Ecommerce Website Work in Montreal: What to Ask Before You Hire
An ecommerce specialist has to name the work
Searches for Montreal web design agencies that specialize in ecommerce, or for Montreal designers with ecommerce expertise, deserve a concrete scope. A logo and the word ecommerce are not a specialty.
Ask whether the quote is a new store, or search and technical work on a store that already exists. Catalogue size, payments, shipping, taxes, and returns are store work. Title tags on a five-page site are not.
What 514IT publishes for ecommerce
Our ecommerce page, /industries/ecommerce, describes SEO and technical work on stores, including Shopify: duplicate product URLs, category content, speed, structured product data, and bilingual paths. That is the work we describe there.
The website packages are brochure and lead-gen sites. Basic Website is up to five pages. We do not treat that package as an online store. If a project is a store build, the quote has to say so in its own scope. We will not imply a store is included when it is not.
Quebec sales to consumers need their own checklist
If you sell online to Quebec consumers, the Consumer Protection Act has rules for distance contracts, including information the merchant must give before the buyer agrees. Prices shown to those buyers have to be clear, including taxes and extra charges the buyer must pay.
We are not a law firm. Have your own advisor review checkout, returns, and privacy. Law 25 and the Charter of the French language are separate from design. A fast theme does not settle them.
Lines worth putting in the proposal
Platform, number of products in scope, languages, who configures tax and shipping, what is SEO versus what is a new build, and what you own if you leave. Rankings and revenue are not guaranteed.
Related service pages: /services/web-design for the marketing site, /services/technical-seo and /services/seo-audits for an existing store.