Hire the best e-commerce website developer in 2 days 

Experience

A junior e-commerce web developer often has had from 1 to 3 years of experience with a minimum of 5 different projects. Meanwhile, middle developers have from 3 to 5 years of experience, and senior and experts have more than 5 to 13 years. However, experience and abilities are not a causation but correlation relationship. In another words, e-commerce developers with more experience can handle issues and communications better, however, their approach may be less flexible. The budget for senior and middle is higher, sometimes double and triple, compared to junior ranks.

Domain Insight

E-commerce website developer must understand the insights and technology methods in ecommerce to deliver the most appropriate output. Each website has its own features and purpose, and as a result, it is customized for their domain. For more information on tech stack in e-commerce website development, check out our articles on Top 25 best website company development.

Skills and Tools

E-commerce is a dynamic economics that is constantly growing. In 2022, according to https://www.statista.com/,  retail e-commerce sales were expected to exceed 5.7 trillion U.S. dollars in total global market, and this number is going to reach new heights in the coming years. Consequently, ecommerce website developer also is versatile and likely to works smoothly with different tools in programming to be more flexible and helpful.

Total Working Hours

E-commerce website developers are paid by hours, with rates from 15 to 150 USD depending on working locations, experience of developers, and timeline, complexity of the project. Following our 15 years of experience, with common e-commerce website development from scratch to first launch version, it would take about 1,000 hours (about 1 and a half months) of working. So be careful if you are going to hire e-commerce website developers who estimate too little or too long compared to the above figure.

Communications

If the E-commerce website developer can understand the business goals of the plan to discuss and work with you, that’s good. If not, consider the role of BA and PM to ensure the project stays on track. Additionally, if developers are not fluent in your language, you should reconsider hiring or add on the fee of translators.

Attitude & Commitment

If you are in a hurry but encounter developers who cannot dedicate themselves to the project, define some delivery milestones and fixed working hours by day or week. Otherwise, you won’t be able to manage it, plus, attitude in teamwork is equally important as abilities.

Freelancer Pool

Freelancer pool websites such as Upwork, freelancer.com, guru … allow you to connect with e-commerce website developer all over the globe. The competitive nature of the freelancer environment fosters continuous growth and innovation within the community. You can post details of your projects and let e-commerce website developers bid on them. You can verify their strength and showcase their skills and make a value proposition. This bidding process encourages developers to refine their proposals, pricing strategies, and communication skills, thereby enhancing overall professionalism.

Recruit Developer

The full recruitment process may seem complicated, but a dedicated e-commerce website developer will help your project become more stable. At the same time, you will also manage more easily. Whether the cost of maintaining an employee is large or not depends on your business resources.

Outsourcing agency

Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) agencies have developers available with their profiles for you to review. There are many options that can be offered to suit your wishes. Besides, you can save costs when hiring workers in developing countries if you hire ITO agencies. The exchange process will be complicated, but your risks will be shared equally.

Cross-border e-commerce development

With the expanding of technology, e-commerce businesses are always at the forefront of applying new achievements in their field. A typical example that cannot be ignored for its achievement is Amazon. Originally founded as an e-commerce-as-a-service platform that allows retailers to build their web store, Amazon then launched the first on-demand cloud computing services to clients. Amazon Web Service (AWS) has now become the market leaders in both retailing e-commerce and cloud-as-a-service.

With immerse potentiality in mind, you can choose whether to build your e-commerce website in different languages and deploy in different nations. If the answer is yes, your business takes advantage of the cross-border e-commerce development. For your information, this model includes hiring e-commerce website developers from other countries and using professional consultancy. We would develop a whole eBook and whitepaper explaining the cross-border e-commerce development model, so please stay tune for AHT Global Blog or sign up here to receive the publications.

Painstaking Time and Budget Estimation

Estimation is a process for finding an estimated quantity or approximation, whose value is useful for certain purposes even in the case of uncertainty. In conclusion, the accuracy of time and budget estimation is important to control performance of e-commerce website developers.

During the estimation phase, the requirements are often unclear, so it is necessary to list the functions in as much detail as possible to serve as a premise for the estimate. In addition, it is quite common for 2 or more e-commerce developers to participate in developing an e-commerce website. If your company’s work is dependent on other parties such as equipment, features, APIs, design documents… then clearly define time constraints with relevant parties. You also have a plan to respond to these constraints in case risks may occur.