I Built a Self-Hosted 4-in-1 E-Commerce Engine in Laravel (Retail, Wholesale, B2B & Subscriptions)

DevByStephan — Sun, 15 Nov 2026 18:18:54 +0000

Hey Laravel devs 👋

I’m Stephan—an independent PHP/Laravel developer, and this is my first time posting in the Laravel community here on DEV. After years of building custom WordPress plugins and client Laravel apps, I wanted to start sharing the architecture behind what I'm building and connect with other Laravel builders.

The Problem I Wanted to Solve
Whenever a client or solo founder wants to launch an online store, they usually hit a wall: either pay escalating monthly SaaS fees and transaction cuts, or wrestle with bloated legacy plugins just to handle basic commerce rules outside of standard retail.

I wanted a lightweight, self-hosted Laravel foundation that could handle four distinct commerce models out of the box without duct-taping a dozen third-party packages together:

Retail: Standard direct-to-consumer storefront and cart

Wholesale: Tiered bulk pricing and minimum order rules

B2B: Account-based purchasing workflows

Subscription Boxes: Recurring billing cycles

Under the Hood of ShopKeeprr v1.1
I just shipped ShopKeeprr v1.1 as a free, self-hosted core engine. A few of the Laravel implementation details I enjoyed building most:

WordPress-Style In-App Marketplace: Instead of forcing store owners to drop into SSH and run Composer commands to add features, I built an in-app extension installer using native HTML

overlays, package archive extraction, and SHA checksum verification.

Zero-CLI Web Installer (install.php): Many self-hosted users still deploy on cPanel/shared hosting where terminal access is limited or intimidating. ShopKeeprr includes a browser-based setup wizard that validates PHP extensions, writes the .env file, generates APP_KEY, and runs migrations automatically.

Unified Payment Webhooks: Built-in Stripe and PayPal webhook handlers engineered to stay consistent across one-time retail carts, B2B invoices, and recurring subscriptions.

Check Out the Code or Demo
The core engine is completely free to download and self-host:

GitHub: https://github.com/DevByStephan/ShopKeeprr

Live Demo: https://demo.shopkeeprr.com

Since I'm actively building out the extension ecosystem, I'd love feedback from fellow Laravel developers—how do you usually structure modular plugin/extension architectures in your Laravel apps?

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I Built a Self-Hosted 4-in-1 E-Commerce Engine in Laravel (Retail, Wholesale, B2B & Subscriptions)