Cost + timeline + your credentials, what does a foodservice Magento build run?

Realistic ranges for a foodservice distributor at $1M, $10M GMV:

• Audit: $499 fixed-fee, ~20h @ $25/hr, 5 business days. Catalog + LTL freight + Net-30 + drop-ship + NSF flagging gap analysis. Written platform-fit recommendation + roadmap PDF.
• Build: $4,999 fixed-fee, ~200h @ $25/hr, 6 weeks. Catalog + 1 drop-ship distributor + LTL freight checkout + Net-30 underwriter + 5-state tax + subscription auto-ship for consumables. Hyvä theme. Ready for live orders day 1.
• Custom enterprise: quoted in 24h. Multi-distributor drop-ship (5+ manufacturers), 50-state LTL + tax compliance, hotel-chain procurement portal with PunchOut, school-district bid system + state-contract pricing, restaurant-group multi-location approval chains, PIM integration. Typical range: $30k, $150k. Timeline: 12-24 weeks.
• Hosting: $300, $1,500/mo on Cloudways / dedicated. Drop-ship-heavy stores don’t need over-provisioned compute (no inventory + low concurrent traffic). CDN (Cloudflare) optional but recommended.
• Ongoing: $1.5k, $5k/mo retainer for new-distributor onboarding, Net-30 collections review, LTL carrier-mix optimisation, subscription expansion.

My credentials: Adobe Certified Magento + Hyvä developer, ten years shipping B2B trade-supply Magento stores (restaurant + janitorial + industrial + packaging). Catalogs at 20k+ SKUs, drop-ship to 15+ manufacturers, LTL freight with appointment scheduling, Net-30 + multi-buyer procurement. I work solo or with a small remote team; you get me on every build, not a junior. Hourly rate $25/hr, fixed-fee on audits and the standard build. Public Upwork reviews on the testimonials slider above.