Custom eCommerce
Our team specializes in building custom eCommerce experiences with Shopify and more.
Expertise:
- Custom Storefronts
- Booking Systems
- Headless eCommerce
- Content Management
- Performance Tuning
Platforms:
- Shopify Storefront API
- Shopify Liquid
- Sanity
- Contentful
- Swell
Case Studies:
Specialities
All Things Shopify
We’ve been Shopify experts since ~2013, using Shopify’s Headless API or Liquid layout engine to produce best in class eCommerce experiences for our clients. For serious automation needs, we're able to dip into Ruby on Rails or Typescript to build you a custom Shopify App, too.
React / Next.js Storefronts
For clients looking to build rich interactive storefronts, we'll reach for Next.js and Shopify's Storefront API to supercharge their site with server-rendered performance, and a single page app UX.
Sanity, Contentful & Headless CMS
We’re experts in headless content management (we love Sanity.io, but Contentful works too!), allowing our clients maximum flexibility and performance on their storefronts.
Custom Automations
When your store needs some custom automation or specific backend operations, we’re comfortable dipping into Ruby on Rails or Typescript to write some back-of-house software, too!
Memorable experiences
In today's sea of lookalike templated storefronts, we like to create memorable, standout experiences for our clients and their customers. From single-page checkout experiences to shopping cart aware carbon offsetting, we look to empower and activate brands through our deep technical lens.
Our storefronts continue to process millions of dollars of payments for our clients each year (including a single record-breaking $1.6mm transaction from an auction sale).
Our Process
- 1.
We like to start new engagements with our Technical Blueprinting phase. We listen, research, test — and consolidate our plan into an architecture document that guides the build.
- 2.
Our development process is agile, transparent and collaborative, managed through lightweight weekly touchpoints, tight feedback loops and waves of iteration.
- 3.
As your storefront rolls out, we’re standing by — fixing bugs, tweaking performance, and shipping features in realtime, from your first transaction, to your 100,000th.
We’re friendly, transparent, communicative and hospitable, as it’s our best relationships that produce the most meaningful work. How we ship better work ↗
We strive to build thoughtful, human-centric products through an open and transparent approach to timelines and estimates. We're not a traditional agency ↗
Time will tell
Sanctuary Computer worked with Loupe This to build a realtime auction platform for luxury watches. The result is elegant, bespoke software, accountable for orchestrating large-sum financial transactions.
Today, our team is worldwide, but we started in NYC, and we’re still mostly based in the US Eastern timezone.
If you’d like to chat more, please email us at hello@sanctuary.computer