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IND-01 / E-COMMERCE OPERATIONS

Keep Your Online Store Running at Peak Performance

From cart abandonment fixes to flash sale server scaling — we manage every operational layer of your e-commerce platform so you never lose a sale to downtime.

500+E-com Systems Managed
99.5%Uptime During Sales
24/7Monitoring & Response
0Downtime During Diwali Sale
FILE 01 / THE PROBLEMS WE SOLVE

Common e-commerce problems we solve

If any of these sound familiar, your online store needs a dedicated operations partner. Decipher identifies and resolves these issues before they cost you revenue.

PAIN-01

Site Crashes During Flash Sales

Your server buckles under traffic spikes during Diwali, end-of-season, or flash deals. Customers see 503 errors and buy from your competitor instead.

PAIN-02

Slow Page Load = Lost Customers

Every extra second of load time drops conversions by 7%. Heavy images, unoptimized code, and poor caching drive customers away silently.

PAIN-03

Payment Gateway Failures

Transactions fail silently. Customers get charged but orders don't register, or payment pages timeout during checkout, killing conversions.

PAIN-04

Cart Abandonment from Bugs

Broken coupon codes, shipping calculator errors, or address validation glitches cause customers to abandon carts at the last step.

PAIN-05

SEO Rankings Dropping

Core Web Vitals failures, broken product links, duplicate content, and missing structured data cause Google to push your store down in search results.

FILE 02 / WHAT WE MANAGE

End-to-end e-commerce operations management

Decipher takes full operational ownership of your online store — from daily maintenance to crisis-level server scaling. Here is what that looks like in practice.

SCOPE-01

Platform Maintenance & Stability

Your e-commerce platform is a living system that needs constant attention. Whether you run Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, or a custom-built store, our team ensures the codebase stays clean, secure, and fast. We proactively identify issues before your customers encounter them — because in e-commerce, every bug is lost revenue.

  • ✓ Bug fixes and regression testing
  • ✓ Plugin/extension updates without downtime
  • ✓ Checkout flow optimization
  • ✓ Performance tuning and caching
SCOPE-02

Server Scaling for Peak Traffic

Flash sales, festival season, and viral campaigns can multiply your traffic 10x in minutes. We configure auto-scaling rules, intelligent load balancing, CDN-first delivery, and high-concurrency database tuning — so your store stays fast even when thousands of shoppers hit checkout simultaneously.

  • ✓ Auto-scaling during flash sales
  • ✓ Load balancing and failover
  • ✓ CDN configuration and optimization
  • ✓ Database optimization for high traffic
SCOPE-03

Payment & Transaction Monitoring

Payment failures are the costliest experience in e-commerce. We monitor gateway health in real time, alert on failed transaction spikes and reconciliation mismatches, manage refund workflows, ensure PCI DSS compliance, and integrate backup payment methods so customers always complete their purchase.

  • ✓ Gateway health monitoring
  • ✓ Failed transaction alerts
  • ✓ Refund processing automation
  • ✓ PCI compliance support

PLATFORMS — Shopify · WooCommerce · Magento · OpenCart · Custom PHP / Node.js · Laravel Stores   ·   GATEWAYS — Razorpay · PayU · Stripe · PayPal

FILE 03 / THE E-COMMERCE OPS PROBLEM

Your customers find broken checkout before you do.

And by the time your developer gets to the laptop, ₹87,000 in orders is already gone.

DIAGNOSIS Operational discipline

Most mid-market D2C brands have decent tooling. Shopify Plus, PagerDuty licensed but ignored, alerts firing into a Slack channel nobody reads. The problem is not tools. It's operational discipline.

Managed ops is what changes that. Alerts get tuned so signal beats noise. Runbooks get written for every recurring incident. On-call rotation acknowledges within 5 minutes, mitigates within 20. AI anomaly detection catches slow-brewing issues 5-15 minutes before threshold alerts would fire. Your team stops firefighting and starts sleeping.

PROOF Anchor case study

Delhi D2C brand, 12-week transformation

~₹5L/day GMV. Was losing ₹18 lakh/year to downtime. Support tickets down 34%. MTTR from 4.2 hours to 22 minutes. Detection time from 34 minutes to 2.8 minutes. Payback under 8 weeks.

22minMTTR (from 4.2h)
₹18L/yrDowntime Savings
Read the full engineering case study
WHAT WE TAKE OWNERSHIP OF

Six areas of your e-commerce stack we run

OPS-01

Storefront & Checkout Uptime

Real-user monitoring on your storefront, checkout flow, product pages. Alerts on checkout success rate drops within 5 minutes. Rollback procedures pre-approved for critical failures.

SUB-3-MIN DETECTION

OPS-02

Payment Gateway Operations

Health scoring across Razorpay, PayU, Cashfree, Stripe. Auto-failover when a gateway degrades. UPI, netbanking, card, wallet all monitored separately. DLR reconciliation nightly.

MULTI-GATEWAY RESILIENCE

OPS-03

Fulfillment & Logistics Ops

ShipRocket, Delhivery, Blue Dart, Unicommerce integrations. Order-flow monitoring end-to-end. Alerts on stuck orders, missing AWBs, sync failures with warehouse.

END-TO-END ORDER VISIBILITY

OPS-04

Incident Response

24/7 on-call rotation with 5-minute ack, 20-minute mitigate targets. Runbook-driven response for the top 15 recurring incident types. Post-incident reviews written and shared.

SUB-30-MIN MTTR STANDARD TIER

OPS-05

AI-Driven Anomaly Detection

Prophet-based order rate forecasts catch drops from silent failures. Log novelty detection surfaces new error patterns before they scale. Composite alerts group related signals.

CATCHES INCIDENTS 5-15 MIN EARLY

OPS-06

Feature Enhancement & Bug Fixes

Structured development work within monthly hours envelope. Feature enhancements, bug fixes, technical improvements shipped without needing to hire additional developers.

20-40 HOURS/MO INCLUDED

What would a 90-day ops audit find in your setup? 15-min call. Tell us your platform (Shopify Plus, WooCommerce, custom), daily GMV, current tooling and pain points. We come back with an audit scope and 90-day transformation roadmap in 48 hours.

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FILE 04 / AI-POWERED INTELLIGENCE

AI-powered e-commerce intelligence

Decipher integrates artificial intelligence directly into your e-commerce operations stack — turning raw store data into actionable business decisions that drive revenue growth.

+35%

Product Recommendation Engines

AI models that analyze browsing patterns, purchase history, and demographic data to deliver personalized "You might also like" suggestions. Increases average order value by 15-35% for stores that implement them correctly.

PRE

Demand Forecasting & Inventory AI

Predictive models that forecast demand spikes based on historical sales data, seasonal trends, and market signals. Prevent stockouts during peak demand and reduce dead inventory costs significantly.

MAP

Customer Behavior Analytics

Track and analyze customer journeys across your store with AI-powered heatmaps, session recordings, and funnel analysis. Identify exactly where customers drop off and why, enabling data-driven UX improvements.

₹

Smart Pricing Optimization

Dynamic pricing algorithms that adjust prices based on demand, competitor pricing, inventory levels, and customer segments. Maximize margins on high-demand products while staying competitive in price-sensitive categories.

FILE 05 / THE DECIPHER DIFFERENCE

What changes when Decipher takes over

Most e-commerce businesses operate in reactive mode — fixing things only after they break. Here is the operational shift that happens when Decipher becomes your operations partner.

✕ BEFORE DECIPHER
  • ✕ Ad-hoc fixes by freelancers or internal teams without SLAs
  • ✕ No monitoring until the site crashes and customers complain
  • ✕ Manual server scaling — too slow for flash sale traffic
  • ✕ Juggling multiple vendors for hosting, payment, and code fixes
  • ✕ No backup testing — recovery plans exist only on paper
  • ✕ SEO and performance degrading month over month
  • ✕ Security patches applied weeks or months late
✓ AFTER DECIPHER
  • ✓ Proactive maintenance with documented SLAs and monthly reporting
  • ✓ AI-powered 24/7 monitoring with instant anomaly alerts
  • ✓ Auto-scaling infrastructure ready for 10x traffic surges
  • ✓ Single operations partner managing your entire tech stack
  • ✓ Tested recovery plans with regular backup verification drills
  • ✓ Continuous Core Web Vitals and SEO performance optimization
  • ✓ Security patches applied within hours, not weeks
FILE 06 / PROOF OF WORK

How we delivered zero downtime during India's biggest sale season

CS-01 Client · Leading Indian E-commerce Platform

Challenge

The platform experienced repeated crashes during Diwali and festive sales, losing an estimated 30% of peak-hour revenue. Their existing hosting provider offered no auto-scaling, and the development team was too focused on feature shipping to handle operations.

Solution

Decipher migrated infrastructure to an auto-scaling cloud architecture, implemented CDN-first delivery for product images, configured real-time monitoring dashboards with AI anomaly detection, and established a dedicated war room for the entire Diwali sale period with 24/7 engineering coverage.

RESULTS
99.8%Uptime Achieved
3xFaster Page Loads
0Downtime During Diwali Sale
40%Reduction in Infra Costs
FILE 07 / OUR PROCESS

How we onboard your e-commerce platform

A structured 4-step process that takes your e-commerce operations from chaotic to controlled — typically within 3 weeks.

STEP 1

Audit

We perform a comprehensive audit of your e-commerce platform — codebase, server setup, payment integrations, security posture, and performance benchmarks. Every vulnerability and bottleneck is documented.

STEP 2

Scope

Based on audit findings, we define the scope of operations — what we manage, response time SLAs, escalation paths, and monthly deliverables. Everything is documented before work begins.

STEP 3

Retainer

We activate a fixed monthly retainer with transparent pricing. No hourly billing surprises. You get a dedicated team, monitoring setup, and direct communication channels from day one.

STEP 4

Operations

Active operations begin — 24/7 monitoring goes live, maintenance schedules are set, and our team takes full operational ownership. Monthly reports keep you informed on uptime, incidents, and improvements.

FILE 08 / PRICING TIERS

Fixed monthly retainers by GMV tier

No surprise invoices. Every tier includes the Ops Pod time, tooling infrastructure, and monthly reviews.

DISCOVERY

Ops Audit

FREE (one-time, 90 days)

  • ✓ 90-day audit of monitoring + alerting
  • ✓ Baseline MTTR + incident breakdown
  • ✓ Written transformation roadmap
  • ✓ Cost projection for each managed tier
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FOUNDATIONAL

Business-hours Ops

₹80,000/mo

  • ✓ Monitoring + alerting configured
  • ✓ Business-hours (9am-8pm) response
  • ✓ Weekly reports
  • ✓ 15 dev hours/mo included
  • ✓ Suits: under 500 daily orders
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STANDARD · Most popular

Full 24/7 Managed Ops

₹1,20,000/mo

  • ✓ 24/7 on-call rotation
  • ✓ AI-driven anomaly detection
  • ✓ Runbook-driven incident response
  • ✓ Monthly reviews + quarterly SRE assessments
  • ✓ 30 dev hours/mo included
  • ✓ Suits: ₹5L+/day GMV
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ENTERPRISE

Dedicated Ops Pod

₹2,50,000+/mo

  • ✓ Dedicated ops pod (named engineers)
  • ✓ Custom SLA (sub-15-min MTTR)
  • ✓ Embedded on-call in your Slack
  • ✓ Peak-event playbooks (BBD, Diwali)
  • ✓ Custom dev-hours envelope
  • ✓ Suits: ₹25L+/day GMV or peak-heavy
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FILE 10 / FIELD MANUAL — FAQ

Frequently asked questions about e-commerce operations

What e-commerce platforms do you support?
We support all major e-commerce platforms including Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, OpenCart, and custom-built stores using PHP, Node.js, or Laravel. We also manage headless commerce setups and progressive web apps (PWAs) for e-commerce. If your store runs on it, we can manage it.
Can you handle flash sale traffic spikes?
Yes. We configure auto-scaling infrastructure that automatically provisions additional server resources when traffic spikes are detected. Before major sales events, we run load tests simulating peak traffic, pre-warm CDN caches, and set up dedicated monitoring dashboards. Our clients have maintained 99.5%+ uptime during Diwali, Republic Day, and Black Friday sales.
Do you manage payment gateway integrations?
Absolutely. We manage integrations with Razorpay, PayU, Stripe, PayPal, and other payment gateways. This includes monitoring transaction success rates, configuring failover payment methods, managing webhook reliability, and ensuring PCI DSS compliance for secure card data handling.
What about SEO and page speed?
Page speed and technical SEO are core parts of our operations. We continuously monitor Core Web Vitals (LCP, FID, CLS), optimize image delivery, implement structured data for product pages, fix crawl errors, and ensure your store meets Google's performance standards. Many of our clients see measurable ranking improvements within the first quarter of engagement.
How do you handle security for online stores?
E-commerce security is non-negotiable. We implement SSL certificate management, WAF (Web Application Firewall) configuration, regular vulnerability scanning, malware monitoring, and PCI compliance checks. Security patches are applied within hours of release, not weeks. We also conduct periodic penetration testing for high-value stores.
Do you support multi-vendor marketplaces?
Yes. We manage multi-vendor marketplace platforms built on Magento, WooCommerce (Dokan/WCFM), and custom frameworks. This includes vendor onboarding workflows, commission management systems, split payment processing, and vendor-specific analytics dashboards. Multi-vendor setups require additional operational complexity that we are well-equipped to handle.
What does your monthly retainer include for e-commerce?
Our e-commerce retainer typically includes: 24/7 uptime monitoring, scheduled maintenance windows, bug fixes and hotfixes, server management and scaling, payment gateway monitoring, performance optimization, security updates, monthly reporting with uptime and incident metrics, and a dedicated point of contact. The exact scope is defined during the onboarding audit and customized for your store's specific needs.
How much does it cost per month for a mid-market D2C brand?
For a store doing ₹5-15 lakh/day in GMV, our Full 24/7 Managed Ops tier is ₹1.2 lakh/month covering Ops Pod time, monitoring tooling licenses (Datadog + PagerDuty + Loki), and quarterly SRE reviews. Our anchor D2C case study client saved ₹18 lakh/year in downtime + recovered orders on this tier. Payback typically under 8 weeks.
How is this different from hiring a full-time DevOps engineer?
A single DevOps engineer costs ₹18-30 lakh/year fully loaded, needs vacation and sick coverage, and can only be on-call so many hours before burning out. Our managed ops gives you a team backing (multiple on-call engineers, SRE reviews, tooling infrastructure) for less than a mid-level salary. Below ₹5 lakh/day GMV, this is almost always the right economic choice.
Do you also do development work?
Yes. Structured development for feature enhancements, bug fixes, and technical improvements is included in the retainer within a monthly hours envelope (typically 20-40 hours). Larger builds are scoped separately. This keeps velocity high without the client needing to hire additional developers for small work.

Ready to stop losing sales to downtime?

Let us audit your e-commerce platform and show you where operations can be improved. No commitment — just a clear picture of what needs fixing.