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Scoping eCommerce Projects
The document outlines critical considerations for scoping eCommerce projects, emphasizing the importance of thorough discovery to mitigate risks before development begins. Key areas of focus include customer and project background, product and visitor details, order management, and potential complications. It also highlights essential questions to ask clients to ensure a successful project outcome.
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Scoping eCommerce Projects
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- 2. Stores & Sitesare different. When youbuild an online store fora customer, you’re helpingthem build a business.
- 3. Thelargestrisksonastoreproject Occur long before Youstart writing code. They all show up during scoping.
- 4. Thetenscoping areas The CustomerThe Project The Store Products Visitors Orders Demand Features Complications Hosting
- 5. Listen forthis phrase: “Idon’t know. What doyouthink?” Multiply each instance By 5hours, minimum.
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- 7. Who built the currentsite? How did you Find them?
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- 9. Howdoes the Store fitinto The biz model?
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- 12. When do you Needthings To go live?
- 13. Can you share Yourproject Budget?
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- 18. What feature Are youmost Proud of?
- 19. What feature Cost youthe most?
- 20. Are you using Othersales channels?
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- 23. Are product Photos, prices &Descriptions Ready?
- 24. How often Do youmake Updates?
- 25. What kinds Of products Doyou sell?
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- 27. Do you sell Toconsumers? Businesses?
- 28. Do you also Needto support Distributors?
- 29. Is the store Publicor do You Sell to members?
- 30. Howmany folks Visit thestore On a daily basis?
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- 32. Howmany Orders do you Havein your system?
- 33. Do those Orders Needto Be migrated?
- 34. Do you manage Yourorders yourself? Use A third party?
- 35. Are you using Anyautomated fulfillment?
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- 40. If your storeWas going to Fail, what Volume of orders Would make that Ok?
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- 42. Will you be Promoting Featuredor Newproducts?
- 43. Do you have Specificshipping Partners you Need to support?
- 44. Will you be Collecting tax?Are you Using a service?
- 45. What payment Options doyou Want to make available?
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- 47. Will you be NeedingMultiple Languages & currencies?
- 48. Will you be Sellingany Subscriptions products?
- 49. Will you be Wantingto Offer wish List capability?
- 50. Do you haveany Integrations We need to make Sure work?
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- 52. Where is the Storehosted Right now?
- 53. Do you needus To configure Staging & testing environments?
- 54. Will you need Usto train your Staff on making updates?
- 55. Will you need Usto test your Store for performance?
- 56. 40questions. The problemmost Freelancers oragencies Have is that they Don’tspend enough Time doingdiscovery.
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