What was actually wrong.
Most commerce problems are not just front-end problems. They sit between how customers buy, how teams work, and how the systems behind the business behave.
Mountfield Lawnmowers needed an ecommerce platform that could carry trade account ordering, repeat purchase patterns and operational reporting expected by a Home, garden & outdoor business.
This was not a brochure storefront. Buyers arriving for a specific item needed enough product information and context to identify it with confidence, while stock, account pricing and purchase history had to support the same buying decision.
Order flow, stock and customer data crossed several back-office systems, so integration boundaries and operational handoffs likely shaped how the platform was built.
Trade buyers and account customers needed account-based pricing, repeat ordering and visibility of their own purchase history without friction.
Stock was not one flat number. Depot location, availability and fulfilment context had to remain meaningful so customers and order teams could rely on what the platform showed.
Business customers also needed the platform to reflect how they buy: parent and child account relationships, repeat purchase, order history, account documents and the correct pricing and stock context.
The commerce layer had to sit cleanly alongside ERP, without turning every operational dependency into a launch risk.
The platform change also depended on product information being structured, enriched and governed well enough to support the catalogue. Product data was a major workstream within the wider commerce delivery, not a separate outcome claim.
What happens if it isn't fixed.
When those gaps are left alone, the website becomes the place where operational problems show up. That can mean unclear data, pricing questions, repeated support queries and customers who cannot complete the job they came to do.
When account-based pricing, repeat ordering and purchase-history visibility slip, trade and account customers lose confidence in the site and push work back onto sales and support.
Most relevant to Home, garden & outdoor teams running B2B, B2C and D2C operations and weighing similar platform decisions.
If catalogue and operational data drift, buyers can lose confidence in product information, pricing, stock and purchase history. That can delay or abandon an order, while internal teams absorb the uncertainty through manual checking and customer service.
For repeat buyers and trade accounts, uncertainty creates friction every time an order is placed again. Wrong-part risk, unclear account terms and a harder repeat-order path can frustrate buyers and move the burden back to account teams and support.
The window for seasonal categories is narrow. A site that wobbles in peak does not get a second peak that year.
Five things, in order.
Delivery is not just a list of features. The order matters, because the wrong sequence can turn technical dependencies into business risk.
- 01Mapped the buying journey before the interfaceStarted with how customers actually order here: account relationships, repeat-buy patterns and the operational context behind each purchase. Purchase history, documents and parent-child account behaviour had to support the journey rather than sit outside it.
- 02Rebuilt the commerce foundation around how the business operatesRebuilt the commerce surface inside the operating business, not as a standalone project.
- 03Connected the systems that the storefront cannot work withoutThe commerce layer had to sit cleanly alongside ERP without coupling the launch to every system on day one.
- 04Brought product data into one governed workstreamProduct information, enrichment and catalogue structure were treated as a delivery workstream that enabled the commerce change. Technical data and downloads had to remain connected to the product context buyers used to identify the right item.
- 05Scoped the rules per audience, not per platformAccount-led ordering and self-serve buying were shaped as distinct journeys on the same foundation. Local catalogue, depot, inventory, delivery and pricing rules had to remain coherent for the buyer context in front of the screen.
Systems, one operational truth.
Where this could have gone wrong.
Measurable, not adjectival.
The useful proof is not a bigger adjective. It is the project shape, the systems involved, the trading model supported and, where available, the numbers recorded from the work.
What the client said.
A client quote should support the case study, not carry it. The project story still needs to stay grounded in the work that was delivered.
Many regional challenges were faced at the start of the project, including business readiness, as we were lacking sufficient resources to support during the implementation phase. Collaborative program governance was needed to be put in place to ensure a smooth delivery. iWeb helped throughout and were exceptional from start to finish.”
What moved into support.
A project like this does not stop mattering at launch. The same catalogue, account, integration and trading logic has to keep working once real customers and internal teams are using it.
The project did not end when the platform went live.
Support mattered because the home, garden and outdoor still depended on parts data, pricing imports, account behaviour, inventory feeds, integrations and customer-facing information after launch.
Keeping the build decisions and system ownership visible gave the support team a clearer basis for tracing issues and maintaining the connected trading system after launch.
Surfaces from the live project.
These screens show where the operational work becomes part of the customer, account buyer or internal team experience.
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