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Plate II · 2026

Online store for a coffee brand

Catalog, cart and orders confirmed over WhatsApp, with an admin panel to manage products and orders.

The problem

A coffee brand was already selling its product but had no online store. It needed a store where customers could build their own order, and a simple panel for the team to manage products, prices and orders.

Key decisions

  • Orders over WhatsApp. It is how most local customers buy, and it allowed launching without integrating a payment gateway on day one.
  • The server owns the prices. The cart only sends IDs and quantities; the total is recalculated from the database so nobody can pay less by tampering with the browser.
  • An admin panel for non-technical people. Payload CMS provides a Spanish panel with roles, drafts and automatically optimized photos.

Outcome

[PENDING: link to the live store and lessons learned.]