Project Objectives:
Asteroid Publishing provides quality titles to readers that seek unique reads versus a mass selection. Our task was to create e-commerce functionality that would allow clients to purchase ebooks securely. We had to provide full integration with Mobi-pocket systems, find innovative solutions for order processing and create navigational structure.
Website Design
Create a visually attractive appearance
Motivate visitors to sign on and browse through the site
Provide intuitive navigation
Web Development Front-end – What Visitors See
Secure user registration and login
Secure payment processing
Ordering process, with option to choose hard copy delivered or download soft copy from the site using mobipocket.com API
Order Management: browse orders, see orders status, see orders history
Back-end – Administration and Automated Processes
Secure Login: password protected back end system, assigned to specific IPs
Order Management: browse incoming orders, change order status, see order history
User Management: add/remove/ban users
Communication: send mass messages to users
Content Management System (CMS)
easy and intuitive options to change text and images on the site
Site Statistics: number of registered and logged in users per day/month/year, number of orders, revenue
Incoming Requests Management: browse through requests received via email and Contact Us form, and respond to the questions
Books Management: upload new books information, images and chapters in PDF or text format