I'm building a website for a friend who is starting a new business selling bridal wear. This site is to act akin to an commerce environment without the ability to purchase online (that is very much not the call-to-action needed). What I mean by this is that she will have products which will fit into a hierarchical category, with product parameters.
Now, I've built entire multi-million pound eCommerce systems from scratch, it's not a problem. But realistically, is it worth it for this project? Would I be better served using an off-the-shelf product and then just using it for the back-end work (canabalising the product page to do my bidding)?
I'm very much open to opinions on this. Building the DB from existing models and so on will be fun and work to my exact needs, but building the admin interface is (quite honestly) tedium.
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I'm building a website for a friend who is starting a new business selling bridal wear. This site is to act akin to an commerce environment without the ability to purchase online (that is very much not the call-to-action needed). What I mean by this is that she will have products which will fit into a hierarchical category, with product parameters.
Now, I've built entire multi-million pound eCommerce systems from scratch, it's not a problem. But realistically, is it worth it for this project? Would I be better served using an off-the-shelf product and then just using it for the back-end work (canabalising the product page to do my bidding)?
I'm very much open to opinions on this. Building the DB from existing models and so on will be fun and work to my exact needs, but building the admin interface is (quite honestly) tedium.
Opinions?
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