2025
shipped
live, in production
Live since 2025 · admin-first build
Full StackLiveE-commerce · 2025
MRC Shop
Band merch storefront with fan accounts, an admin-first operator console, and a realtime band ↔ support chat baked into the admin panel.
- Role
- Full Stack
- Year
- 2025
- Category
- E-commerce
- Stack
- ReactRedux ToolkitStyled ComponentsSocket.ioNode.jsExpress.jsMySQLJavaScript
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01 · Outcomes
What the build actually shipped.
Numbers, not adjectives. The stats below are pulled from production. Anything still live, still measured.
End-to-end
front · back · admin
one set of hands
Admin-first
automation core
platform run from one console
MySQL
single source of truth
transactional core
02 · Overview
What it does.
Official merch store for a roster of bands. The brief boiled down to one line: one console covers all of it. Operators run drops, fulfilment, and the band-facing comms from a single admin panel without engineering touch. Realtime chat over Socket.IO connects the support team to each band directly inside the admin — restock alerts, drop coordination, and approval threads stay on one rail instead of scattered emails. Single MySQL store keeps products, orders, and chat threads on one ledger with proper foreign keys instead of cross-system wiring.
03 · Gallery
How it looks.
Mockups of the finished product. Click any shot to open it full-size.
04 · Decisions
The choices that shaped the build.
Tech is downstream of decisions. These are the calls made early enough to compound the right way. The ones a code review six months later still agrees with.
Socket.IO for band ↔ admin chat
Realtime chat connects the support team to each band directly inside the admin panel. Drop coordination, restock approvals, and one-off questions stay on a single rail instead of fragmenting across emails and DMs.
MySQL as single source of truth
One relational store for products, orders, support threads, admin events. ACID on the cart and order ledger; the support module joins cleanly via foreign keys, no cross-database wiring.
Admin-first build order
Operator console before the customer-facing pages. Inventory, orders, support, scheduled comms — all in one panel so the merch team doesn't bounce between tools or wait on an engineer for routine work.
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