This is a production-ready database schema designed for modern e-commerce platforms. It handles users, products, categories, orders, and inventory management with proper relationships and constraints. Perfect for developers building stores with Node.js, Python, PHP, or any backend framework.

The schema includes user authentication, product catalogs with categories, order tracking with status management, and order items for line-item details. All relationships use foreign keys to maintain data integrity, and timestamps track when records are created. Scale from your first order to thousands of daily transactions.

What’s included:

• Complete Users table with email and password storage
• Categories and Products tables with pricing and stock
• Orders table with status tracking (pending, paid, shipped, delivered)
• Order_Items junction table for cart and order lines
• SQL create statements ready to run
• Entity relationship diagram (ERD)
• Best practices documentation
• Sample queries for common operations