Vicinity Group Retailers
eCommerce Solution for SME Retailers
Thank you for your interest in our outstanding Shopify eCommerce solution that can help get your products to market fast, with a best practice eCommerce site. Included in this, is expert advisory to guide you on securing your local Government or council grant, which can help fund the project and market your store.
eCommerce Website Scope
- The website will utilise a best practice eCommerce theme and feature the
Retailers logo and 3 colours (primary, secondary and highlight)
- Setup (up to) three product variants I.e. size, colour, style
- Payment gateway – Shopify Payments (Stripe or Paypal) – The Retailer will be
required to setup the accounts and provide us access
- Shipping integration and calculator – We will be leverage www.readytoship.com.au.
It is simple to use and AusPost-ready
- Activate Shopify operational emails - order confirmation, edited order, refund, order
cancellation, shipping confirmation, customer account activation and customer
account password reset.
- The inventory management solution will be built into the solution. The Retailer will
need to maintain inventory levels in Shopify (Integration is available via the Optional
Extras section below).
- No limit on the number of SKUs
- Image gallery
- Mobile responsive design
- Shopping feeds for Facebook and Google
- Discount codes
- Sitewide search
- Pages
- Home
- Product category/listing
- Product
- Store locator - Store map for a single store Retailer or a list view for Retailers
that have multiple stores
- Contact us / form – Including a ReCaptcha to filter spam inquiries
- Privacy Policy (Template provided)
- Terms and Conditions of Use (Template provided)
- Shipping Details (Template provided)
- Returns Policy (Template provided)
- Customer account login and management
- Google Analytics account setup, including 2 views, 2 goals (I.e. Conversion/contact)
and IP filter. This will enable the Retailer to understand how their website is being
used by their customers and see how many goal conversions occur
- Training (Up to 90 minutes)
Grants Advisory
We'll provide expert advisory to guide you on securing your local Government or council grant, which can help fund the project and market your store. In some cases, all costs can be funded through these grants. Please read more about some selected Grants here.
- Phone call for general advisory on the grant process and requirements
- Provision of the common answers required for the application (Outside of business
specific requirements)
- Final review of the application prior to submission
Approach summary
- We will provide the Retailer with a collection form and checklist of items to provide,
including a product upload template
- The Retailer will complete the collection form, including providing all copywriting
and the product upload file, including providing all the product images
- We will build and configure the website based on collection form and checklist,
including uploading all the product details and images
- Once the Retailer is comfortable with the website, we will access Domain Name
Server (DNS) and point the Retailers domain to the Shopify site. The Retailer will
need to provide access to their DNS via a username and password
Project duration – One-two weeks from project commencement
Budget - $3,700 (Ex GST), billed on 14 day payment terms over the course of the project, against milestone delivery. Extended finance options are also available.
Monthly Support and Maintenance (Optional)
- Access to ‘BlueRock Digital Customer Care Portal’
- Service levels response times for any incidents and requests that are made
- Support through to resolution for incidents
- Maintenance and proactive solution enhancement
Out-of-scope
- Shopify subscription of $29USD per month - Shopify is offering an extended
90-day free trial due to COVID-19. This allows you to save the more on your
ongoing costs
- Ready to Ship subscription - https://www.readytoship.com.au/pricing/
Budget (Optional) - $200 (Ex GST) per month
- This provides up to 2 hours of support a month
- Additional hours are charged at $180 (Ex GST) per hour
Optional Extras
Given the variability around the below items, we will need to quote these upon request.
- Phone call for general advisory on the grant process and requirements
- Provision of the common answers required for the application (Outside of business
specific requirements)
- Final review of the application prior to submission
- Website layout changes and customisations
- Marketing services
- Google my Business listing publishing and verification
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and meta data services
- More advanced eCommerce analytics
- Social media management - content calendar, creation and posting
- Paid media management - Google and Facebook advertising to drive new
awareness, new customers and sales. We can provide a ROI forecast pro
bono, to give Retailers a strong indication of what they will return from the
campaign
- Copywriting services
- Newsletter/eDM (MailChimp or HubSpot)
- Logo design, style guide and graphic design
- Photography
- Brauz “fulfil from store” functionality - Reserve instore, click-and-collect or delivery
function
- Integrations to other systems - For example:
- Xero, MYOB AR, QuickBooks
- Inventory system
- POS
- Gift cards
Interested?
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