RetailCore is a full-stack e-commerce platform we built for a regional retail chain that had outgrown their legacy system. The brief: replace an ageing Magento install with a modern, fast, maintainable platform — in eight weeks, before their peak season.
The Stack
- Next.js 15 App Router for the storefront and admin dashboard
- Node.js + TypeScript API with PostgreSQL via Prisma
- Stripe for payments and subscription billing
- Cloudflare for CDN and DDoS protection
- GitHub Actions for CI/CD with staging and production environments
Week-by-Week Timeline
Weeks 1–2 were discovery and design. Weeks 3–5 were core build: product catalogue, cart, checkout, and order management. Weeks 6–7 were admin dashboard, reporting, and data migration from the legacy system. Week 8 was QA, load testing, and go-live.
Results at Launch
- Page load time reduced from 4.8s to 0.9s (LCP)
- Mobile conversion rate up 23% in the first month
- Zero critical incidents in the first 60 days of operation
- Admin team onboarded in a single half-day training session
Eight weeks is tight. It works when requirements are locked early, decisions are made fast, and the team has done it before. That's what we bring.