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Organizations Involved

Community contributions

commerce_sca - Getting customer shipping account number during checkout process

commerce_ups, commerce_ups - Implements UPS/USPS shipping services

custom_hgsi_commerce_reorder - Used to implement the reorder functionality

custom_hgsi_common - Used for common hooks present in the HGSI website

Project rescue model of a non responsive Drupal 6 website/ failed implementation of D8 to a successful Drupal 8 plus commerce site.
Successful Proof of Concept in D8 + Commerce showcased prior to starting development of new site
Increased user experience and engagement resulting in a 30% increase in revenue
Target of 50,000 $ revenue expected from new website

About the project

Business Challenges
Update to the latest Content and Commerce platform
Have two different websites for Industrial and Automobile division
Implement into a more interactive UI/UX
Increase the revenue through the website
Have a detailed search console to provide relevant product info
Use latest payment and shipping integrations to the ecommerce cart.
Improve site’s SEO performance

Ameex Solution
Consulted to upgrade to Drupal 8 and inbuilt Drupal 8 commerce rather than the requested Drupal 7 version
Consulted to have a parent and child format for Industrial and Automobile division
Prepared a POC with the site’s existing content to check the feasibility of upgrading to drupal 8
After successful POC, upgraded to Drupal 8 and commerce
Designed a new UI/UX
Implemented Solr search
Integrated PayPal for payments and UPS and USPS for shipping
Implemented guest checkout

Value Delivered to the customer
Improved SEO performance with new design
Ensured the site’s responsiveness improvement
Reduced the development cost for Automobile division by following and parent and child site format
Search algorithm improved to show results form blogs, newsletters etc. to provide deep product info
Check out as guest helped improve the conversion rates
Implemented a scalable parent site to add more divisions in future at a lower cost.
Significant reduction in total spending
Scalability to create multiple websites at reduced cost
High website performance. Page load time of less than 2 seconds
Quick time to market

Why Drupal was chosen

we believe a robust website needs to be implemented and customized with all the requested components built into it. With our rich experience of working with various clients and our expertise with website development, we recommend that the ideal solution for the HGSI website needs would be a site that is built using the Drupal 8 Platform.

Drupal 8 as is, is a feature rich, robust content management platform optimized for the Linux/Apache server environment. It is one CMS that provides deep capabilities and endless flexibility that helps you build simple to highly complex websites.

Technical Specifications

Drupal version:

Why these modules/theme/distribution were chosen

Customized PayPal module to address the client’s need. Module to be contributed to Drupal Community.
Commerce reorder functionality has also been tailored and is planned to be contributed to the community.
Customization on the prime functionalities without any negative impact to give their customers a seamless user experience.
Delivered on schedule accommodating the changes provided post discovery.