Online Stores That Sell, Ship and Sync Without Drama
A store is a website with a warehouse attached. We build the parts customers see and the parts that keep orders flowing.
What it is
E-commerce website development is the design and build of an online store: product catalog, categories, checkout, payments, shipping and tax rules, and the feeds that put products into Google Shopping. Media Pillars builds stores on WooCommerce (WordPress) so you own the platform, and offers Store Care for ongoing product updates, security and performance.
Who it's for
- Retailers adding online sales to a physical shop
- Makers and specialty food producers
- Businesses selling parts, gear or equipment
- Anyone leaving a rented platform that keeps raising fees
What you get
Catalog architecture
Categories, attributes and variations organized so shoppers and search engines find products.
Payments and shipping
Card, Apple Pay, PayPal; live shipping rates or flat rules; local pickup.
Square and POS sync
Inventory in your shop and online stay matched.
Google Merchant Center
Product feeds verified so items appear in Shopping results.
Speed under load
Caching and image handling tuned for stores with hundreds of products.
Store Care
$297 a month for product updates, plugin maintenance, security and performance.
How it starts
Plan the catalog
We map products, options, shipping zones and taxes before designing anything.
Build and test orders
Real test transactions, refunds and shipping labels before launch.
Launch and grow
Merchant Center, analytics and email flows go live with the store.
Pricing
Monthly plans are month to month with 30 days' notice. One-time work is a flat rate quoted in writing.
Launch Site
Custom WordPress, core pages, chat and booking ready, live in 2–3 weeks
Get a written quoteBusiness Growth Site
Full service and town page architecture, funnels, offer copywriting, 90 days of post-launch care
Get a written quoteE-Commerce Store
WooCommerce with catalog, payments, shipping and Merchant Center; $7,997–$14,997 by catalog size
Get a written quoteLanding pages and funnels from $997 with a $97/mo care plan. Care plans for any site: $97/mo standard, $197/mo with performance work and priority support.
A Store Is a System, Not a Website With a Cart
An online store that works is a system: products structured so Google Shopping and AI assistants can read them, checkout that does not leak buyers, texts and emails that chase every abandoned cart, and order follow-up that turns one purchase into a review and a repeat customer.
We build on WooCommerce when you want the store living inside your WordPress site with full ownership and no platform rent, and Shopify when hands-off simplicity matters more. We run stores on both today — we will tell you honestly which fits, because we profit either way.
Every build is a flat rate quoted before we start, paid up front, and we work until it is perfect.
What You Get
Handled end to end.
Product Catalog Done Properly
Categories, variants, photography guidance and descriptions written to sell — plus product schema so Google Shopping and ChatGPT can read every item.
Checkout That Does Not Leak
Payments, tax, shipping rules and a checkout tested on real phones. Every unnecessary field is a percentage of revenue gone.
Abandoned-Cart Recovery
Text and email sequences that chase every left-behind cart automatically — typically the fastest-paying feature in the whole build.
Order Follow-Up Automation
Confirmation, shipping updates, review requests and repeat-purchase campaigns — the same platform that runs our front-office plans.
Staff Training Included
Your team learns to add products, process orders and issue refunds. You run the store; we stay on call.
Speed and SEO Built In
Fast product pages, clean structure and Core Web Vitals attention from day one — a slow store is a closed store.
Built for Sellers, Not Browsers
Physical products, bookable products, local pickup or nationwide shipping.
- Retail shops adding online ordering and local pickup
- Makers and woodworkers selling finished goods
- Farm stands, food producers and gift shops
- Service businesses selling gift cards and packages
- Restaurants selling merch and catering packages
- Existing stores that need rescue or replatforming
Serving Upstate New York, Vermont and the Catskills
Media Pillars LLC is a NYS-certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business based in Granville, NY. We serve businesses in Glens Falls, Saratoga Springs, Queensbury, Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Lake George, Whitehall, Granville, Salem, Cambridge, Hudson Falls and Fort Edward, and throughout Washington, Warren, Saratoga, Rensselaer, Albany and Greene Counties — plus Rutland, Manchester, Bennington and Poultney in Vermont, and the Catskills region including Catskill, Saugerties and Hudson.
Everything is remote-managed, so where you are located does not change what you pay or how fast you go live.
Common questions
Why WooCommerce instead of a hosted platform?
You own it, there are no per-transaction platform fees, and it lives on the same WordPress site as your content — which helps search visibility.
What does a store cost?
From $7,997 to about $14,997 depending on catalog size and integrations, quoted flat in writing.
Can you migrate my existing products?
Yes, including images, variations and customer accounts where the old platform allows export.
Do you handle Square?
Yes — Square inventory and payment sync is one of our common integrations.
WooCommerce or Shopify — which should I pick?
WooCommerce if you want the store inside your WordPress site, full ownership, no monthly platform rent and the deepest SEO control. Shopify if you want maximum simplicity and are happy paying platform fees for it. We run stores on both and will tell you straight which fits your products and your patience.
Can you fix or take over my existing store?
Yes. Slow stores, broken checkouts, half-finished builds abandoned by the last developer — we audit what exists and tell you whether it is a rescue or a rebuild before you spend.
Do you write the product descriptions?
Yes — descriptions that sell and that carry the structured data Google Shopping and AI assistants read. You review and approve everything.
What is abandoned-cart recovery worth?
Most stores lose the large majority of started checkouts. A text twenty minutes later plus an email that evening recovers a meaningful slice of them — usually the fastest-paying automation in the entire build.
Can customers order for local pickup?
Yes — local pickup, local delivery zones, nationwide shipping or any mix, with the right rates and cutoff times for each.
Does ChatGPT recommend your business — or your competitor?
Free 30-second check on ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini. Your score on screen, a PDF report in your inbox, and the exact fix.
Try the assistant, then decide about e-commerce development
Call or text the AI line, or chat right here. It will book your 15-minute walkthrough on its own — that's the demo.
Backed by the Media Pillars Standard
Fourteen written guarantees, each with the remedy attached. Published because a promise you cannot check is not a promise.
- Calls answered 24/7 · 60-second text-back
- One-hour support response
- You own your domain, site and data
- No contracts · 30 days’ notice
- Every price published
- 90+ mobile PageSpeed on new sites
- Honest reviews, never gated
- Owner-level access to your own accounts
- A named human with a direct cell
- Money-back results guarantees
- 5-day exit, no fee