# Ecommerce websites Hedronite designs, builds, and hosts ecommerce sites for small shops: a catalog, and a cart with payment and shipping when the shop needs the site itself to take the order. The price is one of five bands: <$5k, $5k–$10k, $10k–$20k, $20k–$30k, or $30k+. Every tier includes a monthly retainer of 5–10% of the build fee. HTML: https://hedronite.com/solutions/ecommerce/ ## What a small shop site usually gets wrong The ecommerce sample is a watch storefront built to show the opposite of these patterns. It is a sample, not a client shop. ### The theme is louder than the product A leftover test string in the hero, a first-name error pinned to the last-name field, and three promo codes stacked on each other. Each is small. Together they say nobody checked. The ecommerce sample is written against that rush. ### A catalog priced like a platform, or a platform sold as a catalog A grid of products is not a warehouse, a tax engine, and a custom checkout. A cart that charges cards and calculates shipping is not a set of static pages. The engagement has to say which one you are buying. ### No one owns the offer One promotion, stated once, beats a stack of codes. The sample keeps a single promo for that reason. A real shop should be able to point at the offer and know it is the only one. ## What we build The scope is decided on the consult, then built as the kind of site that scope actually needs. ### A catalog that names the goods Product names, a short honest description, and a page that reads like the shop rather than the template. The sample uses a small grid and one promo. A real catalog can be larger. It still has to be checked. ### Static or Topcoat, when that is enough A static site or a Topcoat site is the right build when the public pages are the catalog and the sale completes in a system you already run. We will say so on the consult instead of selling a server you do not need. ### A cart, when the site has to sell Payment, shipping, and a cart that charges the right amount are in scope when the consult includes them. That is a dynamic server. We build it with Loco. It is not a full custom commerce platform unless the band and the consult say that is the work. ### Forms that fail on the field they name A first-name problem lands on First name. The ecommerce sample is held to that, and a client shop is too. ### The stack Client sites are static (Astro or Eleventy), Topcoat, or Loco (Rust) when the project needs a dynamic server, such as appointment booking or secure file intake. ## How an engagement runs 1. You write to info@hedronite.com with the catalog, how orders are taken today, and whether the new site must charge the card. We scope that on a consult. 2. We design the catalog, the promotion, and the path from product to order. 3. We build a static or Topcoat site when the sale happens elsewhere, or Loco when the site itself runs the cart, the payment, and the shipping. 4. We deploy with CI/CD, hosting, and monitoring. Monthly care is the retainer on the band, including content tweaks when the catalog changes. ## Sample The ecommerce sample is labeled in the $30k+ band. That label is a market comp for that kind of storefront, not a quote. The sample is not a client shop. - [Ecommerce sample](https://hedronite.com/samples/ecom/): A sample, not a client site. ## A solution for every budget. A one-time build fee and a 5–10% monthly retainer for sustained upkeep. Every tier includes a monthly retainer of 5–10% of the build fee. - <$5k - $5k–$10k - $10k–$20k - $20k–$30k - $30k+ Base care (<$5k): Hosting, security updates, and minor content tweaks. Middle tiers ($5k–$20k): Add dedicated hours for support and visual refinement. Higher tiers ($20k+): Add proactive optimization and custom engineering. ## Questions ### Who builds small ecommerce sites? Hedronite LLC does. Evan Eugene Pincham, the founder and Systems Architect, is who you work with. The work is a catalog and, when you need it, a cart that takes payment and shipping. Start at info@hedronite.com. ### What is in scope, and what is a larger platform? A catalog, a single promotion, and the path to an order are the base. Payment, shipping, and a cart that charges cards are in scope when the consult includes them. A custom commerce platform, with the warehouse and tax logic that implies, is a larger engagement and has to be named as such. It is not slipped in under a catalog. ### When is a static or Topcoat site enough? When the public site is the catalog and the sale completes in a system you already trust. When the site itself must run the cart, take payment, or calculate shipping, the build is Loco, because that work needs a server. ### How much does an ecommerce site cost? The price is one of five bands: <$5k, $5k–$10k, $10k–$20k, $20k–$30k, or $30k+. Every tier includes a monthly retainer of 5–10% of the build fee. The ecommerce sample is labeled in the $30k+ band. That label is a market comp, not a quote. Every engagement is scoped on a consult. ### Is the watch store a client? No. The page at /samples/ecom/ is a sample, labeled as not a client site. It shows a small catalog, one promo, and a form that validates the field it names. ## Consultation Request a consultation Tell us what you sell, how an order is taken today, and whether the new site has to charge the card. We will say whether this is a catalog or a cart, and which band it sits in. info@hedronite.com