Separating Design Approval from Website Launch Readiness

Approving a website interface does not mean the website is ready to launch. Content entry, development, integrations and launch checks carry different responsibilities. If the company, designers and developers do not agree that division early, missing work often becomes visible near release.

Define deliverables by stage

Design handoff may include desktop and mobile layouts, components and interaction notes. Development delivers functioning versions of those behaviours. Plan content entry and product migration separately. In ecommerce, payment, stock and shipping connections cannot be accepted from screen images alone.

Prepare acceptance tasks using real content

List essential tasks such as sending a form, searching, choosing a product or requesting a quotation. Include long headings, missing images and error messages. Mobile review should involve actual input and navigation on devices, not only resizing a browser window.

Assign responsibilities after launch

Identify who manages the domain, hosting, backups and content updates. Document where faults should be reported and how new requests will be assessed. Do not assume ongoing maintenance is automatically included in the initial project fee.

Bring these distinctions into the proposal when planning a corporate website or ecommerce website with Creative House. They make the expected deliverables easier to compare with completed work. Launch readiness is an acceptance stage of its own.