Montage – Shopify Plugin

Montage needed to sell its furniture and jewelry protection plans directly through retailers' online storefronts. Trailhead built a Shopify plugin that integrates with checkout, uses AI to identify eligible products, and sends plan sales to Montage's backend.

Project Background

Montage's protection plans were traditionally sold through brick-and-mortar furniture and jewelry retailers. To expand into e-commerce, Montage first tried a Shopify solution inherited from another subsidiary, but it fell short of the company's functional and security requirements. Montage needed a full replacement — on a tight timeline and a limited budget — that could bring its protection offerings into online storefronts without significant manual product setup or sales processing.

SHOPIFY PLUGIN

Trailhead rebuilt the solution on Shopify’s plugin architecture, using their SDK and APIs and designing it to integrate naturally across a variety of storefront themes. Trailhead also built the backend integration that sends available plans to each store and returns completed sales to Montage. An AI-powered classification algorithm automatically matches store products with eligible protection plans, significantly reducing manual setup and easing the launch process.

Technologies Used

TypeScript
Shopify
React
Figma
C#
Azure SQL
Azure Key Vault
Azure App Service
.NET (formerly .NET CORE)

Expertise

API DevelopmentApp Store DeploymentBack End DevelopmentBack End IntegrationCloudDatabase DevelopmentDevOpsLegacy IntegrationLegacy System IntegrationManual QAPerformance TestingREST APIUI DesignWeb App Development
TypeScript
Shopify
React
Figma
C#
Azure SQL
Azure Key Vault
Azure App Service
.NET (formerly .NET CORE)
API DevelopmentApp Store DeploymentBack End DevelopmentBack End IntegrationCloudDatabase DevelopmentDevOpsLegacy IntegrationLegacy System IntegrationManual QAPerformance TestingREST APIUI DesignWeb App Development

When it became clear that a Shopify solution Montage inherited from another subsidiary was not going to meet our functional and security requirements, I turned to Trailhead to build a new app from the ground up. Given the time spent evaluating, and trying to make work, the previous solution, the timeline to rebuild was tight and the budget limited. Trailhead did an excellent job delivering a brand-new solution built on Shopify’s recommended architecture and utilizing AI-assisted data administration to ease the burden of the launch process. Overall, the resulting app was a vast improvement upon what had existed previously, functionally, technically, and aesthetically. It was a definite win.

- BOB DOERKSEN
, Vice President of Technology Services at Montage Furniture Services

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Montage Portal

Montage Furniture Services provides furniture protection plans and claims processing services to a wide selection of furniture retailers and consumers.

Project Background

Montage was looking to build a new web portal for both Retailers and Consumers, which would integrate with Dynamics CRM and other legacy systems. The portal needed to be multi tenant and support branding and configuration for different Retailers. Trailhead architected the new Montage Platform, including the Portal and all of it’s back end integrations, did the UI/UX and then delivered the new system, along with enhancements to DevOps and processes.

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Trailhead stepped into a challenging project – building our new web architecture and redeveloping our portals at the same time the business was migrating from a legacy system to our new CRM solution. They were able to not only significantly improve our web development architecture but our development and deployment processes as well as the functionality and performance of our portals. The feedback from customers has been overwhelmingly positive. Trailhead has proven themselves to be a valuable partner.

– BOB DOERKSEN, Vice President of Technology Services
at Montage Furniture Services

Technologies Used

When you hit the trails, it is essential to bring appropriate gear. The same holds true for your digital technology needs. That’s why Trailhead builds custom solutions on trusted platforms like .NET, Angular, React, and Xamarin.

Expertise

We partner with businesses who need intuitive custom software, responsive mobile applications, and advanced cloud technologies. And our extensive experience in the tech field allows us to help you map out the right path for all your digital technology needs.

  • Project Management
  • Architecture
  • Web App Development
  • Cloud Development
  • DevOps
  • Process Improvements
  • Legacy System Integration
  • UI Design
  • Manual QA
  • Back end/API/Database development

We partner with businesses who need intuitive custom software, responsive mobile applications, and advanced cloud technologies. And our extensive experience in the tech field allows us to help you map out the right path for all your digital technology needs.

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