Having a proper budget to design and develop your ecommerce website make life so much easier. Inevitably things will take longer than hoped and you will probably want to make changes or improvement as you go along.
So it is better to be fully prepared, plan and allocate your budget from the start.
A common question is always How much does a website cost?
You can read more about this on our blog post. You will need to factor in the hosting, design and maintenance.
Once you have chosen what type of ecommerce business model you will be using. Selling your own products vs dropshipping, or B2b vs B2C.
For example, if you are selling your own physical products, then you will need to have photos ready to use. Will you need to hire a photographer?
There are things to consider, in addition to standard domain and webhosting costs.
Make a note of the transaction fees each platform has
Some platforms have unlimited data – how much do you need?
For example, if you have a shop selling mulitple products, someone needs to be uploading the images adding the text.
What if you decide to have a blog? How many articles are you going to post each month? This can quickly become a time consuming effort keeping it consistent.
Then there is social media and online marketing.
In addition, if you are selling your own physical products, then you will need to have photos ready to use. Will you need to hire a photographer?