Ecommerce Migration Case Study: From On-Premises to AWS
Explore how we helped the ecommerce platform migrate to cloud to achieve scalability and security levels previously unattainable in their on-premises data center.
Our Customer
E-commerce Web-platform
CorporateGift is a tech-based gifting marketplace and integrated platform. They help companies show appreciation and manage relationships through a new type of gifting experience specifically designed for corporations.
CorporateGift’s solution includes 3 main pillars, namely the huge variety of products to ensure recipient satisfaction, advanced technology and automation for a seamless process control, and a team of experts ready to provide best practice and support to make sure every customer’s need is met.
The Challenges
The Lack of Adaptability and High Availability
CorporateGift IT infrastructure was located on the on-premises data center. The application servers and the database were deployed on one server (including Dev and Production environments) which was not scalable at all, had monolithic architecture and security breaches. To meet the increasing market demands the company asked Romexsoft to migrate their existing solution into a scalable, highly available, and secure environment.
The Solution
Migration to AWS Using a Re-platforming Strategy
AWS migration gives organizations a transformational opportunity to change the way they do business. Security and scalability are always at the top of the agenda in any cloud conversation, however, customers find that their scalability opportunities and security posture increase when they move to the AWS Cloud.
We have extensive experience in guiding businesses through successful migration to AWS (including E-commerce site migration), covering all phases of complex projects — discovery, planning, and operations. Our expertise ensures that customers receive cost-effective and competitive solutions
To meet client’s requirements Romexsoft suggested to apply the AWS Replatforming migration strategy. Romexsoft dockerized client’s applications and launched them on ECS Fargate service. As a DB layer – RDS Aurora Serverless was used. AWS ElastiCache service was used as the main caching layer and AWS ElasticSearch service was used as a logs processing tool. Network infrastructure was designed according to the AWS best practices: with multi AZs, bastion hosts in public subnets, and NAT gateways for resources in private subnets. AWS CodePipeline was used for CI/CD processes. Production and Staging environments were provisioned by AWS CloudFormation and set up in different regions.
CorporateGift E-commerce Marketplace AWS Architecture Diagram
Amazon Web Services Utilized
The Results
The Required Level of Reliability and Safety
- CorporateGift infrastructure was migrated to a secure and scalable AWS environment.
- Due to the scalability of AWS cloud, the company’s business has no issues with serving their customers during peak loads of the system throughout discount periods and rush hours.
- CorporateGift successfully uses new cloud infrastructure and develops his product on AWS.
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It showcases the value that Romexsoft, being a certified AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, delivers cloud solutions according to AWS standards and best practices.
Why Romexsoft
Start Your Smooth E-commerce Replatform to AWS
As an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, we specialize in migrating on-premises e-commerce platforms to the cloud—ensuring minimal downtime, secure data transfer, and smooth modernization.
Clients migrating with us gain faster, more resilient platforms that scale automatically with demand, simplify ongoing maintenance, and reduce long-term infrastructure spend. We apply AWS best approaches to align technical improvements with real business outcomes.
- Achieve up to 40% cost savings by consolidating legacy infrastructure onto AWS
- Reduce monthly database costs by over 50% with Amazon Aurora, even under growing user demand
- Enable sub-second page load times—even at peaks of 1,000 concurrent users and 50,000+ daily visitors
E-Commerce Platform Migration FAQ
An AWS commerce platform offers a robust infrastructure tailored for e-commerce businesses. By leveraging AWS services, e-commerce platforms can achieve high availability, scalability, and security. For instance, using AWS ElastiCache can significantly improve application performance by caching frequently queried data. Additionally, AWS's global infrastructure ensures that e-commerce platforms can handle peak loads, especially during high traffic events, providing a seamless shopping experience for users.
E-commerce migration to AWS requires a strategic approach to ensure data integrity, minimal downtime, and a smooth transition. Key considerations include assessing the current architecture, choosing the right AWS services that align with the business needs, and planning for scalability to handle peak traffic loads. Utilizing migration services can also help in making the migration process efficient, ensuring that all components of the e-commerce platform, from databases to user interfaces, are seamlessly migrated and optimized for the AWS environment.
AWS ecommerce solutions are designed with business continuity and disaster recovery in mind. By leveraging services like Amazon RDS, which offers automated backups, database snapshots, and automated failover, e-commerce platforms can ensure data durability and availability. Additionally, AWS's multi-region infrastructure allows for setting up geographically dispersed environments, ensuring that in the event of a disaster or an outage in one region, the e-commerce platform can quickly failover to another region, minimizing downtime and potential revenue loss.
Using online store migration solutions offers a structured and efficient approach to transitioning an e-commerce platform to AWS. These services provide expertise in both e-commerce platforms and AWS infrastructure, ensuring that the migration is seamless, secure, and optimized for performance. Key advantages include a reduction in migration time, ensuring data integrity during the transition, optimizing the AWS environment for e-commerce operations, and providing support to ensure the platform operates efficiently in the AWS ecosystem.
