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Hydra Group

Custom ecommerce development — a platform, not a hosted theme.

We build ecommerce software from scratch: storefront, catalogue, checkout, accounts, orders, and admin. This is not Shopify development and not WordPress commerce. If your commercial logic cannot live in apps, it needs its own platform.

When generic software stops fitting.

The store is fighting the model

B2B price lists, contract catalogues, or regional rules are forced through apps until checkout becomes fragile.

Operations live somewhere else

Orders hit email or a spreadsheet. Inventory, shipping, and finance never quite match the storefront.

Plugin risk

Each extra extension is another failure point. Custom platforms encode the rules in the product.

Customers cannot self-serve

Reorder, invoices, or account-specific catalogues still require a person on your side.

Capability

Built around the workflow, not a template.

Custom storefront
Product catalogue
Product management
Shopping cart
Checkout
Customer accounts
Orders
Payments
Inventory
Shipping rules
Admin dashboard
Customer management
B2B pricing
Multi-currency
Multi-country
External integrations
Custom business logic

Approach

How we approach the work.

01

Commerce as software

Catalogue, cart, payment, and fulfilment are one system. We do not decorate a generic store and hope the apps hold.

02

Admin the team can run

Operators need to change products, prices, and orders without waiting on a developer for every edit.

03

Integrate the rest of the stack

Payments, shipping, accounting, and warehouses connect through APIs. A portal can sit on the same customer accounts.

Project pricing

From pricing. Final cost depends on scope.

Every build is scoped against your workflow and integrations. The ranges below are starting anchors so you can see the commercial scale of the work — not a promise that every project costs the same.

Custom ecommerce

More info

Pricing reflects catalogue complexity, checkout, and operational logic — not a theme install.

  • Custom

    Storefront, catalogue, cart, checkout, and admin.

    From $6,500

  • Advanced

    Accounts, inventory, shipping rules, and integrations.

    From $12,000

  • Complex

    B2B pricing, multi-currency, multi-country, custom logic.

    From $20,000+

Questions

Do you build Shopify or WooCommerce stores?
No. If a hosted storefront is the right product, use a specialist in that platform. We build custom ecommerce platforms when the business model does not fit those products.
What does custom ecommerce development cost?
Focused custom stores start from $6,500, advanced operations from $12,000, and complex B2B or multi-country platforms from $20,000+. Integrations and catalogue complexity move the number.
Can we start with a smaller catalogue?
Yes. A first release should sell and fulfil reliably. Unusual pricing, extra regions, and deep ERP work can follow under a maintenance plan or a later project.

Tell us what the software needs to do.

Share the workflow, the current tools, and the outcome you need. We will come back with a scoped project estimate — not a generic package.