Sellios - online store platform

Hi MegaMozg!
Let me introduce a platform for online stores Sellios

Sellios ( http://sellios.ru ) is a platform for creating and managing an online store. SAAS service.


The main advantages are:

• inventory control - allows you to control balances on an unlimited number of warehouses
• flexible catalog: product groups, characteristics, filters, search by characteristics
  Adaptive layout
• high speed

In 2011, my friend Fedor and I launched an online store. Products ordered from the USA and China. The business was very small, but the IT needs arose from the very beginning: we had 3 “warehouses” where the goods were kept: the office — this is the pick-up point, my apartment and Fedor’s apartment. For online payment it was extremely important to have an up-to-date catalog (otherwise a person can pay for something that is not in stock). 1C did not work on our MacBooks. The synchronization process between the site and the yellow box looked awkward. Ready-made CMS did not give the necessary opportunities out of the box, in the end they decided to develop their own solution.

We didn’t like the idea of ​​an external warehouse (synchronization of IM and any external warehouse: 1C, My warehouse, etc.) from the very beginning, because there are pitfalls:

• support of two directories up to date, especially if the product has options and there are many such options. Tasks: update photos, prices, articles, change a category, hide from the site, etc. - arise frequently. Support two directories, why?
  
• Shopping in the office and from the phone: the buyer went into the office without before. order, you need to quickly print a receipt and give the goods. If you have 2 directories - in some information will appear later. Of course, this can be solved by an additional request to the warehouse when ordering, but this solution seems to me to be a kind of crutch.
  

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In 2011 we developed our solution, it was very simple, but it solved our needs. Based on our experience in trading, we launched Sellios, a cloud platform for online stores.

Technically, the platform runs on Node.JS, the database PostgreSQL. The choice fell on Node.JS, because this platform allows you to create isomorphic applications - the same code, the same templates are used both on the server side and on the client side, which allows you to get an increase in speed. We implemented our isomorphism model based on Backbone and Jade.

The first version implements the basic functions of an online store.
One of the innovations: the shopping basket is always available to the administrator and allows him to create an order anywhere in the system. (Example: a call to the office - you need to quickly place an order):



The cost of a month of service is 999 rubles per month.
You can order by ordering the development of a turnkey shop - 59 900 rubles. The price includes a year of service (3 months as a gift), a unique design, completion of missing modules, etc. (details here ).

Why such a monetization scheme? In the first version there is no module that allows users to independently edit templates, so we offer a turnkey solution.

Our ultimate goal is to create a solution that optimizes processes in trade for small and medium businesses.

Thanks for attention.