Is It Out of Scope? — Web design
Is adding social media templates out of scope for a web design project?
Usually yes. Social templates are a distinct deliverable — a different canvas size, format, and design system than the web pages the project scoped — even when they reuse the same brand elements.
The project scoped and priced a website: a defined set of pages, built to a defined design system. Once that's delivered, a request for social media templates — reusable layouts for Instagram or LinkedIn posts, say — is a genuinely different kind of design deliverable, even though it will naturally draw on the same brand colors, type, and logo usage already established.
Is it out of scope?
Usually yes. Social templates are their own asset type with their own format constraints and design considerations, distinct from the web page templates the project was scoped and priced around. Sharing a brand system makes them faster to design than starting from nothing, but that's a discount on effort, not evidence they were already included.
Clause typically implicated
Clause typically implicated
Deliverables clause→ — Itemizes the specific page templates delivered — social media templates are a different asset type outside that list, even when built on the same brand system.
Example contract wording
Example contract wording (illustrative, not legal advice)
The signed scope covers the web page templates listed in the proposal. Social media templates are a separate asset type — happy to design a set using the brand system we've already established, which should make it more efficient than starting fresh. I can quote a fixed price for [X] templates if that's useful.
How MarginFlow flags it
MarginFlow checks the request against the extracted deliverables list rather than assuming shared brand elements mean shared scope — social templates aren't among the named page templates, so the request is flagged outside_scope, with the explanation noting the existing brand system as a starting point that should keep the suggested charge reasonable rather than a from-scratch estimate.