Hi !
Need some input on some technicalities surrounding my business idea. I am taking the "create the airplane as you fall" technique so everything is not thought through. Learn as I go.
Planning a project and I need some help determining what the technical needs are and which route would be most sensible in regards to time, cost, efficiency, automation and potential growth.
The website will in essence be a directory and affiliate marketing website, where a user will search a product and get an overview of the stores carrying that said product – shown as a list and on a map. Alternativly, the user can search for a store and get all franchises shown in map with products per franchise shown as a list. We are talking offline stores, and later online if traction gets going. I have thought of a revenue model which will work. (In my country this is not a saturated market, only 1 competing website) I can't disclose details on the niche, but you get the idea.
So, I am thinking of using Wordpress as the base CMS and expanding from there.
I am guessing the most sensible thing would be to install a directory specialized theme. Not sure which one to go for – leaning towards Listable. From there I would need some plugins and develop the site to meet my demands.
I wish to set up a foundation from the get-go which allows me to be creative and expand the site freely with close to no restrictions. Possibilities for monotization, limitless custom search options, automatic csv imports, affiliate marketing etc..
Any advice on how I should get started? I don't wish to simply purchase a theme and some plugins and potentially get stuck down the road because of poor choices.
Thanks guys,
Buck
Need some input on some technicalities surrounding my business idea. I am taking the "create the airplane as you fall" technique so everything is not thought through. Learn as I go.
Planning a project and I need some help determining what the technical needs are and which route would be most sensible in regards to time, cost, efficiency, automation and potential growth.
The website will in essence be a directory and affiliate marketing website, where a user will search a product and get an overview of the stores carrying that said product – shown as a list and on a map. Alternativly, the user can search for a store and get all franchises shown in map with products per franchise shown as a list. We are talking offline stores, and later online if traction gets going. I have thought of a revenue model which will work. (In my country this is not a saturated market, only 1 competing website) I can't disclose details on the niche, but you get the idea.
So, I am thinking of using Wordpress as the base CMS and expanding from there.
I am guessing the most sensible thing would be to install a directory specialized theme. Not sure which one to go for – leaning towards Listable. From there I would need some plugins and develop the site to meet my demands.
I wish to set up a foundation from the get-go which allows me to be creative and expand the site freely with close to no restrictions. Possibilities for monotization, limitless custom search options, automatic csv imports, affiliate marketing etc..
Any advice on how I should get started? I don't wish to simply purchase a theme and some plugins and potentially get stuck down the road because of poor choices.
Thanks guys,
Buck
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