MagentoPortmeirion: A Magento Redesign With AI-Driven Inventory Prediction
Redesigning a heritage British tableware brand's Magento storefront — and pairing it with an AI system that predicts inventory demand before stockouts happen.
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AI / MLWhat eCommerce AI Actually Costs in 2026: Real Budget Ranges by Use Case
Budget ranges for the six most common eCommerce AI projects, what drives the variance, the running costs nobody quotes, and how to build a business case that survives contact with a CFO.
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PHPDouglas Croatia: Running a Beauty Retail Giant's Storefront on Shopware
Building and supporting the Croatian storefront of Europe's beauty retail leader on Shopware — brand-heavy catalogue, loyalty promotions and a four-step checkout.
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ShopifyMagento to Shopify Plus: The 40-Point Data and SEO QA Checklist
The 40 checks we run before a Magento to Shopify Plus cutover, grouped by what they protect: URLs and rankings, customer and order data, commercial rules, and the launch itself.
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Node.jsHotelogix: Engineering a Node.js Hotel-Management SaaS Used by 25,000+ Hotels
Building a cloud property-management system in Node.js — front desk, channel distribution, booking engine and reporting for hotels worldwide — plus the site that sells it.
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Node.jsYour Product Needs an MCP Server: Exposing Commerce Data to AI Agents Safely
AI agents are becoming a real channel to your product. What an MCP server is, why an existing REST API is not a substitute, and how to design the tools, permissions and limits it exposes.
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WooCommerceEffect Doctors: A Multi-Region Healthcare Platform on WordPress & WooCommerce
Building a multilingual health & wellness platform from scratch — geo-aware regions, Arabic and English content, and online booking for clinical treatments.
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WooCommerceWhat a WooCommerce Store Actually Costs to Run in Year Two
Launch is the cheap part. A line-by-line look at what a WooCommerce store costs to own in its second year, including the four cost lines almost every budget forgets.
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MagentoGadgetParts: Migrating Australia's Wholesale Parts Supplier to Magento 2
Migrating a wholesale phone- and laptop-parts supplier to Magento 2 — custom theme, deep fitment navigation, and a second storefront for the New Zealand expansion.
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ShopifyAI Search on Shopify: Fixing the 30% Who Search and Leave
Site-search users are your highest-intent segment, and a zero-result page loses them. How to audit Shopify search failures, fix the cheap causes first, and judge whether semantic search earns its cost.
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MagentoCareshop: Rescuing a Struggling Magento Store and Getting It to Go-Live
Taking over a Magento store in poor technical shape: clearing the backlog, a full performance overhaul, a new affiliate system, and support through to go-live.
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MedusaHeadless Commerce in 2026: A CTO's Decision Framework (and Where MedusaJS Fits)
A decision framework for headless commerce: the four requirements that actually justify it, the costs the pitch omits, and an honest placement of MedusaJS among the alternatives.
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