Our hourly rate is $45 for any custom work or changes.

Estimated Time & Pricing

The overall estimated working time is approximately 15 hours.

  • Development Cost: 15 hours × $45 = $675

We’re happy to offer you a 20% discount on this project.

  • Final Discounted Cost: = $499

2. Registration Process Optimization
The current registration process using Gravity Forms is time-consuming and relies on manual activation. We recommend migrating to WooCommerce’s built-in registration system, which allows custom fields and can be extended for mobile verification.

  • WooCommerce Registration Plugin: User Registration for WooCommerce
  • User Verification: Integration with Twilio to send a verification code to the user’s mobile number after form submission. Once verified, users are automatically registered, eliminating the manual review process.

Estimated setup time: 4 hours.

3. Caching and Site Speed Improvements
Since the auction system relies on real-time updates, we do not recommend using any caching plugins, as they can cause outdated data to be shown to non-logged-in users.
Recommended optimizations:

  • Disable all caching plugins
  • Deactivate non-essential plugins (e.g., Query Monitor – only enable when debugging)
  • Minimize plugin usage
  • Optimize site data manually by:
    • Minifying JS, CSS, and HTML
    • Optimizing and serving images via CDN
    • Cleaning up unused theme files and scripts (e.g., emojis)

Estimated optimization time: 8 hours

This will likely result in up to 75-80% improvement in overall site performance.

4. Bidding Experience Enhancement
You requested a toggle between the custom bid input field and a dropdown option.
Yes, this is possible. We can implement a toggle mechanism (using CSS/JS) so that only one bid option is visible at a time, switchable via a user interface control.

Estimated implementation time: 3 hours.