A steady year
€1,500 of sales every month: 30 orders a month.
Each month: 2.5% €37.50 + Stripe €30.00 = €67.50
Twelve months: 12 × €67.50 = €810.00
Upfront: €0
Twelve months: 12 × €67.50 = €810.00
Upfront: €0
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Add Your Shop vs a web agency. Pay for a project, or pay as you sell.
A web agency or freelancer can add an online shop to your website with WooCommerce, Shopify or PrestaShop: you pay for the project, then for hosting, licences and changes. Add Your Shop costs nothing upfront and nothing a month: 2.5% per order, capped at €49, with changes included.
Agency prices depend on each brief. Where we quote figures, they come from Codeur.com's public price pages, checked October 2026.
How it's usually priced
What an agency-built shop costs, line by line.
Every agency quotes differently, but the bill for adding a shop usually has the same five parts.
01
The project
A one-off fee to design and build the shop, quoted per brief: number of products, design, payments, delivery options. On Codeur.com, a French freelance marketplace, e-commerce projects posted in October 2026 had an average budget of €1,175.
02
Hosting and domain
A WooCommerce or PrestaShop shop needs web hosting; a Shopify shop needs a Shopify plan. You pay for it, monthly or yearly.
03
Themes, plugins and licences
Extensions for payments, delivery slots or invoices are often paid, and many are yearly licences that need renewing.
04
Maintenance and changes
Updates, security fixes and new products come under a maintenance contract or are billed by the hour or day. On Codeur.com, e-commerce freelancers' average day rate was €170 in October 2026, from €105 for beginners to €224 for seniors.
05
Payment fees
Whoever builds the shop, the payment provider charges a fee on each payment, as Stripe does with us.
Choose an agency if…
When an agency or freelancer is the better fit.
- You want a made-to-measure designA bespoke look, unusual page layouts, or a redesign of your whole website at the same time.
- Your catalogue is large or complexThousands of products, many variants, trade price lists or customer accounts.
- You need integrationsConnections to your till, stock, accounting or other business software.
- You want a build you controlA shop on the platform of your choice, on your own hosting or account, which other developers can work on too.
Choose Add Your Shop if…
When Add Your Shop is the better fit.
- You want to start selling soonWe typically have your shop ready in a few working days, from what you send us.
- You'd rather not pay upfrontNo project fee and no monthly fee: 2.5% per order, never more than €49 a month in commission.
- You don't want to run hosting and updatesHosting, security and updates are included. Nothing to install or renew.
- You want changes without a quoteNew products, prices, opening hours, seasonal menus: send them over and we make them, usually within a working day or two, at no extra cost.
Side by side
Add Your Shop and an agency project, point by point.
| Add Your Shop | Web agency or freelancer | |
|---|---|---|
| Upfront cost | €0 | A project fee, quoted per brief |
| Fixed monthly costs | €0 | Hosting or a platform plan, plus any paid extensions |
| Per order | 2.5%, capped at €49 a month, plus Stripe's card fee | Your payment provider's fee |
| Changes after launch | Included, usually done within a working day or two | Under a maintenance contract, or billed by the hour or day |
| Hosting, security, updates | Included | Arranged by you, or by the agency under contract |
| Design | Your logo and colours, opening from your menu | Made to your brief |
| Catalogue | Up to 100 products at launch; for more, we confirm what's involved first | Any size, scoped in the quote |
| Integrations with your till, stock or accounting | No | Possible, scoped in the quote |
| Time to launch | Typically a few working days | Set in the quote |
| Minimum term | None | Depends on the contract |
Sources (checked October 2026): Codeur.com, e-commerce providers · Codeur.com, WooCommerce developers · Codeur.com, Shopify developers · Codeur.com, PrestaShop developers · Stripe pricing
Agencies and freelancers quote per project, so this table describes the usual structure rather than prices. Codeur.com figures are averages published by the marketplace, not quotes. Our prices exclude VAT, which may apply to our commission.
Worked examples
A first year with Add Your Shop, worked out.
Agency prices depend on your brief, so here is our side of the comparison, to set against the quotes you receive. Average order €50, every order paid with a standard European card.
A year with a busy December
€1,500 a month for eleven months, then €6,000 in December: 120 orders.
Eleven months: 11 × €67.50 = €742.50
December: €49.00 capped, not €150.00, + Stripe €120.00 = €169.00
The year: €911.50. Upfront: €0
December: €49.00 capped, not €150.00, + Stripe €120.00 = €169.00
The year: €911.50. Upfront: €0
Illustrative examples, not real shops. Totals include Stripe's fee for standard European cards (1.5% + €0.25 per payment, checked October 2026); an agency-built shop pays a payment provider too. Prices exclude VAT.
How much does an agency charge to add a shop?
It depends on the brief, so there's no list price. As a reference, Codeur.com, a French freelance marketplace, reported an average budget of €1,175 for e-commerce projects posted in October 2026, and average day rates of €145 for WooCommerce developers, €145 for Shopify developers and €150 for PrestaShop developers. Ask for a written quote that covers hosting, licences and maintenance as well as the build.
When is an agency the better choice?
When you need a custom design, a large or complex catalogue, or connections to your till, stock or accounting software. Those are projects, and an agency or freelancer is the right partner for them.
Can my web designer add Add Your Shop instead?
Yes. We build and run the shop; your designer adds one link to your menu, or we send them a one-line instruction. Your website stays theirs to look after. See how it works with your site.
What if I outgrow Add Your Shop?
There's no minimum term. If you later commission a full store from an agency, the Shop link comes out of your menu and your website stays as it was.
Who owns the customers and the money?
You do. Payments go to your own Stripe account and on to your bank, you're the seller, and your customers stay yours.
How does Add Your Shop compare with WooCommerce or Shopify?
We've compared them separately: Add Your Shop vs WooCommerce and Add Your Shop vs Shopify.
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