Commerce technology for independent business
Make your business work together.
We connect and optimise the systems behind your business — helping you spend less time on admin and more time growing it.
Payments. EPOS. Ecommerce. Inventory. Accounting. Connected.
UK business
Working with independent businesses across the United Kingdom.
Independent advice
We are not tied to a single till or payment provider.
Implementation included
We help put the recommendations in place, not just write them.
Keep what works
Replacing a working system is the last option, not the first.
The problem
Your systems work. But do they work together?
Almost nobody sits down and designs their technology. It arrives one decision at a time — a till here, a website there, an accounting package because the accountant asked. Eventually your team becomes the integration layer between all of it.
The same information, twice
A product is added to the till, then added again to the website, then again to a spreadsheet.
Manual reconciliation
Somebody matches takings against payouts by hand, every week, forever.
Stock in several places
Shop stock, online stock and marketplace stock each drift apart until a customer notices.
Online and offline apart
The website behaves like a different business to the one customers walk into.
Preparing for the accountant
Hours spent each month assembling figures that already exist inside other systems.
Too many dashboards
Four logins to answer one question about how last week actually went.
Software nobody uses
Subscriptions renewing for tools that solved a problem you no longer have.
No overall picture
Plenty of numbers, but no single view of how the business is performing.
Each system works. Nothing is broken. But a person is doing the joining up, every single day.
The idea
Every part of your business is a node.
Your EPOS. Your website. Your payment system. Your accounting software. Your inventory. Your sales channels. We look at how those nodes interact, identify where time and revenue are being lost, and design a better-connected commerce setup.
Explore the map
Select a node
Hover, tap or tab through the nodes to see what information each part of a business exchanges with the rest.
What you actually get
Three outcomes. Everything else is a tool.
Payments, EPOS, ecommerce and integrations are how we get there. They are not the point.
Save time
Automate repetitive work and remove unnecessary admin.
- Reduce duplicate data entry
- Automate the movement of information
- Cut down reconciliation work
- Remove manual processes that no longer need a person
Grow revenue
Create more ways for customers to buy.
- Ecommerce that reflects the real shop
- Click & collect and local delivery
- Marketplaces and social selling
- A checkout that loses fewer customers
See what's happening
Turn disconnected information into a clearer view of your business.
- Sales visibility across channels
- Payment and payout visibility
- Channel-by-channel performance
- Reporting that takes minutes, not evenings
Where we help
The areas we work in.
We start with the business, then use whichever of these are genuinely relevant. Nothing here is a package.
A note on payments: we recommend, supply and integrate payment solutions as one part of a commerce setup. Node Commerce is not a payment processor or acquirer.
Keep what works. Fix what doesn't. Connect what should.
How it works
Start with a Commerce Review.
Before recommending anything, we understand how the business currently operates. It is a conversation and a walkthrough, not a sales pitch for a till.
- 01
Understand
We map how you currently take orders, accept payments, manage stock, handle administration and sell to customers.
- 02
Identify
We identify disconnected systems, unnecessary manual work, missed sales opportunities and unnecessary costs.
- 03
Design
We recommend the technology, integrations and workflows that best fit your business.
- 04
Implement
We help put the improved setup into place.
Before and after
The same business, with fewer things to carry.
Most of the work in a fragmented setup is invisible because it has always been done that way. Seeing it written down is usually the moment it stops being acceptable.
Information flow
Before Node
- Website↓ manual entry
- EPOS↓ manual reconciliation
- Payments↓ spreadsheetsAccounting
Stock is updated separately. Orders are managed separately. Answering one question means opening several dashboards.
Technology should give you time back — not create more work.
It is easy to compare the price of software or a card rate. It is much harder to price the hours spent reconciling, copying information between systems, fixing errors, updating stock, preparing reports and managing channels that do not talk to each other.
We look at the total operational impact of your technology, not just the invoice. What that saves depends entirely on your business — so we would rather show you the specifics than quote a number.
Growth
Better connected systems can create new ways to sell.
An established business does not have to build a second, separate operation to sell online. The point is to add channels that feed back into the setup you already run.
Physical store
The counter stays the centre of the business.
Online store
The same products, available beyond opening hours.
Click & collect
Orders placed online, collected in person.
Local delivery
A defined radius, sensible slots, predictable rounds.
Marketplaces
Additional reach without a separate operation.
Social commerce
Turning attention into orders you can actually fulfil.
Industries
Built around how your trade actually works.
Selling by weight is not the same as selling by the metre. We start from the operation, not from a template.
We publish results once we can evidence them.
Case studies will follow the same structure every time: the systems a business had before, where time or revenue was being lost, what the Commerce Review identified, what changed, and what measurably improved afterwards. We will not publish figures we cannot stand behind.
See the case study formatCommerce Review
Let's look at how your business works.
Tell us a little about your setup and we'll arrange a short, no-obligation conversation. We start by understanding the business — not by quoting for hardware.
- No obligation and no hard sell
- We look at the whole setup, not one product
- Keep what works — we'll say so when something already does
Prefer to talk first? Contact us.