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Ask HN: What are the biggest challenges in e-commerce?

Posted by sebrindom on Monday January 16, 2023 @08:59AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am building an open-source e-commerce engine that makes it easy to build bespoke digital commerce experiences. The engine itself provides default functionality similar to Shopify, but we generally focus more on infrastructure compatibility and developer experience.I am curious to hear what is on the mind of e-commerce developers - what are your biggest challenges? What do you wish you could...

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Re:Ask HN: What are the best open source TypeScript projects I can lea... on Sunday January 01, 2023 @06:31AM (#34205502)
You should check out https://github.com/medusajs/medusa

It’s an open source commerce engine built in Node w. TypeScript. The domain is fairly easy to wrap your head around and the architecture and code quality are often praised.

Re:Why McMaster.com is the best ecommerce site, you’ll ever use on Thursday December 15, 2022 @10:43AM (#34001246)
The UX practices used on McMaster are most suitable for B2B sites.

If you were trying to sell beauty products to consumers with a landing page like theirs it likely wouldn't perform that well. You could, however, draw inspiration from McMaster if your brand was selling the same beauty products wholesale to retailers.

Re:The next step in ecommerce – replatform with APIs and micro front ends on Monday December 12, 2022 @11:43AM (#33956813)
https://github.com/medusajs/medusa
Re:Show HN: We made an open-source personalization engine on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @11:15AM (#30779319)
Soo cool would love to see this integrated with https://github.com/medusajs/medusa