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Project: Simple WordPress Website for Author and Book Sales Project Overview I am looking for an experienced WordPress developer to build a simple, modern, and mobile-friendly website for an author. The website will present the author's profile, showcase one published book, and allow visitors to purchase the book online using secure payment methods. The website should be based on an existing WordPress template/theme (no custom design required) with customization of colors, branding, and content. There is already a template selected. Main Objectives The website should: Present the author and their biography. Showcase the book with description and images. Allow customers to order and pay online. Be mobile-responsive. Be easy to maintain by a non-technical user. Pages Required (can also be on one page via scrolldown, as is on the template) 1. Home Page Professional author photo Short introduction Featured book section Call-to-action button ("Buy Now") Navigation menu Footer with contact links 2. Author Bio Page Full biography Author photo gallery (optional) Career highlights Awards/media mentions (if applicable) 3. Book Page Book cover image Description/synopsis Book specifications: Number of pages Format (paperback/hardcover) ISBN placehooder for: Reviews/testimonials section Purchase button 4. Contact Page Contact form Email address Social media links 5. Privacy Policy / Legal Page Privacy policy Cookie notice Terms and conditions E-commerce Functionality Use WooCommerce or similar proven WordPress solution. Requirements: Single product (one book), with option to expand Product inventory management Shopping cart Checkout process Order confirmation email Customer order notification Payment methods: Credit/debit cards PayPal Optional: Stripe Apple Pay Google Pay Shipping: Fixed shipping cost Domestic and international shipping options Order status tracking Design Requirements Clean and modern appearance Professional author branding Responsive on: Desktop Tablet Mobile phones Fast loading speed SEO-friendly structure Admin Requirements Website owner should be able to: Edit text and images Add book reviews Change product price View orders Update stock quantity Create discount coupons No coding knowledge should be required. Technical Requirements WordPress latest version WooCommerce installation and configuration SSL support (HTTPS) Basic SEO setup Backup plugin configured Security plugin configured Spam protection on forms Deliverables The freelancer should provide: Fully functional WordPress website Deployed on hosting environment All source files and credentials Documentation for basic administration 30 days bug-fix support after delivery Content Provided by Client I will provide: Author biography Book description Book cover images Author photos Logo (if applicable) Payment account details Hosting and domain access Expected Budget Acceptance Criteria User can browse the website on desktop and mobile. User can purchase a book and complete payment. Order confirmation email is sent successfully. Administrator can update book information without developer assistance. Page speed score > 80 on mobile (Google Lighthouse). No critical security issues identified during testing.
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Hi there, I have read and understood the project details that you need a simple, modern WordPress website for an author, using your selected theme and focused on presenting the author, showcasing one book, and enabling secure online purchases. I can customize the existing theme with your branding, content and images, then configure WooCommerce for the book, including product management, cart, checkout, payment gateway, shipping options, order emails, stock management, coupons and order tracking. I’ll also set up the required legal pages, SSL, basic SEO, backups, security and spam protection. The website will be fully responsive, easy for a non-technical user to manage, and tested across desktop and mobile. I’ll also optimize the pages and images to meet your Lighthouse performance target and provide a clear handover guide with 30 days of bug-fix support. ✅For relevant WordPress/eCommerce work, you can review: [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] Would you like me to configure the purchase flow with Stripe/PayPal, or do you already have a preferred payment gateway account? I’m available to start immediately and can work directly with your selected theme, hosting, content and branding assets. Cheers, Rabia Shaikh.
$190 USD in 3 days
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513 freelancers are bidding on average $156 USD for this job

You already have the WordPress template selected, so the real job here is making sure the site does not just look good but also sells the book smoothly with clean checkout, shipping rules, and an admin area that stays simple for you to manage later. For an author site like this, the biggest risk is ending up with a nice front end but a confusing WooCommerce setup behind it. I’d build it around your existing template, keep the structure lightweight, and configure the store so updating price, stock, reviews, and coupons stays easy. I’ve handled WordPress sites with WooCommerce for single-product and small-catalog stores, including payment gateway setup, shipping options, legal pages, mobile responsiveness, and speed-focused optimization. This kind of project fits WordPress very well because it gives you control without needing coding knowledge for everyday edits. I can also include a short admin guide so you know where everything is after launch. - Which template have you selected? - Do you want this built as separate pages or as a one-page scroll layout based on the template? - Which payment methods do you want active from day one: PayPal only, or cards/Stripe as well?
$220 USD in 7 days
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Hello, Greetings of the Day! We can build your modern, mobile-friendly WordPress author website with WooCommerce book sales, using your selected template and customizing it to match your branding. With 10+ years of experience in WordPress, WooCommerce, website development, SEO, and performance optimization, we can handle the complete implementation. Our Expertise Includes: • WordPress Website Development • Custom Theme & Plugin Development • Existing Website Customization • WordPress Error Fixing & Troubleshooting • Website Speed Optimization • Mobile Responsive Improvements • WooCommerce Setup & Customization • Custom PHP, HTML & CSS Changes • Security Enhancements & Spam Protection • Multilingual Website Development • API Integration & Custom Solutions • Website Maintenance & Technical Support Our focus is on delivering clean, reliable, and scalable WordPress solutions that match your business requirements and provide a smooth user experience. Thanks & Regards, Prime SEO Hub
$140 USD in 30 days
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Proposed Roadmap for Author's WordPress Website: Embarking on a project to develop a WordPress website tailored for an author’s profile and book sales, I propose customizing a theme to highlight the author’s bio, book details, and integrating WooCommerce for secure online transactions. The focus is on scalability, user engagement, and future enhancements to ensure a sustainable and dynamic website. Emphasis will be on speed optimization, SEO-friendly structure, and security integrations to enhance performance and user experience. The goal is not only to meet current needs but also to create a platform for long-term success and growth. With a proven track record in WordPress development and e-commerce solutions, my aim is to deliver high-quality results within the proposed budget, ensuring a seamless experience from development to post-launch support. Let’s collaborate to create a digital presence that resonates with the audience and drives book sales effectively.
$225 USD in 5 days
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Hi, We at CnEL India can certainly deliver your author and book e-commerce website using your selected WordPress template. Our execution plan ensures a seamless launch and effortless ongoing management: Setup & Theme Configuration: Install WordPress and deploy your chosen template. Customize typography, colors, and layout structure to match your branding. WooCommerce & Payments: Configure WooCommerce for your book (inventory, pricing, fixed domestic/international shipping). Integrate PayPal, Stripe, and credit card gateways with SSL security and automated email notifications. Content & Page Setup: Build out the Home, Author Bio, Book Showcase, Contact, and Legal pages using provided text and media assets. Optimization & Security: Implement caching, SEO essentials, anti-spam, and backup modules to guarantee a Google Lighthouse mobile score of 80+. Handoff & Admin Training: Provide a non-technical user guide for managing stock, reviews, and coupons, backed by 30 days of post-launch support. We are ready to start immediately upon access. Looking forward to collaborating! Best regards, CnEL India
$140 USD in 15 days
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Hello, As an experienced WordPress developer specialized in WooCommerce design and customization, I find your project truly interesting, and your expectations well within my wheelhouse. Over the past 15+ years, I've helped numerous clients build high performing websites with tailored book sales functionalities like inventory management, checkout process, order tracking, and security measures like SSL support and backup plugin configuration as you specified. My repertoire of WooCommerce and WordPress skills makes me a perfect fit for your project requirements. With a deep understanding of HTML and PHP languages, I'm adept at fully-functioning, fast-loading websites that provide a seamless user experience across all devices. In addition to these coding proficiencies, I also possess strong proficiency in SEO strategies which can ensure your website ranks high on search results. Moreover, my ability to develop thoughtful platforms extends beyond just building. It involves designing interfaces that are simple yet powerful in their impact - not only providing an 'order and pay' button but ensuring the overall interface is customer-focused and appealing with secure payment methods for your customers. Finally, offering 30-day bug-fix support post-delivery helps to prevent and address any unforeseen issues with utmost priority enabling you to have peace of mind over the project Thanks!
$180 USD in 2 days
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Hello! I'm Rajeev, a seasoned WordPress developer, ready to bring your author's website to life. With my expertise in HTML, PHP, and Web Design combined with my proficiency in WordPress and WooCommerce, I assure you a clean, modern, and reliable website that effectively showcases the author's profile and book while handling e-commerce seamlessly. Let's get your elegant website running soon!
$250 USD in 8 days
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With a passion for creating engaging author websites, I understand the importance of showcasing your work effectively. I have experience in customizing WordPress themes to highlight authors and books, ensuring a seamless online purchase process. Could you share more details about the branding elements you'd like to incorporate to enhance the author's identity on the website? Regards, Yogesh Kumar
$70 USD in 10 days
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Hi, I can build your author website using the selected WordPress theme, with WooCommerce for the book store. I’ll set up the author/bio, book showcase, contact and legal pages, secure checkout with PayPal/Stripe, shipping, inventory, coupons and order emails. I’ll make it fully responsive, fast, SEO-friendly and easy to manage without coding. SSL, backups, security, spam protection and basic admin documentation will also be included. Please see our portfolio on this link : https://www.freelancer.com/u/webperfection123 Ready to start.
$200 USD in 3 days
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Hi, Single-product WooCommerce setups often break during the checkout handoff when permalinks or SSL certificates aren't forced properly from the start. I'll configure your chosen theme, wire up WooCommerce for the single book, and set up flat-rate shipping for domestic and international zones. I'll install the security and backup plugins, map out your five pages, and ensure the mobile layout hits that target Lighthouse speed score without bloat. You'll get a clean admin dashboard where editing text or updating stock requires zero code. Everything is included for $126 with delivery in 1 day, plus thirty days of bug-fix support. Share your hosting login whenever you're ready to start.
$126 USD in 1 day
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Hello, I’d be pleased to build your author website using the selected WordPress theme and WooCommerce. I can configure the single-book store, responsive pages, secure checkout, PayPal/Stripe options, shipping, emails, coupons, security, backups, SEO basics, and easy administration. I’ll also optimize performance toward your Lighthouse target and provide clear handover documentation with post-delivery bug support. A useful improvement would be adding a streamlined purchase flow directly from the book section to reduce checkout friction. Check out my portfolio here:- https://www.freelancer.com/u/installerpoint Best Regards, Muhammad Adeel
$90 USD in 5 days
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Hi ClientFirstName, I can see the real goal here: not just a website, but a polished author presence that quietly turns interest into book orders. Your template-based WordPress setup is a strong fit, and I can shape it into a clean, mobile-friendly storefront with WooCommerce, secure checkout, shipping rules, and simple admin controls for pages, stock, reviews, and coupons. I’ve built WordPress/WooCommerce sites with payment gateways, SSL, SEO basics, speed optimization, and backup/security setup, so I’ll keep the site easy to manage while making the purchase flow feel effortless for readers. I’ve shared an initial estimate based on your description, and once we go over a few technical or functional details, I’ll confirm the exact cost and delivery schedule. Would you like the book purchase to be a one-product checkout or a full WooCommerce cart flow with shipping rates and coupons? Best regards, Asad
$85 USD in 5 days
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Hello, my name is Daniel. I can adapt the selected WordPress theme into a clean, mobile-friendly author website that remains simple to update. I will configure WooCommerce for the book, including stock, coupons, fixed domestic and international shipping, secure card/PayPal payments, checkout, and order emails. Any required customization will use WooCommerce hooks and maintainable PHP rather than fragile theme edits. I will also handle compatibility, HTTPS, spam protection, backups, security settings, responsive testing, and basic SEO. You will be able to update content, pricing, reviews, stock, and orders without coding, supported by concise documentation and 30 days of bug fixes. Thank you for your time. You can view my profile and reviews here: https://www.freelancer.com/u/cyberdesignro Best regards, Daniel
$200 USD in 10 days
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Hello, Hope you are doing well, I’ll customize the template, set up the required pages, single-book product, inventory, cart/checkout, card + PayPal payments, emails, and responsive mobile experience. With 10 years of WordPress/WooCommerce experience, I’ll ensure the site is easy for a non-technical user to manage and provide relevant examples of similar work. Let’s chat to review the selected theme and book details so I can get started. thank you Regards Gaurav Garg
$250 USD in 10 days
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Hello, I can build your modern, mobile-friendly WordPress author website using the selected theme, with customized branding, author content, book presentation, and WooCommerce for secure single-book sales. I will configure cart, checkout, payment methods, fixed domestic and international shipping, inventory, order emails, coupons, contact protection, backups, security, SSL, and basic SEO. I will also ensure the site is easy to manage without coding, optimize performance toward your Lighthouse target, test the complete purchase flow across devices, and provide clear administration documentation plus post-launch bug-fix support. A useful improvement would be adding automated abandoned-cart or follow-up email capability for future sales growth. I will deliver the deployment, configuration, testing, and handover carefully. Muhammad Thank you!
$110 USD in 2 days
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Got the decription-------------This is a straightforward WordPress + WooCommerce build, but the important part is making the single-book purchase flow reliable, fast, and simple for a non-technical owner to manage. I can customize your selected theme, configure WooCommerce checkout, payments, shipping, emails, inventory, coupons, SSL, SEO, backups and security, with responsive performance targeting your Lighthouse requirement. My query: Which payment gateway do you already have active, Stripe, PayPal, or another provider? Please ping me to get started and get outstanding results. Thanks!!!
$230 USD in 7 days
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Greetings, I see you're looking for a simple and modern WordPress website to showcase your author profile and sell your book online. It’s important that the site is mobile-friendly and easy for you to manage without needing technical skills. I can help you set up the chosen WordPress template, customizing it to reflect your branding and content while ensuring that it meets all your needs, from the author bio to the e-commerce functionality. I have extensive experience with WordPress and WooCommerce, which will allow me to create a smooth shopping experience for your customers, including secure payment options and order confirmations. Additionally, I’ll ensure that the site is SEO-friendly and has a fast loading speed, so it reaches your audience effectively. Best regards, Saba Ehsan
$150 USD in 3 days
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Selling a single physical book through WooCommerce is straightforward, but the detail that trips most author sites up is shipping: one book, one weight, so I'd set flat-rate zones by region with the postage actually costed out, and trim the checkout to just the fields needed — a five-field checkout converts far better than Woo's default. The build uses your chosen theme with colours, fonts and branding customised through the customiser rather than hacked into code, so updates won't wipe your work. Book specs (pages, format, ISBN) go in as product attributes so they display in a clean table, and the reviews section uses Woo's built-in reviews with schema markup, which is also what can surface star ratings in Google. Payment via Stripe and PayPal hosted checkout so card details never touch your site, with order confirmation emails sent through authenticated SMTP so they don't land in spam. Contact form with spam filtering, plus a privacy policy, cookie notice and terms drafted to cover GDPR basics. Images optimised to WebP so the author photos and cover load fast on mobile. I'll leave short written notes so a non-technical person can edit text, swap photos and view orders. I can start as soon as you send hosting access and content.
$30 USD in 1 day
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Since this is an author website with one book to sell, the main priority is not a heavy ecommerce build but a clean, trustworthy buying experience that works well on mobile and is easy for you to update yourself. That usually comes down to good theme customization, a simple page flow, and a properly configured WooCommerce setup rather than custom coding. I’d keep the build lean so it loads fast and is straightforward for both visitors and the site owner. Most of my relevant work in WordPress has been exactly this type of practical business website: template-based builds, content setup, payment integration, contact forms, privacy/legal pages, and backend settings the client can manage without depending on a developer for every small change. With a single product, we can also keep inventory, shipping, and coupon settings clean and manageable from the start. I can help structure this so future expansion to more books is easy too. - Is your hosting already connected to the domain and SSL-ready? - Will you need domestic and international shipping rates as fixed amounts, or should they vary by region? - Do you already have the page content organized, or would you like help arranging it inside the selected template?
$210 USD in 7 days
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Hello. WordPress development expert ready to help you with a project. I have more than 400 good reviews and more than 15 years of development experience behind, so project will be done with the best quality and timeframe. Free bug fixing support. We can always make deal on price. Tnx, and hope to hear you soon.
$250 USD in 7 days
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As an experienced Senior Full-Stack Web & eCommerce Developer, I wholeheartedly believe I am the right choice for your WordPress Author Website with Book E-Commerce project. With a professional career spanning over 10 years, it is safe to say that my expertise squarely fits within the requirements of your project. I have been doing end-to-end WordPress website building, from design to deployment, for numerous startups, agencies, businesses, and entrepreneurs. My familiarity with WordPress templating and WooCommerce will surely provide the modern and sleek appearance you desire. Moreover, your emphasis on a mobile-responsiveness and SEO-friendly structure aligns well with my coding practices. I take pride in creating clean and scalable code that adheres to design principles and results in fast loading pages. As a result of this approach, most of the websites I’ve developed have scored well above 80 on mobile-based Google Lighthouse benchmarks. Lastly, my commitment to after-delivery support and relentless drive towards providing secure and reliable solutions are additional assets that distinguish me as an ideal candidate. With me at the helm of your project, you'll have a responsive team member who will not only bring technical competence but also offer clear communication throughout the process. Thank you so much for considering my candidacy! Let's discuss this project further & gent to work!
$140 USD in 7 days
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