Comprehensive E-commerce Application Development

Development of a complete e-commerce application that enables customers to browse products, create accounts, place orders, make payments, and track their purchases. The system will also include an administration platform through which the business can manage products, customers, orders, payments, inventory and other operational activities.
ONE-TIME DEVELOPMENT COST
No. Description Amount (KES)
1 UI/UX design and application interface
2 Customer registration, login and account management
3 Product catalogue and product categories
4 Product search, filtering and product details
5 Shopping cart and checkout system
6 Order management and order status tracking
7 M-Pesa/payment gateway integration
8 Customer notifications and order updates
9 Customer profile, addresses and order history
10 Admin dashboard
11 Inventory and stock management
12 Sales, orders and basic reporting
13 Delivery/shipping configuration
14 Database, API and backend development
15 Security, testing, deployment and configuration
16 Final deployment, training and handover
TOTAL DEVELOPMENT AMOUNT
THE Development Fee is a one-time development cost for the agreed scope of the e-commerce application.

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT COST
Customer Application
• Customer registration and login
• Product browsing
• Product categories
• Product search
• Product details
• Product images
• Shopping cart
• Checkout
• Customer addresses
• Order placement
• Order history
• Order status tracking
• Payment integration
• Customer notifications Administration System
• Secure administrator login
• Dashboard • Product management
• Category management
• Pricing management
• Stock/inventory management
• Customer management
• Order management
• Payment/order status management
• Basic sales reporting
• Delivery/order management Technical Components
• Backend/API • Database setup
• Payment integration
• Application configuration
• Security configuration
• Testing
• Production deployment
• Initial system setup
• Administrator training
• Handover

4. RECURRING COSTS The development fee does not cover third-party services or recurring infrastructure costs. These are normally paid separately because their prices depend on the service provider and usage.
Service Frequency Estimated Cost
Web hosting/server Monthly/Annual - > X AMOUNT/month
Domain name Annual X AMOUNT /year
SSL certificate Annual Usually Free / included with hosting
Google Play Developer Account One-time Approx. X AMOUNT USD
Apple Developer Account Annual Approx. X AMOUNT USD /year
SMS/Email services Usage-based Depends on usage
Payment gateway/M-Pesa charges Per transaction According to provider
App maintenance & updates Optional Quoted separately Important: Recurring third-party charges are not part of the development fee and will not be presented as development charges during renewal.
5. ANNUAL RENEWAL / MAINTENANCE
After the initial development and deployment period, the client may choose to continue with maintenance and technical support.
Optional Maintenance Package KES X AMOUNT per year, depending on the required level of support.
This may include:
• Bug fixes
• Security updates
• Server/application monitoring
• Minor system improvements
• Technical support • Dependency/framework updates
• Database maintenance
• Deployment assistance Major new features, redesigns or significant system modifications are not included in the maintenance package and will be quoted separately.