Project ID:
744238
Project Type:
Fixed
Budget:
$750-$1500 USD
Project Description:
I am in need of a Magento expert for a project, we are creating a multi-vendor online marketplace of buyers & sellers. Your bid will to be pretty competitive.
To create this marketplace we are fusing the powerful ecommerce platform of Magento & Joomla. We are utilizing a tool called Magebridge to link them together. Below is an itemized description of what we need.
a) Online Mall Model
We need an online mall model. Part of our value proposition is allowing our vendors to create an online storefront for their businesses (similar to what eBay does). Users will need to be able to browse the ecommerce system by searching just for product (in their geographic area) or to select & view in the inventory of individual online stores (also similar to ebay).
b) Marketplace Transaction Fees
The vendors will pay fees between 10%-15% to us for online sales. We would like the option to scale this percentage based upon sales volume, thereby incentivizing the powersellers in our marketplace. Buyers may also select the option to have their product delivered to their home for which they will pay an additional 10% for. Looks like your system already does this.
c) Shopping & Shipping Restricted by Geographic Territory (‘localization’)
Due to state laws our consumers can only buy from sellers in the state where they live. We need to restrict users from shopping or purchasing product in states other than where they live. I believe that Magento already has some localization extensions & options available.
d) Fluid Vendor Sign Up Process
We need for the vendor signup process to be fluid from Joomla Community Builder>Set up of Jreviews Map Listing> to upload products, set up their online storefront & configure their payment processing. What I DON’T want is for vendors to have to enter their business name, address, etc multiple times throughout the process. This should not be a big problem as the Magebridge integrates the community builder profiles with the magento users.
e) MageBridge-Joomla Integration
Magebridge is the tool we are using to integrate Joomla & magento, it actually brings magento into the Joomla front end. We have asked the Magebridge staff about your multi-vendor magento extension & they assure me it will work with their system. However it may be a good idea for you to check them out Magebridge. It has good support & exceptionally good documentation.
A few things to keep in mind
• I’m a Joomla developer so I can handle everything on the Joomla end of the project, I have a pretty good idea of what its going to take on the Magento end but I don’t have a lot of experience with magento so I’d rather hire someone who does
• I know that there are a number of magento extensions that do some of what we require above, I think we could probably save a lot of time & money by customizing extensions for our purposes as opposed to programming them from scratch. One such extension is MVDE Multi-Vendor Drop Shipping
• We’ve already been through 3 other ecommerce systems & our budget is limited so please respond with quote figure that represents an excellent value
• We’ve got all the other aspects of our internet company ready to launch, we are just waiting to get the multi vendor correctly configured. So we want it done as quickly as possible, while still maintaining high standards
Please respond with
• Your experience with Magento & links to any relevant projects of your
• Time frame estimate
• Itemized project quote
Skills required:
eCommerce,
Magento,
MySQL,
Shopping Carts,
Website Design