Author platform with books commerce
Writer Website
Nawa Sohail full-stack author site—Next.js 15 storefront/admin, Express/Mongo API, JWT roles, cart/checkout, and PayFast-compatible payment proxying.
The challenge
A published author needed books ecommerce, blog, gallery, and reviews—plus an admin console—without relying solely on static brochure pages. Without a coherent author platform with books commerce foundation, Writer Website stakeholders faced fragmented tools, slow handoffs, and limited visibility—classic failure modes Tekvers designs against.
The solution
Writer Website: Nawa Sohail full-stack author site—Next.js 15 storefront/admin, Express/Mongo API, JWT roles, cart/checkout, and PayFast-compatible payment proxying. Operable author brand with catalog and content surfaces. Tekvers delivered a maintainable author platform with books commerce system for Writer Website using Next.js 15, React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, with phased rollout, operator workflows, and documentation suited to long-term ownership.
Approach
Author-brand commerce
Books and content sit beside cart/checkout rather than a generic theme store.
Role-gated dashboard
`customer` / `admin` JWT roles protect CMS-like operations.
Payment proxy honesty
Document PayFast-compatible proxying; do not claim a finished Stripe integration from an unused dependency.
Deliverables
- ▸Next.js 15 author storefront and admin dashboard
- ▸Express/MongoDB API with JWT roles
- ▸Books, blog, gallery, reviews, and orders modules
- ▸Cart/wishlist contexts and checkout flows
- ▸PayFast-compatible payment proxy endpoints
- ▸Next.js API proxy/BFF routes and offline fallback helpers
Outcomes
- ▸Operable author brand with catalog and content surfaces
- ▸Admin self-serve for books and editorial assets
- ▸Order path with COD and online payment proxy options
- ▸Resilience helpers when API is unavailable
Impact
Nawa Sohail’s readers browse books and content, buy through checkout, and the author manages the catalog from `/dashboard`—Tekvers shipped a real author commerce stack with payment proxying documented accurately.
Tech stack
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