I’m ready to move my current NopCommerce storefront over to Shopify with one clear objective: better overall functionality. The areas giving us the most grief right now are search behavior and site speed, so I need the new Shopify build to deliver noticeably faster page-load times out of the gate. Here’s what the project will involve: • A full export of all products, images, customers and order history from NopCommerce and a clean import into Shopify. • Theme setup and customization focused on performance—please keep Core Web Vitals in mind while you work. • Search configuration that can scale (Shopify Search & Discovery, Algolia or a comparable app—open to your recommendation) so results surface quickly and accurately. • Performance optimization: image compression, code minification, liquid cleanup and any additional tweaks needed to hit sub-2-second load times on the key pages. • Redirect mapping and SEO safeguards so we don’t lose rankings during the switchover. • A brief hand-off session or documentation so my team can manage the store confidently after launch. Successful delivery means the live Shopify site consistently loads faster than the current NopCommerce store, product search feels instantaneous, and all data is intact. Here are more specific details, Project One - Move www.studica.com to Shopify -Freelancer must have platform experience from NopCommerce, which is .NET to SaaS -familiarity with the tech stack, MSSQL -how much customization is required, and can it be done with Shopify’s API’s - We have a few different brands that we sell https://www.studica.com/manufacturer/all but three main ones and we want these three to look like they are on their own site by creating, - Studica Robotics - robotics.studica.com - Lumion - Lumion.studica.com - Fischertechnik - fichertechnik.studica.com - The website theme should be end to end - access to the backend so we can add or modify products, blogs, information pages etc -how many additional apps or plugins will be needed in comparison to what we currently have, including a feed manager for Google (GA4) and others, how redirects are handled as we have hundreds and hundreds, menu structure, smart product collections, tabs and sliders, shipping plugins for UPS and API for ShipStation -Education Verification with Proxi.ID, this is a big one to address - Besides a buy button, we need a quote button. Quote works similar to buy where you go to a quote checkout, the customer enters all their information but they don't purchase and they don't enter payment options.-software downloads, (example, Circuit Design Suite or SPSS for Students) -guest checkouts and one-page checkouts -product manuals and resource downloads, backend file manager? -templates for customer order confirmations, quote requests, EV notifications -full bi-synchronous integration with BC, map existing connectors -data migration of product SKU’s, categories, product variants, product accessories, kits/bundles, existing customers, order history, all images, documents and resources -how will SEO be impacted? Are URL’s preserved - Search, SEO and speed are very important -how will our payment gateways with Braintree work, how much customization will be required? -would also want to know monthly costs with Shopify and all additional plugins -timeframe to rebuild the site, landing pages, integrate WordPress blog -testing/staging sites -chatbot -training for staff Project 2 - add Studica.co and Studica.ca domains - Can we make the above site into a multi-country and multi-currency website? - both these sites are linked to a Canadian set of Microsoft BC books in Canadian dollars. - Backend will show inventory of the US and Canada books separately - site will default in English but will convert to language of IP of origin