Services

Drive Container Sales with Shopify

We connect Shopify to the systems that actually run the business — ERP, WMS, PIM, POS — and map every field before anything moves.

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Engagement
Project or retainer
Typical cadence
1–2 meetings a week
Starts with
Data & Systems Audit

Architecture

Shopify is the storefront.
It is rarely the system of record.

Orders, inventory, pricing, and customers usually live somewhere else. We map every field before we write a line of code, then build the connections so nothing gets re-keyed.

Wholesaling on Shopify gets a huge boost when you can sell your customers an entire shipping container. Even allowing the customer the ability to select what items are in the shipping container. Can you say “intermodal”?

Text Connects has helped companies launch a specialized selection cart system to allow users to create and place orders for a shipping container, direct from their European and Asian factories.

Common objectives, solved:

  • Maximum / Minimum Spends or Weight
  • Size of the Shipping Container (20 FT or 40 FT)
  • Ability to purchase from a specific factory or region
  • Ability to purchase a pallet on a shared shipping container
  • Shipping fees based on total purchase price or special rate
    • examples (see our Shopify Shipping Rate Calculation service for more details)

 

Container Progress Bar

 

 

A simple selection prompt allows users with multiple shopping types to browse your Shopify Wholesale or Direct Container Site without hassle. Putting users in control of a complex shipping and logistics system with a few mouse clicks. Kinda like playing Sea Can LEGOs.

 

Shopping Selection Window

Adjacent capabilities

What usually comes with it.

How an engagement runs

Clarity first.
Then code.

  1. 01 · 2–3 wks

    Audit

    Product data, systems, and operations reviewed against how you actually sell. Easy lifts separated from hard ones.

    Prioritized findings

  2. 02 · 1–2 wks

    Architecture

    Every field mapped, every system named, every hand-off drawn — before anyone opens an editor.

    Systems map + plan

  3. 03 · milestones

    Build

    Theme, apps, integrations, and extensions built in 2–4 billed milestones with a documented QA pass at each.

    Working store

  4. 04 · ongoing

    Run

    Documentation for every change, a 30-day warranty on our code, and pre-paid retainer hours that never expire.

    Documented, supported

How we work

The commercial stuff,
out in the open.

01 Do you require deposits?

Yes — for projects over 10 hours, unless you're on a retainer. Theme and app projects are billed on 2–4 milestones.

02 Do you do monthly maintenance retainers?

No. We sell pre-paid development retainers in 10-, 20-, 30-, and 50-hour blocks. The hours never expire.

03 What happens if something breaks after launch?

Our own code carries a 30-day bug warranty. Bugs in third-party themes and apps are billed hourly, and we'll tell you which is which before we touch it.

04 What are your hours?

Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm Eastern. After-hours work is a 3-hour minimum at 300% of the standard rate — so we plan launches inside business hours.

05 Will we get documentation?

Every store change is documented in an online knowledge base you can read and search. After 180 days of inactivity it's converted to a PDF and handed over.

06 Can we pay in equity?

No.

Clarity before code.

Start with a Data & Systems Audit.

$7,500

Data & Systems Audit
A focused audit of your product data, systems, and operations.

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