Ecommerce Development Company
We build the commerce that doesn’t fit in a Shopify template: multi-vendor marketplaces, bidding platforms, B2B dealer networks and mobile-first commerce apps. Real payments, real logistics, real money moving through systems we stand behind — since 2004.
When the Transaction Is the Hard Part
Here is advice that costs us projects: if you are selling standard products from one catalog, you probably do not need us. Shopify exists, it is good, and we will say so in the first call. Custom ecommerce development earns its price when the transaction itself is unusual — when buyers negotiate instead of just paying, when sellers need onboarding and payouts, when pricing depends on who is asking, or when commerce lives inside a larger product with its own rules.
That is the commerce we build, and the proof is public: an automotive marketplace where buyers make offers and manage trade-ins, a hyperlocal classifieds platform with map-based discovery and in-app monetization, a real estate platform where the entire transaction is a structured bidding process, and a dealer network app where parts ordering and payments serve business customers across locations. None of those fit a template. All of them are in our case studies.
A template checkout has three states. Ours have more.
Every transaction below runs on a platform from our case studies. The green states are the ones a storefront template has no word for.
Template storeWhat Shopify does well
- Cart
- Pay
- Done
Automotive marketplaceBuyers negotiate instead of paying
- Listing
- Offer
- Counter-offer
- Trade-in valued
- Accepted
- Pay
Property bidding platformThe whole transaction is the bid
- Listing
- Walkthrough booked
- Bid
- Bidding closes
- Documents
- Settlement
Hyperlocal classifiedsSellers need onboarding and payouts
- Seller verified
- Listing
- Found on the map
- Buyer chat
- Featured boost paid
- Sold
Dealer network appPricing depends on who is asking
- Account pricing
- Parts order
- Approval
- Pay
- Service scheduled
- Reorder
- Template state
- Standard state
- State only custom commerce can express
Ecommerce we build
- Multi-vendor marketplaces
- Seller onboarding, listings, messaging, split payments and payouts, disputes and moderation. These are the parts that make a marketplace three times the work of a store.
- Mobile commerce apps
- iOS and Android commerce built with our React Native practice: native payments, push-driven engagement, offline-tolerant carts.
- B2B ordering and dealer platforms
- Account-based pricing, approval flows, repeat ordering, credit terms and ERP integration. Commerce for businesses that buy differently than consumers.
- Offers, bidding and negotiation
- Structured offer flows, counter-offers, time-boxed bidding and escrow-style states. Transaction models a template cannot express.
- Payments, subscriptions and wallets
- Gateway integration done properly: saved methods, subscriptions, in-app credits and wallets, refunds and reconciliation. Card data never touches our servers, which is the point.
- Store rescue and modernization
- Inherited platforms stabilized checkout-first, because that is where money leaks, then modernized piece by piece while the store keeps trading.
What Two Decades of Checkouts Taught Us
Commerce software has a special property: every bug has a price tag attached. A race condition in inventory oversells real stock. A rounding error in split payouts shortchanges real sellers. A slow checkout quietly loses a percentage of every day’s revenue forever. So we treat the money path with a paranoia that other features do not get — idempotent payment operations, inventory that cannot go negative, payout math tested against the accountant’s spreadsheet, and monitoring on checkout conversion from day one.
The other lesson: launch is the midpoint, not the finish. Catalogs grow, payment providers deprecate APIs, fraud patterns evolve, and the marketplace that worked at fifty sellers strains at five hundred. Most of our commerce clients keep us on for the long run, and the platforms in our case studies have grown through versions, not just survived launch day.
Building Commerce a Template Can’t Handle?
Describe your transaction. We will tell you honestly whether you need custom — or just Shopify.
Further Reading on Ecommerce
Frequently Asked Questions
Should we build custom ecommerce or use Shopify or WooCommerce?
If you are selling standard products from a single catalog, use a platform — it will be live faster and cheaper, and we will tell you so in the first call. Custom earns its cost when the transaction is non-standard: marketplaces, bidding, B2B pricing tiers, dealer networks, or commerce embedded in a larger product.
Do you build ecommerce mobile apps as well as websites?
Yes, and increasingly the app is the main event. Our published case studies include React Native marketplace and commerce apps: hyperlocal classifieds with monetization, an automotive marketplace with offers and trade-ins, and a dealer platform with parts ordering and payments.
How do you handle payments securely?
Payments are always offloaded to PCI-compliant gateways through their official SDKs, so card data never touches application servers. We build the experience around the gateway: saved methods, subscriptions, refunds, split payouts for marketplaces, and reconciliation your accountant can actually use.
Can you take over or modernize an existing ecommerce platform?
Yes. Aging commerce platforms respond well to gradual modernization: stabilize checkout first because that is where money leaks, then rework the rest piece by piece while the store keeps trading. The first step is always an honest audit.
What does marketplace development involve beyond a normal store?
Roughly three times the moving parts: seller onboarding and verification, listing management, buyer-seller messaging, split payments and payouts, disputes, and moderation. Our marketplace case studies taught us where the complexity actually lives — usually in payouts and trust features, not the storefront.