Urgent project — Senior WordPress/WooCommerce/Stripe developer to complete VAT and payment system setup
We value experience and speed more than the lowest price. Please apply only if you have successfully implemented WooCommerce + Stripe Tax + EU VAT for digital goods before.
Check the description below.
1. About the project
We are looking for an experienced Senior WordPress / WooCommerce / Stripe developer to complete and finalize the payment infrastructure of our recently created online store.
Our site is built on WordPress using WooCommerce. We sell digital educational products from Europe, including:
- 20-minute video trainings
- Individual coaching sessions
- PDF materials
The site, products, and checkout are already created. WooCommerce, Stripe, and Stripe Tax are already installed and partially configured.This is NOT a new site development project.This is NOT a new WooCommerce implementation.
Your role is to professionally audit the existing implementation, complete the setup, verify VAT compliance, test the entire checkout process, and provide a production-ready payment system. This is an urgent project with a strict deadline of 24 hours.
2. Technical environment
Current platform:
- WordPress
- WooCommerce
- Stripe
- Stripe Tax
- TutorLMS
Available functionality includes:
- Products
- User accounts
- Checkout
- Stripe integration
- Tax settings
The goal is to review, complete, verify, and test the existing implementation, not to build from scratch.
3. Important VAT information
Our company is already voluntarily registered as a VAT payer in Cyprus. We already have:
- Active VAT registration in Cyprus
- Active Cypriot VAT number
- Stripe account
- Stripe Tax Basic
- WooCommerce
The selected developer will receive documentation from our tax consultant. The implementation must comply with our current VAT registration status and the VAT logic provided by our consultant.
SCOPE OF WORK
1. Technical audit
Review the existing implementation, including:
- WooCommerce settings
- WooCommerce tax settings
- Stripe configuration
- Stripe Tax
- Product tax codes
- Checkout process
- Tax logic for customers
- Existing plugins
- Invoicing system
- Email notifications
- Coupons
- Bundle discounts
- Stripe webhooks
- API configuration
Before making changes, provide a brief report:
- what is set up correctly;
- what needs correction;
- what changes you plan to make.
2. Price settings
Set up products as follows:
- Video training: €79 + VAT
- Individual coaching session (90 minutes): €200 + VAT
- PDF templates: €19 + VAT
The site should display prices excluding VAT, showing: €79 + VAT
VAT should be calculated automatically during checkout based on:
- customer's country;
- customer type;
- applicable VAT rules.
3. VAT settings
Review and configure VAT according to the current Cypriot VAT registration. Checkout must correctly distinguish:
- B2B customers
- B2C customers
- Customers from the EU
- Customers outside the EU
- Businesses with a valid VAT number
- Businesses without a VAT number
Implement:
- VAT validation via VIES
- Determination of customer country
- Billing country
- Customer type
- VAT number validation
- IP address logging, where applicable
- Storing VAT evidence, where applicable
The implementation must remain compliant with future OSS requirements.
4. Stripe and payments
Review and verify:
- Stripe
- Stripe Tax
- Card payments
- International payments
- Checkout
- Payment confirmation
- Refund process
- Order processing
- Email notifications to customers
5. Discounts
Set up a flexible discount system that supports:
- Bundle discounts
- Meta Skills packages
- Promo codes
- Discount codes
- Percentage discounts
- Fixed discounts
Please recommend the most reliable implementation compatible with WooCommerce.
6. Invoicing system
Review and update the invoicing system. Invoices must include:
Company information (we will provide exact details) Customer information Customer VAT number (where applicable) VAT breakdown:
Payment information:
- Payment status
- Payment date
- Stripe transaction ID
- WooCommerce order number
- Invoice number
Invoice footer (we will provide exact details) Invoice notes: "This invoice pertains to digital goods supplied electronically." "This purchase is governed by the Terms and Conditions available on our website."
7. Email notifications to customers
Review:
- Order confirmation
- Payment confirmation
- Invoice email
- Access to customer account
8. Testing
The developer must conduct comprehensive end-to-end testing.
Required scenarios include:
- Individual from Cyprus
- Business from Cyprus
- Germany
- Spain
- France
- Italy
- Business from the EU with a VAT number
- Business from the EU without a VAT number
- Customer outside the EU
- Purchase with a coupon
- Purchase of a bundle
- Various payment cards
- Stripe dashboard
- WooCommerce orders
- Invoice generation
- Email confirmation
- VAT calculation
- Refund testing
It is necessary to provide screenshots or other evidence of successful testing (!)
Work results
Upon completion, we expect:
- Fully functional checkout
- Fully functional Stripe integration
- Fully functional Stripe Tax
- Correct VAT calculations
- Working invoice generation
- Working email notifications to customers
- Working discounts
- Working coupons
- Successful testing
- Documentation of all changes
- List of modified plugins
- List of configuration changes
Communication
The selected developer must:
- Sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement) and start immediately.
- Be available for communication within the next 24 hours.
- Join the shared team chat.
- Coordinate work with our front-end and back-end developers.
- Immediately ask questions if anything is unclear.
- Regularly provide updates on progress throughout the project.
Security requirements
Before making any changes:
- Ensure there is a current backup (or create one if necessary).
- Do not replace plugins without prior agreement.
- Do not install paid plugins without agreement.
- Do not disclose API keys or credentials.
- Do not implement temporary solutions without agreement.
Code quality
We expect a production-ready implementation. Any custom code must adhere to best practices for WordPress and WooCommerce and remain maintainable for future developers.
Acceptance criteria
The project will be considered complete only if:
- Checkout works correctly.
- Stripe works correctly.
- Stripe Tax works correctly.
- VAT calculations are correct.
- Invoices are generated correctly.
- Email notifications to customers are sent correctly.
- Discounts work correctly.
- No PHP errors remain.
- No JavaScript errors remain.
- No WooCommerce warnings remain.
- No Stripe errors remain.
- All testing scenarios are successfully completed.
- The site remains fully functional after implementing changes.
Access
After signing our NDA, we will provide administrative access.
Required experience
Please apply only if you have significant experience with:
- WordPress
- WooCommerce
- Stripe
- Stripe Tax
- WooCommerce Tax
- EU VAT
- OSS
- VIES
- Digital goods
- Educational products
- WooCommerce checkout
- WooCommerce invoices
Experience with EU VAT for digital goods is mandatory.
Before applying
Please apply only if you can confidently answer "YES" to all the following points:
- I have implemented WooCommerce + Stripe Tax for digital goods.
- I have experience with EU VAT and digital services.
- I understand OSS and VIES validation.
- I can confidently troubleshoot WooCommerce tax issues.
- I can start immediately.
- I am available continuously for the next 24 hours.
- I am comfortable communicating with the existing development team.
- I can complete this project within the deadline.
If the answer to any of the points is "No" — please do not apply.
Project timeline
This is an urgent production project. The selected developer must be ready to start work within the next few hours. Strict deadline: a fully functional, tested, and approved payment, VAT, and invoicing system must be ready within the next 24 hours.
When applying, please specify:
- Examples of similar WooCommerce + Stripe Tax projects.
- Examples of EU VAT implementations.
- Your experience with VIES validation.
- Your availability within the next 24 hours.
- Confirmation that you can start immediately and meet the deadline.
