Steel Products E-commerce & Business Management Website

# Freelance Project: Steel Products Website Development – 3 Phases / Budget Options

## Project Overview

We are looking for an experienced Website Developer or Web Development Team to design and develop a professional, responsive website for a steel products trading and supply business.

Our business deals in various steel products, including:

- Steel Flats
- MS Angles and Equal Angles
- Steel Channels
- Joists
- Angle Channels
- Different steel sizes, dimensions, lengths, and weights
- Other structural steel products

Product specifications and size charts will be provided in PDF format.

We want to develop a modern, professional website that helps us showcase our steel products, generate business enquiries, manage customers, and eventually handle our complete business operations through an integrated management system.

**We are considering three website packages. Developers can apply for one package or propose solutions for all three.**

## Package 1: Basic Business Website

**Budget: ₹12,000**

**Scope: 5–8 pages**

Required pages:
1. Home
2. About Us
3. Products / Product Categories
4. Product Details
5. Industries We Serve
6. Contact Us
7. Enquiry Form
8. Optional FAQ or Resources page

Features:
- Professional industrial/steel industry design
- Mobile, tablet, and desktop responsive layout
- Product categories and product specifications
- Product size and weight tables based on provided PDFs
- WhatsApp integration
- Call and email enquiry buttons
- Contact and quotation enquiry forms
- Google Maps integration
- Basic on-page SEO
- Fast-loading pages
- Easy-to-update content
- Social media integration

**Goal:** Establish an online presence and generate product enquiries from customers, dealers, contractors, fabricators, and industrial buyers.

## Package 2: Business Website with Customer Login and E-commerce

**Budget: ₹25,000**

**Scope: 10–15 pages**

Includes all relevant features from Package 1, plus:

### Customer Account
- Customer registration and login
- Forgot password and password reset
- Customer profile and contact information
- Customer order history

### Product Catalogue and E-commerce
- Product categories and subcategories
- Product search and filtering by size, type, and specifications
- Product details with images and technical specifications
- Shopping cart
- Checkout process
- Customer order placement
- Order confirmation and status tracking
- Admin product and inventory management
- Order management dashboard
- Customer enquiry and quotation requests
- Payment gateway integration, if included in the agreed scope
- Shipping or delivery options, where applicable

### Additional Features
- Admin dashboard
- Basic stock availability management
- Customer enquiry management
- GST and business information fields, where required
- Basic SEO and analytics integration
- Email notifications

**Important:** Steel products may be sold by piece, length, or weight, depending on the product. The developer should propose a suitable pricing and ordering system. Products requiring bulk quantities, variable weights, or negotiated rates should support a Request a Quote option.

## Package 3: Complete Business Management System / ERP

**Budget: To Be Quoted Separately**

This package will involve a website integrated with a business management system for handling day-to-day operations.

The developer should propose a modular solution with the following features:

### 1. Website and Product Management
- Public-facing business website
- Product catalogue and technical specifications
- Customer login and registration
- Product enquiry and quotation system
- E-commerce functionality, if required

### 2. CRM – Customer Relationship Management
- Customer and lead database
- Lead follow-up and status tracking
- Customer enquiry management
- Call and follow-up records
- Salesperson-wise lead assignment
- Customer communication history

### 3. Employee Management
- Employee profiles
- Employee login and role-based access
- Attendance and leave records, if included
- Employee task assignment
- Work progress tracking
- Employee-wise performance reports

### 4. Sales Management
- Sales enquiries and quotations
- Sales orders
- Order processing and delivery status
- Salesperson-wise sales reports
- Customer-wise sales history
- Pending orders and payment tracking

### 5. GST, Billing and Invoicing
- GST-compliant invoice generation
- Taxable value and applicable GST calculations
- CGST, SGST, and IGST support, as applicable
- Invoice numbering
- Purchase and sales records
- Credit and debit notes, if required
- PDF invoice download and printing
- GST reports and exportable records

Any GST return filing or government portal integration must be specified and quoted separately.

### 6. Party / Customer / Supplier Management
- Customer and supplier master records
- Party contact information and GSTIN
- Purchase and sales history
- Outstanding receivables and payables
- Party-wise ledger reports
- Credit limits and payment terms, if required

### 7. Purchase and Inventory Management
- Purchase orders
- Supplier quotations and purchase records
- Stock inward and outward entries
- Inventory by product, size, and specification
- Stock availability and low-stock alerts
- Material dispatch and delivery records
- Stock valuation and inventory reports

### 8. Accounts and Business Reports
- Sales and purchase summaries
- Expense tracking, if included
- Customer outstanding reports
- Supplier outstanding reports
- Profitability reports, subject to cost-data availability
- Downloadable Excel/PDF reports
- Dashboard with key business indicators

### 9. Security and Administration
- Super admin and employee roles
- Role-based permissions
- Secure login and password management
- Database backup and recovery plan
- Audit logs for important transactions
- Data export facilities

**Goal:** Build a scalable business platform that can manage website enquiries, customers, employees, sales, purchases, inventory, invoices, and business reports in one system.

## Preferred Technology Stack

I do not have a finalized technical architecture. I welcome recommendations from experienced developers.

Preferred technologies:

- HTML5
- CSS3
- JavaScript
- Bootstrap
- WordPress and WooCommerce
- PHP and MySQL

Other suitable frontend, backend, database, or ERP technologies may be proposed if they offer better security, maintainability, scalability, and value for money.

Developers must clearly explain the proposed technology stack and why it is suitable for this project.

## What I Expect from the Developer

- Relevant portfolio of business websites or e-commerce projects
- Experience with product catalogues and inventory-based websites
- Ability to understand steel product specifications and pricing requirements
- Clean, responsive UI/UX design
- Secure and maintainable code
- Admin panel and documentation
- Testing before delivery
- Deployment to my hosting/domain
- Basic training on how to manage the website
- Post-launch bug-fixing support
- Clear milestones, delivery timeline, and payment terms

## Proposal Requirements

Please include the following in your proposal:

1. Which package you recommend: Package 1, 2, or 3.
2. Your total development cost for the selected package.
3. Estimated delivery timeline.
4. Recommended technology stack.
5. Links to previous projects or portfolio.
6. Whether hosting, domain setup, SSL, and deployment are included.
7. Whether source code and database ownership will be transferred.
8. Any recurring costs, paid plugins, APIs, or third-party software charges.
9. Maintenance and support charges after launch.
10. Any additional costs or limitations that should be considered.

## Budget Summary

- Package 1: ₹7000 – Basic website, 5–8 pages.
- Package 2: ₹15000 – Website with customer login, product catalogue, and e-commerce.
- Package 3: Separate quotation – Website integrated with CRM, employee management, sales, purchase, inventory, GST billing, and party management.

Please provide a realistic quotation based on the actual scope. For Package 3, developers may suggest a phased implementation to keep the initial cost manageable.

**Important:** Please do not send generic proposals. Explain how you would approach this specific steel products business and its product catalogue.

We are looking for a reliable developer interested in a long-term working relationship as the business grows.