endorsedOngoing

eCommerce Marketplace Integrations for Digital Storefront

Services Covered:

E-commerce Development

Industry

Information Technology

Duration

134 months

Budget

50K - 199K

Start Date

1 June 2015

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

77/100

Good

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Client

Confidential

Chicago, United States of America

Project Summary

Sombra remediated a previously poorly built backend, built databases, and expanded architecture to support API integrations and scrapers for multiple marketplaces. The vendor's small core team (three members) supports ongoing integrations, reporting, and performance improvements; the client values their adaptability and responsiveness. The engagement has supported growth and scale for the client's ecommerce business.

Key Challenges

Recover from a previous poor development engagement and messy backend
Improve backend operations, performance, and scraping reliability
Build databases and robust API integrations for multiple marketplaces and vendor-specific tweaks

Project Deliverables

Databases
Web scrapers
API integrations with marketplaces (Amazon, Sears, Walmart)
Improved application performance
Vendor product inventory integrations

Project Solution

Sombra was engaged to fix an existing messy backend, build multiple databases, implement web scrapers, and create API integrations for various marketplaces (Amazon, Sears, Walmart). They improved application speed and built integrations to import vendor product inventory with custom tweaks per vendor. The client uses Jenkins and GitHub for CI/deployments and Asana/Skype for coordination; the delivery team consists of three core members supported by founder/CTO oversight.

Project Outcome

Each integrated vendor generated new sales after inclusion
The platform enabled company growth and scaling to eight-figure yearly sales
Improved integrations and operational stability that supported ongoing vendor onboarding

Platforms

Tech Stack

Java
MySQL

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.88

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Sombra is highly adaptable and flexible. The team is dedicated to their projects, often working weekends and taking care of emergencies quickly. Though they could work on getting new resources fully up to speed before putting them on complicated projects, they’re communicative and reliable.”
Anonymous
Founder
Date: 05/02/2017