E-Commerce Site With Product Filters

I need an e-commerce website built around a smooth, modern shopping experience. The goal is to mirror the clean look and intuitive flow of several reference sites I will share with you as soon as we start, so you will have clear visual benchmarks from day one.

Key requirement
• Product search and filtering that lets customers drill down by category, price, or any other attribute we define.

Everything else—checkout flow, payment gateway choice, inventory management, even the tech stack—is open for discussion. I’m happy to hear whether you prefer Shopify, WooCommerce, a headless build, or another approach, provided the end result stays fast, secure, and easy for me to manage.

Please outline:
• How you plan to implement the search/filter logic.
• Which platform or framework you recommend and why.
• An estimated timeline from kickoff to launch.

If you have live examples of past e-commerce work that highlight advanced filtering, share them so I can see your style in action. I’m ready to get started as soon as we align on the approach.