WordPress Photography Store - Fully Hosted and Ready to Launch

WordPress Photography Store — Fully Hosted and Ready to Launch Project Build and launch a complete WordPress website where I sell digital copies of photographs I take. I retain copyright and ownership of every original and may sell unlimited copies to different customers. I need a finished, hosted store ready to accept real orders—not just a design or WordPress installation. Use established WordPress themes/plugins where practical. Keep costs affordable and avoid unnecessary custom programming. 1. Homepage and galleries The top approximately 25% of the homepage should show the website name/logo, a short “Who We Are” introduction, what we offer, and navigation: Home, Browse Photos, Categories/Galleries, About, Contact, and Cart. The rest of the homepage and additional pages should display photographs in a neat, consistent grid. Each item shows a thumbnail, title/description if supplied, and price. Clicking an image opens a full-screen or near-full-screen lightbox with a close button, title, price, and purchase option. Images must keep their proportions and work on desktop, tablet, and mobile. Support at least 200 photographs initially and allow growth. Include gallery pagination, categories (e.g., birds, wildlife, landscapes, nature), optional multiple categories per photo, featured photos, and control over display order. Add photo search if practical. 2. Cart, payments, and delivery Customers must be able to add multiple photos to a cart, continue browsing, review/remove items, pay securely, and receive confirmation. Use WooCommerce or a comparable established solution with Stripe, PayPal, or another reputable payment provider. After payment is confirmed, provide download links on the confirmation page and by email. Deliver the correct file(s) for each order. Do not release downloads before confirmed payment. Use reasonable download protections such as expiring links or download limits, where supported. I must be able to resend a link to a legitimate customer. A purchase grants a digital copy, not copyright. The same photo must remain for sale after purchase unless I remove it. Include terms of sale and a default personal-use license prohibiting resale, redistribution, and commercial use unless I authorize otherwise. I will review the wording before launch. 3. Original files and performance Original photographs are about 40 MB each; 200 originals total roughly 8 GB before backups and other versions. Do not load original files in gallery pages or expose master files through public URLs. Securely retain my originals and generate optimized thumbnails/previews for browsing. Use a high-quality download file in an agreed format and resolution. I must retain originals even when a photo is removed from public sale. Configure appropriate caching, lazy loading, pagination, and reliable backups. Explain storage, bandwidth, and download-delivery costs before work begins, including potential costs as sales grow. Test the catalog with at least 200 photos loaded. Use a watermark on previews if practical, without making the gallery unattractive. 4. Easy administration I am not a programmer. Provide a simple dashboard that lets me: Upload one or multiple photos where practical. Edit titles/descriptions, prices, and categories. Publish, feature, hide, remove from sale, replace, and reorder photos. Search the catalog. View orders, payment status, and purchased items. Resend customer download links. Edit basic website text and contact details. Removing a photo from sale must not delete my original. Provide simple written instructions or a recorded walkthrough. 5. Contact page Include a contact form with name, email, subject, and message. Deliver messages to my designated email, show a submission confirmation, and include spam protection. 6. WordPress setup Use WordPress and supported plugins. Suggested components: WooCommerce, downloadable-product functionality, a gallery/lightbox plugin, image optimization, security, and backup tools. You may propose alternatives if they meet the requirements at lower cost. Identify all themes, plugins, licenses, integrations, and custom code in your quote. Avoid unnecessary subscriptions and proprietary systems that make me dependent on you. 7. Turnkey hosting and launch You are responsible for hosting setup, WordPress installation, domain connection, HTTPS/SSL, design, galleries, payments, download delivery, security, backups, testing, and launch on my domain. Upload my initial photos after I provide the files, prices, and content. The site must be ready to accept real customer orders. 8. Ownership and no developer lock-in — mandatory I must own and control the website and essential accounts: Domain registered in my name or business name. Hosting account registered in my name or business name. Full WordPress administrator access. I control account recovery, billing, and password-reset email. Payment, storage, and essential service accounts are under my control. The developer must not retain exclusive access to any essential account. I can change passwords, manage subscriptions, change developers, and migrate the site without the original developer’s permission. No undisclosed developer-controlled service or proprietary system may be needed to keep the site operating. Before final acceptance, provide all account access, a complete backup (database and files), access to original and downloadable photos, a list of themes/plugins/integrations, and restoration/migration instructions. Disclose third-party license restrictions before work starts. Upon final payment, provide the applicable ownership or transferable rights to custom project deliverables, subject to disclosed third-party licenses. No hidden backdoors or undisclosed administrator accounts. 9. Security, privacy, SEO Configure SSL, reasonable WordPress security, spam protection, software update procedures, automated backups, and restoration instructions. Do not store full credit-card details in WordPress. Include a p