Laravel 12 Ecommerce Website with Admin Panel & Shopping Cart

Launch your own professional ecommerce platform quickly with this ready-to-use Laravel 12 Ecommerce Project. Designed with clean architecture and best coding practices, it’s perfect for developers, startups, and businesses who want a modern online store solution.

Technology Stack

• Backend: Laravel 12 (PHP 8.3+)
• Frontend: Tailwind CSS
• Database: MySQL / MariaDB
• Authentication: Built-in Laravel Auth (secure & extendable)

Why Choose This Project?

• Fast setup and easy customization
• Clear project structure & clean codebase
• Developer-friendly documentation
• Scalable to add more features like coupons, shipping, or multi-vendor

Use Cases

• Build your own online store
• Use it as a starter kit for ecommerce projects
• Learn Laravel 12 by working on a real-world project

⚡ With this project, you get a complete ecommerce website that’s production-ready, customizable, and scalable.

• ✅ User authentication & profile management
• ✅ Product management (categories, images, stock, discounts)
• ✅ Shopping cart 
• ✅ Secure checkout & order management
• ✅ Invoices & order history tracking
• ✅ Admin dashboard to manage products, orders, and users
• ✅ Responsive frontend with Tailwind CSS
• ✅ SEO-friendly structure
• ✅ Easy payment gateway integration (not included yet but ready to extend)
• ✅ Clean, modular, and well-documented code

• PHP 8.2+
• MySQL / MariaDB database
• Apache or Nginx web server
• Composer (for Laravel dependencies)
• Node.js & NPM (for frontend assets, optional if you want to rebuild)
• Basic knowledge of Laravel installation

Follow these steps to set up the Laravel 12 Ecommerce Project on your local machine or server:

✅ Requirements

Before starting, make sure you have:

• PHP 8.2 or higher (php --version)
• Composer (PHP package manager) → getcomposer.org
• Node.js & NPM (frontend assets) → nodejs.org
• MySQL (recommended) or SQLite (for simple development)
• Git (optional, for cloning the repository)

🚀 Setup Guide

1. Download the Project

• Extract the source code ZIP into your desired folder.
• Open a terminal/command prompt inside that folder.

2. Install PHP Dependencies

composer install

3. Install JavaScript Dependencies (for development only)

npm install

4. Configure Environment

• Copy the example environment file:

cp .env.example .env

(Windows: copy .env.example .env)

• Generate application key:

php artisan key:generate

5. Database Setup

• Open .env and configure your database (MySQL or SQLite).
• Run migrations:

php artisan migrate

6. Storage & Dummy Data

• Link storage folder:

php artisan storage:link

• Seed database with sample data (admin + products):

php artisan db:seed

7. Compile Frontend Assets (For development only)

npm run build

(Use npm run dev for hot reload during development.)

8. Start the Application

php artisan serve

Access at: http://127.0.0.1:8000

👤 Default Accounts (after seeding)

Admin:

• Email: [email protected]
• Password: password

User:

• Email: [email protected]
• Password: password

📁 Project Structure (Highlights)

• app/ → Controllers, Models, Providers
• database/ → Migrations, Seeders, SQLite (optional)
• resources/ → Blade views, CSS, JS
• routes/web.php → Application routes
• public/ → Public assets
• storage/app/public/ → Uploaded files

⚡ With this guide, you can get your ecommerce site running in minutes.