Some clients like BeydaforBooks (top), Thematic
Attic (middle) and Platinum Auto Trends (below) have
special needs not generally available for purchase
through retail channels. Some of the work is design and
some of it is custom programming involving graphics,
data cleaning or simply getting a lot of data
organized. My specialty is PHP with MySQL, but I've
also done 3D-Rendering and some other out of the
ordinary stuff.
Features
A number of things I've done for clients are
administrative and can't be demonstrated publicly,
but here's a sampling.
Custom data imports and EDI type functions.
Data Cleaning ... Do you have an old Point of Sale
system with data you want to import into an
e-commerce setting. If the data has collected over
a long period of time, odds are it's a mess. I can
create custom applications large or small that will
help sanitize and standardize that data.
3D renderings with a custom 3D engine.
Custom rendered detail pages. For an example see
ThematicAttic.com.
If you search for "border", "banner" or "poster",
then go to the details page for any product, you'll
see the product around a virtual blackboard.
Borders get wrapped around the blackboard, posters
end up on the wall beside it and banners appear
above or beside the blackboard. Anything not in
these categories shows on the standard details page.
Graphics from data. This can take many forms from
pie charts to line graphs or almost anything you
need.
User tracking and lockdown with alerts to prevent
clients from sharing sensitive login information
and data.
General consultations are also available.
You can click on the thumbnail of the webpage to
see the live website. (The interface for
ThematicAttic has changed significantly since the
original design and they are in the middle of
moving their operation.)
Contract Details
I can create a website for you using these or other
website as a template. Once we negotiate the details of
the products you want to sell and your business model,
we can either use PayPal® as with this site or we
can setup a regular merchant account where your
customers won't see the PayPal® branding. PayPal®
is cheaper, but may not present the best image
depending on what you are selling or if you have a
large number of items to sell.
Pricing
Custom design or programming can range from trivial to
very complex. I tend to charge on an hourly basis for these
jobs, but I'm very fair. Feel free to ask my clients. Most
of the bigger jobs have a feedback feature on their website.