Multi-app stationery commerce monorepo
Stationery Commerce Group
Related GBS group architecture—active web/admin/server packages plus legacy stationary/* alternate stacks documented as reference-only.
The challenge
Stationery retail experiments risked forking catalog and order rules across storefront trials and admin stacks. The group needed a clear active backbone while retaining alternate implementations for reference—not three conflicting production truths.
The solution
Stationery Commerce Group: Related GBS group architecture—active web/admin/server packages plus legacy stationary/* alternate stacks documented as reference-only. Less duplicated “which backend is real?” confusion for maintainers. Tekvers delivered a maintainable multi-app stationery commerce monorepo system for Stationery Commerce Group using Next.js 14, Node.js, TypeScript, Express, with phased rollout, operator workflows, and documentation suited to long-term ownership.
Approach
Active vs reference trees
Documentation explicitly labels what is product vs historical experiment so engineering and portfolio claims stay aligned.
Brand-flexible surfaces
Storefront presentation can evolve while talking to the same operational API—group scaling without rewriting order rules per experiment.
Cross-link honesty
Same payment/RBAC/cart caveats as the Stationary E-commerce study apply; this entry does not invent multi-brand live storefronts beyond what the monorepo structure supports.
Deliverables
- ▸Documented multi-package stationery commerce monorepo layout
- ▸Active storefront + admin + Express API triad
- ▸Legacy `stationary/*` alternate stacks retained as reference
- ▸Shared catalog/order operational model on the active server
- ▸Environment and remote mapping for stationary-server / stationary-website
Outcomes
- ▸Less duplicated “which backend is real?” confusion for maintainers
- ▸Centralized retail operations on the active API
- ▸Room for storefront experiments without forking business rules
- ▸Clear portfolio differentiation from the feature-focused Stationary E-commerce entry
Impact
The stationery group scales from one documented commerce backbone—marketing and experiments can differ; operators still manage products and orders against a single active server.
Tech stack
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