Platforms with structure.
Commerce that connects.

Independent WordPress & WooCommerce engineer. One person, senior level — for the projects agencies quote quarters for.

Content platforms

Custom WordPress for archives, programmes and catalogues

Baltic Sea Docs programme system: Films 2026 index with screening and date filters

Baltic Sea Docs — in production →

Commerce engineering

WooCommerce that talks to the systems around it

  • Multi-country, multi-market storefronts
  • Production faults nobody else can trace

Fixed scope · fixed price · root causes in writing

Riga, Latvia Projects typically start at €4,000 A small number of engagements each year

What I solve

01

Custom WordPress platforms

For content that has outgrown page builders — built so your own team can run it.

programmes · archives · catalogues · submissions · bilingual models · SEO architecture

02

WooCommerce engineering

For stores that need behaviour off-the-shelf plugins cannot give them.

product · cart · checkout · fulfilment · multi-market · performance

03

Integrations

Making WordPress talk to the systems that actually run the business.

WMS / 3PL · ERP · third-party APIs · data migrations · consent architecture

04

Production rescue & investigation

For when something is broken and nobody can say why.

root-cause findings in writing · then a fixed-price fix

How I work

Two paths, one process

From that first conversation to handover — what actually happens once we start working together.

Clear scope

Straight to a proposal

A free fit call, then a fixed-price proposal — implementation typically starts at €4,000.

Scope still open

Paid discovery first

A free fit call, then technical discovery from €450 — or with a clickable prototype from €850. Yours to keep, and it may be credited toward the build where agreed.

Step one

Conversation

One call. Enough for both of us to know whether the project fits. Bring the problem rather than a specification — you leave with a rough range and the assumptions behind it written down.

Step two

If the scope isn’t clear yet

Defining the scope is a small paid phase in itself — a written technical direction covering the decisions that matter, the assumptions, and what is realistic to build. Where seeing beats reading, a clickable prototype comes with it — real structure, not placeholder boxes.

Step three

Fixed scope, fixed price

Everything agreed becomes an itemised inventory, quoted as one price with milestone payments, and the assumptions and exclusions are written down beside it. Anything not on the list is not in the price — and nothing gets built until you have approved the list.

Step four

Build and handover

Delivered with written documentation and a 30-day defect warranty, in a codebase another developer could pick up without archaeology.

Engagement terms

Projects typically start at €4,000

Fixed price, not hourly
Defined work is quoted as one price against an itemised scope, paid across milestones. You are buying a delivered outcome, not a meter.
Paid discovery
Not every project needs it. Where the scope is already clear I quote directly. Where it is still being worked out, defining it is a small paid phase of its own — the written direction is yours whether or not you build with me, and it may be credited toward the build where agreed.
After launch
A 30-day warranty covers defects in the code I wrote. New work is quoted as change requests; ongoing support is a separate arrangement rather than an assumption.

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Who you work with

You work with the engineer who does the work

You are dealing with one engineer, not an account manager relaying to a team. Briefings do not pass through anyone else, and the person answering your technical questions is the person writing the code — fewer people, shorter decisions, and no translation loss between what you need and what gets built.

Based in Riga, Latvia · available for remote projects worldwide

Fit

Is this a fit?

I would rather say no early than take on a project that was wrong from the start.

Likely a fit

A website that is really a system — a catalogue, an archive, a programme, an open call, or a store that has to agree with the warehouse and the ERP. Or something already built that nobody can now explain. Projects typically start at €4,000. If the shape of the solution isn’t clear yet, that gets defined first, from €450.

Probably not me

Brochure sites and template installs, a redesign with no system behind it, or day-rate work inside someone else’s team. If that is what you need, I will say so, and point you somewhere better.

Start a conversation

Tell me what you are trying to build, or what is not working — a description of the problem is enough. The first call is free. If the scope is clear, you will get a quote. If it is not, we can define it together. If it is not a fit, I will say so and point you somewhere better.

ekrickis@gmail.com

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Optional — if something existing needs examining, this is where I start.
The systems involved and what is at stake are more useful than a feature list.