Contact person: WordPress Developer for High-Traffic Raffle Site Optimization

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Location: Sydney, Australia

Budget: Recommended by industry experts

Time to start: As soon as possible

Project description:
"We are seeking an experienced WordPress developer to optimize our existing raffle website, [login to view URL], to handle high traffic, improve checkout performance, and prevent crashes. The site currently runs on WordPress with WooCommerce and the RafflePlay plugin, hosted on VentraIP shared hosting (16GB RAM, 1000% CPU, 15GB disk, $113.50/month). We experience a 510–15 second checkout delay and crashes at 500 orders/hour. Our goal is to achieve a 2–5 second checkout, support 1,500–2,000 orders/hour (with potential for 50–100 tickets/order), and ensure stability, aligning with the performance of high-traffic trade promotion sites like LMCT+ and RS Rewards.

Project Objectives

Performance Improvement: Reduce checkout time from 10–15 seconds to 2–5 seconds.
Traffic Capacity: Handle 1,500–2,000 orders/hour (75,000–500,000 tickets/hour if ticket generation is re-enabled) without crashes.
Stability: Eliminate crashes experienced at 500 orders/hour.
User Experience: Simplify the checkout process for a seamless, mobile-optimized flow.
Scalability: Prepare the site for future growth beyond 5,000 orders/hour.

Current Setup

Platform: WordPress with WooCommerce and RafflePlay plugin.
Hosting: VentraIP shared hosting (to be upgraded).
Traffic: Currently 500 orders/hour, aiming for 1,500–5,000 orders/hour.
Issues:

10–15 second checkout delay.
Crashes at 500 orders/hour.

50–100 tickets/order, $25 average order value." (client-provided description)