Requirements:
Reference:
https://www.tuftandneedle.com
We are building a 4-product ecommerce website.
We will use "Shopify Plus" and build custom page designs based on supplied files.
Please make note of the headless CMS and SKDs available for developing with Shopify Plus, they have a lot of tools and support for this. See here
https://www.shopify.ca/plus/solutions/headless-commerce
The site will be bilingual (English and French)
The fulfilment and shipping for the products will be handles as follows:
- Fulfilment will be handled by a third party.
- We will be responsible for connecting Shopify to an edi/erp system via a 3rd party tool
- the 3rd party tool will be based on an offering by cannel ape. We will manage the connection setup while their software handles the data transmission from Shopify
See here:
https://res.cloudinary.com/mixmax/image/upload/c_fit,pg_1,q_90,w_600,h_900,fl_progressive,dpr_2.0/alpha_production/g2BLOKrb/
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Shipping is yet to be determined but will be offered for free and must likely handled either from the edi/erp or a shopify plugin for fedex, ups, etc.
Front-End Requirements / Features:
- We will have a chat function to support communication to the customer service team
- We will have FAQs and Support integration (3rd party) a. Current by OLARK
- Reviews
a. These are built specifically with as structured data with Microformats
i.
Structured Data Testing Tool. See here
https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.searchenginewatch.com%2F2019%2F06%2F10%2Fonline-reviews-powerful-seo-weapons%2F
b. Each product & and the overall company will each have around 150 reviews to start.
We will hand select these to be uploaded in a similar fashion to the current site
. Blog & Press pages
a. There will be a Press and Blog component that is managed by the client to
post articles and press releases as needed (see site map and page examples) .
A stores map page will be included that may have a map or store listings section
Site Map and Creative Outline:
We will be using the existing US website’s site structure and rebuilding this as a template/custom shopify plus website utilizing their ecommerce engine.
Page designs will be supplied via Sketch files with a supporting updated copy deck for the Canadian website. A copy deck and translation copy deck will be supplied as a lot of the messaging will be different but the content layout will remain in the same structure.
We are to include the pages identified in the sitemap attached below.
- Shipping engine and details
- Returns details and function
- Live chat in Eng and Fr
- FAQ engine
- Gift and Coupon
- Store Credit info
Delivery term: January 24, 2020