Stores connected to inventory and operations
E-commerce Development
Palmate Solutions builds and extends e-commerce experiences for businesses that need more than a theme: catalogue structure, checkout, payments, and integrations with inventory, ERP, and marketplaces. WooCommerce is a common fit when the rest of the organisation already lives in WordPress. Custom storefronts are the right call when the checkout or B2B rules will not fit a plugin maze.
Problems this work solves
Stock is a rumour
The storefront sells what the warehouse no longer has. Inventory sync is an operations problem expressed through APIs, not a slider in a theme.
Plugin stacking
Each business rule added another plugin until upgrades became a coin toss. We reduce the surface area and put unique rules in code you own.
B2B rules forced into a B2C theme
Price lists, quote flows, and net-30 accounts are not a coupon plugin. They need explicit models.
Marketplace and website disagree
Amazon, a wholesale portal, and the public store all think they own the SKU. We define a source of truth and the direction of updates.
Who it is for
- Retailers on WooCommerce who need custom checkout, shipping, or ERP connections
- Brands selling on a website and one or more marketplaces
- Wholesale or hybrid businesses with customer-specific catalogues
- Teams migrating off a hosted platform because fees or flexibility became the constraint
What Palmate can provide
WooCommerce engineering
Catalogue, checkout, tax/shipping hooks, and custom plugins that survive upgrades.
Custom storefronts
Headless or fully custom carts when the experience or B2B rules require it.
Inventory and ERP integration
Orders out, stock and fulfilment events back, with visible failures.
Marketplace connections
Channel updates that respect each marketplace’s constraints rather than a lowest-common-denominator dump.
Typical workflow
- 01
Catalogue and channel map
SKUs, variants, bundles, and which channel is allowed to decrement stock.
- 02
Checkout and payments
The money path is specified before visual merchandising. Failed payments and refunds are first-class.
- 03
Integrate operations
Warehouse, finance, and support tools receive events they can act on.
- 04
Launch with a freeze window
A catalogue freeze, a rollback plan, and monitoring on orders — not just on homepage uptime.
Common use cases
WooCommerce plus inventory system
The store remains the customer surface; stock authority moves to the system operations already trust.
B2B price lists on a familiar stack
Logged-in catalogues and quote-to-order without pretending every buyer is a guest with a coupon.
Channel expansion
A working website store adding a marketplace without double-selling the last unit.
FAQ
Shopify or WooCommerce?
Shopify is often faster to launch if you accept its constraints and fees. WooCommerce is a better fit when you need deep WordPress content, specific PHP extensibility, or hosting control. We will not migrate you for ideology.
Can you migrate an existing store?
Yes, with a plan for customers, orders, redirects, and a period where two systems may both be live. Migrations fail when SEO redirects and inventory cutover are improvised.
Do you build payment integrations?
We integrate reputable payment providers. We do not store card data on your servers. PCI scope is part of the design conversation.
What about performance on WooCommerce?
Most slow stores are plugin weight, unbounded queries, and uncached anonymous traffic. We profile before buying a bigger server.
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Next step
Discuss e-commerce
Share the current system, the constraint, and the outcome you need in the next quarter. We will say if Palmate is a fit.