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DL-019 · Case study

Taking over a reseller SaaS and trimming its cloud bill

A SaaS for Amazon and Walmart resellers changed engineering teams. We took over the platform, reduced its AWS costs and upgraded its databases.

Client
Name withheld
Location
United States
Industry
SaaS for marketplace resellers
Capabilities
02Stabilize
01

Challenge

  • Platform inherited from a previous team with limited handover.
  • AWS costs were high for the platform's size.
  • Databases ran on versions that needed upgrading.
02

Environment

  • SaaS serving resellers on Amazon and Walmart.
  • Hosted on AWS with relational databases.
03

Intervention

  • Took over code, infrastructure and deployments.
  • Reviewed AWS usage and removed or resized costly resources.
  • Upgraded the databases to current supported versions.
04

Outcome

  • One team now owns the platform end to end.
  • Lower monthly AWS spend.
  • Databases on supported versions.
The inherited platform is taken over, its AWS resources are right-sized and its databases upgraded, while Amazon and Walmart connections keep serving resellers.lower costupgradeAMAZONSP-APIWALMARTMarketplace APIRESELLER SAASTaken overAWSRight-sizedDATABASESUpgraded
  1. 01AMAZONSP-APIRESELLER SAASTaken over
  2. 02WALMARTMarketplace APIRESELLER SAASTaken over
  3. 03RESELLER SAASTaken overAWSRight-sizedlower cost
  4. 04RESELLER SAASTaken overDATABASESUpgradedupgrade
Fig. 20Takeover, then a leaner footprintThe inherited platform is taken over, its AWS resources are right-sized and its databases upgraded, while Amazon and Walmart connections keep serving resellers.Scale NTS

Stack and services.

Stack04

  • AWS
  • Relational databases
  • Amazon SP-API
  • Walmart Marketplace API

Services used02

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