AWS Startups Blog
Tag: Ecommerce
Why Omnilytics Moved its E-commerce Platform to be All-In on AWS
At first, the Omnilytics team decided to split their workloads between AWS and GCP, but quickly started racking up large bills as they shuttled data back-and-forth between the providers. Learn why the company moved to standardize their cloud infrastructure on AWS and the benefits seen since migrating.
Read MoreHow Anchanto Facilitates E-commerce Management for Enterprises across APAC
Anchanto’s locally developed technology, tried-and-tested local integrations, agility and flexibility, coupled with Amazon’s infrastructure, are helping enterprises across APAC help bypass regional complexities & challenges and achieve desired growth in the region.
Read MoreGlofox Is Building the Operating System for the New Fitness Industry
In a space that was previously dominated by gym giants like 24-hour Fitness, group-based classes that create a sense of community and give its participants a lifestyle to identify with have quickly taken over the mainstream, a trend that Dublin-based Glofox is capitalizing on.
Read MoreCaching the Uncacheable: How Speed Kit Accelerates E-Commerce Websites
German software startup Baqend has developed Speed Kit as an SaaS solution for accelerating e-commerce websites. Here’s how they did it.
Read MoreEDITED is Reshaping the Retail Industry’s Old-school Processes
Growth in today’s retail market doesn’t happen by accident. At EDITED, we help retailers drive sales by eliminating guesswork. Our Retail Decision Platform uses A.I. to optimize buying and merchandising decisions, ensuring they get their product and prices right every time.
Read MoreiPrice’s E-commerce Platform Surfaces the Best Deals in Southeast Asia
Founded in 2014, iPrice is on a mission to centralize e-commerce across Southeast Asia. And with a team of 150 and a catalog of over 500 million products, it seems they’re well on their way.
Read MoreScottish Startup Mallzee Gamifies Online Shopping
Jamie Sutherland, CTO of Scottish e-commerce startup Mallzee, explains how the platform acts as both Tindr-style product aggregator and a predictive analytics tool for retail businesses. He also shares why machine learning is critical to Mallzee’s success.
Read MoreBeMyGuest’s Dawid Makowski Is Opening a World of Online Possibilities for Travel Activity Providers
Whether it’s a day trip snorkeling in Palawan or a visit to an elephant sanctuary in Phuket, it’s tough for activity operators to make sure that travelers around the world can snag a spot for their activity. Dawid Makowski, CTO of BeMyGuest, is changing that.
Read MoreFelix Gray on Database Scaling Strategies for Startups
Learn how Houtan Fanisalek, Chief Technology Officer of Felix Gray, an e-commerce startup, scaled their infrastructure and planned for massive traffic spikes using Amazon Aurora and Elasticache. He discusses best practices on how to scale your database with minimal downtime, find performance bottlenecks in your database driven application, and how to handle service failures gracefully. Houtan also provides real world examples of the challenges his team faced while scaling Felix Gray, and speaks to the common growing pains any tech startup will face as they scale in the cloud.
Read MoreAffirm’s Infrastructure Event Readiness Advice for E-Commerce Startups
From unanticipated service failures to load-related performance degradations, infrastructure event readiness planning is critical for handling seasonal traffic spikes gracefully and dynamically. Without proper preparation, your best sales day could become your last. Gain insights into how Elaine Arbaugh, Senior Software Engineer and SRE tech lead, at fintech startup Affirm managed the massive influx of activity during the 2018 Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday shopping weekend by building a scale-up, fault tolerant, database system that was able to handle 5x a normal day’s scale.
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