Website and online store maintenance

Every month:

• System and plugin updates. Old versions more often have known errors and security gaps that newer versions have already fixed.
• Backups. I make them so I can restore everything if needed.
• SSL certificate and error monitoring. SSL is what lets the address start with https and keeps the browser from showing a “Not secure” warning.
• SEO basics. SEO is how your site shows up in Google search. I look after titles and descriptions of new products and pages, and the sitemap (an XML file that lists your pages for search engines).

While I work, your shop runs as usual.

1. I check and write to you. I tell you in writing what I would do and what it would cost. This is free.
2. I make a backup. I copy the whole website and the database, so I can restore everything if needed.
3. I work in a test copy. I make and test all changes in a test copy of your site, not in your live shop. Your shop runs as usual in the meantime.
4. I move the changes. When everything is checked, I move the changes into your live shop.

An update made directly on a live shop can cause errors, so I test everything in a test copy first.

I work with WordPress (WooCommerce) and OpenCart, including very old versions such as OpenCart 1.5 and 2.x. If your site runs on PrestaShop, Magento, Joomla, Drupal or custom-built PHP, and the job can be done through the admin panel, the files or the database, I can most likely do it. If not, I will tell you right away.

Whether an old version can be upgraded depends on the shop. I decide after a check: see OpenCart upgrade.

For the work I need access to the admin panel, the website files (FTP or SFTP) and the database, for example through your hosting control panel (DirectAdmin, cPanel or Plesk).

For shop-specific work (cart, payments, shipping, products), see online store maintenance for OpenCart and WooCommerce.

Where this already works

For two years I have looked after six websites of a long-term client: siuvimomanija.lt, husqvarna-viking.lt, babylock.lt, elna.lt, siuvimomasina.lt and juki.lv.

siuvimomanija.lt is an OpenCart shop online since 2010. I updated it: shipping cost is calculated automatically, customers can pay by card, and the SEO is improved. Another old OpenCart shop, e.segris.lt, got a new look for phones and computers, fixed SSL, product descriptions in Lithuanian with photos and video, and SEO. See Past work.

Write to me what happened: the cart does not work, an error appears, or the browser warns “Not secure”. I check the site and tell you in writing what I would do and what it would cost, free of charge. Fixing errors is a separate job, described on the fixing errors page.

The website maintenance cost is €55/month + VAT. It covers everything listed above.

For any other work I first check the site and tell you in writing what it would cost. The price is agreed before I start, and you pay in instalments. We can issue a VAT invoice. For a business in another EU country with a valid VAT number (I check it in VIES, the EU’s VAT number check), the reverse charge applies: no Lithuanian VAT is added. Full terms.

• If you have no working website yet and want someone to build one. I work only on websites and shops that are already running.
• If your site runs on Shopify, Wix or Squarespace. These systems do not give access to the files, so I do not work on them.