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MONTRA Lifts

B2B elevator spare-parts marketplace — smart order routing, RFQ workflows, tamper-proof ledgers.

2025 Egypt B2B marketplace · Elevator industry
E-commerce & marketplaces
MONTRA Lifts — B2B elevator spare-parts marketplace — smart order routing, RFQ workflows, tamper-proof ledgers.

// By the numbers

100%
Money traceability

tamper-proof ledgers — every payout and commission auditable end to end

Automatic
Order dispatch

smart routing splits each order to the right suppliers, no manual dispatch

4
Client apps

customers, installers, traders and admins each get their own surface

98%
Scope delivered

of the contracted platform shipped to production

// From the client

The order routing and the financial ledger are what sold us. Every payout and commission is traceable end to end, and an order automatically splits to the right suppliers. For a B2B platform handling other people's money, that trust is everything.

Operations lead

B2B elevator spare-parts marketplace · Egypt

// Overview

A production-grade B2B marketplace for the elevator spare-parts industry. It connects customers, installers, suppliers and operators through smart order routing, project (RFQ) workflows, tamper-proof financial ledgers and a built-in content system — fully bilingual Arabic/English with right-to-left support.

// Architecture

How it's put together

01Client applications

Customer Marketplace

Catalog · cart · RFQ · returns

Supplier Dashboard

Listings · fulfillment · payouts

Admin Console

Operations · finance · CMS

Marketing Site

CMS-driven · bilingual · SEO

02Application layer

Backend API

Auth · orders · pricing engine · commissions · payments · returns

03Data & integrations

Relational Database

50+ models · append-only ledgers

Payments

Card · wallet · cash on delivery

Media Pipeline

Image storage & delivery

One backend API powering four independent client applications.

// Highlights

Signature capabilities

01

Smart order routing

A multi-strategy engine splits each order across suppliers by price, availability and reliability — and re-assigns recursively when an offer is declined.

02

Project (RFQ) workflows

Installers configure full elevator projects from reusable templates; suppliers bid with multi-item offers, and the winning bid becomes a tracked project order.

03

Tamper-proof ledgers

Every money movement is an append-only entry with cryptographic checksums, making the financial trail verifiable end to end.

04

Risk-based deposits

Large orders are gated behind deposit rules that adapt to order value and customer trust before fulfillment begins.

05

Automated commissions

Platform fees accrue on delivery confirmation, are invoiced on a schedule, and reconcile against each supplier's ledger.

06

Bilingual & RTL

Every surface and the catalog itself ships in Arabic and English with full right-to-left support.

// Features

Business feature set

The functional scope delivered across every part of the product.

Customer marketplace

  • Catalog browsing with search & filters
  • Multi-supplier pricing per item
  • Wishlist & favorites
  • Cart, checkout & saved addresses
  • Card, wallet & cash-on-delivery
  • Deposit gating on large orders
  • Order & sub-order tracking with invoices
  • Returns & exchanges workflow
  • Project (RFQ) requests & supplier offers

Suppliers

  • Listings management (price, stock, lead time)
  • Bulk import / export
  • Order assignment queue (accept / reject)
  • Fulfilment lifecycle
  • Returns review & approval
  • Balance & commission ledger
  • Per-supplier analytics

Operations & admin

  • Master catalog & categories
  • Trader verification & user management
  • Order overrides & status control
  • Reusable BOM patterns
  • Stock overview across suppliers
  • Shipping zones & distance matrix
  • Commissions, payouts & invoicing
  • Platform analytics & promo banners

Content & platform

  • Built-in CMS (services, blog, portfolio, clients)
  • Bilingual Arabic / English with full RTL
  • Activity logs & in-app notifications
  • Support ticketing
// My role

What I owned

End-to-end on this project — from architecture and data modelling through to a shipped, production product.

  • Product & system architecture
  • Database design & data modeling
  • Backend services: auth, orders, pricing engine, commissions, payments, returns
  • Four front-end applications: marketplace, supplier, admin, marketing
  • Payment gateway & media integrations
  • Bilingual Arabic/English with full RTL
  • Containerized deployment & CI/CD
// Stack

Built with

Backend

NestJSTypeScriptPrismaMySQL

Frontend

Next.jsReactTailwind CSSFramer Motion

Infrastructure

DockerNginxCI/CD

Integrations

PaymentsCloud media

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