Services
E-commerce
An online store is judged on two things: whether it loads and whether it converts. LebSource builds and maintains storefronts with both in view, and is willing to tell you when the app you are about to install will cost you more in speed than it returns in features.
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Outsourcing E-commerce: why it goes wrong elsewhere
Store work has a conflict of interest built into it: the agency is paid to add things, and every added thing makes the store slower. That is how a storefront ends up with fourteen apps, a four-second load, and a conversion rate nobody can explain. The partner worth having is the one that will argue against the feature you asked for when it costs more in speed than it returns.
The comparison
E-commerce vs an agency vs a far-shore partner
The three realistic ways to get this built, compared on the things that decide whether it lands.
The app you want to install
A local agency
Installed. It is billable work.
A far-shore build partner
Installed, as specified.
LebSource
Measured first. If it costs more in load time than it returns in revenue, you get told before it ships.
Speed and conversion
A local agency
A separate optimisation engagement, sold later.
A far-shore build partner
Out of scope unless requested.
LebSource
Part of the build. Storefront speed, checkout friction, and app-bloat auditing are in the engagement, not upsold from it.
Migrating platforms
A local agency
Content moves first, redirects handled near launch.
A far-shore build partner
Products, customers, and orders migrated to spec; rankings are not in the spec.
LebSource
URL mapping is done before any content moves, with a staging store and a rollback path agreed up front.
Editing the store afterwards
A local agency
Custom theme work that often needs the agency to change.
A far-shore build partner
Delivered as built, with limited handover.
LebSource
Built to be edited by your team, and documented so that is genuinely true rather than technically true.
Platform recommendation
A local agency
Frequently the platform the agency specialises in.
A far-shore build partner
Whichever the specification names.
LebSource
Based on your catalogue, your team, and how custom the experience needs to be, not on what we prefer building.
“Far-shore” here means a delivery team six or more hours from your working day. That is a statement about time zones, not about anyone’s ability, plenty of excellent teams work that way, and for well-scoped, low-iteration work it can be the right call. The comparison describes delivery models, not any particular firm.
How we work
What we put in writing
Every firm claims quality. These are the commitments specific enough that you would notice us breaking them.
We tell you when you don't need us
If a cheaper tool, a simpler approach, or no project at all is the right answer, you hear it at the scoping stage, before you have paid for a build. We would rather lose the engagement than deliver the wrong thing well.
Stop after any stage, keep everything
Work is sequenced so each stage stands on its own and is verifiable before the next begins. There is no point in the engagement where stopping leaves you with nothing usable.
You own it from day one
The code, the infrastructure, and the documentation are yours throughout, not handed over at the end, and not held as leverage. Taking the work in-house later is a planned handover, not a negotiation.
Your working day, not a handoff
Beirut runs on EET/EEST and shifts with the same daylight-saving changes as Europe. Questions get answered inside your day, so a blocker costs you an hour rather than a night.
Nothing we build fails silently
Everything ships with error handling, alerting, and a named owner. Software that breaks quietly is worse than the manual process it replaced, and we treat it that way.
Senior people, at up to 43% less
The saving comes from where the team sits, not from staffing your project with juniors and calling them consultants. The people scoping the work are the people doing it.
Scope
What our E-commerce services cover
Storefront build and customisation
Theme development and custom functionality on Shopify, WooCommerce, or a headless setup, built to be edited by your team afterwards.
Platform migration
Moving products, customers, orders, and search rankings between platforms, planned with a staging store and a rollback path.
Performance and conversion
Storefront speed work, checkout friction, and the app-bloat audit most stores need more than they need another feature.
Integrations
Connecting the store to your ERP, fulfilment, payment, and marketing systems so operations do not depend on manual exports.
Process
How our E-commerce process works
Step 01
Review
Audit the current store, its speed, and its conversion friction.
Step 02
Plan
Scope the build or migration, with redirects and rollback mapped.
Step 03
Build
Development on a staging store you can review throughout.
Step 04
Launch
Cutover, monitoring, and a post-launch support window.
Fit
Who our E-commerce team is right for
Deliverables
What you get from an E-commerce engagement
Every item below is something handed over and owned by you at the end, not a description of activity.
A storefront built for the conversion path, not just the brand guidelines.
Product, checkout and payment flows tested on real devices before launch.
Integrations with your ERP, fulfilment, and tax and shipping providers.
Analytics and tracking configured so the numbers can be trusted afterwards.
Performance budgets met on mobile, where most of the traffic is.
Post-launch support through the first peak trading period.
The stack
Tools and platforms we build E-commerce on
What we work in day to day. If your environment is not listed, it is worth asking rather than assuming.
Platforms
- Shopify and Shopify Plus
- WooCommerce
- Magento and Adobe Commerce
- Headless with Next.js
Payments
- Stripe
- Adyen
- PayPal
- Regional and local methods
Operations
- ERP and inventory sync
- Fulfilment and 3PL integration
- Tax and shipping providers
Growth
- GA4 and server-side tracking
- Technical SEO
- Core Web Vitals
- A/B testing
We work in your stack rather than moving you onto ours. Where we think a choice is wrong we will say so and explain why, then build what you decide.
Engagement
How to buy an E-commerce project
Three shapes, and we will tell you which one fits before you ask. The wrong shape is a more common cause of failure than the wrong team.
Fixed scope
An agreed deliverable, an agreed price, an agreed date. Works when the thing being built is genuinely well understood, which is rarer than most proposals pretend.
Best for
A defined build with stable requirements
Retained team
A team held for you monthly, working through a priority list you control. Scope moves as you learn without renegotiating a contract every time it does.
Best for
Ongoing work where priorities shift
Discovery first
A short paid piece that ends in a written scope, an architecture, and a real estimate. If the answer is that you should not build it, you get that in writing and owe nothing further.
Best for
An idea that is not yet a specification
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Every one is delivered the same way: scoped in writing, run by our team, shipped in your time zone.
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FAQ
E-commerce with LebSource
Will a migration lose our search rankings?
Not if the redirect mapping is done properly, which is a core part of the plan rather than a final step. We map URLs before any content moves.
Shopify, WooCommerce, or headless?
It depends on your catalogue, your team, and how custom the experience needs to be. We recommend based on that rather than on what we prefer building.
Can you work on our existing store?
Yes, and that is the most common request. We audit before changing anything.
Next step
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