The 2026 replatforming guide
A field guide to scoping, sequencing, and surviving a commerce replatform — data mapping, integration inventory, and a cutover runbook included.
Long-form guides written for procurement teams, architects, and operators. The first ones are being written now.
These are the documents we ourselves want when evaluating a platform — written by the engineers and operators who did the work, not by content marketers. Where the honest answer is "it depends," we say so, and they're useful even if you never buy Vendor.
A field guide to scoping, sequencing, and surviving a commerce replatform — data mapping, integration inventory, and a cutover runbook included.
How to move a live WooCommerce store to Vendor — catalog and order import, URL redirects, and a zero-downtime cutover plan.
Designing stock-per-location, order routing, and fulfilment SLAs for retailers shipping from more than one site.
What PCI-DSS 4.0 actually requires of a merchant, how redirect-based checkout keeps you in SAQ A, and how to add local payment methods.
Twelve real checkout flows, what they get right and wrong, and the changes that moved conversion the most.
Currency, language, tax, and payment-method considerations for selling across six markets from one platform.
Price lists, approvals, net terms, and account hierarchies — what B2B sellers need from a commerce platform and how to model it.
A pre- and post-launch checklist to keep rankings intact when you move platforms — redirects, metadata, and crawl management.
Procurement teams sometimes ask for a tailored architecture write-up. We do these on request — usually 1–2 weeks turnaround.