PowerHobby — Design and support for a US radio-controlled hobby store

Design and support for a US radio-controlled hobby store

A storefront with a part finder for your model, a catalog of thousands of items with hobbyist filters, and a mobile version you can buy from right at the track. With the client since 2013.

DesignSupportPerformanceUSA USA
— 01 The project

PowerHobby in numbers

Retail · Hobby · USA

700+
LiPo batteries in one category
448
support tasks
2013
first project
24/7
store uptime
— 02 The challenge

What had to
be solved

01

Reliability

Orders around the clock without surprises.

02

Speed

A catalog of thousands of parts must open and search instantly.

03

Payments

PayPal and Authorize.Net on every order.

04

Up-to-date platform

Regular upgrades keeping extensions and integrations.

— 03 The solution

What we
did

01

Part Finder

Find a part that fits your model right from the home page.

02

Upgrades for popular models

Tiles for best sellers like Arrma Grom and MST RMX.

03

Hobbyist filters

Category, brand, compatibility and price.

04

Stock in sight

Stock and “ships in 24 hours” in listings and product pages.

05

Profiling and New Relic

Monthly architecture reviews.

06

Speed work

JS bundling and image optimization.

Stack
Magento 2New RelicPayPalAuthorize.Net
— 04 The results

What the client
got

A store for hobbyists

The right part in a couple of clicks.

Stable 24/7

Monitoring and planned upgrades.

Long-term partner

Since 2013.

— Start a project

Want results
like these?

A short call is enough to understand the task. We reply within one business day, sign an NDA if needed and send an estimate broken down by stages.

  • English or Russian — whichever is easier for you
  • Calls scheduled in your time zone
  • Invoices in USD or EUR, international payment
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