Ecommerce & Retail Software Development Company

Alive Inc is a global software development company that builds ecommerce and retail platforms — custom storefronts, marketplaces, point-of-sale systems and inventory/order management software — for D2C brands, retailers and marketplace operators worldwide. Payment gateways, logistics integrations and omnichannel inventory are handled as part of delivery.

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We have built storefront, marketplace, POS and inventory software since 2010, working across Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento and fully custom stacks, and integrating the payment gateways, shipping carriers and ERPs each retail business runs on.

Ecommerce & Retail Challenges We Solve

Cart abandonment & checkout friction

A checkout that is fast, trustworthy and works the same on every device is the difference between a sale and a bounce.

Inventory across channels

Stock levels that must stay accurate across a website, marketplaces and physical stores in real time.

Payment and fraud

Multiple payment methods, currencies and fraud checks that cannot slow down a legitimate buyer.

Peak traffic scaling

Sales, launches and seasonal spikes that can multiply normal traffic many times over without warning.

Logistics integration

Shipping rates, tracking and returns that need to sync cleanly with carriers and 3PLs.

Personalization at scale

Product recommendations and search that stay fast as your catalog grows.

What We Build for Ecommerce & Retail

Custom Storefronts & Headless Commerce

Shopify Plus, WooCommerce, Magento or fully headless builds tailored to your brand and catalog.

Inventory & Order Management

Real-time stock sync across channels, order routing, and returns/refunds workflows.

POS & Omnichannel Retail

Point-of-sale systems that share inventory and customer data with your online store.

Payment Gateway Integration

Stripe, Razorpay, PayPal and local payment methods with fraud screening built in.

Shipping & Logistics Integration

Carrier rate shopping, label generation, tracking and 3PL/warehouse integrations.

Search, Merchandising & Personalization

Fast faceted search, recommendations and merchandising tools that scale with your catalog.

Technology & Standards We Work With

Shopify PlusWooCommerceMagento (Adobe Commerce)StripeRazorpayAlgoliaElasticsearchREST/GraphQL APIsKubernetesReactNode.jsPostgreSQL

How We Deliver

1. Discovery

We map your workflows, compliance requirements, integrations and success metrics before a line of code is written.

2. Architecture & Design

A solution architecture, data model and UX that fit your regulatory context and scale targets.

3. Agile Development

Two-week sprints with working software you can review, on your stack of choice.

4. Testing & Compliance

Functional, security and performance testing, plus the audit trail your industry expects.

5. Launch & Support

Deployment, monitoring, and a dedicated team for updates and enhancements after go-live.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, all three, plus fully custom/headless builds when an off-the-shelf platform cannot handle your catalog complexity or scale requirements.

Yes. We build real-time inventory sync across your website, marketplaces and physical POS, so stock never oversells.

Yes. We integrate with common POS and ERP systems, or build a POS from scratch that shares data with your storefront.

We load-test against your expected peak, use auto-scaling infrastructure and CDN caching, and design checkout to degrade gracefully rather than fail under load.

Yes. We build multi-vendor marketplaces with vendor onboarding, commission handling, and separate seller and buyer experiences.

Yes. We handle platform migrations including product data, customer history, SEO redirects and order history, planned to minimize downtime.

Building for Ecommerce & Retail?

Tell us what you are trying to launch. You will get a scoped plan, a timeline and a fixed quote — no obligation.