How much to charge for E-Commerce site?

[kitkat9933]

I've been approached to build a small e-commerce site for a company. I'll be using Wordpress with WooCommerce.

In terms of the original fee it will need to cover setting up the site, organising the hosting and domain name.

On top of this I will be charing £50 p/m for support.

Any ideas on what you would charge?

 

[kitkat9933]

Just call the £50 a retainer that entitles them to basic support with a time limit anything more is chargeable.

Erm as to how much I'd charge for the site would depend on how big the site is. Setting up a wordpress template and woocommerce its not exactly a demanding job so it depends on how much data you're inputting/how much customisation to said template.

I assume you're charging the domain/hosting on top of your charge.

The site isn't that large about 50 items. They are paying for the domain and hosting directly, but I set it up for them.

I'm doing a fair bit of customisation to a template. I'm also not inputting items at all really, I'm setting up the system and showing them how to manage it themselves. I chose £50 p/m for 24/7 critical support.

I'm not sure really on the p/h cost to charge them as I've never freelanced (for a cost anyway) and work for a company with a set salary.

 

[kitkat9933]

You need to know two things:
- what is your time worth per hour?
- how long will it take you to do the job?

The first is something you need to work out for yourself - how much do you want to earn to make it worth an hour of your time? Remember you need to pay tax. How much is reasonable for your skills and local market? For example, we might all like to earn £200/hour for Wordpress development, but that's not realistic...

The second is simply an estimate. You should know how long it will take you to do the work (if you don't, you shouldn't be doing it). This will depend on exactly what you're setting up and how much customisation is required. Multiply by the hourly rate you worked out.

Once you have a final figure, you can offer a quote based on that, adding any hosting or support retainer as required. I assume you won't be charging VAT so don't worry about that (but make clear it's not charged).

A *basic* guide for how much to charge for a freelance hourly rate is to double your salaried hourly rate (assuming you work in the same field and at the same level as you intend to freelance). That doesn't take into account local market though, so it's only a starting point. I'd say £20/hour would be about the ballpark for Wordpress setup - it's not hard. I'm sure you'd get away with more though as you've already been approached!

Does that help?

Very useful thanks. My salaried p/h is £19.56, so I don't think I could get away with double! If I charged £20 p/h it might mean I'm undervaluing myself but it might bring returned custom and longterm income in support.