Ecommerce website design question?

[Ultrahid Ultrahid]

I have an auto parts store and hired a friend that would use word press to do the site for $500 for $200 for design and $300 for 400 products. Then I realized that it wasn't 400 products and it was more than 4000 products. The friend asked me for a dollar per product. Which would be a lot of money. There is a company in my town that I got a quote and stated that for $1800 they will do unlimited products. Now I know it makes more sense to go for the cheaper deal. What do you think?

[Neil]

How have you got the products details now?

Are they listed on an Excel spreadsheet or could they be? If so, with many of Wordpress e-commerce plugins you can upload a csv file(from Excel) to the my-sql database(where all the product details are stored) in one go. Then you might have to some fine tuning of the product details but it could save you a lot of effort & money if this was possible.

What Wordpress plugin is going to be used for your products?

[Jake]

Wordpress is not the most secure or professional ecommerce site platform, though with the countless plugins you can do just about anything. It's typically used by those with no real web programming skills.

There are pre-designed ecommerce site templates you can buy that require a minimum of adjustment by a developer. To see a lot of designs check out Templatemonster.com.

Probably not true in your case, some suppliers have Data Feeds that can automatically populate web site pages with standard catalog data. Check out the eTailer DataFlow and other services here http://www.dcinet.com/p-4568-jobbers.html you may be able to offer a huge catalog that's automatically updated as new products come put.

http://workshop.search-autoparts.com/ser...8&d=160158

If you search for: wholesale auto part data feed you will also find some data feeds offered to affiliate marketers who list parts on their site but send the prospects to a store sit for a 15% or so commission.

To get a feel for the going rate you might look at the projects up for bid in freelance marketplaces like odesk.com, elance.com or vworker.com while it's a bit hit an miss, you might find a quality off short web developer who could do a competent job, whether there are parts that need to be photographed wold be a complication.

[wilson]

Your friend cheat you sorry to say this but this is true. Word press is free CMS and any body can make website. He is demanding 1$ to add one product, this is radicals. You already give him more than enough money I think he should do your work with no $$$.