Whether it is x-cart development or prior x-cart project customization, we at creative spark can help build the right ecommerce solution for you.
X-Cart is an e-commerce platform (shopping cart) that provides a complete ecommerce solution and extensive administration area, based on PHP programming and has one of best levels of extensibility in ecommerce solutions.

We are X-Cart store developers which provide the following set of services:-

Our process starts from installation of x-cart till tutorial and handover after store development and testing. Sometimes, payment gateways and other functions of x-cart require certain minimum requirements in hosting hence we will provide inputs as to whether the host can support the x-Cart or not.

1. Request for proposal and preliminary proposal.
Based on request for proposal by client we provide our credentials and a preliminary conversation and series of mail to understand your requirements. You can be rest assured it will be a customized proposal for your ecommerce store development.

2. Requirements Preparation and Signoff
Based on further discussions a formal requirements sheet is prepared and agreed on by both parties including commercial terms, payment plan, maintenance etc. we are open to signing NDA or confidentiality agreement where felt required.

3. Site Mock-Up
The collation and collection of content and pictures for the x-cart store development is worked on. This content will be integrated with the programmed code of the ecommerce store at a later stage. A lot of customer involvement is required at this stage. As
X-cart store developers we undertake full responsibility to build a great looking and functioning store BUT it is the customer who can help us visualize his/her needs , the competition, reference sites as well as provide proprietary pictures and content from his side. Site home page and inner template pages mockups are shown and approved following an iterative approach.

4. Template Design and Design elements
The approved page design is now used in php based x-cart templates. Text and graphic content is “plugged in” and adjusted for a perfect layout. Multi-browser usage and css development as well as flash or other elements are some of the considerations here.

5. Web programming strategy and Configuring the X-cart
The database is installed and may need some configuring and additional tables etc. This is looked into. X-cart programming is based on PHP platform and we have Php , Mysql developers in our fold. Some features which were decided during requirement analysis simply need to be configured while other need to coded into the store.

6. Building and Coding Actual Pages
The features which need to be coded are programmed using php programming with javascript, html etc. as well as the content is integrated. The coding of the X-cart will also require keeping in mind the SEO aspects of the site as well as proper commenting.

7. Testing, Handover and Tutorial

The store is anyways continuously tested all along. A final set of testing is done on a test server and the customer may be involved in this as well. Once customer and we feel the store (and integrated website) is bug free, customer pays the final payment and the site goes live on customer server. Customer is also given a set of tutorials on how to use the control panel and admin section of the site. There could be another 10-15 day testing period where if any small bugs arise, they are eliminated on customer service.

After this, a maintenance plan, if any kicks in. Also the search engine optimization of the store is monitored and tweaked if part of the commercial agreement.

Our x-cart programming talent is backed by great x-cart design skills which adds a great look and feel to the developed store.

For your x-cart store development and customisation requirements, feel free to call us at 347-836-4360 or use the contact us form to send in your X-cart requirements.

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