Slow, rented storefronts
Template stores that crawl on mobile lose shoppers at the checkout step.
Ecommerce Development
Ecommerce website development for online stores you own: product catalogue, checkout, payments, delivery and a real admin. We build on Laravel with Vue or Next.js, host the store and support it. Your customer list and sales data stay yours, with no platform commission on your orders.
The difference
Ecommerce website development here treats the storefront as the visible part of a larger system. Underneath sit a catalogue that scales, a checkout that converts, payment and delivery wiring that holds up on a Friday evening, and an admin your team enjoys using.
We build with modern web engineering: fast pages tuned for search, Product schema for rich results, and hosting run by the same team. Merchants who want a ready platform can start from RAIN Store, our own self-hosted ecommerce system. The ecommerce service page gives the wider picture.
How we build stores
Ecommerce success lives under the storefront: catalogue structure, a checkout that converts and operations that hold up on a busy Friday.
Problems solved
Template stores that crawl on mobile lose shoppers at the checkout step.
Orders, stock and customers scattered across tools that do not talk to each other.
Catalogues that search engines cannot read, so shoppers cannot find them.
Services
Storefront to operations, in one engagement.
Structured for scale, variants and search.
International gateways and regional options, including cash on delivery.
Carriers, tracking and fulfilment statuses wired in.
RAIN Store: products, orders, customers and AI tools.
Schema, architecture and speed that help products rank.
Product pages and flows designed to convert.
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Pricing
Catalogue, checkout, payments, delivery and admin are agreed before work starts. The quote follows a short discovery call and does not drift. See how quoting works.
Hosting, security, updates and support under one monthly invoice, so the running cost stays predictable.
A licence per domain for the self-hosted platform. There is no public price list, so the next step is a scoped quote.
Proof
RAIN Store is the ecommerce platform we built and run. RIVER ERP syncs stock and orders with it. Hover a card to explore the platform.
Storefront
Product discovery, trust signals and a checkout tuned for completion, not a theme bought and bolted on.
Admin
Orders, stock and customers in one place. The RAIN Store admin has 65 pages, from bulk product tools to a tax report and a risk queue.
Compare
Owning your store, renting it every month or building it yourself.
| What matters | Custom store | Rented platform | DIY build |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who owns the platform and data | You own the data and the customer list | The vendor holds the platform and your data | You, if you build it yourself |
| Monthly platform fee | None for the platform, plus hosting if we run it | Usually a subscription, sometimes plus sales fees | None, but you pay for hosting |
| Fit to your workflow | Built around it | Within the platform's limits | Fully, with your own developers |
| Hosting, security and backups | Run by us if you want | Included | Your job |
| Time to first launch | Weeks, depending on scope | Fast to start | Often months |
FAQ
What merchants ask before they commit.
It depends on catalogue size, integrations and design depth. A custom store platform starts at $10,000, scoped up front with a fixed price and milestones. We scope it, quote it and start within 3 to 5 business days.
A rented platform is fastest to start. A custom or self-hosted build, such as RAIN Store, gives ownership, speed and no platform rent. The discovery call answers it for your catalogue, team and roadmap.
Yes. Fast page rendering, Product schema, a clean category structure and performance checks are part of the build, so the store is fast and easy to find.
Yes, as scoped work. There is no one-click importer for Shopify, WooCommerce or Magento, so we move products, customers and orders by hand and set redirects to protect your rankings.
RAIN Store has 23 payment providers, including cash on delivery and manual bank transfer, and 12 shipping carriers. Ask whether your gateway or carrier is covered before you commit.
You run the business. We can host, monitor, back up and update the platform under one monthly engagement, or hand it to your own team.
Plan
A working session on catalogue, payments, delivery and platform choice. You keep the build plan either way.