ECommerce Solution Proposal
ECommerce Solution Proposal
by CartOnFly
PROJECT PROPOSAL
Website & Platform Development
Overview and Goals
Dear Customer,
Are you looking to move from bricks to clicks with tailored pure-play on-demand eCommerce
solutions? So right now maybe you sell the coolest products in the world. They’re so cool that they
make every kind of customer's life better. The problem is that however awesome your products
maybe, you’ve got a static website that merely shows photos of your product line and requires
customers to pick up the phone and place orders manually. PLACE ORDERS MANUALLY! This
is not sustainable. It severely limits your potential for sales (do you have a 24-hour sales desk to
service all global time-zones who are dying to buy your product, for example?) and it negatively
affects your customer’s experience with your brand. You need an eCommerce store so your
customers can easily buy from you directly, at any time, from anywhere, however, they want. This
is the only way to grow your business online.
CartOnFly is a hosted eCommerce platform that is empowering retailers large and small with their
easy-use, easy-to-manage, customizable online store, and secure checkout. CartOnFly gives you
control over your look and feels and allows you to add products, manage your inventory, track sales,
and more. It’s hassle-free eCommerce, letting you focus on improving other parts of your business.
As both eCommerce and SaaS platform experts, we focus on maximizing the platform`s features
to help drive your revenue and improve your customer experience. We’ll include powerful search
and categorization so customers can easily and quickly find what they’re looking for. We utilize best
practices so that product pages convert users to add items to their shopping cart and then, most
importantly, we guide people down the conversion funnel to complete the checkout process. Part of
this process includes conducting A/B test designs to lower cart abandonment.
We’ll start with the initial design phase of the project to develop the appropriate look and feel for
your brand and design hierarchy for your user experience. Then, through a retainer contract that
lets us test and tweaks until your conversion is as good as possible, we aim to grow your monthly
sales by 40% at the end of 6 months. Cha-CHING!
Sincerely,
Team
CartOnFly
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Scope of Services
Platform Setup
First, we’ll meet with you to understand your business, your products, and your customers. Then
we’ll set up your CartOnFly account, configure the basic features and help you select a payment
gateway and merchant account that works best for you.
Sitemap
We’ll develop a site map that plans out all the pages of your ecommerce site and the product
categories.
Content
Good, compelling content for your products is essential. We can pull over your product descriptions
from your existing site and create new content for landing pages.
Visual Design
We’ll develop/choose a custom design/template for your ecommerce store that will enhance your
brand and the customer experience (not to mention look AWESOME). We’ll present designs with
two rounds of feedback before your final approval. We’ll also design it responsively so the site
scales down on mobile devices, making it easy for people to buy regardless of what kind of device
they’re using.
Development
We know and understand the eCommerce platform. CartOnFly platform exposes APIs which
enables us to pull dynamic information from the platform and display it however we design. We’ll
write the HTML/CSS and test it in a variety of browsers and devices.
Launch
Once you’ve tested the eCommerce area and are happy with its functionality, we’ll make the design/
template live on your server and point your domain over to the new site. Launch time!
Training
Now that everything’s shiny, happy, and ready to roll, we put the power in your hands by training
you on how to use CartOnFly platform.
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Your Investment
Below is the budget we've estimated based on the scope of services outlined earlier in this proposal.
If you have any questions about our pricing or need to increase or decrease the scope of work,
please leave a comment and let us know.
CORE BUDGET
DESCRIPTION PRICE
QA Testing $500
TOTAL $4,000
RECOMMENDED
DESCRIPTION PRICE
Email Blast
TOTAL $500
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Why Us?
We have an in-built e-commerce SAAS platform to cater to the needs of B2B and B2C business
models. We are a team of experienced technocrats working across varied domains to provide end-
to-end e-commerce solutions in making the business online. With our expertise and your market
knowledge, we can create a software product that transforms the way you do business. We'll be by
your side from idea development to launch.
We’ve helped many businesses transform an underperforming site into an all-out sales boom just
by improving their online shopping experience.
We partner with startups and entrepreneurs to materialize their ideas, offer technology assistance
and provide business value solutions for their products.
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Additional Recommendations
Web Support Retainer
We can be available on call to assist you with using your admin control panel, fix bugs, add design
enhancements, or anything else you need on a monthly basis so your site never falls out of date.
Business Branding
We can connect with a branding partner for your business. Professional product labels, flyers, and
logo for your store has a major impact on users purchasing decisions.
Inbound Marketing
We are experts in online marketing. A retainer with us ensures that you are regularly publishing
content, engaging prospective customers on social media, and otherwise driving people into your
purchasing funnel. This is guaranteed to grow your sales.
Copywriting
If you find producing content is difficult, we have copywriters in-house who are training in writing
for the web and in writing persuasive sales copy that will drive more conversions on your landing
pages.
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Timeframe
To complete the work outlined in the project scope, we'll need approximately 9
weeks from beginning to end, depending on when we receive feedback at each
milestone. Upon signing the proposal we are prepared to start work immediately.
Phase Week
Present Sitemap 2
Receive Content 4
Platform Integration 7
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STATEMENT OF WORK & CONTRACT
Between "us" and "client",
Client hiring Us to design and develop a website & platform for the estimated total price of $4,500.00
as outlined in our previous correspondence.
You’ll have two or more weekly opportunities to review our work and provide feedback. If at any
stage, you’re not happy with the direction our work is taking, you will pay us in full for everything
we’ve produced up to that point and then cancel this contract.
CARTONFLY INTEGRATION
We are recommending the CartOnFly eCommerce platform. It's a hosted service so you don't need
to worry about creating an eCommerce platform from scratch. All you need to do is own your
domain and we can point it to the CartOnFly platform.
TEXT CONTENT
Writing or inputting any text copy is not included in this contract. If you’d like us to write new content
or input text for you, we’re happy to provide a separate estimate for that.
PHOTOGRAPHS
You’ll need to supply graphic files to us in an editable, vector digital format. Photographs must be
in a high-resolution digital format. If you choose to buy stock photographs, we can suggest stock
libraries and styles of photography/images. If you’d like us to search for photographs for you, we
can provide a separate estimate for that. The cost of buying stock photographs or a photoshoot is
not included in this contract.
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BROWSER TESTING
Browser testing no longer means attempting to make a website look the same in browsers of
different capabilities or on devices with different size screens. It does mean ensuring that a person’s
experience of a design should be appropriate to the capabilities of a browser or device.
• iOS: Safari
• Android 4.1: Google Chrome, Firefox
• Android 3.2: Browser, Firefox
We currently don’t test Blackberry OS or Blackberry QNX, Opera Mobile, Symbian or other mobile
browsers. If you need us to test using these, we can provide a separate estimate for that.
ERRORS
We can’t guarantee that our work will be error-free (we’re human!) so we can’t be liable to you or
any third-party for damages, including lost profits, lost savings or other incidental, consequential or
special damages, even if you’ve advised us of them.
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2.0 Mutual Cooperation
We agree to use our best efforts to fulfill and exceed your expectation on the deliverables listed
above. You agree to aid us in doing so by making available to us needed information pertaining to
your website and to cooperate with us in expediting the work.
CartOnFly will invoice the Client for fifty percent (30%) of the initial fees at the point of this signed
contract agreement which will act as the deposit. The remaining 50% will be billed monthly as the
service hours are spent or when the project is launched.
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5.0 Cancellation of Plans
You have the right to modify, reject, cancel or stop any and all plans or work in process. However,
you agree to reimburse us for all costs and expenses we incurred prior to your change in
instructions, and which relate to non-cancelable commitments, and to defend, indemnify and hold
us harmless for any liability relating to such action. We agree to use our best efforts to minimize
such costs and expenses.
Then when your final payment has cleared, copyright will be automatically assigned as follows:
You’ll own the visual elements that we create for this project. We’ll give you source files and finished
files and you should keep them somewhere safe as we’re not required to keep a copy. You own all
elements of text, images and data you provided, unless someone else owns them.
We’ll own the unique combination of these elements that constitutes a complete design and we’ll
license that to you, exclusively and in perpetuity for this project only, unless we agree otherwise.
We can provide a separate estimate for that.
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7.0 Confidentiality
CartOnFly acknowledges its responsibility, both during and after the term of its appointment, to use
all reasonable efforts to preserve the confidentiality of any proprietary or confidential information or
data developed by CartOnFly on behalf of Client or disclosed by Client to CartOnFly.
In addition, either party may immediately terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to
the other party if the other party is insolvent or has a petition brought by or against it under the
insolvency laws of any jurisdiction if the other party makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors
if a trustee or similar agent is appointed with respect to any property or business of the other
party, or in the case of the Client, if the Client materially breaches its obligations to make payment
pursuant to this Agreement.
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8.5 TRANSFER OF MATERIALS
Upon termination of this agreement, provided that there is no outstanding indebtedness then
owing by Client to None, None shall transfer, assign and make available to Client all property
and materials in its possession or control belonging to Client. Client agrees to pay for all costs
associated with the transfer of materials.
9.4 SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable under any present
or future law, then that provision will be fully severable. In such instance, this Agreement will be
construed and enforced as if the illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision had never comprised a
part of this Agreement, and the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and
effect.
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NEXT STEPS
1. Please read the contract on the previous page to make sure you understand all the details
involved with us working together. It’s really important to us that everything is transparent
and understood from the beginning so that we lay a solid foundation for a great working
relationship.
2. If you have any questions at all, please let us know. We’re happy to clarify any points and
there may be some items that we can sort out together. We’re committed to finding the best
way to work together.
3. Once you feel confident about everything and are ready to move forward, please sign in this
contract and share us by email.
4. Once we receive an email of your acceptance, we’ll contact you shortly to sort out the next
steps and get the project rolling.
5. If you’d like to speak to us by phone, don’t hesitate to call
CartOnFly
Client
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