E-commerce web design help

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by Syekahtik, Nov 21, 2011.

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    Hi all! I am new to the forums.

    I am a web designer, but I am in a sticky situation. I am very confident with my web design skills, graphic design, etc (NON e-commerce). HOWEVER, I am new to e-commerce websites and I have a client who needs one done.

    Here's the deal. I was going to use x-cart, but it is very expensive with plugins, packages, templates, etc.

    These are my requirements:
    -Needs to be user friendly for my client (back-end)
    -Needs to create FEDEX shipping labels ready for printing
    -Needs to have decent templates available, ready to be customized by me at a fair price
    -Needs to have a wordpress blog integrated

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    Can anyone recommend how I should tackle this? So far these were my ideas:

    Create a wordpress website, which would solve everything except the ecommerce/fedex part. Is there one I can plugin? Maybe use PAYPAL buttons, but idk about the shipping labels part.

    Create an x-cart site, but I would have to design a template from the ground up because they are way to expensive.

    What should I do? Thanks guys!!
     
    Syekahtik, Nov 21, 2011 IP