RetailGlobal2023 Case Study

E-Commerce Platform Microservices Migration

Monolithic e-commerce platform couldn't scale during peak shopping seasons, causing revenue losses.

10x

Traffic Capacity

99.9%

Uptime

$50M+

Revenue Protected

E-Commerce Platform Microservices Migration

The Challenge

A major retail e-commerce platform experienced critical failures during Black Friday and holiday seasons. The monolithic architecture couldn't handle traffic spikes, resulting in site crashes, lost sales, and poor customer experience. The platform was losing millions in revenue during peak periods and couldn't support international expansion due to scalability limitations.

The Solution

We migrated the entire e-commerce platform to a microservices architecture with auto-scaling capabilities. The solution includes separate services for product catalog, inventory, cart, payment, order processing, and recommendation engine. We implemented event-driven architecture with message queues, implemented caching strategies with Redis, and built a CDN infrastructure for global content delivery. The new system can automatically scale from 10 to 1000+ instances based on traffic.

Key Metrics & Results

Traffic Capacity

10x increase

Can now handle 10x more concurrent users

System Uptime

99.9%

Maintained during peak shopping seasons

Revenue Protected

$50M+

Prevented revenue loss during peak periods

Page Load Time

60% faster

Reduced from 3.5s to 1.4s average

Global Expansion

5 new markets

Enabled expansion to 5 new countries

Technologies & Tools

KubernetesDockerNode.jsReactMongoDBRedisKafkaAWS

Project Details

Client

Global Retailer

Duration

15 months

Team Size

38 engineers

Service

Software Engineering

format_quote

"The migration was seamless. We handled Black Friday traffic without a single outage, something we couldn't do before."

James Mitchell

VP of Engineering, Global Retailer

Ready to Start Your Project?

Let's discuss how we can help transform your organization.

Schedule ConsultationView All Case Studies

Ready to Write Your Own Success Story?

Our team of experts is ready to help you architect and implement technical solutions that drive tangible business results.