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The technology team for print-on-demand Shopify stores
Architecture, engineering, QA, IT, and operations. We find the hand work in your week, design the fix, build it, test it, ship it, and run it with you.
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We remove the friction that caps your growth.
I'm an executive-level practitioner across engineering, architecture, DevOps, and applied AI. I find where your systems lose money, then we build the fix.
Twenty years at
Scaling creates friction. We eliminate it.
Fragile SKU mappings
Disconnected catalogs cause fulfillment errors, overselling, and endless manual reconciliation.
Brittle POD workflows
Print-on-demand integrations that break under volume and require constant intervention.
Frankenstein tech stacks
Shopify, fulfillment, support, and content tools that don't share a source of truth.
Who we work with.
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The technology team for Shopify brands past $1M
Architecture, engineering, QA, IT, and operations for a store that has outgrown its first setup.
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The technology team for DTC ecommerce brands
Integrations, data, and operations for a direct-to-consumer brand running on apps that were added one at a time.
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From operational chaos to automated scale.
Sandgrain Studio
Fractional CTO · Architecture · Engineering · PM · QA · UI/UX · IT Ops
The Challenge
New product creation was a multi-day process across 4–5 disconnected systems. Orders to some suppliers were placed by hand. Pricing changes took hours. The founders were growing fast but drowning in operational complexity.
What We Built
- A blueprint engine that turns product creation from days to seconds
- Zero-touch automated fulfillment: order → printer → tracking → customer
- Bulk price management enabling catalog-wide changes in seconds
- Full-stack fractional CTO: architecture, engineering, PM, QA, UI/UX, and IT ops
The Result
- New product development: multi-day → seconds
- Order fulfillment: fully automated, zero human touch
- Year-over-year growth: 20% YoY
Proven track of satisfied users
Will Curry
Co-Founder, Sandgrain Studio
“Before GWP, I was the bottleneck for every technical decision — and I’m not a technical person. Now I have someone who understands the business as well as I do and can actually build what we need. That’s a completely different experience than hiring an agency.”
What we build.
Shopify Ecosystem Architecture
Custom themes, app optimization, headless implementations. Built for performance at scale.
SKU Mapping & Catalog Systems
Automated sync across channels and PIMs. One source of truth for inventory.
POD Fulfillment Integrations
End-to-end print-on-demand workflows connecting suppliers, order routing, and fulfillment tracking.
AI-Assisted Automation
Intelligent agents for content generation, data validation, and workflow routing.
HOW WE WORK
Architecture, Engineering & Product Thinking
We don't just implement—we design systems that scale. Every engagement is filtered through long-term operability, not just immediate fixes.
AI where it works. Nowhere else.
We focus on utilitarian AI that solves real operational bottlenecks—not demos, not experiments.
Content at scale
Product descriptions, metadata, SEO—brand-consistent across thousands of SKUs.
Workflow validation
Real-time monitoring that catches data mismatches before they become fulfillment errors.
Advisory
We'll tell you where AI makes sense in your business—and where it doesn't.
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You can't automate a mess: standardize the process first
If your process is a mess, automating it just gives you a faster mess. Standardize the process, then automate the standard work.
February 24, 2026
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Print-on-demand product creation: 18 steps to one click
Creating one product took 18 steps across multiple systems and several days. We redesigned the model; now it takes one click.
February 18, 2026
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What a Fractional CTO Actually Does (And Doesn't Do)
Most businesses that need a fractional CTO don't know that's what they need. Here's what the role actually looks like — and how it's different from a freelancer or an agency.
February 10, 2026
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