I. INTRODUCTION TO THE SOLUTION

II- UNDERSTANDING THE FOUNDATION: THE CORE COMPONENTS OF THE MINI-ECOMMERCE SOLUTION

1. The Big Picture: The Three Main Pillars of the Store

2. Storefront: Google Sites

3. Inventory & Records: Google Sheets

4. The Controlling Brain: Google Apps Script

5. How Everything Works Together: The Journey of an Order

6. Summary

III- WHY IS THIS SOLUTION DIFFERENT AND WHO IS IT FOR?

IV. IS THIS SOLUTION FOR YOU?

V - A DETAILED ROADMAP TO HELP YOU CREATE YOUR OWN ONLINE STORE.

a. How do I start creating my shop page?

b. Describe how we distribute our solution package.

VI - DETAILED VIDEO GUIDE ON HOW TO SET UP A STORE PAGE

VII- DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SET UP A STORE PAGE

A. Order and activate the solution package.

B. The roadmap for starting store construction

1. Setting up the basic store.

1.1 PHASE 1: BUILDING A GOOGLE SHEETS DATA "WAREHOUSE" – OR CREATING GOOGLE SHEETS FILES TO STORE YOUR DATA

1.2 PHASE 2: CREATING A PRODUCT CATALOG MANAGEMENT STAFF MEMBER – OR CREATING A GOOGLE APPS SCRIPT FILE “2 PRODUCT MANAGEMENT”

1.3 PHASE 2: CREATING ORDER MANAGEMENT STAFF – OR CREATING THE GOOGLE APPS SCRIPT FILE “1 ORDER MANAGEMENT”

1.4 PHASE 3: CREATING THE STORE FRONTAGE – OR CREATING THE GOOGLE SITES STORE PAGE CODE FILE

2. Expanding store upgrade features

2.1 EXTENDED SETUP: CONNECTING APPS SHEET

2.2 EXTENDED SETUP: CONNECTING WITH GOOGLE ANALYTICS

2.3 EXTENDED SETUP: CONNECTING SECONDARY WEB APPS AND SCRIPT TO ENCOURAGE EMAIL SENDING INCREASE FEATURE

3. Store Operations

INTRODUCTION TO THE SOLUTION

• This solution aims to provide a way for you to build and own your own streamlined e-commerce platform.
• This platform leverages products within the Google ecosystem that users are already familiar with, but combines them in a new way to transform your Google Sites into a smart, simple, and powerful online store. It will include:
• Frontend usesGoogle Sites– Storefront: We will utilize Google Sites' HTML embedding feature to create your own store website.
• Backend usageGoogle Apps Script– Store Manager: We will leverage the powerful automation capabilities of Google App Script to handle tasks such as recording order data, sending confirmation notifications to customers and the store owner/administrator.
• Database usedGoogle Sheet– Store data and records: We will use Google Sheets to store order information and product information to facilitate store management.
• Expand and leverage:
• Gmail, Appsheet: There will be use of free, easily integrated platforms to serve the purpose of “Order notification”
• Appsheet, Google Sheet, Data Looker Studio, Google Analytics: These are the extension products that will be utilized for**Store management, data analysis, sales statistics...**This will give you an overview of your business performance.