We build your store and the backend behind it, then hand every account over in your name.
No payment to apply. We usually reply within one business day.
Nobody launching this kind of store is short on ideas. They're short on time, and they don't know what they don't know.
Owners are short on time, not ideas. Most stores end up on the same template.
When the store is handed over, you're not starting from zero. You're starting.
| Feature | RUObuilt | Shopify | WooCommerce + plugins |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built for research-use stores | Yes | Payment restrictions | With plugins |
| Set up for you and handed over in your name | Yes | DIY, rented plan | You set it up |
| Monthly fee after launch | None requiredAdd-ons priced on your call | Plan + apps | Hosting + plugin licenses |
| Certificate lookup by lot | Built in | Apps | Plugins |
| Checked against processor policy before launch | Written report | No | No |
| Affiliates, memberships and wholesale | Included; you configure. Flagship sets up wholesale. | Apps | Plugins |
| A backend you can explore after applying | Yes | Yes | No |
Launch and Flagship also include product images made from your label, ad images, email flows, and supplier and processor introductions. Compare every inclusion
Other platforms vary by plan and apps. Check their current terms.
The store and backend are real software.
Storefronts and admin screens from Meridian and Corvia, fictional demo stores.
The live demo opens after you apply.
33-screen admin and affiliate program
Meridian and Corvia are fictional. Sample data.
Storefronts and admin screens from Meridian and Corvia, fictional demo stores.
About 20 business days from completed intake. Two rounds of changes on the design, then two on the finished store.
Short application, then a reply by text if you opt in, or by email.
One form: brand, products, labels, accounts. The clock starts after your deposit, required intake and account access arrive.
Follow progress and review previews in your build room.
We walk you through the store and admin. From go-live: a 14-day defect window on every tier, 30 days of support on Launch or 60 on Flagship.
We target 20 business days after your deposit, all required intake items and account access arrive. The outside limit is 40 business days, excluding your delays, requested scope changes and events beyond our control.
The build, day by dayPricing is set on your call.
For founders with product photos who want the store built right.
For a build with renders, email flows and launch assets.
For someone who wants the brand built too.
Catalog limits: 20 / 30 / 40 products; larger catalogs require a quote.
Included Concierge starts after support and ends without becoming paid.
Optional monthly add-ons are priced on your call and require your opt-in.
Request the service agreementLaunch and Flagship include creative files; you run the ads. People assume we're a marketing agency. We're not, and we'll say that on the first call.
We check the store against their published policy. Launch and Flagship include an introduction. The approval is theirs to give.
That's your call and it should be.
We build new.
We only promise what you can see on the handoff checklist.
At handoff your code, hosting, database and email accounts move into your name, and we walk you through each one.
You provide your domain and registrar access. If you hold an approved processor account at handoff, we connect it; if not, the store is delivered payment-ready and switched off until you are approved. Domain cutover waits until final payment clears.
Half is due at signing; the other half is due when we notify you the build is complete, before transfer.
Kept once paid, except as the agreement allows. It reserves the build.
Due before anything transfers to you.
Illustrative payment milestones for Meridian, a fictional demo store.
After final payment clears, your custom code, designs and copy are yours. Code, hosting, database and email accounts move into your control. Our underlying platform is licensed for your store; third-party components keep their own licenses.
We target 20 business days after your deposit, all required intake items and account access arrive. The outside limit is 40 business days, excluding your delays, requested scope changes and events beyond our control.
Nothing to us unless you choose an add-on. Hosting and tools bill you directly. Optional: Concierge and Compliance Watch, priced on your call, never started without your opt-in.
Your delays push dates back day for day. If intake is still incomplete 60 days after the agreement takes effect, we may end the agreement and keep the deposit.
Only if you agree at the start. If you decline, we hold it unrecorded and provide written handoff notes plus a separate recorded walkthrough without you.
Small fixes are covered by your defect window, plus your support window on Launch and Flagship. After that, use Concierge. New pages or features get a quoted change order. Storefront and Launch clients can add brand identity, priced on your call.
A few questions. We usually reply within one business day. No payment to apply.
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