AI-operable commerce · Configured on your production server

    Build your Shopify. On your own server.

    Configure commerce on your own APPSS runtime application server for production, with a storefront hosted on Cloudflare. Shape it in a few prompts, connect your own payment provider and keep adapting the configuration as your business changes.

    Your serverYour rulesAPI · MCP · CLI

    Not vibe coding. Adaptable configuration. Your choice of AI.

    APPSS / commerceConfiguration studio
    The prompt 01

    “Configure our own Shopify-style store on the APPSS production runtime. Products, variants, cart and checkout with our own payment provider. Make it unmistakably ours.”

    Your brand becomes the experience.
    forma.Objects for living

    Everyday objects. Extraordinary by design.

    Considered essentials, made for your everyday.
    FORMAforma.
    Everyday bottle€32Studio tote€24Morning mug€18
    APPSS runtime application serverHosted on Cloudflare

    Interactive concept of an APPSS runtime configuration. The prompts illustrate your intended setup and interfaces; this page does not provision a customer server.

    Configure the business. Keep the production stack.

    Your commerce behaviour is configuration on the APPSS runtime application server. Cloudflare hosts the experience. DataInbox controls web agents, chats and messages with partners and customers. Adapt the configuration without rebuilding your tech stack.

    • Cloudflare
      Hosting & storefront
    • APPSS runtime
      Commerce & business rules
    • DataInbox
      Web agents, chats & messages

    Cloudflare hosting. APPSS production runtime. DataInbox agent and conversation control. Your own payment provider.

    Get out of SaaS limitations

    Get complete freedom to operate.

    Your investment grows your business. Paying more for the same service as a result is a SaaS model we can rethink in the AI era.

    Your growth should grow your business. Not your SaaS bill.

    Configuration, not vibe coding.

    Your catalogue, pricing, approvals and order flows are configuration on the existing APPSS production runtime. Adjust that configuration as your business evolves. You are shaping business behaviour, not maintaining a new AI-generated codebase.

    Always adaptable configuration

    AI operable. Provider choice stays yours.

    Keep your commerce configuration, business rules and data on the APPSS runtime. Connect compatible agents and AI providers through agreed API, MCP and CLI interfaces. Choose and change AI connections while keeping your business configuration in your own runtime.

    Your rules, your choice of AI

    Your investment. Your returns.

    Stop paying more for the same service just because your business grows. APPSS has no fee per user, employee, revenue or transaction. Agree server capacity, usage, AI and payment-provider costs explicitly, and keep control of access, export and handover.

    Growth without a per-user SaaS bill

    SaaS & Big Tech · The value of your growth

    They love your growth. Make sure your business keeps the return.

    Easy to start. Fun to use. Your business data, customer relationships and revenue are valuable assets. Keep control of how they are used, connected and priced as your business grows.

    Your investment. Your data. Your freedom to operate.
    What mattersShopify · SaaS referenceAPPSS · Your runtime
    The cost of growthA plan subscription, payment charges and any paid apps. An external payment provider can add a Shopify percentage of transaction value.No APPSS fee per user, employee, revenue or transaction. Capacity, usage and external services are explicitly agreed.
    Your business rulesConfigure the platform and extend it with apps, APIs and custom integrations. Options depend on the plan and extension.Adjust business behaviour as configuration on your existing production runtime. AI helps shape and operate it within your permissions.
    Your payment providerChoose a supported provider. External-provider transaction fees can apply on top of the provider’s own charges.Connect your chosen provider to the APPSS runtime. Keep your merchant relationship and pay the agreed provider and integration costs.
    AI and MCPAlready supports AI, APIs, CLI and MCP. Multiple shopping capabilities share one merchant MCP endpoint.Proposed API, MCP and CLI contracts expose the runtime’s permitted actions. Connect compatible AI providers through agreed interfaces.
    Data and your exit pathCSV exports are available for products, customers and orders. A complete move can still require work on apps, settings and data.Agree data access, exports, configuration deliverables and handover for your runtime. Keep your business model separate from individual AI providers.
    Who runs the operationShopify hosts and operates its commerce platform. You manage the store, settings and selected apps.Cloudflare hosts the storefront. APPSS runs commerce and business rules. DataInbox controls web agents, chats and messages.

    Shopify is one concrete SaaS reference. The APPSS column describes the proposed commerce configuration; the scope and connections are agreed for your business.

    What an extra percentage means for your growth.

    Example: €100,000 in monthly transaction value subject to Shopify’s external-provider fee. The last column is the additional Shopify fee alone, before the payment provider’s own costs.

    Published Shopify subscriptions and external-provider fee example
    PlanPer month, billed yearlyBilled monthlyExternal-provider feeExtra fee at €100,000/month
    Basic€21€282%€2,000
    Grow€59€781%€1,000
    Advanced€289€3840.6%€600
    PlusBy contractFrom €2,1000.2%€200

    Netherlands, EUR. Standard subscription prices, excluding introductory offers. Fees apply where eligible; exceptions and provider terms matter. Paid apps, payment processing and your own agent costs are additional where used. Checked 1 November 2026.

    Shopify also offers an Agentic plan with no monthly subscription for selling through AI channels from an existing platform. It does not include publishing a Shopify online store; payment and other applicable costs remain.

    The APPSS runtime foundation

    Pay for the operation you choose.

    This is the existing Dedicated as a Service runtime starting price. Your commerce configuration, Cloudflare, DataInbox, AI and payment connections are scoped in the proposal. This is not a complete commerce quote or a claim of guaranteed savings.

    From€295/month

    View APPSS pricing

    Stop paying a software premium simply for growing. Get your freedom to operate.

    AI operable. Under your control.

    Same business. Your way in.

    Configure and operate the APPSS runtime through API, MCP and CLI. People, systems and authorised agents work with the same business rules. Explore the proposed interfaces.

    Connect any application.

    Create an order on the APPSS runtime from your storefront, partner portal or ERP using a documented API contract.

    Your systems speak the same business language.
    commerce / apiProposed contract
    POST /api/v1/orders
    Authorization: Bearer <scoped-token>
    
    {
      "customer": "customer_001",
      "items": [{ "sku": "bottle-01", "quantity": 2 }],
      "priceList": "wholesale"
    }

    Illustrative API, MCP and CLI contracts for configuring and operating the APPSS runtime. These examples describe intended interfaces, not a generated application codebase or live endpoints on this page.

    From familiar commerce to your own platform

    Recreate the capabilities. Rethink the constraints.

    Configure the commerce capabilities your business needs on the existing APPSS runtime. Start with an agreed scope, connect your services and adapt the configuration as you grow.

    Familiar referenceShopify
    Your own direction
    APPSS

    Shopify is a reference for the concept. This is an independent APPSS proposal, with no Shopify affiliation or endorsement.

    Your commerce configuration12 building blocks
    • Products & variants
    • Storefront & content
    • Cart & checkout
    • Your payment provider & refunds
    • Customers & B2B
    • Stock & fulfilment
    • Promotions & pricing
    • Orders & returns
    • Reports & exports
    • Roles & approvals
    • API & webhooks
    • Agents & automation

    Commerce on APPSS runtime + Cloudflare. Agents and conversations through DataInbox.

    Integrated with your own payment service provider

    Your PSP. Your checkout. Your customer relationship.

    Configure the connection between your payment service provider and the APPSS runtime. Keep your merchant relationship and shape checkout around your business, with payments, refunds and verified payment updates in your order flow.

    • Your payment provider & merchant account
    • Payments & refunds in your order flow
    • Verified payment webhooks

    Freedom, made concrete.

    Is this vibe coding a new commerce codebase?

    No. You configure commerce behaviour on an existing APPSS runtime application server for production. AI helps express and adjust the configuration and can operate permitted actions through the agreed interfaces. The runtime executes the configured rules. Scope, service connections and production checks are agreed for your application; the concept does not promise complete Shopify feature parity.

    What does ‘your own server’ mean?

    Cloudflare hosts the experience. Your APPSS runtime application server runs commerce data, business rules, permissions and actions. DataInbox controls web agents, chats and messages with partners and customers. Deployment, accounts, maintenance, licensing, access and handover are specified for the project.

    Does this remove every dependency?

    Freedom means control over your business configuration, integrations, access, export and handover. Cloudflare, the APPSS runtime, DataInbox and your chosen AI and payment providers still have their own costs, conditions and responsibilities. Your business rules stay in the runtime, while provider connections are explicit choices.

    Will everything be available through API, MCP and CLI?

    That is the design goal for the agreed commerce actions. Each operation needs a defined contract, permissions, validation and any required approval. The examples on this page illustrate that design; they are not live integrations.

    Can we keep our own payment service provider?

    Yes: configure the connection between your chosen provider and the APPSS runtime using its supported API and webhooks. The project defines checkout, payment confirmation, refunds and reconciliation around your merchant account. The connection is configured and tested before production use.

    Can we keep changing the configuration?

    Yes. Business behaviour remains adjustable configuration on the existing production runtime. Change pricing, approvals or order flows as your operation changes, then validate the changes before putting them into use. You keep the production foundation instead of starting a new tech stack for every change.

    Are we trading SaaS dependency for a single AI provider?

    The design keeps your commerce configuration, business rules and actions in the APPSS runtime, outside an individual AI provider. Compatible agents and AI providers connect through agreed interfaces. Define those connections, data access and replacement conditions explicitly so AI remains a choice, while your business configuration stays yours.

    Your production runtime. Your configuration. Your freedom.

    Configure your commerce. Let AI work within your rules.

    Start from the existing APPSS production runtime and Cloudflare hosting. Configure your business rules, connect your own payment provider and control agents and conversations through DataInbox. Keep adapting the configuration as your business evolves.

    Shape your commerce briefPrepare a project brief for a first conversation. This does not provision a store.