Retail & E-commerce

E-commerce & DTC Suite

Launch products faster, recover lost revenue automatically, and turn first-time buyers into loyal customers.

A full operating system for a direct-to-consumer brand. It covers the entire customer lifecycle, from the moment a visitor lands, through product discovery, checkout, fulfilment, and post-purchase, to winning back lapsed customers and compounding revenue from your existing base. Speed-to-product and conversion lift are where DTC brands win or lose; this suite makes both systematic, then layers on inventory health, creative production, and CX automation so the team can focus on growth instead of firefighting support queues and manual catalogue work.

Designed playbook · not a deployment claim

A starting configuration to test against the business's actual evidence and operator constraints.

Illustrative failure hypotheses

Questions for the audit to verify

Thin, generic product-page copy and missing packshots that kill conversion before the visitor ever adds to cart

Support queues overwhelmed by 'Where is my order?' tickets, each one costing money and morale

Reviews and UGC left unharvested after purchase, missing the social proof that lifts conversion for new visitors

Stockouts on bestsellers and overstock on slow lines both destroying margin simultaneously

Post-purchase silence (no upsell, no cross-sell, no winback), leaving lifetime value on the table

Proposed starting point

A pilot hypothesis to review

Designed role · approval required

Abandoned-Cart Winback

Recovers abandoned checkouts with a personalised, sequenced email and SMS flow triggered the moment a cart is abandoned.

The audit must validate the evidence, permissions, review boundary, and stop condition before this role enters a pilot scope.

Designed playbook

Proposed work streams and roles

These are configuration ideas to test during an audit. They are not autonomous workers or evidence of a live deployment.

01Forma Core · included with every suite

Forma Core

Runs under every suite. The shared operating spine: front desk, follow-up, reputation, owner reporting, cash, and content.

Front DeskFollow-Up EngineReputation EngineOwner's DigestMoney FlowContent Engine
Designed role descriptions ↓
  • Front Desk

    Captures and triages every inbound (email, web form, missed call, DM), then replies, classifies, and routes it to the right place.

  • Follow-Up Engine

    Runs persistent, polite multi-touch follow-up on every quote, no-show, and stalled enquiry until it converts or is cleanly closed.

  • Reputation Engine

    Asks happy customers for reviews at the right moment, drafts replies to every review, and routes negative feedback to a human first.

  • Owner's Digest

    Compiles the weekly (and on-demand) operating picture into a plain-English brief: what happened, what's at risk, what needs a decision.

  • Money Flow

    Issues and chases invoices, tracks AR aging, and reconciles payments so nothing slips and cash comes in faster.

  • Content Engine

    Turns the brand kit into a steady cadence of social, email, and blog content, ready for one-click approval.

02

Catalogue & Content

Build and maintain a high-converting product catalogue with great copy, rich imagery, and SEO-ready structure.

Product-Page CopywriterPackshot Studio
Designed role descriptions ↓
  • Product-Page Copywriter

    Writes conversion-optimised, SEO-ready product titles, descriptions, and bullet points at scale.

  • Packshot Studio

    Transforms raw product photos into clean, on-brand packshots and lifestyle renders ready for the PDP and ads.

03

Conversion & Retention

Recover abandoned revenue, grow repeat purchase rate, and win back lapsed customers.

Abandoned-Cart WinbackPost-Purchase UpsellLapsed-Customer Winback
Designed role descriptions ↓
  • Abandoned-Cart Winback

    Recovers abandoned checkouts with a personalised, sequenced email and SMS flow triggered the moment a cart is abandoned.

  • Post-Purchase Upsell

    Presents personalised cross-sell and upsell offers immediately after checkout and in the post-purchase email sequence.

  • Lapsed-Customer Winback

    Re-engages customers who have not purchased within a defined window with a tailored winback sequence.

04

Customer Support

Resolve order enquiries and returns at scale without growing the headcount.

WISMO ResponderReturns Triage
Designed role descriptions ↓
  • WISMO Responder

    Resolves 'Where is my order?' enquiries instantly by pulling live tracking data and replying without human intervention.

  • Returns Triage

    Processes return and exchange requests, issues labels, and routes complex cases to the CX team.

05

Social Proof & UGC

Systematically capture reviews and user-generated content to fuel conversion and brand trust.

Review & UGC Harvester
Designed role descriptions ↓
  • Review & UGC Harvester

    Systematically requests, collects, and curates product reviews and user-generated content after every purchase.

06

Merchandising & Inventory

Keep stock levels healthy, flag restock risks early, and surface data-led ranging decisions.

Inventory Sentinel
Designed role descriptions ↓
  • Inventory Sentinel

    Monitors stock levels across all SKUs, predicts stockout risk, and flags restock and overstock alerts to the buying team.

Measurement design

Candidate measures to baseline

These labels do not claim a result. The audit must define the source, window, method, baseline, and owner before a metric can support a pilot decision.

Abandoned-cart recovery rate

% of abandoned checkouts recovered by the automated winback sequence, the fastest indicator of retained revenue.

Product-page conversion rate

% of product-page visitors who add to cart; lifted by better copy and complete packshot sets.

WISMO auto-resolution rate

% of order-status enquiries resolved without human intervention, directly reducing CX cost-per-ticket.

Average order value

Driven by on-page upsell and post-purchase cross-sell sequences.

Repeat purchase rate

A candidate metric; its source and baseline are not yet defined.

Stockout rate on bestsellers

A candidate metric; its source and baseline are not yet defined.

Connector boundary

Availability is scoped per controlled pilot

Connector names in the internal playbook are planning inputs, not a public integration promise. Current code-live readers are bounded and require account-specific verification before use.

See the commerce pilot boundaries →

Audit first

Validate the playbook against your operation.

Pricing, scope, data access, review boundaries, and success measures are agreed in writing before any paid work.