Addresses of the parties General purpose of Web Hosting Agreement Preliminary matters Who owns the copyrights? Make sure all parties with rights that are affected are made parties to the Agreement. Generally describe the service to be provided such as locating the website on the host's server and making it available to Internet users. Describe the general business of the pages to be hosted. What is the scope of that page? Describe the URL locations of the various pages. Hosting Services How much server space is being made available? This may tie into pricing of monthly hosting fee. Attach schedule of fees by allocated disc space. Is there a dedicated bandwidth requirement? How much bandwidth is available? Is there a requirement that the server be a certain type? (UNIX, etc.) Is there a warranty that server software be kept up to date? If web design is also included in services under this agreement or a separate agreement, is copyright license tied to continued hosting? Is there a warranty regarding minimum hosting speed? Is T1 required? Is there a limit on T1 and bandwidth sharing? Are there standards for permitted downtime of server? Is periodic maintenance and backup downtime provided for? Are there required response times if there is a server problem? What are required hours of operation and customer support hours? Are mirror sites required/permitted? If so, what server can they be on? Separate server/location? What are backup responsibilities? How frequent? Where must backups be stored? Does client have FTP access, secured or otherwise? Is host liability limited? What policies and procedures apply of client has FTP access? Must client notify host of new material on server? Can owner access the site to make changes? Is access secure, password protected, etc.? Are Email Accounts included? How many? Web based? Other Services of Hosting Company