From the course: Ecommerce: Scoping Projects
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Note other integrations
- You may have noticed a pattern that the more things you try to integrate, the more work you have to do. And it's helpful to pass along that idea to your clients. They might not realize that adding a weather app, a stock tracker, and a feed of recent purchases, et cetera, takes time and costs them money. For ecommerce to work, you have to accept money online. That is the only required integration. There are a lot of integrations that can make your life easier, but they aren't mandatory. And with a client who's never built an ecommerce store, they might not realize that. Let's say a client wants a particular integration we haven't talked about yet. For example, an accounting integration. Most ecommerce platforms do have integrations for accounting services, but even when the integration is there, it doesn't mean it's easy. It could still take hours to set up. If the client has an ERP, enterprise resource planning, or inventory management solution, those also take a ton of time to…
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Ask the right questions1m 20s
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What type of products?3m 16s
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Quantity of products1m 58s
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Access and assets5m 13s
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Red flags2m 3s
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Estimate the scaling needs of a site3m 35s
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Determine payment needs2m 9s
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Payment considerations2m 50s
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Understand shipping needs4m 8s
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Discuss currencies and taxes2m 35s
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Determine localization needs2m 14s
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Note other integrations1m 39s
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