Season 25 Challenge Pitch: "Build Your Own Mega Store A Practical Web Development Challenge"
Hello everyone
I hope you all are doing great.
As we all know many students today rely heavily on AI tools to complete their assignments. while AI is helpful it often reduces the real learning experience. Thats why I am bringing something different for Season 25 a practical challenge where students and learners will do their own research and build their own E ccommerce website step by step.
| This is for everyone students freelancers beginners in web development or anyone who wants to build something real and useful. No shortcuts. No copying. Just hands on learning. |
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Project Title: Online Mega Store
Domain / Category: Web / E-Commerce
Challenge Style: Practical Educational and Hands On
Abstract / Introduction
The Online Mega Store is a complete e-commerce platform designed to allow users to browse and purchase products while also integrating drop shipping functionality.
In drop shipping third party sellers can list and sell their products on your website without managing the store themselves. When a customer places an order the system automatically sends the order details to the supplier who then directly ships the product to the customer. The store owner doesn’t need to keep any inventory or handle deliveries.
This means:
Sellers can join and upload their products.
They don’t need to run or manage the website.
Orders are fulfilled automatically by the suppliers.
The store owner still earns a profit by setting margins.
In this challenge participants will develop a working E-commerce website using WordPress WooCommerce and XAMPP Server (Localhost). They will follow a guided plan each week and complete the challenge by building a fully working drop shipping store with Real features like user login order tracking Cart functionality payment gateways and admin dashboard.
This is not theory. Its pure practical learning.
6 Week Practical Plan (Challenge Schedule)
| Week | Theme | Weekly Task |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Setup Begins | Install XAMPP server WordPress and theme setup. Learn basic hosting and localhost configurations. |
| 2 | WooCommerce Wonders | Install and configure WooCommerce. Add product categories and sample products. Customize pages and menus. |
| 3 | Admin Panel Features | Build admin dashboard features: manage orders products customers shipping and payments. |
| 4 | Customer Experience | Set up user registration cart checkout reviews order tracking and payment methods. |
| 5 | Drop Shipping Integration | Add drop shipping features (e.g. product sync automated fulfillment profit margin settings). |
| 6 | Final Store Launch | Complete project test all features publish screenshots and write a final project report. |
How People Can Interact & Engage
- Weekly tasks will be explained in simple steps.
- Participants will upload screenshots of their practical progress.
- Everyone will comment on at least two other entries to support and learn from each other.
- They will also share what challenges they faced and how they solved them.
This challenge promotes mutual learning supportive discussions and real project building.
How I will Select the 6 Best Posts Each Week
Each week I will select the top 6 entries based on:
- Completion of Weekly Task (Did they follow the steps?)
- Practical Proof (Screenshots / screen recordings)
- Explanation of Work Done (Can they explain what they did in their own words?)
- Presentation & Structure (Clear and clean formatting)
- Effort Level (Original work self done)
- Interaction with Others (Helpful comments on peer work)
This will ensure fair and transparent selection.
Team Member (Solo Application)
- Username: @hamzayousafzai
- Country: Pakistan
- Reputation: 74.100
- Own SP: 10 393.457
- Power Down: Not powering down
- Telegram: t.me/hamzayousafzaii
- Discord: hamzayousafzai
- Bio: I m a teacher and instructor on udemy I love creating digital learning content and have been teaching for 8+ years. I have trained 4000+ students through my free Udemy course . I believe in activity based learning and this challenge will reflect that.
This project is a golden opportunity for anyone who wants to learn how to build a professional website without using AI shortcuts. At the end of this challenge participants will proudly say "I built it myself."
This might be too technically advanced for many people.
Are there any simpler, more ready made shop options for people without technical skills? Maybe Shopify or similar?
I’m also an expert in Shopify, but the main issue is that you must buy their paid plan — otherwise, you can't really work on it.
If you want me to teach Shopify, I can definitely do that too — but keep in mind that everyone will need a paid plan to work on it properly.
With WordPress, there’s no need for coding. You just need to follow simple instructions. I’ll be creating weekly video lectures in English so that anyone can follow along easily.
In WordPress, it’s as simple as:
Installing a theme
Installing the required plugins
Customizing everything using drag and drop
I honestly believe it’s much easier than coding, and you’ll have full control to make changes at any time.
Also, Steemians don’t need to buy hosting or a domain. We’ll be working on localhost for practice. Once you’ve mastered it, thay can buy hosting later if you want — but for learning, thay just need to follow the lectures.
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Sounds like a plan! Good luck, Bro.
Thanks brother.. i hope for the best
Many students are eager to learn SEO, web development, and other skills to improve their living standards. This initiative is a positive step forward. It and other skills to support their living standards. This idea is a helpful step.
Yes your right now time to bring some real and technical skills on steemit..
I hope next time i will teach SEO
I am excited for this entry—best of luck.
There is a great idea! This challenge is a great opportunity for those who want to learn web development but are unable to get practical experience. Your phased plan, especially the use of WordPress and Wu Commerce, is easy and understandable for new learners. The idea of drop shipping is also very useful. This will give students and freelancers the opportunity to create a real project. Your hard work and intention is commendable. Best wishes!