Platform services
The stack behind a working shop
These are the platforms and system categories we build on, integrate with and support. We're an independent consultancy: we don't claim official platform partnerships or certifications, and we recommend on fit rather than commission.
Shopify
A strong default for most product businesses: dependable hosting, a mature checkout and an ecosystem that covers the majority of commerce needs. Our work is making Shopify fit your operation — theme builds that stay maintainable, apps chosen with restraint, and data flowing to the systems around it.
How we work with it
- Storefront and theme builds
- Store migrations onto Shopify
- Checkout and conversion configuration
- App selection and integration
- Catalogue structure and metafields
- Reporting and analytics setup
WooCommerce
The right choice when you want full control, deep WordPress content integration or hosting on your own terms. Done well, WooCommerce is flexible and cost-effective; done badly, it's a plugin pile-up. We keep builds lean, secure and documented.
How we work with it
- Custom WooCommerce builds and rebuilds
- Performance and hosting configuration
- Plugin rationalisation and security hygiene
- Payment and shipping configuration
- Content-and-commerce site structures
- Ongoing maintenance and updates
Headless commerce
Separating the storefront from the commerce engine buys speed and front-end freedom — at the price of more moving parts. We build headless where the case is genuine (content-heavy brands, multiple front ends, unusual UX requirements) and we'll say so plainly when it isn't.
How we work with it
- Headless storefronts on modern front-end frameworks
- Commerce APIs and back-end selection
- Content platform integration
- Performance and SEO architecture
- Preview and publishing workflows
- Honest suitability assessment first
Custom commerce applications
Some requirements don't fit a packaged platform: configurators, quoting engines, account tooling, operational dashboards. We design and build custom applications that sit beside your store — owned by you, documented, and built to be maintained rather than admired.
How we work with it
- Product configurators and calculators
- Quoting and ordering tools
- Customer and account portals
- Internal operational dashboards
- API-first services around your platform
- Documentation and handover as standard
Subscription systems
Subscription tooling on top of Shopify or WooCommerce, or standalone billing where the model demands it — recurrence rules, self-service, dunning and reporting configured as one coherent system rather than a bolted-on app.
How we work with it
- Subscription apps and billing platforms
- Recurrence, pauses, swaps and gifting rules
- Failed-payment recovery configuration
- Self-service customer portals
- Migration of existing subscriber bases
- Subscription performance reporting
Wholesale portals
Private trade ordering built on your existing platform's B2B capabilities or as a dedicated portal — with account pricing, credit terms and approval flows that mirror how your trade relationships actually work.
How we work with it
- B2B configurations on major platforms
- Dedicated trade portal builds
- Price lists, tiers and customer groups
- Quote, PO and approval workflows
- Credit-limit and payment-terms handling
- Invoice and document access
Payment services
Integration of Stripe, PayPal, Trust Payments, Global Payments, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Open Banking options where appropriate — including recurring billing, payment-status handling and refund workflows that reconcile cleanly.
How we work with it
- Provider selection support and integration
- Wallet payments and express checkout
- Recurring and usage-based billing
- Webhook and payment-status handling
- Refund and partial-refund workflows
- Reconciliation-friendly configuration
Please note: payment acceptance is subject to approval by the selected payment provider. Auvix Commerce Systems is not a bank, payment institution or payment processor.
Product information systems
From well-governed spreadsheets to a dedicated PIM: we set up the structures, standards and feeds that keep product data consistent across your store, marketplaces and trade channels — sized to your range, not to a vendor's ambitions.
How we work with it
- Catalogue and attribute modelling
- PIM selection and implementation
- Bulk import and enrichment workflows
- Digital asset organisation
- Channel feeds — store, marketplace, trade
- Data-quality rules and ownership
ERP & accounting integrations
Orders, customers, stock and invoices flowing between your store and the systems your finance and operations teams live in — via supported APIs or proven middleware, with error handling that surfaces problems instead of swallowing them.
How we work with it
- Accounting-package connections
- ERP order and stock synchronisation
- Middleware selection and configuration
- Mapping, validation and error alerting
- Historic data alignment
- Documented integration runbooks
Shipping & fulfilment tools
Carrier integrations, label and manifest workflows, rules for splitting and routing orders, and clean hand-offs to 3PLs — so dispatch is a process, not a daily scramble, and tracking finds its way back to the customer.
How we work with it
- Carrier and multi-carrier integrations
- Shipping rules, rates and zones
- Label, manifest and pick workflows
- 3PL and warehouse hand-offs
- Tracking and delivery notifications
- Returns and re-stock workflows
Running something we haven't listed?
Commerce stacks are rarely tidy. Tell us what's actually in yours and we'll tell you honestly what we can connect, replace or leave well alone.