diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/components/d3/base/README.md b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/components/d3/base/README.md
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+# D3 Base Component
+
+Integrate React Lifecyle methods with d3.js charts.
+
+### Base Component Responsibilities
+
+* Create and manage mounting and unmounting parent `div` and `svg`
+* Handle resize events, resulting re-renders, and event listeners
+* Handle re-renders as a result of new props
+
+## Props
+
+### className
+{ string } A class to be applied to the parent `div`
+
+### getParams( node )
+{ function } A function returning an object containing required properties for drawing a chart. This object is created before re-render, making it an ideal place for calculating scales and other props or user input based properties.
+* `svg` { node } The parent `div`. Useful for calculating available widths
+
+### drawChart( svg, params )
+{ function } draw the chart
+* `svg` { node } Base element 
+* `params` { Object } Properties created by the `getParams` function 
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diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/components/d3/base/index.js b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/components/d3/base/index.js
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+/** @format */
+
+/**
+ * External dependencies
+ */
+
+import { Component } from '@wordpress/element';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import classNames from 'classnames';
+import { select as d3Select } from 'd3-selection';
+
+class D3Base extends Component {
+	constructor() {
+		super( ...arguments );
+		this.updateParams = this.updateParams.bind( this );
+		this.setNodeRef = this.setNodeRef.bind( this );
+		this.state = {};
+	}
+
+	componentDidMount() {
+		window.addEventListener( 'resize', this.updateParams );
+		this.updateParams();
+	}
+
+	componentWillReceiveProps( nextProps ) {
+		this.updateParams( nextProps );
+	}
+
+	componentDidUpdate() {
+		this.draw();
+	}
+
+	componentWillUnmount() {
+		window.removeEventListener( 'resize', this.updateParams );
+		delete this.node;
+	}
+
+	updateParams( nextProps ) {
+		const getParams = ( nextProps && nextProps.getParams ) || this.props.getParams;
+		this.setState( getParams( this.node ), this.draw );
+	}
+
+	draw() {
+		this.props.drawChart( this.createNewContext(), this.state );
+	}
+
+	createNewContext() {
+		const { className } = this.props;
+		const { width, height } = this.state;
+
+		d3Select( this.node )
+			.selectAll( 'svg' )
+			.remove();
+		const newNode = d3Select( this.node )
+			.append( 'svg' )
+			.attr( 'class', `${ className }__viewbox` )
+			.attr( 'viewBox', `0 0 ${ width } ${ height }` )
+			.attr( 'preserveAspectRatio', 'xMidYMid meet' )
+			.append( 'g' );
+		return newNode;
+	}
+
+	setNodeRef( node ) {
+		this.node = node;
+	}
+
+	render() {
+		return (
+			<div className={ classNames( 'd3-base', this.props.className ) } ref={ this.setNodeRef } />
+		);
+	}
+}
+
+D3Base.propTypes = {
+	className: PropTypes.string,
+	drawChart: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+	getParams: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+};
+
+export default D3Base;
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/components/d3/base/style.scss b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/components/d3/base/style.scss
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+.d3-base {
+	width:100%;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/components/d3/base/test/index.js b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/components/d3/base/test/index.js
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+/**
+ * External dependencies
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+import { shallow, mount } from 'enzyme';
+import { noop } from 'lodash';
+
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+import D3Base from '../index';
+
+describe( 'D3base', () => {
+	const shallowWithoutLifecycle = arg => shallow( arg, { disableLifecycleMethods: true } );
+
+	test( 'should have d3Base class', () => {
+		const base = shallowWithoutLifecycle( <D3Base drawChart={ noop } getParams={ noop } /> );
+		expect( base.find( '.d3-base' ) ).toHaveLength( 1 );
+	} );
+
+	test( 'should render an svg', () => {
+		const base = mount( <D3Base drawChart={ noop } getParams={ noop } /> );
+		expect( base.render().find( 'svg' ) ).toHaveLength( 1 );
+	} );
+
+	test( 'should render a result of the drawChart prop', () => {
+		const drawChart = svg => {
+			return svg.append( 'circle' );
+		};
+		const base = mount( <D3Base drawChart={ drawChart } getParams={ noop } /> );
+		expect( base.render().find( 'circle' ) ).toHaveLength( 1 );
+	} );
+
+	test( 'should pass a property of getParams output to drawChart function', () => {
+		const getParams = () => ( {
+			tagName: 'circle',
+		} );
+		const drawChart = ( svg, params ) => {
+			return svg.append( params.tagName );
+		};
+		const base = mount( <D3Base drawChart={ drawChart } getParams={ getParams } /> );
+		expect( base.render().find( 'circle' ) ).toHaveLength( 1 );
+	} );
+} );
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/package.json b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/package.json
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   },
   "dependencies": {
     "classnames": "^2.2.5",
+    "d3-selection": "^1.3.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.10",
     "prop-types": "^15.6.1",
     "react-slot-fill": "^2.0.1"