📝 Post Content:
I developed a fully functional, mobile-friendly website for Lafia City Mall, with a special focus on building a custom movie ticket booking system. The project was built using WordPress, WPBakery Page Builder, and the WoodMart theme to deliver a seamless, branded user experience for online shoppers and cinema-goers alike.
The movie booking feature is integrated with WooCommerce and optimized for local payment systems, ensuring a smooth and secure transaction process from browsing to checkout.
🎯 Project Objective
To build a scalable e-commerce and event booking platform for a shopping mall with:
- A robust movie ticket booking system
- Local payment integration (Razorpay)
- Custom checkout experience
- Live customer support
- Newsletter and CRM integration
- Multivendor support for expansion
🛠️ Technologies & Tools Used
⚙️ Core Stack:
- WordPress CMS
- WoodMart Theme
- WPBakery Page Builder
- WooCommerce (for store and ticketing engine)
🎟️ Movie Ticketing & Events:
- EventPrime – Modern Events Calendar
- WpEvently – WooCommerce ticket selling plugin
- EventPrime Offline Payments – to allow cash-based ticket pickup
- Variation Swatches for WooCommerce – for selecting ticket types
💳 Payment & Checkout:
- Razorpay – Secure local payment gateway integration
- Checkout Field Editor – Customized fields for ticket buyers
- Autocomplete WooCommerce Order – Streamlines order status
📩 CRM, Communication & Marketing:
- MailPoet + MC4WP – Email marketing and subscriber forms
- Contact Form 7 – Custom contact forms
- EngageBay Live Chat – Real-time customer support
- JoinChat – WhatsApp messaging integration
- Google for WooCommerce – Google Shopping setup
- WCFM Multivendor – Future-ready multivendor support
🌐 Other Enhancements:
- Code Snippets – Custom backend tweaks
- Safe SVG – Secure image uploads
- Loco Translate – Easy multilingual support
- WP Mail SMTP – Email deliverability configuration
💡 Key Features Implemented
- 🛒 One-click movie ticket booking with multiple time slots and seat types
- 💳 Secure local payment via Razorpay
- 📱 Mobile-optimized layout with a strong focus on user experience
- 🧾 Automated order handling to streamline booking flow
- 🧠 Real-time communication tools (live chat + WhatsApp)
- 📤 Newsletter opt-in and contact forms for lead generation
- 🔌 Flexible plugin ecosystem to accommodate future mall services
✅ Outcome & Value
The site now serves as a central digital hub for Lafia City Mall, enabling:
- Seamless online movie ticket bookings
- Automated communication and customer engagement
- A professional web presence ready for future expansion into full mall listings and multivendor shopping