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The text, or the facts to build it from
Written however you have it: a document, a handful of emails, an old brochure to work from. We cut and order it; we do not write claims you have not made.
Packages
Three shapes, and what to have ready
Packages here are told apart by the extent of the document and by what it carries, not by a tier name. The figure, the extent in pages, the date and the rounds of revision are settled for your order in a written quotation, in pounds sterling, with any tax due already inside the figure.
The shapes
Which document you are asking for
If you already know which one you want, name it and the quotation follows it. If you do not, describe the document instead: an introduction to attach to an email is one thing, a document with a contents list is another, and describing it is enough for us to say which it is.
| Shape | Best for | What it carries | What moves the extent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short profile Short enough to read in one sitting. | An introduction to attach to an email, or the document a buyer asks for before a first meeting. |
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The extent moves with how much there is to say and how many pictures earn their place. Both are settled before design starts. |
| Company brochure Several times the length of a profile, with a contents list to find your way by. | The document that carries the whole company: sent to prospective customers and published on your own site. |
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The extent moves with the number of services described, whether the team is included, and how much of the material arrives ready to use. |
| Sectioned document Longer again, and divided into parts that can be sent on their own. | A capability statement for a tender, a group with several divisions, or a company that needs the same document in more than one version. |
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The extent moves with the number of parts, the number of versions, and how much of the material has to be reworked before it can be laid out. |
In every order
What does not depend on the shape
Four things are the same whichever document you order, and they are the four that are easiest to assume and worst to discover missing.
- 01 A PDF made for reading on a screen, not a print file shrunk to fit one
- 02 A clickable contents list, and links that open where they say they will
- 03 Your own typefaces and colours where you have them, a set chosen with you where you do not
- 04 A written quotation before anything is drawn, naming the extent, the figure, the date and the rounds of revision included
Materials
What to have ready before you write
None of it has to be finished or tidy. Having it to hand is what keeps the date in a quotation where it was put, because a date runs from the day the last piece of it arrives.
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Your logo
The original vector file if you have one - an SVG, an EPS or an AI. A picture of a logo taken from a website will not hold up at the size a cover needs.
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Brand guidance, if it exists
Typefaces, colours, anything with rules in it. Where there is none, the document sets its own, agreed with you at the structure stage.
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Photographs you hold the rights to
Your own premises, work or people, at the size they came off the camera. Where an identifiable person appears, they need to have agreed to it.
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Your registered particulars
The company name, number and registered office as they stand on the public register, for the contact page and for any disclosure your industry requires.
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One name who approves
A document with three people sending contradictory comments takes longer than one with a single reader who collects them. This is the cheapest decision on the list.
There is nowhere on this website to upload any of it, and nothing here could receive a file or keep it. Attach what you have to the email the enquiry form opens, or send a link to a folder - either is fine, and neither needs an account.
The quotation
What moves the figure
We quote in writing before anything is designed. These are the things that make one document cost more than another of the same shape.
- How much material arrives ready to use, and how much has to be rebuilt from notes and old files.
- How many services or sections have to be described, and whether each needs a page of its own.
- Whether pictures exist, need selecting and preparing, or are not to be used at all.
- Whether the document is wanted in more than one version, and how far those versions differ.
- Whether the editable source file goes with it, and in which format.
Dates and revisions
The quotation names the date the document is due and how many rounds of revision are included, and the order confirmation repeats both. Neither is published on this site, because neither is the same from one order to the next.
A round of revision means one pass through a collected set of comments. Sending them together, from everyone who has a view, is what makes a round do its work. Further rounds are quoted before they are begun, never added to an invoice afterwards.
The date runs from the day your material and your approvals are with us. Where something arrives late, the date moves by the same amount, and we write to tell you the new one.
The figure is in pounds sterling, includes any tax properly due on it, and has nothing added to it afterwards. The Terms of Service set out how a quotation becomes a contract, and the Delivery & Refunds page sets out how to cancel and how refunds are paid.
Ask for a quotation
Tell us which shape you think you need - or describe the document and let us say which it is. Either way what comes back is written: the extent, the figure, the date and the rounds of revision included.
Or write to communications@shinepages.tech and describe the document you have in mind. The form on the contact page writes the same email for you and opens it in your own email application, ready for you to read over and send.