🚀 Case Study: WooMS – Centralized WooCommerce Management with Vector Search & Smart Automation
🏢 Client: Fairdeal Furniture (and future multi-store owners & agencies)
WooMS (Woo Multi Store) is a robust, Laravel-powered backend solution built for managing multiple WooCommerce stores from a single dashboard. Designed primarily for shop owners and agencies, WooMS is currently powering Fairdeal Furniture's complex e-commerce operations, and is being expanded for broader multi-agency use.
📌 Project Summary
Objective:
Provide a seamless way to manage products, stock, images, and inventory reporting across multiple WooCommerce stores—while leveraging the latest in AI-powered search and automation for real-world efficiency.
🔍 Challenges
- Disconnected product and inventory management across stores
- Manual image uploads and frequent stock mismatches
- Need for fast, typo-tolerant product search for large catalogs
- Complex bundled product stock calculations
- No centralized low-stock or inventory alerts
- Scalability and security concerns with rapid sales growth
🛠️ My Role & Responsibilities
As the sole developer, product owner, and DevOps engineer, I was responsible for:
- ✅ Architecting and building the entire platform with Laravel + Vue.js
- ✅ Designing the UI/UX for an intuitive, mobile-friendly web dashboard
- ✅ Integrating WooCommerce REST API for real-time, reliable sync
- ✅ Developing advanced image automation (resize, compress, convert to WebP/AVIF, and store on Minio S3)
- ✅ Implementing vector and semantic product search with Typesense for typo-tolerance, SKU similarity, and blazing-fast results
- ✅ Solving bundled product stock math and ensuring accurate sync across all stores
- ✅ Automating inventory and low-stock reporting, with alerting and detailed logs (using Sentry)
- ✅ Optimizing deployment with Docker on both Servercore and Contabo VPS infrastructure
- ✅ Ensuring robust logging and system health tracking via Sentry
- ✅ Ongoing maintenance, new features, and user support
🧠 Technical Stack
| Feature | Technology |
|---|---|
| Backend | Laravel |
| Frontend | Vue.js |
| Database | MariaDB |
| Caching | Redis |
| Vector Search | Typesense |
| Image Storage | Minio (S3-compatible) |
| Deployment | Docker (Servercore/Contabo) |
| Logging/Monitoring | Sentry |
| Integration | WooCommerce REST API |
⚡ Highlight: AI-Powered Vector Search
WooMS features vector-based and semantic search powered by Typesense—users can instantly find products by name, SKU, attributes, or even similarity, with full typo-tolerance. This means even vague, misspelled, or partial searches return accurate product matches, saving time and increasing efficiency for store staff.
🔄 Automated Image & Stock Sync
- 🖼️ Image Optimization: WooMS automatically resizes, compresses, and converts product images to WebP/AVIF, then stores them on Minio for lightning-fast delivery.
- 🔄 Stock Synchronization: Product stock levels are synced in real time across all connected stores. Bundled product inventory is accurately calculated using a custom formula.
- 📊 Reporting: Centralized inventory and low-stock reports keep store owners proactive and in control.
📈 Business Results
WooMS has already demonstrated real business impact:
- 💸 Ksh. 3.1M in online sales in a single month for Fairdeal Furniture
- ⚡ Dramatically faster product search and catalog navigation
- 🚫 Reduced out-of-stock errors and manual adjustments
- ⏱️ Saved hours per week in staff time thanks to automation
- 🚀 Scalable to more stores, agencies, and higher order volumes
🤝 Ongoing Engagement
I continue to develop and maintain WooMS, adding new features, supporting users, and planning its evolution into a true multi-company SaaS for agencies and large-scale retailers.
🏆 What I’m Most Proud Of
I'm especially proud of the typo-tolerant, vector-based search—store teams can now find any product instantly, regardless of spelling or similarity, transforming the way they manage inventory and fulfill orders.
💬 User Feedback (Paraphrased)
"Finding products is no longer a pain. Even if you misspell or just type a SKU, WooMS shows what you want. We don't worry about overselling bundles anymore, and our reporting is always up to date." — Operations Manager, Fairdeal Furniture
🔗 Ready to Centralize Your WooCommerce Operations?
Want to see how WooMS can save you time, reduce errors, and power your e-commerce growth?
📨 Contact Me
🌍 See Fairdeal Furniture