Work Area
Commerce Systems
We build commerce systems for businesses that sell in ways a basic store cannot handle: repeating payments, many sellers, quotes, or made-to-order goods. We choose the model that fits how you sell, then build the billing, order handling, and connections behind it.
- 1,200+ clients helped
- Building since 2010
- 15 services, one team
- 50+ technologies
At a glance
What we build
We build the machinery behind selling when selling is not simple: complex pricing, repeating payments, many sellers, or orders that need several steps.
Problems we solve
A standard store cannot handle quotes, subscriptions, multiple sellers, or custom prices, so staff manage these by hand.
Who we serve
Businesses whose selling model goes beyond a basket and a checkout, such as subscriptions, marketplaces, or made-to-order goods.
How to choose
Name the selling model first, then check which parts a standard platform covers and which need custom work.
In practice
When selling is more than a basket
We build commerce for the ways of selling a basic online store cannot handle: repeating payments, many sellers, prices that vary, or products made after the order. The storefront is joined to pricing, payment, and fulfillment.
Standard platforms handle ordinary selling very well. Trouble begins at the edges, where staff keep spreadsheets of special prices or chase repeat payments by hand.
A commerce system takes on those edge cases. It can sit behind an existing store or run a new one, depending on how far your needs depart from the standard.
Four selling models and what each needs
How does a sale work in your business? Customers pay again on a schedule: A subscription system; Many sellers sell through your site: A marketplace system; Prices depend on the customer or the order: A pricing and quote system; Goods are made after the order: A made-to-order system.
If: Customers pay again on a schedule
Choose: A subscription systemRepeating payments, upgrades, and cancellations.If: Many sellers sell through your site
Choose: A marketplace systemSeller accounts, commissions, and payouts.If: Prices depend on the customer or the order
Choose: A pricing and quote systemRules for prices, discounts, and approvals.If: Goods are made after the order
Choose: A made-to-order systemOptions, production steps, and lead times.
Often built with
Selling models
What each model needs
Subscriptions
Main parts
Plans, repeating payments, upgrades, and cancellation.
- What to watch
- Failed payments and tax across regions.
Marketplaces
Main parts
Seller accounts, listings, commissions, and payouts.
- What to watch
- Trust, disputes, and who is responsible.
Quotes and custom prices
Main parts
Price rules, quote steps, and approvals.
- What to watch
- Keeping prices consistent and auditable.
Made to order
Main parts
Product options, production tracking, and lead times.
- What to watch
- Setting expectations about delivery.
Build or extend
Extend a platform, or build a system?
Many needs can be met by extending a standard platform. Others cannot.
How far is your model from the standard?
Choose this when
An add-on or a setting covers most of it.
- What you get
- Extend a platform with apps, and keep costs low.
- Keep in mind
- Too many add-ons can slow the store and clash.
Choose this when
The storefront is standard, but pricing or fulfillment is not.
- What you get
- A standard storefront with a custom system behind it.
- Keep in mind
- Define the link between them carefully.
Choose this when
The model is the business, such as a new marketplace.
- What you get
- A purpose-built system, planned in stages.
- Keep in mind
- Start with one narrow offer to prove demand.
What we build
Common parts
Selling
- Catalog, options, and prices.
- Quotes, plans, and offers.
Paying
- Payments through providers such as Stripe.
- Invoices, refunds, and receipts.
Fulfilling
- Order routing and tracking.
- Delivery and returns.
Managing
- Customer and seller accounts.
- Reports on sales and money owed.
A typical example
Subscriptions with customer-specific prices
A typical case is a business that sells monthly supplies by subscription, with different prices for different customers. Staff set up each customer's plan by hand and chase failed payments.
A commerce system could hold each customer's plan and price, take payments on schedule, retry failures, and tell the customer. Staff would handle only exceptions.
Tell us how a sale works in your business
Describe a sale from first request to payment. We will show which parts need a custom system and which a platform can cover.