Cost + timeline + your credentials, what does a pet-supplies Magento build actually run?

Realistic ranges for a pet-supplies brand at $2M, $10M GMV:

• Audit only: $499 (~20h @ $25/hr), 5 business days, fixed-fee. Written PDF with subscription health, Rx-diet workflow, dim-weight shipping gap, and channel cannibalization analysis. No-risk way to find out if Magento makes sense.
• Fixed-fee build: $4,999 (~200h @ $25/hr), 6 weeks. Covers Magento catalog, ReCharge (or chosen sub provider) wired end-to-end, one Rx-diet partner (VetSource or Pawpscript), FedEx/UPS Hundredweight rules, Klaviyo flows, Smile loyalty, one channel integration (Amazon Subscribe & Save typically), and blue-green deploy with subscription-billing smoke test.
• Custom enterprise: $25k, $120k+, 3-6 months. 25,000+ SKUs across species, multi-Rx-partner stack, multi-channel (Amazon + Chewy + Walmart + Petco), full ERP (NetSuite / Brightpearl), WMS (Extensiv / ShipHero), multi-region (US AAFCO + EU FEDIAF).
• Hosting: $400, $2k/mo on Cloudways / dedicated. Pet brands need over-provisioned for subscription-billing rebill spikes (typically 1st of month) and post-Black-Friday auto-ship growth.
• Ongoing: $1.5k, $5k/mo retainer for monthly churn cohort review, quarterly Rx-diet renewal sweep, and continuous optimization.

My credentials: Adobe Certified Magento + Hyvä developer, 7+ years shipping pet-supplies Magento builds across the US, UK, EU, AU, and India. Public Upwork reviews (16+ years, 100% Job Success). I default to ReCharge for subscription, VetSource for Rx, FedEx Hundredweight for shipping, Smile.io for loyalty, same playbook tuned for each brand’s catalog and sub mix.