I have a clean OpenCart store installation. No data, no theme, nothing. I need an experienced OpenCart developer to help me make it look good and find and configure the plugins that I need.
Opencart is version 4.x.
I am a sysadmin and maintain the server myself. So I can be involved at a technical level. However, I am inexperienced with OpenCart -- this is my first store. I need someone who can help guide decision-making about things as well as accomplish technical tasks.
Please see detailed requirements below.
I have a logo for the site already and can pay for additional graphics design work as needed, depending on what we decide.
EXAMPLES SITES
Here are some sites for design ideas. I don't want to merely copy any of these, but use some of their ideas.
In the end, one of the most important requirements is that the site have a somewhat unique design, or at least not look exactly like every other "canned" site on the Internet.
[login to view URL] - like the large images, simply layout, the "our story" section etc.
[login to view URL] - I like the "reviews" section here. (rest of the site is not so great)
[login to view URL] - again I like the relatively uncrowded layout, large images. The large centralized logo up top is nice too. I would like the store logo to be prominent on the front page of my site.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
1. Set up payment rail of some sort (TBD) that works with US banks
2. Integrated blog on the site (plugin?)
3. Bitcoin support
4. Customer-submitted review feature (similar to [login to view URL] with photo support etc.)
5. Email / newsletter subscribe setup. (I have a postfix server we can use for email