You are going to write a Request for Proposal (RFP) for your new website. At thi

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You are going to write a Request for Proposal (RFP) for your new website. At this point you are only going to be concerned with what you want a web development company to estimate for you; i.e., what you want delivered on your website.

If you need some help in designing an RFP, you can Google “How to create an RFP for a website”. This is partially a research project - so research! Here are some links that will also help:

http://sagemedia.ca/articles/how-to-write-a-web-design-request-for-proposal-rfp

http://www.newmediacampaigns.com/blog/website-design-request-for-proposal-template-tips

http://webgoddess.net/request-for-proposal/

http://www.gravitatedesign.com/blog/how-to-write-rfp-website-design/

"[The RFP] document should be heavy on goals and vision - what do you want your site to do? What's the reason for putting up a Web site for your company at all? It need not be a whole lot more than the project vision thing and something like:

[Your company name] seeks a company to help build a World Wide Web site to perform the following functions:"

[Here is where you must decide what you would like your website to do. Tell the companies your goal for your e-commerce site, color schemes if relevant, types of transactions that can take place, etc. Identify the pages (i.e., a home page), how many web pages it should link to (identify at least 4), how the pages should navigate (what leads to what), basic page design (aesthetics), what you want on each of the pages, and so on.]

[Discuss too your expectations of their hosting your site, service level agreements, privacy policies, and other common website standards.

Explanation / Answer

We Export LLP seeks a company to develop a World Wide Website for us to enable online selling of goods, registration and capturing of customer details. We have a cmplete range of home furnishing goods like curtains, pillow covers, duvets, quilts, cuchion covers, table cloth, bed spreads and many more.

Below is a detail of the requirements from the website :

Design Goals

The website should consists of the following main sections:

Visitor Features

Browse Products

View FAQs

View Product Details

Become a Member through Registration process

Registered Member Panel

Login to site

My Profile

My Orders

Manage Account

Buy Product (Checkout)

Logout

Admin Panel

Login

Dashboard

Site Member (Customer) Management

Product Attribute Management

Administrator User Management

Product Management

Order Manager

Shipping Management

Price Chart Management

Static Page content Management

Tax Management

Location Management (Country/State/City)

Banner Manager

FAQ Management

System Settings

Logout

Front - end requirements

Home Page

Views Website Logo, Banners or Slideshow which are integrated with Home Page

View list of Latest Products available with details like

Product Title

Image

View links for Login and Sign Up

Clicking on any link, User will navigate that particular Page

Product Display

Displays products

Click on image will display information of product as well as choice of different sizes if available

View the details of the products, with Image on Product Detail page

View listing of all Related Products

Product Name

Product size

Image

Clicking on Image, User will navigate to “Product Detail” Page

Product detail Page

Views Product details as follow

Product Title

Product Image

Option to view Measuring Videos

Features of the selected Product

View list of available Fabric with details like Colour Name, and Product Image

Select one Fabric

Dimensions (Size)

User can specifies their Window Pane Size and preferences like

Perfect Fit “Blind Type”

Pleated

Venetian

Roller

Blind “Fabric”

Pleated like

Cellular

Venetian like

Special Slat finishes

Frame Colour

For White or Brown Frames no charges will be taken

If it is Golden Oak Frame then it would incur a 10% surcharge on total Cost of Blind

Option for “Add to Cart”, User can add the Product to Cart with the specified Preference

View Price Charts

Visitor can browse the Price Charts for the Pleated / Venetian / Roller based on the Price

Calculation

Visitor can view Drop and Width wise Price of the Fabric

As Size (Drop/Width) of Fabric increases Price of Fabric will also raise

Watch Measuring Videos

View Measuring Video(s) added by user in conjunction with all Products with details like

Title

Duration

Description

Visitor can play the selected Video

View Cart

Displays products added to the shopping cart

With a small product image, subtotal, shipping amount

Link to „Update and „checkout

Link to “See entire shopping Cart

Can view its shopping cart

Remove Product from the Cart

Update Quantity and Recalculate Sub Total

User Login

This section allows User to enter the website by adding login details created during registration

Enter authenticated Email Address and Password to login

Forgot Password Link

Recover password through mail

New User? Sign up link available

Registration

This section allows New Users to create new registration account on the Site

Fill the registration form with all required fields

Enter Profile details like name, email id, password

Enter address details like Country, State and Zip Code

Submit Form

After creating login, the Customer enters the account with authenticated username and password and can perform the following tasks:

My Account

Personal Information

Change Name, Login, E-mail Address, or Password

Manage Address Information

My Orders

View all Orders

View order no/ order date/ amount/ quantity

View Status (In Process, Shipped, Open, Rejected)

History/Receipts

View Details of all the orders made

View order id, status, date ordered

Link to re-Order

Last Order

Displays the last order made

Link to reorder and reset quantity

View Order Tracking

Enter Order Number

View Shopping Cart

Delete Account

Sign out

Checkout

Proceed to Shipping Details

View/ Edit Shipping Details

Select Shipping Method

Proceed to Billing Details

View/ Edit Billing Details

Review Order

View Total Order Summary, with Shipping and Billing Details

Proceed to payment Details

PayPal Payment Gateway Integration

Order Confirmation

Show confirmation of order with order details on the screen

FAQ

Displays a list of frequently asked Questions

Shipping Information

Details regarding Shipping information and collaboration with any partners which will be confirmed with client for more details

Static Pages

Contact Us

About Us

Privacy Policy

Disclaimer

Terms & Conditions

BROWSER COMPATIBILITY

Supported Browser

Internet Explorer 7.0, 8.0

Firefox 3.x

Google Chrome

Safari (Windows)

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