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eCommerce Platform Development

Q: How long does it take to develop an eCommerce solution?

The time frames of your project will be defined based on your requirements and the team size that will work on your software development. Suppose you want to launch a full-scale eCommerce solution with features like search tools, product catalogs, and numerous integrations with external systems like payment services. In that case, the development will take around 6-9 months.

Q: How to opt for the best platform to build my eCommerce solution?

While choosing a platform that will be used for creating your eCommerce solution, you should pay attention to a row of factors. Among them, we should mention its scalability, compatibility with external services, cost, ease of use, and the quality of customer support service. If you hire our team for your B2B or retail ecommerce software development project, we will help you choose the most appropriate platform for your website.

Q: How should I choose features for my eCommerce website?

The set of features should depend on the specificity of your solution. You should define what tasks users need to solve with the help of your website and what steps a customer journey will include. To get some inspiration and to better understand the industry standards, we recommend you analyze existing solutions and define the main trends in retail and B2B ecommerce software development.

Q: What is the traditional structure of an eCommerce team?

You should create your team in accordance with the peculiarities and scale of your project. Nevertheless, as a rule, a traditional eCommerce team includes software developers, a UI/UX designer, a business analyst, a project manager, a QA engineer, a tech lead, a content writer, a marketing manager, an inventory manager, and a logistic manager. As the team’s structure should reflect the ongoing business needs of your project, you should be ready to introduce changes to the composition of your team at different stages of your business journey.

We work closely with our eCommerce clients to understand their company’s individual needs and choose a platform and the right tools to ensure they transform their business for the better.

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ECOMMERCE MARKET

Why Is It Worth Investing in eCommerce Now?

eCommerce solutions are gradually transforming the entire shopping landscape by delivering new experiences to users.

The global eCommerce market is expected
to reach $57.22 trillion by 2032.
The number of users is projected to reach
3.2 billion by 2029.
User penetration will grow to 44.4% by 2029
from 36.6% in 2024.
Global retail eСommerce sales can surpass
$8 trillion by 2027.
The eCommerce share in total retail sales is
over 20%.
57% of online shoppers order products on international platforms.

Platforms for Business

eCommerce Technology Solutions for any Scale

MAGENTO

Flexible, scalable, and secure eCommerce platform for medium-sized, Enterprise-level companies, and growing businesses.

WOOCOMMERCE

Easy-to-use and feature-rich eCommerce solution for a wide range of mid-sized and large businesses dedicated to WordPress.

PRESTASHOP

Free, open-source solution
for SMEs, growing businesses,
and large companies with
a big stock.

Overview

Top eCommerce Platforms

MAGENTO

Magento (now part of Adobe) has one of the most extensive feature sets of all existing eCommerce software solutions. Companies can leverage a robust Open-source offering written in PHP and hosted on AWS and a self-hosted enterprise-grade Commerce edition. Magento’s native power is coupled with vast technical capabilities that enable developers to customize out-of-the-box features, integrate ready-made and custom extensions, or include third-party systems like ERP or
CRM to one interconnected eCom environment.
Magento-based solutions perform well under heavy
loads to handle a growing number of orders without
going down.

WooCommerce

WooCommerce is an open-source plugin that
integrates seamlessly with WordPress operating
system and turns it into a feature-rich eCommerce
store. Woocommerce’s extensive feature set comes
out of the box, which enables you to sell unlimited
product options, add attributes, advanced filters,
and popular payment gateways and delivery systems.
Besides, extra functionality can be added using official
extensions or choosing from an extensive repository of
Woocommerce-compatible WordPress plugins.

PrestaShop

Prestashop is an open-source eCommerce platform written in the PHP programming language with support for the MySQL database management system. It has a software dependency on the Symfony PHP framework. Prestashop has numerous out-of-the-box features, including price tiers, multi-language support, catalog mode, product comparison, and data import.
The platform is adapted to the needs of growing businesses and large companies with more than
100,000 items in stock. It has built-in functionality
that facilitates efficient stock management, order
processing, and customer service for scaling operations
and growing orders. PrestaShop constantly adds new
innovative features, themes, and integrations to deliver
the right functionality at the right time.

Our Services

Main Directions of eCommerce Platform Development

Modernization of the Current Solution

When your current eCommerce platform isn’t responsive, has confusing features, isn’t ready for peak traffic or has other limitations, our expert team can help. We are ready to resolve functional issues quickly, improve today’s performance, conversion rates, page load times, capacity, and security, and enable seamless scalability to handle surging site traffic. Our team helps increase your business’s stability, agility, and flexibility by utilizing the latest technologies, third-party tools, and proven workflows.

Custom Development from Scratch

Whether you need to expand the functionality of the current store, move it from legacy to performance-ready platforms, or launch an entirely new solution to meet unique demands, our team is up to any challenge. Geomotiv develops custom eCommerce solutions from the ground up and tailors the functionality of the chosen platforms to the needs and technological objectives of each business. Start by sharing your requirements and let our experienced developers, designers, and QA specialists translate them into high-quality solutions that compete on the market.

Plugin/Extension Development

Plugins and extensions enable developers to add core and advanced functionalities to an eCommerce store. We start by investigating your requirements and then brief you about the different plugin options suitable for your eCommerce platform. Our team ensures that the plugin code is compliant with the overall architecture of the solution and compatible with third-party tools or any other software.

INNOVATIONS

The Most Advanced eCommerce Features

AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants

These tools can greatly enhance user experience by providing instant customer…

AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants

These tools can greatly enhance user experience by providing instant customer support and help with making purchases.

AI-powered personalization

AI and ML algorithms can efficiently analyze customer data to make personalized product…

AI-powered personalization

AI and ML algorithms can efficiently analyze customer data to make personalized product recommendations and launch tailored marketing campaigns.

Dynamic pricing

AI algorithms can detect market trends and optimize product pricing by analyzing…

Dynamic pricing

AI algorithms can detect market trends and optimize product pricing by analyzing competitor prices and customer behavior.

Virtual try-ons

Thanks to AR, users can virtually try on various accessories, cosmetics, and other products. …

Virtual try-ons

Thanks to AR, users can virtually try on various accessories, cosmetics, and other products. This is possible by adding digital representations of the products to photos or real-time camera images.

Virtual showrooms

VR can be used to create virtual environments that simulate real-life shopping experiences…

Virtual showrooms

VR can be used to create virtual environments that simulate real-life shopping experiences and help users interact with products more immersively.

Live-stream commerce

Businesses can showcase and sell products in real-time by integrating live streaming…

Live-stream commerce

Businesses can showcase and sell products in real-time by integrating live streaming features. This approach combines entertainment, social interaction, and shopping to deliver unique experiences to users.

The Power of the Cloud

Taking eCommerce Platforms to the Next Level

With our expert eCommerce platform services, you will be able to deploy scalable, secure, flexible, agile, and fault-tolerant applications in the cloud. Our developers are well-versed in microservice architecture design and development and employ Docker for containerization and Kubernetes for container orchestration on all major public cloud platforms.Well-honed skills in AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) enable our developers to perform cloud deployment with ease. Following the best practices of DevOps, we can efficiently orchestrate cloud services, maintain comprehensive cloud infrastructure and optimize its performance in real-time.

For these purposes we use:

AWS
Google Cloud
Azure.

We leverage the best-of-breed Enterprise-ready storage solutions as part of the above ecosystems for secure data storing, transfer, backup, etc.:

Amazon S3
Azure Blob storage
Google Cloud storage.

Looking to gain a competitive edge with expert eCommerce platform development?

Then, engage our tech-savvy team. We know how to fine-tune the functionality of Magento, WooCommerce, and Prestashop and tailor it to individual business needs.

eCommerce Design

Outstanding User Experiences on any Platform

Achieving compelling product design

Behind every eCommerce business, there is a unique brand personality. Our job is to implement a compelling product design that perfectly reflects it and matches the expectations of online consumers. For these purposes, we collaborate closely with our clients to investigate all the details concerning their brand vision.
Next, we put this information together to create first mockups and then turn them into wireframes and prototypes.

UI/UX consistency with eCommerce platform development

Based on these deliverables, we can detect usability issues and other faults. Our expert team of UX/UI designers, Business Analysts, and developers collaborate internally to identify areas of improvement and bring the final solution to life on any eCommerce platform.
Our UI/UX designers are proficient in modern tools such as Figma, Sketch and InVision, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator. We ensure that the final look and feel of the eCommerce solution responds to unique style, user experience, ease of use, and other requirements.

ECOMMERCE TECHNOLOGIES

Guiding Clients to a Perfect Tech Stack for
their eCommerce Websites

Front-end

JavaScript

CSS

HTML5

React

Vue.js

Angular

Backend

С#

Cloud

AWS (S3)

Google Cloud (Google Cloud Storage)

Azure (Azure Blob)

DevOps

EKS

AKS

GCE

Docker

Kubernetes

Our Strengths

Why Entrust eCommerce Platform Development to Geomotiv

Years of Experience

With 14+ years in the US and European IT market, we’ve become a true thought partner that can tackle projects of any scale. Our competitive advantage is supreme technical intelligence and solid knowledge of different business domains.

Proficient Teams

Our team comprises mid- and senior-level full-stack specialists that can adjust and scale eCommerce platforms from the ground up. We have vast experience in from-scratch architecture development and deployment.

Quality Control

We ensure the premium quality of each deliverable by applying an extensive range of testing methods. We execute an optimal strategy to check the solution’s overall performance, stability, functionality, integrations, security, etc.

Agile Development

The Agile methodology promotes early and predictable delivery of eCommerce solutions, coordinates work between development and operations, and drives informed decision-making when plans and roadmaps change.

Innovative Technologies

We couple platform-based eCommerce with innovative solutions to let our clients stay ahead of the competition. With cutting-edge techs such as AI, Big Data, data science, and cloud-native implementations, we are ready to implement any advanced features as per your requirements.

Rigorous Security

We ensure your eCommerce solution is shell-proof against security threats of any kind. Our team organizes regular security checks, manages proxy and firewall settings, updates security patches, and monitors the entire ecosystem of eCom toolchains.

ENGAGEMENT MODELS

What Formats of Cooperation We Offer

Dedicated
Team

If you want to work with a team with rich expertise in eCommerce development that will be assembled in full accordance with your requirements, you should consider the dedicated team model. You will explain to us your project needs and vision, and we will find the best specialists who can cope with your tasks. Your dedicated development team will be fully engaged in your project and will be controlled and managed by you.

IT Staff
Augmentation

We can offer staff augmentation services for those who have their in-house development teams and want to extend them on some stages of project development. Our specialists can join your team anytime to bring real value to the project realization and provide the required knowledge and expertise. This model is an excellent alternative to in-house hiring when looking for developers for temporary positions.

Project-Based Outsourcing

When it comes to eCommerce development or modernization tasks, you can fully rely on us. The project-based outsourcing model presupposes you will delegate the entire project or its part to an external team of experts. At Geomotiv, we are ready to take responsibility for your eCommerce products. We will deeply study your needs and offer a solution that will perfectly address them and meet industry standards.

FAQ

Need Help? We’ve Got You Covered!

How much does it cost to build an eCommerce website?

The cost of each eCommerce software solution development project should be estimated individually as there are a lot of parameters that have an impact on the final amount. For example, to provide you with approximate figures, a development team should know your solution’s desired functionality, complexity, tech stack, and planned integrations. Moreover, factors such as the structure and size of your project team will also have an impact. As a rule, eCommerce software development services vary from $10,000 to $250,000.

How long does it take to develop an eCommerce solution?

How to opt for the best platform to build my eCommerce solution?

How should I choose features for my eCommerce website?

What is the traditional structure of an eCommerce team?