Sell online without fighting your own store.
Ecommerce development for Houston area businesses: online stores, product catalogs, payments, shipping, customer accounts, and the workflows behind them. Built on the platform that fits how you actually sell.
$4,800
For a well defined project. Anything unusual gets quoted after we talk.
An online store is not just a website with a cart bolted on. It is inventory, payments, shipping math, taxes, order notifications, returns, and whatever rules your particular business runs on.
I have built stores that sell to anyone who walks up, and stores where nobody sees a price until a human approves their account. The right build depends on what you are selling and who gets to buy it.
What is actually included.
The right platform
WooCommerce, a custom storefront, or a hosted platform. I recommend based on your catalog and margin, not on what is easiest for me.
Payments that work
Card processing wired up and tested, including the less common gateways when a standard processor will not serve your category.
Product and catalog structure
Categories, variants, options, and filtering set up so customers find things and you can add products without a support ticket.
Shipping and tax
Live or table rates, zones, packaging rules, and tax configuration for where you actually ship.
Customer accounts
Order history, saved details, and where needed, approval workflows, membership gating, or age verification.
Launch checks
Test orders placed end to end before anyone real can buy. Order emails verified. Nothing goes live untested.
A good fit if...
- Product businesses moving off of social media DMs
- Shops that outgrew a basic builder and need real inventory handling
- Businesses that need approval, membership, or age gating before purchase
- Anyone whose current checkout is losing sales
The process.
Stage 01
Catalog and rules
How many products, what variations, who is allowed to buy, and how orders reach you.
Stage 02
Platform decision
I recommend the stack and explain the tradeoff in plain language, including what it costs you monthly.
Stage 03
Build and wire up
Storefront, products, payments, shipping, and notifications, built and connected.
Stage 04
Test orders and launch
Real test transactions through the real gateway, then we open the doors.
What it costs.
Starting points for well defined work, published so you do not have to ask.
Ecommerce Website
A real online store with payments, shipping, and customer accounts, tested before anyone can buy.
- Everything in the Small Business Website
- Store setup on the platform that fits your catalog
- Payment gateway integration, configured and tested
- Shipping zones, rates, and tax configuration
- Product catalog structure, categories, variants, and filtering
- Up to 25 products loaded, more quoted by volume
$4,800
starting at
What is not included.
Most of the trouble in this industry comes from what nobody mentioned up front. Here is the part other people leave off the page.
- Payment processor fees and monthly platform or plugin licenses are yours and billed directly to you
- Product photography and bulk product data entry beyond the agreed count
- Ongoing order fulfillment, customer service, or inventory management
- Marketplace integrations (Amazon, Etsy, eBay) unless scoped in
Work in this category.
Things people ask.
How many products is included?
The starting price covers setting up the store plus a starting set of products and one round of catalog structure. Large catalogs are quoted by volume, and bulk imports are usually cheaper than you expect.
Who pays for the plugins and processing?
You do, directly, in your own accounts. I will never put your store's critical subscriptions on my card, because that creates a mess if we ever part ways.
Can you handle restricted or approval-only products?
Yes. I have built membership gating, account approval queues, and age verification for a store where no pricing is visible until a person is verified.
Do I need a care plan afterward?
For a store, I strongly recommend one. Stores break in ways that cost money quietly, and payment and plugin updates need watching. It is still optional.
What does an online store cost?
Ecommerce builds start at $4,800 for a well defined store. Payment processor fees and monthly platform or plugin licenses stay in your own accounts and are billed to you directly, never marked up through me.
What happens after the store launches?
An ecommerce care plan is $275 a month and covers hosting, SSL, backups, updates, security patching, uptime monitoring, and included edit time. It is month to month with no contract. You are not required to be on one, but a store that takes payments is the last thing you want going unmaintained.