Freelance Web Design using WordPress

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  mothhousedesign · Member · Mar 17, 2023 at 1:00 pm

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  Hi. I’ve recently started Freelance Web Design as a hobby/side-hustle, predominantly using Wix, Webflow etc as a means of designing for clients. Using these, you can create a website as a free version then transfer ownership to the clients account where they then pay for hosting, etc. However I am a SE student and would like to pick up WordPress due to the flexibility it provides in comparison.

  What I am wondering if how exactly WordPress works in terms of creating websites on behalf of another user. Would they need to create an account and pay the subscription so that I can then log into their account and begin working? If I were to upgrade my own account to say the Business plan (which says Best for Devs) how does that interact with website I want to transfer to another account, particularly in terms of plugins that assist with the creation of the site?

  Any help would be much appreciated.

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  supernovia · Staff · Mar 18, 2023 at 2:39 am

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  Hey there @mothhousedesign , I’m glad you asked; it’s a topic worth of discussion! I haven’t done freelance sites since I started working here, but I have helped more than a few friends migrate to our services. It’s really nice that they don’t have to worry about maintenance and whatnot, and wherever possible, I get them on the Premium or Personal plan so they don’t even have to work with plugins.

  Anyway, there are a few ways you can go about this.
  
  1 – They can log in, buy the upgrade, and add you as an admin to the account. (Hard for users sometimes).

  2 – You can create an account for them, then have them buy the upgrade when they’re ready.

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  3 – You can create the site from your account, and buy the upgrade yourself to start. That can work well depending on how you do your billing, especially if you collect a partial fee to start and the rest on completion. When you’re ready to hand off the project, you can transfer the site and its upgrades to their account, thus erasing any of your payment information, and giving them direct access to support when its needed. You can also stay on the site as an admin if you’d like. And if you do that, our system will let you manage several sites from one account.

  There are probably some other creative options out there, but I think option 3 is what I would do if I were still freelancing. Let me know your thoughts!