Techno-Aide

Approach / Work done

Techno-Aide needed a way for customers to configure products without bloating the catalog or breaking UPS shipping. We started with dynamic product entries powered by metafields and middleware, but UPS couldn’t calculate rates without full shipping data. So we reworked the flow: each custom product is now turned into a temporary simple item with all required shipping attributes. It’s added at checkout, then deleted post-purchase and keeping both shipping and catalog in sync.

What We Delivered:

• Flexible Product Customization Using Metafields: we created backend logic that reads product metafields and lets shoppers create detailed, one-off configurations without necessity to predefine every variant in the catalog.
• Dynamic SKU Creation for Checkout: built a feature to generate SKUs on demand during checkout, pulling in configuration details so each order is logged accurately and consistently.
• Shipping-Friendly Temporary Products for UPS: to keep shipping integrations intact, we auto-generated temporary products with exact weights and dimensions. These were quietly removed post-checkout to avoid cluttering the catalog.
• Customized Checkout Using Checkout-JS: modified BigCommerce’s open-source checkout app to support our configuration logic, integrating metafields and adjusting the interface to fit Techno-Aide’s needs.
• Checkout Deployment via WebDAV: deployed the custom checkout through BigCommerce’s WebDAV interface and configured the store to load it properly across all environments.
• End-to-End Testing Across All Checkout Scenarios: ran full testing passes covering guest checkout, registered users, multiple payment methods, shipping calculations, and error cases. Verified everything against staging and confirmed production readiness.

Project Results

The end result gave Techno-Aide a tailored configuration system that lets customers order exactly what they need and without losing compatibility with real-time shipping providers like UPS. By generating temporary products behind the scenes, the system stayed clean, efficient, and reliable. Checkout performance remained stable, all integrations held up under testing, and Techno-Aide now has a solid foundation for further upgrades.