Introduction to website design and ecommerce

This website design document outlines the requirements of the development of a ecommerce website to provide customers with easy access to review and buy online the products available.


This document looks at how best to approach to this type of website design & development.


Website design and development Requirements

Full ecommerce content management allowing complete control of the website products where the Website Designwill remain unaffected by updates

• Custom Website design

• Payment gateway integration to the website design

• Discounting and special offer tools

• Integrated email marketing with similar look and feel to the website design

• Sales order tracking and reporting

• Site structure to be implemented to allow for further expansion based on the overall website design templates

• Search engine optimisation

• Google Analytics setup



Website Design & Look & feel


• The website design will be easy to use, with a clear site structure

• The website design will be professional, distinctive and build the brand online.

• The website design will be fast to download and easy to use

• The website design will be easy for search engines to explore and classify



Website Administration System

o Password protected access: The back-end admin panel will be accessed by using a username and password and will be hidden for the normal users/visitors.

o Add/delete/modify: Allow admin to manage (add/delete/modify) product categories and product sub-categories on the site.

o Unlimited product categories: The administrator can add unlimited number of product categories and sub-categories on the website.

o Seo Tools – website page titles and meta tag can be added/edited using a content editor tool to update tags on the website

o Managing customer orders: The back-end admin will enable the management of online orders and their status as they are processed

o Updating website content: Content maybe added/edited using a content editor tool to update information pages on the website



Setup Requirements

• Banking Requirements -A merchant account from the Bank that allows credit card & laser card payments to be taken over the Internet.

• Hosting Requirements - A third party hosting service is required for the development and the cost for this would be approx 100 euros per year.

• Payment Processing Requirements - A payment processing service provider will be required for credit card transactions on the site.



NiceOne Ltd

Web Design Company

Internet Consulting & Development

T: +353-1-428 7500

E: deniseokelly@niceone.com

A: The Airspeed Building

15 Magna Drive

Citywest

Dublin 24

Ireland

Email: deniseokelly@niceone.com

Website: http://www.niceone.ie/websitedesignireland