BigCommerce Integration Strategy & Architecture Design
Strategy consulting and high-level architecture planning for a manufacturing enterprise in three days
PROJECT IN BRIEF
Client
A well-established international manufacturing and distribution company
Industry
Manufacturing
services
Project discovery and planning
eCommerce strategy consulting
Business analysis
Technical requirements analysis
Platforms
What would you do if your long-established manufacturing business outgrew your sales and distribution platform? Not overnight, you saw it coming: thousands of retail partners, tens of countries within the network. Plus, a sophisticated B2B workflow that no existing vendor seems to be capable of fully sustaining.
Your first steps? Here’s how our client pulled it off.
PROJECT BACKGROUND
Massive distribution lacking a proper retailer tech infrastructure
The client’s distribution strategy relies on a network of selected retailers rather than branded stores. Their existing Salesforce Commerce Cloud-based platform was unable to support the international retail workflows critical for this approach, particularly as their community rapidly expanded to thousands of representatives across dozens of countries. To address this, a robust B2B commerce ecosystem was deemed necessary.
CLIENT’S OBJECTIVES
To gain a clear vision of the potential tech stack alternatives and make a surefire vendor choice, the client has reached out for an unbiased outside perspective.
By requesting a tech architecture design and integration strategy consulting, they expected to nail the following objectives:
- Validate the technology requirements for the planned B2B eCommerce portal
- Select an efficient tech stack, from eCommerce platform to integration tools, and beyond
- Roadmap the future solution’s architecture in line with their business specifics
- Develop a seamless migration strategy
- Optimize the TCO and maintenance budget
VENDOR COMPETITION
Amitech Group was chosen as a potential service provider due to our strong track record in B2B eCommerce, marketplace integration, and UI/UX transformation. The client decided to initiate the engagement with a tech strategy consulting request, acknowledging our expertise in R&D and project discovery.
CHALLENGE
Existing tech limitations, complex B2B platform choice
Rigid custom-built tech
The client’s B2C-focused marketplace was unable to sustain seller growth and thus failed to serve as a seamless operational platform for multivendor retail processes.
Costly & fragmented tech offerings
While the legacy solution began draining their support budget, none of the existing eCommerce platform alternatives appeared to fully meet the B2B functionality requirements critical to the client’s business workflows, necessitating expensive external integrations.
Nuanced requirements around shifting to the B2B focus
- Enable an intuitive retailer onboarding and management process
- Establish a role-based user hierarchy and access control
- Implement customer-specific pricing and promo plans
- Guarantee real-time or batch ERP order sync
- Ensure carrier tracking
SOLUTION ROADMAP
High-level architecture & BigCommerce integration scenarios
“The team suggested efficient integration routes that enabled fast time-to-market and minimized TCO. To simplify tech support, we also recommended futureproof stacks, from custom integration solutions to proprietary prebuilt SaaS, APIs, and firsthand frameworks.”
Results
“Amitech Group assisted the client in evaluating the pros and cons of various integration paths, facilitating decision-making, and guiding their selection of an eCommerce platform vendor.
The initial project discovery, supported by a detailed tech architecture, validated the project feasibility and execution complexity, unlocking new vendor and service opportunities.”
3
days
To deliver a high-level architecture and BigCommerce integration roadmaps
4
integration scenarios
To detail multiple actionable approaches and navigate the vendor choice
8
hours
To align the roadmaps and potential tech stacks with the client’s vision
38
acceptance criteria
Evaluated within the product requirements checklist
B2B focus
To enable seamless operational workflows for a large retailer network
DELIVERABLES
Technical architecture document
Elaborates on the B2B portal architecture, encompassing software, middleware, and integration tools to enable an efficient tech infrastructure.
BigCommerce integration roadmap
Clearly outlines different BigCommerce integration approaches involving custom development, out-of-the-box APIs, and SaaS apps, suggesting scopes of varied execution and maintenance complexity.
THE UNDERLYING MASTERY INGREDIENTS
Engagement model
Time and Material
Methodology
Agile
Team composition
- CEO/eCommerce Consultant
- CTO/Technical product owner
- R&D Lead/Front-End Architect
Last updated: August 15, 2025
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