ecommerce_ops · ecommerce · workflow
How Algolia helped flaconi transform its search experience at MACH speed
Flaconi's legacy monolithic e-commerce platform was developed and managed entirely in-house, consuming developer time on maintenance rather than differentiation, and lacking the flexibility to quickly adapt to new industry developments or add personalization features.
How it works
Common implementation structure
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Stage 1 · Re-platform decision
Flaconi decided in 2020 to re-platform its online store to meet growing consumer expectations.
Tools used
AlgoliaAlgolia RecommendAlgolia Dynamic Re-RankingAlgolia Facets & Filters
Outcome
After migrating to a MACH architecture with Algolia, flaconi reduced developer dependency for search tasks, empowered business teams to self-serve configuration without engineering support, and improved product discovery and customer experience.
Results
Time savedbetween two and four weeks
VolumeReduced dependency on developer time
Running sincesince 2020
Grounding & classification
Source type: vendor customer story
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