From storefronts to shopping agents: Ecommerce
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Moved the storefront from an Angular/Kubernetes stack to Next.js on Vercel, dropping time to first byte 40% and cutting a sample checkout journey from ~2 minutes to 30 seconds (75% reduction). Runs ~5 million monthly ad requests and 330k orders, with ~5 billion edge requests overall. Results: ~10% YoY conversion lift, NPS +32%, e‑commerce share +19%. Built a Vercel-generated back office, AI translation and product onboarding flows, and prototypes using npx eve and Vercel integrations.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Elkjøp’s ecommerce challenges
- 1:10Elkjøp’s business overview
- 2:32Ecommerce architecture evolution
- 4:15Customer experience problems
- 5:39Vercel’s performance impact
- 6:43Customer journey improvements
- 7:46Business growth metrics
- 8:51Infrastructure enables AI
- 9:55AI back office acceleration
- 11:39AI tools to working software
- 12:42AI in translations processing
- 13:46Intent-based ecommerce future
- 14:52Engineers’ role in AI era
- 15:34Elkjøp’s transformation phases
- 16:16Key takeaways
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