Sunwave Studio

$4,000 – $9,000 · 4–6 weeks

Nonprofit websites built around your mission. Reading, Pennsylvania.

Keep the mission moving, not the website waiting.

Tell your story, publish updates and prepare one-time or recurring giving in accounts your organization controls. Give volunteers a manageable publishing workflow and keep public wording within the boundaries your organization approves.

What is in it

  • A website for your mission, stories and updates, with an editing workflow a volunteer can learn.

  • One-time and recurring giving integration with the payment provider and recipient account in your organization’s name.

  • Content checks against the legal wording your organization approves, to catch prohibited claims before publication.

  • A giving switch that stays off until an authorized person confirms the account and payment setup are ready.

What it costs

Prices and timescales for this kind of job
The jobPriceHow long
A nonprofit or corporate site with store, donations or recurring payments$4,000 – $9,0004–6 weeks
  • The Build Plan — $1,500, two weeks

    A practical blueprint: numbered scope, a fixed price for each item, recommended technology, a dated timeline, exclusions and handover terms. Includes a one-hour walkthrough.

    The plan is yours to keep and use with another developer. Start a build with me within 60 days and the $1,500 is credited against the first invoice.

    Ask about The Build Plan
  • The Code Review — $3,000, two weeks

    A written assessment of existing code: what works, what needs repair or rebuilding, and a priced completion plan. Includes a call to walk through the findings.

    The review is yours to keep and use elsewhere. Start the build with me within 60 days and the $3,000 is credited against the first invoice. A rescue quote follows the review, not the other way around.

    Ask about The Code Review

Build fees are one-time project costs, not a website rental. Domain renewal, hosting, payment processing and any paid tools are separate, billed to your accounts. Optional maintenance is separate too. The written agreement sets the scope and payment terms.

What is not in it

Your organization supplies and approves its legal disclosures. Automated checks support that review; they do not replace legal or accounting advice. Payment processing fees, hosting and other service costs are separate. Fundraising results are not guaranteed.

See the thinking in practice

Operation Floating Sunshine is a live nonprofit website built personally by Chance, pro bono. Explore its publishing approvals, content checks and built payment integration. The case study does not claim that giving is currently active.

Explore Operation Floating Sunshine

Before you start

Who controls the donation account?

Your organization. The provider account, recipient details and billing are set up in its name. An authorized person confirms readiness before payment collection is enabled; processor fees are separate from the build.

Can volunteers publish without technical help?

That is a design requirement we can scope around your volunteers. We will agree an editing and approval workflow, then document it at handover. A chat-based workflow is one option, not a requirement.

Talk through your project

Your project. Your way forward.

You own it

On final payment, the custom code, design, content and data are yours outright—assigned, not licensed. Unfinished work remains mine until final payment. Reusable components and third-party licenses are the exceptions described below.

The accounts will be yours from day one

Domain, hosting, DNS, analytics, email and payments will be set up in your name, on your billing, with me added where needed. You keep access when the work ends; I do not resell hosting.

Reusable and third-party components

My reusable components remain mine, with a permanent free license for you to use, change and have another developer maintain them. Third-party software retains its own license; any relevant restrictions or paid dependencies will be identified in the plan.

The code goes in your repository from the first commit

Your project code will be in your repository from the first commit. You can follow the changes and share the work with another developer without waiting for a final handover.

Getting your data out

If the project holds data, it will include a documented export you can run yourself. Any limits imposed by a connected service will be explained before you buy.

After launch

Thirty days of fixes are included for work that does not meet the agreed scope. New features are quoted separately. After that, support is $125 an hour with no minimum. Response targets: site down, same business day; other faults, one business day; changes, three business days. These are response times, not guaranteed resolution times.

How it ends

Ongoing support has no minimum term or cancellation fee, with thirty days’ notice either way. Ending support does not disable your site. Your domain, hosting and third-party subscriptions still need to be maintained.

If I am unavailable

There is no automatic replacement developer. Your accounts, repository and handover notes will be available to you throughout the project. If I cannot be reached for ten business days, you can give those materials to another developer and continue without waiting for me.

Explore another starting point

Everything else I build, the whole price list, the terms and the work itself are on the main page.

What would you love to make possible?

Tell me what you have in mind—no brief needed. I’ll reply within one business day with a practical next step, and there is no commitment to a paid project.

Or write directly: hello@sunwave.studio

What needs to work better? A link to what you have, a target date and a rough budget help if you know them. No polished brief needed. Please do not send passwords or sensitive customer data.