[Gen-BI] From Shopify to Profit

TL;DR

Intro

When I said to people to try things, is because I started with:

And then, Im working towards this: the landing was tinkered here and ready at .landing/

I admit it: it was not part of a master plan.

Im just embracing the chaos of my journey.

And as crazy as it sounds, this (shopify) relates with https://www.shopify.com/news/david-heinemeier-hansson-board

The same person who races, is a director and ships omarchy.

Connecting to Ecommerce BackEnd

Shopify

I made here the landing before having the product and the clients.

git clone https://github.com/JAlcocerT/poc_shopify
cd poc_shopify/landing
#make help

All vibe coded, see.

Crazy.

Now, lets continue with the core analytics part.

The logic initiated here: https://github.com/JAlcocerT/langchain-db-ui/Z_PGSQL-GenBI and waiting to be continued here

OSS Selfhosted ecommerce

As covered recently here, you can also run your online shop by choosing one of the selfhostable ecommerce.

Connecting with these ones is more similar to the extraction of insights from pgsql that got initiated here.

Conclusions

FAQ

How is this been shaped?

This was all initiated with this BRD, around this tech stack, with this sales perspective, with this psyc engagement and such 4weeks 7-days Launchpad Checklist.

The place in the value ladder:

flowchart LR
    %% --- Styles ---
    classDef free fill:#E8F5E9,stroke:#2E7D32,stroke-width:2px,color:#1B5E20;
    classDef low fill:#FFF9C4,stroke:#FBC02D,stroke-width:2px,color:#FBC02D;
    classDef mid fill:#FFE0B2,stroke:#F57C00,stroke-width:2px,color:#F57C00;
    classDef high fill:#FFCDD2,stroke:#C62828,stroke-width:2px,color:#C62828;
    classDef bridge fill:#E3F2FD,stroke:#1565C0,stroke-width:3px,color:#0D47A1;

    %% --- Nodes ---
    L0("Free Content
($0)"):::free
    L1("AuditMagnet 🛡️
(Free Web Audit )"):::free
    L11(" Blog/Youtube"):::free
    L12(" ebooks"):::free
    L2("DIY
(Optimization Guides) $"):::low
    L3("Done With You
(Consulting) $$"):::mid
    L4("Done For You
(Full Service) $$$"):::high
    L44("GenBI
Shopify PoC"):::bridge

    %% --- Connections ---
    L0 --> L1
    L0 --> L2
    L0 --> L11
    L0 --> L12
    L2 --> L3
    L3 --> L4
    L44 -->|Enhancing| L4

The unit economics:

graph 
    %% Unit Economics Engine
    subgraph Engine [Unit Economics Engine]
        P[Price] --> M1{x}
        Q[Quantity/Volume] --> M1
        M1 -- "Revenue" --> GM[Gross Margin %]
        GM -- "Gross Profit" --> OM[Operating Margin %]
        OM -- "Operating Income" --> IB[Interest/Borrowing Cost]
        IB -- "EBT" --> TB[Tax Burden %]
        TB -- "Net Profit" --> Goal
    end

    %% Styling
    style Engine fill:#f0f4f8,stroke:#0056b3,stroke-width:2px
    style Goal fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px