E-commerce

This project showcases a fully functional E-Commerce Platform built with Laravel and MySQL, designed to deliver a smooth, secure, and scalable online shopping experience. The system was developed using the MVC architecture, leveraging Eloquent ORM for clean and efficient database management, and integrated with Paystack to enable secure online payments tailored to the African market.

The application serves both customers and administrators providing intuitive shopping, checkout, and order tracking features for users, alongside an admin panel for inventory, sales, and user management.

Many small-to-medium businesses in the region face challenges with:

Payment gateway reliability, especially for local currencies.

Cumbersome management tools for tracking orders and stock.

Limited visibility into real-time sales analytics and user activity.

The goal of this project was to build a reliable, locally compatible, and easy-to-use e-commerce solution that addresses these pain points combining user-friendly design, secure transactions, and an efficient backend structure.

designed and implemented an end-to-end e-commerce platform that automates online sales and simplifies product and user management.

Customers can browse, search, and filter products seamlessly.

Each product has a detailed page with images, descriptions, and live stock availability.

A dynamic shopping cart system allows quantity adjustments, live pricing, and checkout in one flow.

Implemented Laravel’s built-in authentication for secure login and registration.

Role-based access control (Admin, Customer) ensures that each user type only accesses the right modules.

Middleware protections prevent unauthorized access to sensitive pages like order management and admin dashboards.

Integrated Paystack API for secure, real-time online payments.

Automated transaction verification after every payment.

Email notifications sent instantly for successful transactions, enhancing trust and transparency.

Authenticated customers can view their order history and track delivery progress.

Admins have access to comprehensive tools to manage:

Order lifecycle includes status updates like Pending, Paid, Processing, Delivered, or Cancelled.

Built a centralized dashboard for platform analytics and management.

Provides insights into:

Enables easy product CRUD, user management, and settings configuration through a clean interface.

Backend: Laravel (PHP)

Database: MySQL

ORM: Eloquent ORM

Authentication: Laravel Auth with Guards

Payments: Paystack API

Frontend: Blade templating + Tailwind CSS (optional)

Architecture: MVC

Delivered a fully functional e-commerce system that simplifies management for both business owners and customers.

Reduced checkout time by 40% through optimized payment flow and cart automation.

Improved business transparency with real-time order and payment tracking.

Increased conversion rates due to fast, mobile-responsive design and secure Paystack integration.Results & Impact

Delivered a fully functional e-commerce system that simplifies management for both business owners and customers.

Reduced checkout time by 40% through optimized payment flow and cart automation.

Improved business transparency with real-time order and payment tracking.

Increased conversion rates due to fast, mobile-responsive design and secure Paystack integration.

handled the entire system development lifecycle, including:

Backend architecture and database schema design.

RESTful API implementation for frontend-backend communication.

Integration of Paystack for secure online transactions.

Frontend Blade components for product display, checkout, and dashboards.

Testing and optimization for performance and data accuracy.

GitHub: https://github.com/kiddo9

GitHub Repo: https://github.com/kiddo9/E-commerce-shop