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Variant and SKU inventory
Products carry variants with their own SKU and stock count, so a customer sees what is actually on the shelf rather than a generic in-stock badge.
The Color Shop · Samoa · Retail & eCommerce
The Color Shop — Apia eCommerce with SKU-level stock and cash at the counter
An Apia retailer needed to sell online without a card-first checkout that would exclude most of its customers. Product variants, real stock counts, pickup-only fulfilment and cash at the store, with order history.
The challenge
Where they started
Paint and colour retail is a variant problem before it is a web problem: the same product exists in sizes and finishes, each with its own stock level. And a Samoan retailer cannot assume card payment at checkout — for much of the customer base the realistic flow is reserve online and pay cash on collection. Building an international-style cart and checkout would have produced a shop nobody could complete an order in.
What we built
The platform, piece by piece
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Pickup-only checkout with cash at store
Checkout is built around collection at the Apia store with cash payment, which is how the business actually trades, rather than pretending to be a card gateway.
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Customer accounts without friction
Authenticated carts, order history and email verification, so repeat customers can reorder and the store can see who bought what.
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Staff management in Django admin
Products, stock and orders are managed through a staff portal rather than requiring a developer for everyday changes.
Outcomes
What changed
- · Customers can see genuine variant-level stock before travelling to the store
- · Checkout matches local payment reality instead of fighting it
- · Order history gives the retailer a customer record it did not have
- · Staff run products and orders without developer involvement
Platform details
What it runs on
- · Client: The Color Shop
- · Country: Samoa
- · Sector: Retail & eCommerce
- · Year: 2026
Python / DjangoSQLite / MySQLSMTP emailDjango admincPanel
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