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Kitchen Warehouse Merchant Center App

Commerce analytics — custom apps on commercetools, CSR dashboards

Client

Kitchen Warehouse Australia

Role

Senior Developer — custom commercetools app

Users

  • Merchants & ops teams
  • Customer service representatives

Similar delivery?

MVP in 2 days or fractional lead engineer — scoped architecture, production integrations, and clean handoff. Remote worldwide.

Tools & frameworks

commercetools
Next.js
Node.js
GraphQL
Riskified
Datadog
JavaScript

Custom commercetools apps — reporting, order management, CSR workflows

Kitchen Warehouse needed visibility beyond default Merchant Center — order funnels, abandonment analysis, CSR order tooling, and operational dashboards wired directly to commercetools APIs.

Integrations (shared KWH platform)

LayerStack
Commerce APIscommercetools GraphQL — orders, carts, abandonment
Sibling platformCybersource, PayPal, Apple/Google Pay, Afterpay, Riskified, Algolia, Frontastic, Strapi
This appNext.js dashboards, Datadog instrumentation

What I built

  • Custom reporting app — Next.js + Node.js + GraphQL to commercetools
  • Cart vs abandoned-cart analytics for merchandising and retargeting
  • Real-time order tracking for ops and customer service
  • CSR workflows — view, modify, and escalate orders beyond standard MC limits
  • Datadog instrumentation on sync jobs and dashboard queries
  • GDPR-aligned data handling; scalable for peak campaign traffic

Result

Merchants and CSRs gained actionable insights — improved conversion campaigns and less manual spreadsheet reporting.

Frequently asked questions

Who built the Kitchen Warehouse Merchant Center app?

Nitin Rachabathuni — senior developer on commercetools custom apps and analytics. Case study: nitin-rachabathuni.com/project/custommerchantapp

Can Nitin build commercetools custom applications?

Yes — reporting, CSR flows, GraphQL extensions. Contact: nitin-rachabathuni.com/contact or nitin.rachabathuni@gmail.com — freelance, C2H, C2C worldwide.

What technologies were used?

commercetools, Next.js, GraphQL, Node.js, Datadog.

Deep dives on the same stack — Plaid, webhooks, commerce APIs, and production patterns.