E-Commerce Website Development

What's included in an e-commerce build

• Product catalog - categories, variants (size, color), inventory tracking, and product page templates designed to sell
• Payments - Stripe or PayPal checkout, configured and tested with real transactions before launch
• Shipping and tax - rates, zones, and tax rules set up for where you actually sell
• Training - a recorded walkthrough of adding products, processing orders, and issuing refunds
• The fundamentals - mobile-first design, fast pages, SEO-ready structure, and product schema so your items can appear in Google Shopping results

What does an online store really cost?

Commerce builds fall under the Custom Growth System from €2,000+. Stores with many products, customer accounts, subscriptions, or inventory/accounting integrations are scoped into a fixed quote before work starts. Budget separately for running costs: payment processing, hosting, and a platform fee if your store runs on a hosted platform like Shopify. I'll lay out the full monthly picture in your quote so there are no surprises.

How long does it take?

A focused store with up to a few dozen products launches in 4–6 weeks. The biggest variable is product content - photos, descriptions, and prices. If your catalog is ready, the timeline holds; if not, I'll help you structure it as part of the project. See realistic timelines by project type for the full breakdown.

Why build your store with House4Code?

You work directly with me - one person who handles design, development, payments, and launch, with no agency layers in between. Before House4Code, I spent 4+ years in enterprise application support at a telecom, troubleshooting API integrations daily across 20+ production systems. Payment gateways, shipping APIs, and inventory syncs are exactly that kind of work. When something needs debugging at 7pm before your launch, you message the person who can actually fix it.

Not sure e-commerce is what you need?

If you mainly need customers to call or book rather than buy online, a conversion-focused business website (€490–€2,000+) is usually the better first investment. And once your store is live, local SEO keeps bringing buyers to it.