Search and categories that follow the buyer.
Catalog structure, filters, specifications, compatibility, saved lists, and quick order help customers reach the right item.
We design and build custom commerce for complex catalogs, dimensions, product options, live pricing, contractor accounts, repeat ordering, pickup, delivery, and the staff workflow behind each order.
Custom commerce earns its keep when a standard product grid and checkout cannot represent the real catalog, customer, price, or fulfillment decision.
Catalog structure, filters, specifications, compatibility, saved lists, and quick order help customers reach the right item.
Dimensions, variants, customer accounts, quantities, branches, quotes, and approvals can shape the buying path.
Pickup, delivery, tax, payment, order status, staff queues, inventory, and repeat ordering stay part of the same system.
These projects cover industrial parts, construction supply, custom-milled lumber, and flooring. Each one starts with a different product model and buying decision.

Gateworks connects a 915-item storefront, product discovery, checkout, pickup or delivery, customer accounts, fulfillment, and staff operations.
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Exact dimensions, live board-foot pricing, quote cart, incoming orders, and the mill handoff.

A 12,000-product buying story built around search, jobsite pressure, branch logistics, and repeat orders.

A product-led store that brings real interiors, flooring details, ordering, and local service into one experience.
The scope follows the product data, buyer roles, pricing rules, fulfillment choices, and staff process. We do not add features until they have a clear owner and job.
Categories, search, filters, product relationships, dimensions, compatibility, substitutes, media, documents, and the data model behind them.
Retail and contractor accounts, customer terms, volume rules, branch context, quote requests, purchase orders, and approval steps.
Cart behavior, payment flows, freight or local delivery, pickup windows, taxes, confirmations, receipts, and clear recovery when something fails.
Staff queues, status, stock, documents, customer communication, reorder paths, reporting, and connections to the systems the team already uses.
The storefront is only the visible end of the system. We map what staff, inventory, accounting, fulfillment, and customer service need after an order arrives.
Names, SKUs, variants, dimensions, prices, availability, media, and documents follow a defined source of truth.
Pricing, compatibility, freight, taxes, discounts, approvals, and exceptions are mapped with the people who use them.
Empty states, validation, declined payments, unavailable products, expired quotes, and interrupted orders have a clear next step.
Orders reach a useful queue with the customer, items, terms, fulfillment choice, documents, and status attached.
Accounts, saved lists, past orders, quick order, quote history, and reordering can reduce repeated work.
Inventory, accounting, email, shipping, tax, and payment integrations need validation, logging, retries, and manual recovery.
Some stores fit a standard commerce platform. Others need a custom front end, custom product logic, or a connected operations system. The decision starts with the business rules.
| Business need | A standard platform may fit when | Custom development may fit when |
|---|---|---|
| Catalog | Products and variants follow common retail patterns. | Items depend on dimensions, compatibility, assemblies, customer rules, or a large technical catalog. |
| Pricing | Most customers see the same price and discount model. | Price changes by account, branch, quantity, dimensions, quote, or business rules. |
| Buying path | Browse, add to cart, pay, and ship covers the decision. | The order needs configuration, approval, purchase orders, quick order, pickup, delivery, or a sales handoff. |
| Operations | Built-in order management handles staff needs. | Orders must connect to inventory, production, fulfillment, accounting, portals, or custom status. |
We recommend the scope, timeline, and investment after we understand the catalog, customers, product rules, content, integrations, fulfillment workflow, and support needs. Larger systems can be phased so the highest-value buying and operational flows are built first.
Discuss your commerce system →These answers cover the platform, product, migration, and integration questions that usually shape the first phase.
A store often overlaps with custom software, the public website, and mobile tools used by staff or customers.
Bring the catalog, customer types, pricing logic, fulfillment choices, and staff workflow. We will help you define the right commerce system.