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Spree & Solidus

Spree and Solidus E-commerce Development

Storefronts, checkout, extensions and upgrades on Spree and Solidus, from an engineer who has spent 10 years building payment gateways.

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A tablet on a boutique shop counter showing a product page for a leather tote bag with a crimson Add to cart button, beside shipping boxes and twine
A phone showing a mobile checkout with an order summary, shipping address and a Place order button
A laptop in a small warehouse showing an e-commerce back office with orders, payment states and an order ready to ship
In payment gateways
10 years
Gifts a year at GivingFire
$100M+
Gateways built
2
Shipped at Edge
3DS + 3RI

Open-Source Commerce, Tailored to You

Spree and Solidus give you a complete Rails e-commerce platform that you own outright: no per-order platform fees and no ceiling on how far you can customise it. The trade-off is that customising it well takes Rails engineers who know its internals.

I build and extend Spree and Solidus stores, upgrade them, build headless storefronts on their APIs, and integrate the payment, tax, shipping and ERP systems behind them. Checkout is where stores lose money, and payments is where I have spent the last decade.

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Storefronts and Headless Commerce

Custom storefront themes, or headless front ends on the Spree and Solidus APIs, built for speed and search engines.

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Checkout and Payments

Payment method integrations, 3-D Secure, saved cards and subscriptions, built by someone who has worked on the gateway side.

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Extensions and Upgrades

Custom extensions for pricing, promotions and fulfilment, and safe upgrades of Spree, Solidus, Rails and Ruby.

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Integrations

ERP, inventory, tax, shipping and marketplace integrations, with background jobs that retry safely and keep stock in sync.

Track Record

10 Years Inside Payment Gateways

Since 2017 my work has been payment infrastructure: first as the sole engineer on GivingFire's gateway, then building and leading engineering at Edge Payments Technologies. Systems that move money leave no room for shortcuts, and I bring that standard to every project.

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Edge Payments Technologies

Lead Software Engineer and Head of Compliance · 2022 – present

  • check_circle Built the Rails payment gateway, integrating the RS2, NMI and Moov processors for card and ACH.
  • check_circle Lead the team behind the hosted checkout, Paylinks and invoicing merchants use to take payments.
  • check_circle Implemented 3-D Secure (3DS and 3RI) authentication for card payments.
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GivingFire

Senior Software Engineer · 2017 – 2022

  • check_circle Built and ran a Rails payment platform processing $100M+ in gifts a year.
  • check_circle Built a custom subscription billing engine for recurring giving.
  • check_circle Integrated Salesforce, Planning Center and Breeze, and built a Zapier app.
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The Delivery Path

How We Get There

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Discovery

Your business, constraints and what success looks like.

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Design

Architecture, data models and a plan you can review.

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Development

Iterative builds with regular demos and feedback.

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Deployment

Production launch, monitoring and knowledge transfer.

Transparent Pricing

Scope-Based Engagement

  • check_circle Discovery & Requirements Session
  • check_circle Technical Architecture Document
  • check_circle Source Code & Documentation Handover

Project Pricing

Custom Quote

Scope-based pricing tailored to your project complexity and timeline.

Hourly Rates

Short-term contracts

$50/hr

Advisory, code review, fixes, and short projects.

Long-term, full-time

$30/hr

Ongoing full-time contracts, working as part of your team.

Common Questions

Spree or Solidus: which should I use? expand_more

Both are mature, open source and built on Rails. Solidus began as a fork of Spree focused on stability for larger stores; Spree has moved towards headless and multi-store commerce. I recommend one after looking at your catalogue, your integrations and your team.

Can you migrate my store from another platform? expand_more

Yes. Products, customers and order history can be migrated. Saved cards can often move too, through a PCI-compliant export from your current gateway, so returning customers don't have to enter them again.

Can you upgrade an old Spree or Solidus store? expand_more

Yes. I upgrade in steps, with tests around checkout and payments first, so the store keeps taking orders while the platform catches up.

Interested in Spree or Solidus Development?

Tell me about your store, what it runs on today and what you need it to do next.

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