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as it says in the title, how could or what’s the most probable way for a self-employed WordPress developer to make 6000USD gross per month with the availability of 160 hours? Assume that WP developer is not a designer, so design needs to be outsourced.
Develop multiple smaller websites (for instance a landing page with few sub-pages and a form)? Develop one or two larger websites?Instead of selling services, build and sell a product, for instance a plugin?
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Selling cocaine on the side?
You’d have to be A++ and be top of your game in some weird much with a rich customer.
Maybe write some awesome paid plugin or theme.
Build 50 sites; host and maintain them. Plus one to two site a month. So simple.
Remove the word “self”
By being an amazing salesman or scam artist or both.
So, 6000$ / 160 HR = 37.5$/hr. A completely acceptable hourly-rate.
Let’s say you can get 70% billable time, that would bring you to: 6000/(160*0.7) = 54$/hr (depending on the market and your expertise its still feasible – but harder).
Now, if you can fulfill a website in 15-20 hours that would bring you to 810$ – 1080$ per website (+ design costs).
If you can upsell some on-going support it will make your job a lot easier long-term.
Not impossible, simple maths.
I would focus on selling larger websites and get some smaller websites to fill in gaps (like when you’re waiting on client feedback on the larger projects). Selling products would probably be a byproduct of the services you provide.
Focus on small business websites. Specifically businesses that don’t currently have a website. Get some basic premade templates from Astra or GeneratePress or whoever, and build 3-4 simple websites for a portfolio.
Small businesses without a website today are mostly concerned with the total cost of a website and are used to hearing a website will cost them thousands of dollars.
Show them that you can build a basic website for under $1000, maybe even offer the first one a website for $500. So at $1000 each you need to sell 6 a month. Is that possible in your area?