Skip to content
Article

eCommerce Requirements Worksheet

There are many functionalities, features, and marketing needs that will factor into the complexity of your eCommerce website. For this reason, creating a budget for an eCommerce web project can be a process in itself. So what is the easiest way to scope the requirements and calculate price?

Over the years, Atlantic BT has scoped many custom eCommerce projects and developed a worksheet to streamline the process.

Free Download eCommerce Requirements Worksheet

This worksheet is designed to help focus your efforts when building or redesigning an eCommerce website. There are many other factors to consider during this process, but we focus on the high-level, critical factors that will organize your thinking and get you moving in the right direction.

What’s Included in This eCommerce Requirements Worksheet? 

This free download will walk you through determining objectives, technical requirements, needed features, and more. We included examples and checklists to facilitate the process. 

  • Determine your objectives.
  • Determine your features and technical requirements to gauge which platforms or service providers are the best fit for your business. 
  • Determine which features you need – such as marketing tools, customer account functionalities, and checkout methods.
  • Determine key audiences and personas.
  • Break down average traffic and conversions to determine scalability needs.
  • Determine product catalog size and related features needed for management.
  • Determine necessary integrations with other systems.

The Atlantic BT Manifesto

The Ultimate Guide To Planning A Complex Web Project

Insights

Atlantic BT's Insights

We’re sharing the latest concepts in tech, design, and software development. Learn more about our findings.

Questions & Answers

How much does custom eCommerce cost?
A custom eCommerce store could cost anywhere from $12,000/year to millions. Variable factors include the amount of custom features, the complexity of design, setup investments, training, and maintenance. Check out how to determine the cost of a custom eCommerce store.
Learn More about How much does custom eCommerce cost?
How do I build a WordPress eCommerce website?
There are two strategies to build eCommerce into your existing Wordpress site. First, you need to figure out if you need a complete eCommerce platform (ie. you need to sell many products, complex products, integration into other systems, etc.). The reason this matters is there are many eCommerce plugins for Wordpress with limited functionalities.
Learn More about How do I build a WordPress eCommerce website?
What is Magento eCommerce?
Magento is an increasingly popular eCommerce platform. It is written in PHP on the ZEND framework and is distributed under the Open Source Initiative.
Learn More about What is Magento eCommerce?
How do I find out what eCommerce platform a site is using?
There are a couple different ways to determine the technologies a site is using. Firstly, if you are technically savvy, you can right click on an eCommerce page (either catalog, checkout page, etc) and look at the source code. Many platforms will have hints in the source code that will give you an idea what the site is running.
Learn More about How do I find out what eCommerce platform a site is using?
How do I start an eCommerce business?
The most important thing to consider is your competitive advantage over others that may compete for the same type of eCommerce store. Low barriers to entry is both a pro and con to eCommerce.
Learn More about How do I start an eCommerce business?
What is an eCommerce platform?
An eCommerce platform is software that online businesses use to build functions needed to conduct business. The platform may be as simple as a catalog and shopping cart, but traditionally "platform" refers to a more robust set of tools and services.
Learn More about What is an eCommerce platform?
What is the difference between eCommerce and eBusiness?
Because people like to define these terms to suit their purposes, there are many different definitions of eBusiness and eCommerce. We define eBusiness as completing primary business functions online.
Learn More about What is the difference between eCommerce and eBusiness?