The developer you don't have to worry about.
Reliable web development capacity on flexible terms. Without the overhead of a hire or the unpredictability of a freelancer.
Demand fluctuates. Employees don't.
Demand fluctuates. Employees don't.
One month the pipeline is full and the team is stretched. The next, developers are sitting on retainer for projects that haven't started. Hiring is a six-month process in the Netherlands. Employment law means a bad hire is expensive to undo.
Freelancers seem like the obvious answer. Some are excellent. Many aren't. Finding out which is which usually means burning a project. Missed deadlines, code that only the original developer can run. By the time the agency knows, the client already does too.
A technical partner, not a temp.
A technical partner, not a temp.
WordPress, WooCommerce, custom integrations, PHP. The stack most agencies actually need. Not a black box. A developer who integrates with how the agency already works, understands the pressures, and delivers without supervision.
One less thing to manage.
One less thing to manage.
The brief lands, the questions come upfront, and the work gets delivered on time. No chasing. No status meetings that could have been a message. If something changes, it gets flagged before it becomes a problem.
Agency branding, NDA, direct client contact. Whatever the project needs. The arrangement stays invisible to the end client unless the agency decides otherwise.
Three ways to work together
Project-based
Defined scope, fixed price, delivered to spec.
Best for one-off builds with clear requirements. The quote covers everything. No surprise invoices afterward.
Retainer
Reserved hours per week or month.
Guaranteed availability and priority scheduling. Predictable capacity for agencies with ongoing development needs.
Hourly
Development time as needed.
Billed transparently at €89/hour. Flexible for variable workloads, ad-hoc requests, and overflow.
Hiring is expensive. And inflexible.
A medior developer in the Netherlands costs €75,000–90,000 per year once employer taxes, pension, holiday allowance, and overhead are included. That's before recruitment, equipment, and the risk that it doesn't work out.
Salary data from Glassdoor. Employer cost calculations from Ondernemen met Personeel.
No employment contract, no overhead, no long-term obligation. Scale hours up when the pipeline is full, scale down when it's quiet.
- Prepaid hour blocks at a reduced rate
- Retainer pricing for guaranteed weekly capacity
- Project-based quotes for defined scope
Agency experience built in
The stakes are higher when there's a client relationship on the line. These are the things that matter in that context.
Deadlines
Respected, not renegotiated at the last minute. If a timeline is at risk, it gets raised early. Not on the day of delivery.
Communication
Direct and proactive. Status updates without having to ask. Problems surfaced immediately, not buried until they escalate.
Scope creep
Spotted and flagged before it becomes a budget conversation. The agency stays informed, not surprised.
Code quality
Maintainable by others afterward. Documented where needed. No dependency on one person's setup to make it run.
White-label
NDA, agency branding, direct client contact when that's the right setup. Works however the agency works.
No hand-holding
The brief gets read. Questions come before the work starts, not halfway through. The output matches what was agreed.
Some things are non-negotiable.
Competing on the cheapest rate. Vague availability. Disappearing mid-project. Code that collapses the moment someone else has to touch it. If a project isn't a good fit, that gets said upfront. Better to know before the kickoff than three weeks in.