Kansas City Ecommerce Services | Shopify, Woo, Magento

Supported Platforms & Carts

How do we pick the right stack for your business?

We do not pre-sell a single platform. We pick the cart that fits your catalog, team, scale, and economics, then build to its strengths. Scroll the rail to compare.

House Specialty

Joomla + HikaShop

Flexible, content-rich stores with bespoke components, clean checkout UX, and hardened security.

HikaShop, VirtueMart
Subscriptions, memberships
Booking, digital goods
Coupons, bundles, kits

Most Common

WordPress + WooCommerce

Conversion-focused storefronts with tailored catalogs, subscriptions, bookings, and digital products.

Variations, attributes
Coupons, upsells
Subscriptions, bookings
PCI-aware checkout

Enterprise

Adobe Commerce / Magento

Enterprise commerce with advanced merchandising, B2B features, and multi-store/multi-locale governance.

Company accounts
Custom price lists
Net terms, invoicing
OMS / WMS / PIM

SaaS

Shopify / Plus

Hosted SaaS commerce with rapid time-to-launch, Liquid theming, and a deep app ecosystem.

Theme dev (Liquid)
Shopify Functions
Headless via Hydrogen
Checkout Extensibility

SaaS

BigCommerce

SaaS commerce with strong B2B features, open API surface, and headless flexibility.

Stencil theming
B2B Edition
Catalyst headless
Open APIs

Open Source

PrestaShop

Open-source commerce with strong EU localization, modular add-ons, and lean hosting.

EU tax / VAT
Multi-currency
Module marketplace
Self-hosted

Open Source

OpenCart

Lightweight open-source cart for small-to-mid catalogs with low hosting overhead.

Theme & extensions
Multi-store
Lean footprint
Self-hosted

Headless

Headless & Composable

Decoupled storefronts on Next.js, Astro, or Remix with commerce APIs behind them.

Storefront APIs
Edge rendering
Content federation
Faster CWV

Phase 01 / Discovery & Strategy

Why do we put outcomes first and the stack second?

Before code, we lock the revenue model, audience, and architecture so every dollar of build budget is pointed at the right KPI.

01

Business goals & KPIs

Clarify outcomes: revenue, AOV, CAC/LTV, churn, and merchandising priorities.

Stakeholder workshops
Positioning & value prop
KPI framework + dashboards

02

Audience & journeys

Map personas across awareness, consideration, and purchase to guide UX and content.

Persona research
Journey mapping
Content & merch strategy

03

Platform & architecture

Select the right stack; plan data, integrations, and environment strategy.

Monolith vs headless
API, ERP/CRM readiness
Hosting & DevOps plan

Phase 02 / Design

How do we design UX that closes the sale?

Conversion is a design problem before it is an algorithm problem. We design every PDP, PLP, cart, and checkout for measurable lift.

UI

Brand UI kit

Color, type, components, and iconography tailored for conversion and accessibility.

Design tokens & components
Fitts Law button sizing
WCAG 2.2 contrast checks

UX

Flows & wireframes

Rapid prototypes for PLP, PDP, cart, and checkout with measurable UX improvements.

Mobile-first wireframes
Search & filters UX
Checkout friction audit

QA

Usability testing

Validate with users before code: heatmaps, recordings, and task completion times.

Prototype testing
Accessibility testing
Iterative refinements

Phase 03 / Development

How is every store built to ship and built to last?

Semantic markup, schema-ready components, hardened backend, zero-loss data migrations, and Core Web Vitals dialled in from day one.

FE

Frontend build

SEO-friendly markup, schema-ready components, and reusable storefront UI.

Semantic HTML & ARIA
Design system implementation
Edge-cache aware UX

BE

Backend & APIs

Stable, secure business logic; robust API design and 3rd-party connectors.

ERP / CRM / PIM / OMS
Payment gateways
Shipping & tax services

DM

Data migration

Zero-data-loss product, customer, order, and content migrations with validation.

ETL planning
Field mapping & QA
Cutover & rollback plan

CWV

Performance

Core Web Vitals, scalable caching/CDN, and image optimization pipelines.

HTTP/2 & Brotli
Code splitting
Lazy-loading media

SEC

Security & compliance

Hardened stack with PCI awareness, WAF/CDN rules, and minimal attack surface.

Least-privilege roles
Vulnerability scans
Secure payment flows

OPS

DevOps & environments

Git workflows, CI/CD, staging and pre-prod parity, and release governance.

Automated tests
Blue/green deploys
Observability & logs

Integrations

How do we wire your store to everything that touches the cart?

Real integrations, not screenshots. Below is a working map of the systems we connect to most often.

Layer	Vendors we integrate	Capabilities
Payment Gateways	Stripe, Authorize.Net, PayPal, Square, Braintree, Adyen, Klarna, Affirm, Afterpay	Cards, wallets, BNPL, subscriptions, 3DS, fraud, tokenization
Tax	Avalara, TaxJar, Vertex	Real-time tax calc, nexus management, exemption certs, filings
Shipping	UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL, ShipStation, EasyPost, ShipBob	Real-time rates, label gen, returns, multi-warehouse routing
ERP / Accounting	NetSuite, SAP, Acumatica, QuickBooks, Xero, Sage	Order sync, inventory, COGS, invoicing, GL postings
CRM / CDP	HubSpot, Salesforce, Klaviyo, Segment, mParticle	Customer sync, lifecycle, audience export, identity stitching
Search & Merch	Algolia, Klevu, Elastic, Searchspring	Faceted search, recommendations, A/B test rankings
Reviews & UGC	Yotpo, Stamped, Okendo, Trustpilot	Star ratings, photo reviews, schema, review syndication
Marketing & Email	Klaviyo, Mailgun, SendGrid, Postmark, Twilio	Transactional, marketing, SMS, deliverability monitoring
Analytics	GA4, GTM, Looker Studio, BigQuery, Heap, Mixpanel	Server-side tagging, data layer, funnels, attribution

Our Process

What are the six stages of our e-commerce pipeline?

A predictable production line from kickoff to growth. Every stage has a deliverable, an owner, and a gate.

1

Discover

Workshops, requirements, KPIs, platform fit.

2

Design

Wireframes, UI kit, accessibility, usability tests.

3

Build

Frontend, backend, integrations, data migration.

4

Harden

Security, performance, SEO / schema / OG.

5

Launch

Cutover, monitoring, rollbacks, early-life support.

6

Grow

CRO, experiments, retention, internationalization.

SEO, OG & Schema

Every product page indexed. Every share preview on brand.

Search visibility and social previews are not after-launch tasks. They are part of the build spec.

TS

Technical SEO

Indexation, crawl budget, and site structure aligned to product discovery.

XML / HTML sitemaps
Canonical & hreflang
Robots directives

OP

On-page & content

Keyword strategy, PDP/PLP copy, FAQs, and editorial content for intent match.

Title / meta templates
Product, Offer, FAQ schema
Image alt & captions

OG

Social & OG hygiene

Clean share previews: OG/Twitter cards, preview images, and UTM governance.

Dynamic OG tags
Feed & catalog sync
Promo pixels policy

Analytics & Optimization

If it does not measure, it does not ship.

Event taxonomy, server-side tagging, A/B testing, and retention flows. Conversion is a math problem we work on daily.

MS

Measurement

Event models for PDP, add-to-cart, checkout steps, and attribution.

Analytics pipelines
Server-side tagging
Data layer spec

AB

CRO & experimentation

A/B tests for pricing, bundles, badges, and checkout trust elements.

Hypothesis backlog
Test design & QA
Statistical reads

RT

Retention

Loyalty, subscriptions, lifecycle messaging, and post-purchase UX.

RFM segmentation
Winback flows
Churn prevention

Accessibility & Legal

Compliant by default.

WCAG 2.2 AA, privacy, consent, internationalization. The non-negotiable layer of every store we ship.

A11Y

Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 AA patterns for forms, search, product media, and checkout.

Keyboard flows
Focus states
Screen reader labels

CMP

Compliance

Privacy, cookie governance, terms, returns / refunds, data retention.

Consent modes
DPA & DPIA support
Records management

I18N

Internationalization

Localization of currency, units, taxation messages, legal copy, and dates.

Multi-currency UX
Locale rules
Hreflang strategy

Headless & APIs

Composable when it makes you money.

Headless is a tool, not a religion. We architect composable storefronts only when the math, the team, and the catalog all argue for it.

CA

Composable architecture

Decouple frontend and backend for speed and flexibility.

Storefront APIs
Edge rendering
Content federation

INT

Integrations

OMS, WMS, PIM, ESP, CDP, reviews, search, and recommendation engines.

Webhooks & queues
Retry policies
Idempotency

SEC

API security

Auth patterns, rate limits, abuse protection, and payload validation.

Key rotation
mTLS options
Schema validation

Mobile Apps & AI

Same cart. Every surface.

Native and hybrid mobile, AI-driven personalization, smart search, and customer service automation, wired into a single commerce backbone.

APP

Mobile app extensions

Extend your store to native or hybrid apps with synced carts, wishlists, and push.

Account & order history
In-app checkout
Promo & loyalty

AI

AI integration

Personalized catalogs, smart search, chat, fraud checks, and demand forecasting.

Recommendations
Guided selling
Customer service bots

ML

Data & ML readiness

Clean data pipelines enabling reliable AI outcomes and analytics.

Event taxonomy
Catalog normalization
Attribution alignment

Stack Picker / Pricing

Three engagements. Pick the one that fits.

Project pricing scales with catalog size, integrations, and SLA. Below are typical engagement bands. Final quote inside two business days.

Starter

Launch Store

Single-store, single-currency, up to 500 SKUs.

$15K+project / 6-8 wks

Joomla / Woo / Shopify build
Up to 3 payment gateways
Standard tax + shipping
Schema, OG, sitemap
Core Web Vitals pass
Launch + 30-day support

Request quote

Growth

Conversion Engine

Multi-currency, 500-10K SKUs, deep integrations.

$35K+project / 10-14 wks

Everything in Launch Store
ERP / CRM / PIM integration
Subscriptions, bundles, kits
Server-side analytics
CRO program (3 tests / mo)
Launch + 90-day support
SLA & on-call hours

Build my store

Enterprise

Commerce Platform

B2B, multi-store, headless, or replatform.

$85K+project / 16+ wks

Everything in Conversion Engine
Magento / BigCommerce / Headless
B2B, quotes, net terms
OMS / WMS / search engines
Blue/green CI/CD
Dedicated production crew
Quarterly business reviews

Talk to engineering

Add-ons (a la carte)

5 ITEMS

Data migration
Products, customers, orders, content from any platform.

$3.5K+

Mobile app extension
Hybrid app with synced cart, wishlist, and push.

$18K+

AI personalization layer
Recommendations, smart search, guided selling.

$8K+

CRO program (monthly)
3 tests/mo, hypothesis backlog, statistical reads.

$2.5K/mo

Managed hosting + SLA
Hardened stack, monitoring, WAF, daily backups.

$650/mo

Deliverables Checklist

What you get, in writing.

Every engagement closes with a binder of artifacts so your team can run the store without us.

PL

Planning

Requirements & scope doc
Architecture diagram
Roadmap & RACI
KPI dashboard spec

DZ

Design

Design system + tokens
Wireframes & prototypes
Content model
Accessibility report

GL

Go-live

QA reports
SEO / OG / schema audit
Runbooks & training
30/60/90 plan

Frequently Asked

Things merchants ask before signing.

Which platform should I pick: Joomla/HikaShop, Woo, Magento, Shopify, or headless?

It depends on your catalog, team, and economics. Joomla + HikaShop is excellent for content-rich stores with custom flows. WooCommerce is the fastest path for SMB. Magento (Adobe Commerce) earns its keep at enterprise scale, especially for B2B. Shopify wins on time-to-launch and operational simplicity. Headless wins when speed and content composition are the top KPIs and you have engineering. We will run you through a scoring matrix in week one and pick the right tool, not the one we sell hardest.

Can you migrate my store without losing rankings or data?

Yes. Migrations are one of the highest-risk events in a store's life and we treat them as such. We map every URL, build the redirect graph, preserve link equity, refresh sitemaps, validate every product, customer, and order row, and monitor index transitions daily until traffic stabilizes. We have moved stores between Magento, Shopify, WooCommerce, Joomla, BigCommerce, and custom legacy systems.

What does your checkout optimization actually do?

We audit your checkout against a 40-point friction checklist: field count, autofill, address validation, tax estimation timing, shipping clarity, payment options, wallet support, error messaging, mobile keyboard handling, trust signals, BNPL placement, and 3DS friction. Then we ship the prioritized fixes and A/B test the high-impact ones. Most stores see double-digit checkout conversion lift inside 90 days.

Which payment gateways and BNPL providers do you support?

Stripe, Authorize.Net, PayPal, Square, Braintree, Adyen, Klarna, Affirm, Afterpay, and most regional gateways. We handle PCI-aware checkout flows, 3D Secure, tokenization, network tokens where supported, and fraud tooling integrations (Signifyd, Riskified, Stripe Radar).

Do you handle real-time tax and shipping?

Yes. We integrate Avalara, TaxJar, or Vertex for tax (US sales tax, EU VAT, cross-border duties), and connect UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL, EasyPost, or ShipStation for shipping rates and labels. Multi-warehouse routing, dimensional weight, and customs paperwork are all part of the build.

Will my product pages get indexed and show up in AI search?

Yes. We deploy Product, Offer, Review, AggregateRating, BreadcrumbList, FAQ, and Article schema where relevant, validated against Google's Rich Results Test. We also run AI search visibility audits across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude so your catalog shows up where buyers actually search in 2026.

How do you measure success after launch?

We instrument GA4 with server-side tagging, plus a data layer that fires PDP views, add-to-cart, checkout steps, and purchases with full attribution. We stand up Looker Studio dashboards for revenue, AOV, CVR, CAC, LTV, and cohort retention so your team and our team look at the same numbers in the same room.

Can you run my store as a managed service?

Yes. Our managed hosting tier includes hardened infrastructure, WAF, daily backups, performance monitoring, patch cadence, and 24/7 incident response with an SLA. Most clients pair it with a monthly CRO retainer so the store keeps getting better after launch.

What is the smallest store you will take on?

We are most useful at the $250K+ annual revenue threshold or stores planning a replatform. Below that, we will still happily quote a Launch Store build, but a hosted SaaS template is often the smarter spend until you outgrow it. We will tell you that on the first call.

Ready to ship a store that prints money?

Get a free ecommerce diagnostic. We audit your stack, your checkout, your schema, and your conversion math, then ship the prescribed fix list before you sign anything.

Get my free audit Call 816-446-8446

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Stores that convert. Stacks that scale.