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Custom e-commerce and e-shop for ambitious teams.

Overview

A shop built to sell, wired into your logistics and accounting tools.

Custom e-commerce is an online store built around your catalogue, payment rails and logistics rather than a generic template. MAWT designs and develops e-shops on the stack matched to your volume, with TWINT, Stripe and Swiss invoicing wired in, so every order flows straight into your ERP and accounting.

Target

Built for Swiss SMBs and growing commercial companies whose online store is a genuine revenue channel: teams losing orders to a clunky checkout, missing local payment methods, or re-keying every sale into their ERP. If you sell online and want it to scale, this is for you.

Details

An e-commerce that converts isn't just a pretty catalogue. It's a smooth checkout, a cart that holds the user, payments that actually go through in your market, and logistics you don't replay by hand on every order.

We build your store on the stack best suited to your volume and catalogue : Shopify when simple and fast, headless (Next.js + Sanity or Shopify headless) when you need premium custom. We wire in your payment rails (TWINT, Stripe, Datatrans, Swiss invoicing), your logistics and your ERP or accounting.

Real case : phaam.ch (e-commerce with optimised catalogue and checkout funnel).

Why most e-commerce stores fail to sell

An e-commerce that converts is not a pretty catalogue. It is a checkout that holds the user, payments that actually clear in your market, and orders that never get replayed by hand.

Most Swiss stores stall on the same friction: a checkout that drops carts, a payment method local buyers expect but cannot find, and an order that lands in three disconnected tools. Each gap quietly leaks revenue you already paid to acquire.

We build the store as a selling system, not a digital brochure. The goal is simple: turn traffic into paid, fulfilled orders without manual rework.

  • Abandoned carts from a checkout with too many steps or no trust signals.
  • Missing local payment methods (TWINT especially) that buyers expect.
  • Orders re-keyed by hand into the ERP, accounting or logistics tools.
  • Catalogue and pricing that cannot scale with your range or your seasons.

Our custom e-commerce development approach

We design and build your e-shop on the stack best suited to your catalogue and volume. The work is sequenced so you see a selling store early and refine it on real data, not assumptions.

Custom e-commerce development at MAWT means choosing the right foundation for your business, then wiring it into the tools you already run. We select the stack against three criteria: catalogue size, order volume and how custom the buying experience needs to be. For a focused catalogue we move fast on Shopify. For premium, fully branded experiences we go headless with Next.js and Sanity, or Shopify headless, so design and content stay unconstrained. We connect your payment rails (TWINT, Stripe, Datatrans, Swiss invoicing), your logistics provider and your ERP or accounting through a single order flow, so a sale placed online appears, paid and ready to ship, in the systems your team already uses, with no double entry. Then we tune the checkout funnel on live behaviour: fewer steps, clearer trust signals, recovered carts, and a faster path to payment. You get a store that sells from launch and keeps improving on the levers that move revenue.

Nothing is left as a black box. You keep the codebase, the data and the documentation, so the store stays yours to run and extend.

  • Scope the catalogue, volume and markets, then match the stack (Shopify, headless or custom).
  • Design the product and checkout experience around how your buyers actually buy.
  • Wire payment rails: TWINT, Stripe, Datatrans and Swiss invoicing.
  • Integrate logistics, ERP and accounting so orders flow without manual re-entry.
  • Set up multilingual and multi currency when your markets need it.
  • Optimise the checkout funnel and conversion rate on real user data.
  • Launch, measure, and iterate on what moves revenue.

What you get from your e-shop

Every store ships as a clean, owned codebase you control, not a rented template you outgrow. You leave with a shop that sells and a team that can run it without calling us for every change.

Cart recovery runs in the background: when a buyer drops out before paying, the store captures the email at checkout and triggers a timed reminder sequence that brings a measurable share of those carts back to payment. The ERP and accounting sync works the same way day to day: the moment an order is paid, it lands in your back office as a clean record with the customer, the line items, the VAT and the shipping address already mapped to your fields, ready for fulfilment and the books. Your team stops copying orders between tabs and starts shipping.

The outcome is a store that does the heavy lifting: it converts, it gets paid, and it fulfils, with the operational plumbing already connected. Stock levels, pricing and seasonal ranges stay in sync across the catalogue and your ERP, so what a buyer sees online matches what you can actually deliver.

  • A conversion-focused store on a stack matched to your volume.
  • Swiss payments that clear: TWINT, Stripe, Datatrans and invoicing.
  • Live ERP, accounting and logistics integration, no order re-keying.
  • An optimised checkout funnel with automated cart recovery built in.
  • Multilingual and multi currency support when your markets require it.
  • Clear analytics so you can see what sells and where buyers drop.

Who custom e-commerce is for

This is for Swiss SMBs and growing commercial companies whose store is a real revenue channel, not a side experiment. If you are losing orders to a clunky checkout, missing TWINT, or re-keying every sale into your ERP, a custom build pays for itself.

It fits teams who have outgrown a template and feel the friction daily: stock that drifts out of sync, a catalogue that buckles when the range grows, and a checkout you cannot change without fighting a theme. A custom build removes those ceilings and gives operations room to scale.

Real case: phaam.ch, an e-commerce store our Geneva-based team built end to end, with an optimised catalogue, a streamlined checkout funnel and orders connected straight through to fulfilment, so the shop sells and ships without manual re-entry.

  • Swiss SMBs selling physical or digital products online.
  • growing companies outgrowing a template that cannot keep up with their range.
  • Brands needing a premium, fully custom buying experience.
  • Teams that want orders to flow straight into their existing tools.
What it includes
  • Stack matched to your volume (Shopify, headless, custom)
  • TWINT, Stripe, Datatrans, Swiss invoicing wired in
  • ERP, accounting, logistics integrations
  • Checkout funnel and conversion rate optimisation
  • Multilingual and multi currency when relevant
Deliverables
  • A conversion-focused store on the right stack for your volume (Shopify, headless or custom).
  • Swiss payment rails that actually clear: TWINT, Stripe, Datatrans and invoicing.
  • ERP, accounting and logistics integrations so orders flow without manual work.
  • An optimised checkout funnel with cart recovery to lift conversion.
  • Multilingual and multi currency setup when your markets need it.
  • Analytics and tracking so you can see what sells and where you lose buyers.
Comparison

Template store vs custom e-commerce

Off-the-shelf templateMAWT custom e-commerce
Generic checkout, limited controlCheckout designed and optimised for your buyers
Payment limited to plugin defaultsTWINT, Stripe, Datatrans, Swiss invoicing wired in
Manual order re-entry into your toolsLive ERP, accounting and logistics integration
Design constrained by the themeHeadless or custom, fully branded experience
You outgrow it as volume risesStack matched and scaled to your volume
Takeaways
  • Custom e-commerce is a selling system built around your catalogue, payments and logistics, not a generic template.

  • We match the stack to your volume: Shopify when fast, headless or custom when you need premium control.

  • Swiss payment rails (TWINT, Stripe, Datatrans, invoicing) and ERP, accounting and logistics are wired in.

  • Checkout funnel and conversion are optimised on real user data, with cart recovery built in.

  • Built for Swiss SMBs and growing companies whose online store is a genuine revenue channel.

Real projects

phaam.ch

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Frequent questions

How much does a custom e-commerce store cost?

Pricing depends on your catalogue size, the stack and the integrations you need. A focused Shopify build costs far less than a headless store with deep ERP and logistics wiring. We scope your volume and tools first, then quote a fixed range so there are no surprises later.

How long does it take to build an e-shop?

A focused Shopify store can launch in a few weeks. A headless or fully custom build with ERP, accounting and logistics integrations takes longer, typically a couple of months. We sequence the work so you see a selling store early and refine it on real data before scaling.

What is the difference between Shopify and a headless store?

Shopify is fast and reliable for a focused catalogue with standard needs. A headless store (Next.js and Sanity, or Shopify headless) gives full control over design, content and performance for premium, custom experiences. We match the choice to your volume, brand and budget rather than defaulting to one.

Can you connect TWINT and our existing ERP?

Yes. We wire in TWINT, Stripe, Datatrans and Swiss invoicing as standard, and integrate your ERP, accounting and logistics so every paid order appears in the tools your team already uses. The aim is zero manual re-keying between your store and your back office.

Is a custom build worth it for a small online shop?

If the store is a real revenue channel, yes. The cost of a clunky checkout, missing TWINT or manual order entry usually outweighs the build. For a very early or experimental catalogue, a lean Shopify setup is often the right first step. We will tell you honestly which fits.
Next steps

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