I need a complete, production-ready e-commerce website built from the ground up. The project covers everything from setting up the back-end architecture to delivering a polished, responsive front-end that works flawlessly on desktop and mobile. You’re free to recommend the platform—whether that ends up being Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, or another stack that better fits the brief—but your choice must balance scalability, ease of management, and long-term cost efficiency. I’m looking for clean, maintainable code, modern UI/UX standards, and a checkout flow that converts smoothly. Key deliverables • Full storefront with product catalog, search, filtering, and variant handling • Secure payment gateway integration (major cards + PayPal/Apple Pay/Google Pay, as supported by the chosen platform) • Order management dashboard for inventory, shipping, and refunds • Customer account area with order history and profile management • Mobile-first responsive design, optimized for speed (Core Web Vitals in the green) • Basic on-page SEO setup (schema, meta tags, clean URLs) • Documentation and a brief hand-over session so I can manage products and promotions myself Acceptance criteria • Site loads <2 s on a 4G connection • Zero critical issues on Google Lighthouse audits • End-to-end test purchase functions without errors, from cart to confirmation email If this sounds like the kind of build where you can bring both front-end polish and back-end robustness, let’s get started.