Future E-commerce Website
DAY 165 OF 1825 // MONEY - £551.00
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Theorizing the value of having a website that people can order reprints from, I’m came to the conclusion that I want it sooner rather then later.
I originally planned to get a really, really, top notch in house developed website, hiring someone full time to work on it. This obviously wouldn’t be possible until i had a few studios running and had some serious income behind me.
I’ve looked and found the middle ground, I don’t want to pay out lots right now as I don’t have the moolah, but I don’t want a cookie cut or a ‘café press’ style website. A friend of a friend of a friend, who is now my web developer, will be building the website.
He built Carspares.co.uk from scratch with a lot of custom database coding, seeing the back end of the website it really is a piece of art. The front end graphically isn’t my cup of tea, but it serves them very well.
The best thing is, which makes me very thankful for him to work with me on this project, is that he is willing to work on a turnover commission based pay. Which makes it very affordable for me and hopefully quite profitable for him once it’s setup.
My website will be based loosely around the Kodak Gallery website.
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Phase 1.9.9 – Getting ready for the next booking, further tests
Things to do:
Book shopping centre space
Research and find a way to offer a faster print service – Just need to check out the leases.
Look for a sales assistant – First week is sorted now, mixture of solo and a friend helping out.
Look at Epos tech and make a paper receipt
Design new displays for the studio
Think about home call setup, the equipment needed, marketing, prices and photographers.