Our Work · Hidaya Coffee

A Shopify replacement, built like a luxury brand.

A premium specialty-coffee e-commerce platform — catalog, Stripe checkout, subscriptions, rewards, customer accounts, and admin — designed with the polish a templated storefront could never match.

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The Challenge

Shopify couldn't keep up with the brand

Hidaya's founders didn't want to launch "another coffee site." They wanted a premium, owned experience — and kept hitting the ceiling of templates, app subscriptions, and third-party plugins.

On Shopify

  • Template designs that felt like every other coffee store
  • Monthly platform + app subscriptions stacking up
  • Rewards, subscriptions, and wishlists each needed a separate paid app
  • No control over animations, micro-interactions, or checkout polish
  • Customer, order, and blog data spread across vendor silos

Our Build

  • Custom Next.js storefront with luxury-grade design system
  • Native Stripe checkout & Stripe Subscriptions — no plugins
  • Rewards, wishlists, reviews, and blog built in, not bolted on
  • Premium scroll-triggered animations & micro-interactions
  • All customer, order, and product data owned in one database
What We Built

A full-stack e-commerce platform

Every surface the customer touches and every surface the team manages — shipped as one coherent product.

Product Catalog

Multi-size coffee products with origin stories, tasting notes, roast levels, and filtering — all server-rendered for speed and SEO.

Stripe Checkout

One-click secure checkout with Apple Pay, Google Pay, and saved cards. Guest or authenticated, no redirects.

Coffee Subscriptions

"Repeat" for a favorite roast and "Mystery" for a curated monthly box — weekly/biweekly/monthly cadences with 20% off.

Rewards Program

Earn points on every order, redeem against future purchases. Fully integrated — no Smile.io, no Loyaltylion subscription.

Customer Dashboard

Orders, subscriptions, wishlist, reviews, saved addresses, and payment methods — the entire relationship in one place.

Order Tracking

Real-time status from payment to delivery, with transactional email at every step via Nodemailer.

Admin Panel

Products, orders, subscriptions, customers, rewards, reviews, blog, and settings — with live analytics and financial dashboards.

Rich Blog (TipTap)

Editorial platform for origin stories, brewing guides, and founder notes — SEO-optimized and server-rendered.

Auth & Security

NextAuth with credentials + Google OAuth, Zod validation everywhere, signed webhooks, and Stripe best practices.

See It In Motion

Design that earns the "luxury" label

Glass morphism, gradient mesh backdrops, parallax scroll, and micro-interactions tuned to the brand palette.

Value Delivered

Why moving off Shopify paid off

The real ROI isn't a single metric — it's the long-term leverage of owning the platform outright.

No Platform Tax Shopify Plus + app subscriptions eliminated — savings compound every month.
Brand-First Design Every pixel matches the brand — no "sorry, template doesn't support that."
Ship Features in Days New ideas become code in the same week — not waiting on app-store vendors.
Data Ownership Every customer, order, and subscription record lives in one database they control.
Built With

Modern stack, production-ready

Picked for speed, maintainability, and great developer-experience handoffs.

Next.js 16 TypeScript Tailwind CSS Motion MongoDB Atlas Stripe NextAuth v5 Cloudinary Nodemailer Zod TipTap

Ready to outgrow your platform?

If you're paying for tools that don't quite fit — or a template that's limiting your brand — let's build the version that does.

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