Beverly Center, Melrose, and Larchmont Retail: One Branded App. We Run It.
Independent retail across LA's strongest commercial corridors competes against DTC brands and chain stores that have full digital teams. We give your shop the same digital surface — branded mobile app, loyalty program, push notifications, customer database — and operate all of it on a flat monthly fee.
The retail & e-commerce problem in Los Angeles
What's really happening with retail and DTC brands here.
The pattern we see
Your retail shop in LA built an Instagram audience over five years and sells well in person. The gap is everything that happens between visits. The Shopify cart only converts the customers who already searched for you. The email list is a Mailchimp account someone updates monthly. The loyalty cards live in a binder. New customers who come in once on Melrose rarely come back unless they happen to drive by again. Your competitors three blocks down have apps that solve this.
How we build for Los Angeles
Not a template. A custom stack, assembled for your operation.
We build your shop a branded mobile app with persistent push channel, points-based loyalty, push-notification segmentation by purchase history, and inventory-aware new-arrival alerts. We integrate with your Shopify or Square POS so in-store and online purchases roll up into one customer record. The platform runs on our infrastructure; the customer relationship and the data both belong to you.
LA retail customers respond to push notifications at seven to ten times the rate of email. The shops winning along Larchmont and Atwater Village are the ones that own that channel. We build it once and operate it forever on your behalf.
What we build
Five services. One retainer. Pick what fits, or stack them.
Branded Mobile App, Operated By Us
A branded iOS + Android app for your Los Angeles retail & e-commerce customers, published under your App Store and Play Store accounts so the listing belongs to you. Push notifications, loyalty, and bookings are configured and operated by us.
- iOS and Android, published under your developer accounts so the listings stay yours
- release management, version submissions, and rejections handled on our side
- push notifications and in-app messaging configured by us, on your timing
Customer-Facing Web Platform
A web platform your customers use daily and your Los Angeles County team manages from one screen. We host it, monitor it continuously, and update it on a low-traffic schedule so your operation never gets surprised.
- branded responsive web platform tuned to your operation, not a template
- hosting, SSL, and CDN delivery managed end to end on our infrastructure
- role-aware dashboards (owner / manager / staff) with audit logging on every change
Internal Operations Tool
The internal tool your Los Angeles operation has been working around for years. VIP drops, gated collections, and inventory-aware alerts that a templated retail app vendor can't ship, role-based access for owner / manager / staff, and full action logging on refunds and price changes.
- back-office operations screen designed around how your team actually works
- approval flows, scheduling rules, and exceptions wired into a single system
- scheduled exports for your accountant, plus on-demand audit pulls when needed
Vendor and System Integrations
Shopify, BigCommerce, Klaviyo and the rest of your existing stack continue to work, connected by us. Two-way sync, queue-backed retries, and 24/7 monitoring on our side. Your team never sees an integration broken on a Friday night.
- bidirectional connections to your existing CRM, accounting, and operations stack
- queue-backed retries and event monitoring so a vendor outage doesn't surface to your team
- alert routing to our team, not yours, when something does break
Operations and Iteration
A platform team on retainer. Quarterly operations reviews instead of a ticket queue. Promotions go from your one-paragraph brief to live in days. Your role becomes operating the retail & e-commerce business; ours becomes operating the platform underneath it.
- quarterly operations review with your leadership, tied to revenue and staff-hour outcomes
- platform changes from a one-paragraph brief, deployed in days, not change-orders
- continuous monitoring, security patching, and incident response on our schedule
How we build retail & e-commerce apps in Los Angeles
Three phases. No surprises.
Staged Migration
We move your existing data from Shopify and the other tools your Los Angeles team uses today, in stages over four to six weeks. Your operation never goes dark; nothing requires a chaotic weekend cutover.
Operate and Adjust
Once live, the platform runs on our side. Monitoring is continuous, updates ship in low-traffic windows, and integrations stay connected on our schedule. Your retail & e-commerce team uses one screen designed for their role.
Quarterly Review
Every 90 days we walk through what we adjusted, what we monitored, and what we'd recommend changing next. The platform stays aligned with how your Los Angeles retail & e-commerce operation is actually evolving.
Integrations we plug into
Keep the tools your Los Angeles team already knows. We build around them, not over them.
Compliance, architected in
Requirements drive architecture, not retrofits. We scope compliance into the build from day one.
Frequently asked questions
Specific to retail and DTC brands in Los Angeles.
Do you operate platforms for retail and DTC brands across Los Angeles County?
Yes. We focus on Los Angeles County and surrounding LA County operators. The platform is built once and operated continuously from our side, so geographic coverage isn't tied to a service-call radius. Los Angeles retail and DTC brands typically work with us for years on one flat fee.
What does Rehost cost for a Los Angeles retail & e-commerce operation?
Flat monthly fee. The Business tier ($850/mo) covers most multi-location retail and DTC brands; the Website tier ($350/mo) fits single-location operators; and Faith communities pay $250/mo per campus. No per-seat charges, no per-transaction cuts, no surprise invoices. consolidate the Shopify app stack into one platform we run and lift repeat-purchase rate typically shows up in the first quarter for Los Angeles operators.
How do you handle PCI DSS for a Los Angeles retail & e-commerce operation?
PCI DSS, CCPA, GDPR requirements are part of the platform from day one, not a retrofit. We architect role-based access, action logging, and data-handling rules to meet the standard, then maintain that posture through every update. Audit trails are queryable on demand, not assembled the week before a review.
Will the platform work with Shopify and BigCommerce?
Yes. We integrate with Shopify, BigCommerce, Klaviyo, Stripe, and most adjacent tools your Los Angeles retail & e-commerce team already uses. Two-way sync, monitoring, and the integration upkeep stay on our side. If your team uses something niche, we scope the connection during onboarding and build it before go-live.
What happens to our data and accounts if we cancel?
They come with you. Your customer database, App Store and Play Store listings, payment processor connection, and domain are yours. Cancel anytime and we hand back the full export. No lock-in, no exit fee, no clause that holds your customer list hostage.
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