Cost + timeline + your credentials (Adobe-Certified, sub-box DTC builds shipped)?

Realistic ranges for a sub-box brand at $500k, $5M GMV:

• Audit only, $499 fixed-fee, 5 business days, ~20h @ $25/hr. Sub provider review + M1/M2/M3 churn cohort baseline + pause/skip/swap presence audit + gift sub workflow + dunning flow review. Output: 10-15 page written recommendation.
• Build, $4,999 fixed-fee, 6 weeks, ~200h @ $25/hr. Catalog model + ReCharge or Smartrr install + churn cohort dashboard + pause/skip/swap + gift subs + customization at signup + Smile loyalty + blue-green deploy. Includes the first month-end renewal cycle war-room.
• Multi-brand sub house, Custom quote in 24h. Multi-week engagement. Multi-brand catalog separation, Triple Whale + Klaviyo + Smartrr full depth, prepaid card layer, Adobe Commerce B2B for corporate gifting. Typical range $25k, $80k.
• Migrate from Shopify+ReCharge to Magento, $15k, $45k typical. Sub-data migration is fiddly because Shopify ReCharge and Magento ReCharge have different customer schemas; the migration script needs to map subscriber state, prepaid balance, gift-sub recipient relationships.
• Hosting, $400, $1,500/mo on Cloudways / dedicated. Sub-box doesn’t need drop-volume over-provisioning; predictable monthly renewal load.
• Ongoing, $1.5k, $5k/mo retainer for monthly cohort review + quarterly churn-lever A/B + new theme launches.

My credentials:

• Adobe-Certified Magento Developer (Adobe Commerce Architect since 2019).
• 12+ subscription-box DTC builds shipped in 7 years, across snack, beauty, kids STEM, pet, coffee, geek collectibles. Categories: Universal-Yums-style, BarkBox-style, KiwiCo-style, FabFitFun-style, Atlas-Coffee-style.
• Sub provider depth, ReCharge (4 builds), Smartrr (2 builds), Bold V2 (3 builds), custom + Cratejoy migrations (3 builds).
• Klaviyo Partner + Triple Whale + Smile.io / LoyaltyLion delivery partner.

Same hourly rate ($25/hr) across all engagements. Same playbook, same person. No farming-out to junior devs.