Is It Out of Scope? — Web design
Is adding an extra landing page out of scope for a web design project?
Yes. The proposal priced a specific page count, and a landing page beyond that count is additional design work, even if it reuses the same visual style as the rest of the site.
The proposal quoted a fixed number of pages — say six — for a fixed price, and all six are designed and approved. Then a request lands for one more: a campaign landing page for an upcoming launch, a page for a new service line, a page for a trade show. It's often framed as trivial ("it can just match the style of the other pages"), and visually it may well be simple. But the page count is what the price was built around, and a seventh page is outside what was quoted regardless of how closely it matches the existing design system.
Is it out of scope?
Yes. The contract priced a specific number of pages; anything beyond that count is additional deliverable work. Reusing the site's design system makes the extra page faster to produce, which is a fair reason to price it lower than the original per-page rate — it isn't a reason to treat it as free.
Clause typically implicated
Clause typically implicated
Deliverables clause→ — Specifies the exact page count included at the quoted price — any page beyond that count is outside the deliverables list.
Example contract wording
Example contract wording (illustrative, not legal advice)
Our proposal scoped [X] pages, all of which are complete. An additional landing page is outside that count — since it'll reuse the existing design system, I can offer a reduced rate of [$X] rather than a full new-page rate. Let me know if you'd like to move forward and I'll get it queued.
How MarginFlow flags it
MarginFlow compares the request against the contract's extracted page count, not just whether the new page "looks like" the rest of the site. A request for a page beyond the contracted count is flagged outside_scope with a suggested charge that reflects the lower marginal cost of an extra page on an existing design system — giving the account manager a defensible, discounted number to open with rather than either a full-price quote or a free favor.