HostThrone — Website Discovery Form

1. Personal details

1. What is your full name?

2. What is your cell phone number?

3. What is your email address?

2. About the business

4. What is the business name?

5. In one or two sentences, what does the business do?

6. What products or services do you offer? (list the main ones)

7. Who are your customers — individuals, businesses, or both?

8. Where are you based, and do you serve a specific area? (town, region, country-wide, online)

9. How long have you been in business?

10. What makes your business different from your competitors?

3. Site type & purpose

11. What type of website do you need? (choose the closest)

Informational / "brochure" site (tell people about the business) Online store (sell products online) Booking / appointments (customers book online) Portfolio (showcase work / projects) Blog / content site Single landing page (promote one offer) Something else

12. What is the main goal of the website?

13. What do you want a visitor to do after they visit? (e.g. call, email, buy, book, visit)

14. What are your top 3 goals for the site?

15. How will you know the website is successful? (e.g. more calls, sales, bookings)

4. Target audience

16. Who is your ideal customer? (age, location, what they're looking for)

17. What problem do you solve for your customers?

5. Pages needed

19. Roughly how many pages do you expect in total?

6. Features & functionality

7. Design & branding

21. Do you have a logo? (if yes, please send the file)

22. Do you have brand colors or fonts you want to use?

23. What style do you want the site to feel like? (modern, classic, professional, friendly, minimal, bold, luxury…)

24. Are there websites you like? (send 2–3 links)

25. Are there websites you don't like? (helps us know what to avoid)

26. Any colors you definitely want, or want to avoid?

8. Content & assets

27. Do you have photos of your business, products, or team? (how many / what quality?)

28. Do you have written content (service descriptions, about text)?

29. Do you need us to write the text for the site?

9. Technical & practical

30. Do you already have a domain name? (e.g. yourbusiness.co.za)

31. Do you already have web hosting?

32. Do you have an existing website? If yes, what do you like and dislike about it?

33. Who will update the site's content going forward — you, us, or someone else?

34. Do you need to update the site yourself easily (without a developer)?

35. Do you need the site to rank well on Google (SEO)?

36. Do you want to track visitors and what they do (analytics)?

10. Marketing & integration

37. Which social media platforms do you use? (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, TikTok, X)

38. Do you want the website linked to your social media?

39. Do you have a Google Business Profile (Google Maps listing)?

40. Do you send email newsletters or marketing emails?

41. Do you use any tools the site should connect to? (e.g. CRM, accounting, booking system)

11. Budget & timeline

42. What is your budget for the website? (a range is fine)

43. When do you need the website live? (a target date)

44. Is this a one-off project, or do you want ongoing support and maintenance?

12. Legal & compliance

45. Do you need a privacy policy on the site?

46. Do you need a terms and conditions page?

47. Will the site collect personal information from visitors?

48. Any industry-specific rules or regulations the site must follow?

13. Contact details (to display on the site)

49. Business address

50. Phone number

51. Email address

52. Business hours

53. Social media links