Fresh Fishing
Shopping cart, hosting and merchant account integration

Industry: Film Making
Date Completed: September 2007
Web address: www.freshfishing.co.uk

Client Introduction...

This new-style DVD for anglers by award winning TV natural history film-maker Moira Mann features one of the UK's top anglers, Bryan Jarrett. Bryan fishes for carp on a lake in the Cotswolds, while underwater cameraman John McIntyre filmed him from the carp's point of view

Project Overview...

Swim Films, creators of the Fresh Fishing DVD, came to us because they had been let down by their previous web developer. Even though they liked the design of the site, excluding one or two things, they found the overall functionality to be well below par. They wanted to be able to update virtually all aspects of the website using a Content Management System (CMS) system, and not be reliant on us for future content updates.

As well as the content, they also wanted the basket and the whole shopping experience to be easier and more informative. They felt that they were losing many potential customers due the the fact the basket was badly designed and the navigation hard to follow

The Brief...

• Create new images based around original flash design
• Ease of use for customers to add items to the basket
• Allow possibility of more products to be added
• Customer registration process to flow and also be informative
• Account Login area allowing for discounts and marketing
• Information should be accurate and up to date
• Fully manageable in-house after initial set up by developer
• Site should work on all browsers
• Detailed site visitor statistics
• Database population of initial product

Payment System...

Optimal Account and Virtual Terminal

What they said...

"If only we had come to you originally. Even though you took over this project and, through no fault of your own, the specification kept growing, you have made a bad situation much more bearable. Thank you for your support and understanding. I have already had 5 orders in the first 24 hours compared to 3 in 2 months with the original site"

Technology and Hosting...

Shopping Cart: eCommerce Builder v1.5
Client Side: HTML, DHTML, JavaScript
Server Side: C#, XML
Database: Access 2003
Platform/OS: IIS 6, Windows Server 2003

The process...

When you contact us regarding development work we will discuss your requirements with you, finding out what you would like and what you actually need. Once the initial concept is laid out we will email you with the specification and cost of the project. We will then advise on what to do next, what merchant account to go for (if applicable) and which information we need from you. If you would like us to deal with any third parties, such as printers, accountancy software companies etc. we will contact them direct. We find this easier for all concerned as it saves, not only time, but also any misunderstandings.

Once we have the go ahead from yourselves we will start to put a design together. We host this on a staging area so that you can see how it will look like once live on your domain (web address). Once the design is agreed, we then start to build the rest of the website

Timescales...

You will be notified at the beginning with estimated timescales.

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