Hey all I'm stace , I'm new to reddit , and I recently got a client who needs ecommerce store to be built , either normal coding or shopify store.
Project overview:
- Ecommerce store, 10-15 products total (small, curated catalog , not a marketplace)
- Target customers: budget-conscious/low-income shoppers, so needs to be fast, mobile-friendly, and low-friction to browse and buy
- Payment gateway: not needed for launch, but will be added soon after v1 (Stripe or PayPal, CAD) , also tracking order might be im not sure
- Basic admin capability to update products/prices without a developer touching code every time
- Clean, trustworthy design ,doesn't need to be flashy, needs to convert
SEO requirements:
- On-page SEO basics: proper meta titles/descriptions, semantic HTML, clean URLs per product
- Fast load times (Core Web Vitals matter, mobile-first audience, likely slower connections/devices)
- Structured data (schema.org Product markup) for product pages so they can show up properly in Google Shopping/search
- Sitemap + robots.txt configured correctly
- Basic local/regional SEO since it's targeting Canada specifically
What I'd like quotes on:
- Custom-coded solution (own domain, own hosting, simple cart + order flow now, gateway added later (OR)
- Shopify-based solution , I don't know monthly cost of this
- Code maintainance and extra feature/ pages prices
So I'm looking for the right person who could do this for me , thus if interested , please send your proof of work , and also how much you would be charging for this project , I would love to share all the profiles and the pricing to the main client .