Storefronts and catalogues
Estimate product records, images, search traffic and the resources used by your commerce platform. Include room for catalogue growth.
Server Hosting for Retail and Wholesale
Choose server resources for online stores, product catalogues and wholesale ordering applications around the workflows that bring orders into your business.
Plan the applications you will host
Checkout and accounts
List the payment-service, email and account integrations involved in an order. Check which services your server operates and which are provided separately.
Inventory and wholesale portals
Document imports, stock updates, customer pricing and partner connections. Include scheduled processing in database and CPU estimates.
Promotions and peak traffic
Plan for your expected concurrent shoppers and order activity during promotions. Test the complete application rather than relying on homepage loading alone.
Choose a configuration for your workload
Use the commerce platform’s requirements to compare CPU, RAM and database storage. Large image catalogues also need a storage and delivery plan. Choose a dedicated configuration when your brief calls for a physical server, or assess cloud plans against their listed resources and the workload you tested.
Use the server comparison to review the two server types, or explore country and city guides for location options.
Before putting the application live
Test an order without charging a customer
Use your payment provider’s test mode to check the basket, checkout, confirmation and order record.
Check inventory updates
Verify stock changes, imports and cancelled test orders so integrations leave the catalogue in the expected state.
Rehearse a store recovery
Restore files and the database together, then document how you will reconcile orders with external payment and inventory systems.
Operating your server
The standard dedicated and cloud plans are presented as unmanaged. Assign responsibility for the operating system, applications, updates, monitoring and backups. Review server management responsibilities and use the deployment checklist to plan the move.
Choose your server plan
Compare the current configurations and prices, then review your product, location, options and final total in the cart.