Ecommerce website development in San Jose

Shopify suits a store that wants hosting, security, checkout and platform updates handled for it. You can add features through apps, but app subscriptions recur and deeper checkout changes are limited to Shopify Plus. Check the features you need before choosing apps, particularly if the checkout itself needs to work in an unusual way.

WooCommerce is worth considering if your team already uses WordPress or publishes substantial content alongside products. It gives you control of code, data and hosting, while leaving someone responsible for hosting, updates, security and plugin compatibility. That ongoing work needs an owner, even when the store is straightforward to use.

A custom storefront is an option for an unusual catalogue or checkout. It asks more of the build team than a simpler platform choice, so start with the operations the store needs to support. We recommend a platform after understanding your products and how you run the business, so the choice fits the work your team does every day.

Statewide sales tax applies in much of the United States, while some states have none. We set up the store’s tax settings around the rules you have confirmed for your products and the places you sell. Those settings sit alongside the cart, checkout and order records your team uses to process a purchase.

If you send commercial email, the message needs a valid physical postal address and a clear opt-out. We connect your email tool and set up the email content to include those details; your process also needs to honour opt-out requests.

Gather these materials and decisions so we can understand the work your store needs.

• A product spreadsheet with descriptions, SKUs, variants, stock, categories, weights and package sizes.
• Original product photos, with consistent backgrounds and images for each colour variant.
• Registration, bank and identity documents for a payment account in your business’s name.
• Your tax decisions, checked with an accountant, plus delivery areas, couriers and charges.
• Business-owned logins for your domain, current site, email, analytics and Google accounts.

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  Losing old product links

  Map each old product and category URL to its closest new page, including products you no longer sell, and use permanent redirects.

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  Testing only in sandbox mode

  Place a real order using live payment settings, then refund it and check the payment settings and order email.

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  Sending unauthenticated order emails

  Set up SPF or DKIM on the sending domain to reduce the chance of messages landing in spam.

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  Overloading product pages

  Compress images and load review, chat and tracking scripts only where they are needed.