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Advanced design and scaling of sales systems. From complex B2B logic and massive pricing structures to custom ERP and WMS integrations via external API.

E-commerce Architecture 2026-10-10

10 Ways to Optimize Your Ecommerce Store with UnoPIM - and Why Each One Pays Off

Store optimization is not only about faster code and better photos. Very often the problem is in the product data: drifting descriptions, incomplete attributes, manual copying between channels. I walk through 10 concrete improvements a UnoPIM implementation delivers and explain why each one pays off.

5 min

E-commerce Architecture 2026-09-29

UnoPIM vs AtroPIM - two approaches to open source PIM, two different markets

AtroPIM and UnoPIM are both open source, both license-free, both with REST API. That is roughly where the similarities end. AtroPIM is a platform for manufacturers and industrial distributors who need a configurable data model without writing code. UnoPIM is a PIM designed for ecommerce and product distribution to sales channels. An honest comparison with specifics.

4 min

E-commerce Architecture 2026-09-22

UnoPIM vs Plytix - when free SaaS stops being free

Plytix starts at $0 per month and has some of the best UX in the PIM space. Sounds like an obvious choice for small ecommerce. The problem starts when you add feeds, Brand Portal and Product Data Sheets - and suddenly you are at $1,300 per month for a system that still does not give you access to your own data without an active subscription. An honest comparison.

4 min

E-commerce Architecture 2026-09-15

Why good software should be free - and its implementation should not

The 'open source plus paid implementation' model looks suspicious to someone used to buying licenses. I explain where it came from, why it makes economic sense, and what you are actually buying when you pay to implement free software.

5 min

E-commerce Architecture 2026-09-08

Best Open Source PIM Systems for Ecommerce - an Implementation Comparison

PIM system comparisons online are usually written by the vendors of those systems. This one is different - I write it as someone who implements them for clients and lives with the consequences of bad architectural choices. I evaluate UnoPIM, Akeneo CE, Pimcore, AtroPIM and LibrePIM from the perspective of implementation cost, infrastructure requirements and e-commerce integration realities.

8 min

E-commerce Architecture 2026-09-01

PIM for Allegro and Amazon sellers - how to stop manually copying data between channels

Allegro requires different attributes than Amazon. Amazon requires different images than your store. And Allegro's new algorithm increasingly penalizes incomplete product data. If you are maintaining your catalog manually in several places at once - this article is about what that costs you and what to do about it.

7 min