I second not doing fixed bid projects. I've been building custom WordPress sites for a local firm who provides me with a design and I charge hourly ($65-$80/hr)

I second not doing fixed bid projects. I've been building custom WordPress sites for a local firm who provides me with a design and I charge hourly ($65-$80/hr) to bring those designs to life. This includes building a custom theme, finding and configuring appropriate plugins, writing any code to support custom functionality, and handling the deployment to the hosting provider. Average project cost tends to be around $4,500. Sites with only a few pages and a single layout can cost as little as $2,500 while sites with more eye-catching client-side stuff like transitions and animation are usually in the $10k range.