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Retail, distribution and marketplaces

Retail and marketplace operations are increasingly software businesses. Pricing, availability, fulfilment, returns and settlement all depend on systems that were often assembled to solve one problem at a time.

We build the commerce and marketplace infrastructure that treats these as one connected operation: product data, seller or supplier onboarding, order routing, settlement and the integrations with the systems that hold the physical reality.

Sector focus

Commerce platforms, marketplace operations and distribution technology that hold under volume.

Relevant services

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Business challenges

What makes this sector difficult.

01

Product data inconsistency

The same product described differently across channels, marketplaces and internal systems.

02

Supplier and seller onboarding

Adding a new seller or supplier requires manual setup, custom data mapping and weeks of coordination.

03

Fulfilment and returns

Order routing, split shipments and returns handled outside the platform, creating reconciliation overhead.

04

Settlement complexity

Commissions, fees, refunds and payouts calculated manually or in disconnected finance systems.

Technology opportunities

Where technology changes the operating model.

A governed product master

One product record with channel-specific representations, maintained in one place.

Self-service onboarding

Suppliers and sellers configured through a portal rather than a manual project.

Embedded settlement

Commission and payout logic inside the platform, reconciled to finance automatically.

Our capabilities

How we support this sector.

  • Marketplace platform development
  • Multi-vendor commerce
  • Supplier and seller portals
  • Order and inventory orchestration
  • Settlement and commission systems
  • Channel and marketplace integration

Commercial benefits

What the business gains.

  • Consistent product data across every channel
  • Faster onboarding of new sellers and suppliers
  • Order and returns visibility end to end
  • Settlement reconciled without manual effort

Questions

Frequently asked.

Yes. Where a commerce platform already serves the business well, we build around it and integrate the marketplace, settlement and operational layers it does not cover.

Architecture is designed for the target scale rather than a fixed ceiling. We define the expected seller, product and order volumes during discovery and design accordingly.

We integrate established payment providers and build the commission, settlement and payout logic around them. We do not act as a payment institution.

Multi-currency, tax treatment, logistics partners and channel rules are configured per market, with consolidated reporting.

Sector enquiry

Discuss a retail & marketplaces technology requirement

We will respond with a direct view of how we would approach the operating problem, and whether we are the right partner for it.