Amela
Local Marché Co., Ltd. — New Platform Launch Story
ℹ︎For confidentiality, company and project names and system images have been replaced with pseudonyms and mockups.

A specialty mail-order EC —Built in-house from scratch.

LocalPick is a specialty mail-order and gift EC handling regional delicacies from across Japan. Browse by region or category, with noshi and delivery-date selection. We built it in-house via EC-CUBE extension, all the way to in-house operation.

“Provenance appeal, gift handling, delivery management, in-house operation” — the story of launching a new platform: a foundation meeting all four axes a specialty mail-order EC needs, built in-house from scratch in 8 months.

Assortment
Nationwide specialties
Direct shipping
Gifting
GiftSupport
Noshi & message
Shipping
DateSpecify
Delivery-date support
Operation
EC-CUBEExtension
In-house operation
www.localpick.example.jp
HokkaidoTohokuKansaiKyushu
Gift
Seafood assortment
¥6,800
Wagashi assortment
¥3,200
01
CLIENT
About the client

“Local Marché Co., Ltd.,” one of Japan's leading purveyors delivering regional foods.

Local Marché Co., Ltd. is a mail-order EC business connecting producers and consumers nationwide. Conveying each region's dedication and meeting gifting demand were at the core of its business.

Off-the-shelf EC could not fully address provenance appeal or gift requirements, and operations relied on outside vendors. We chose to extend EC-CUBE and build, from scratch and in-house, a specialty mail-order and gift EC optimized for their own operations.

Assortment
Nationwide
Support
Gift
Operation
In-house
Business flow — Browse by region → Details → Gift → Direct shipping
1
STEP
Browse by region
Categories & features
2
STEP
Product details
Origin story
3
STEP
Gift options
Noshi & delivery date
4
STEP
Direct shipping
Order & delivery
02
CHALLENGE
Design challenges to solve

Four structural requirements that underpin mail-order.

None of these were matters of technology choice but business requirements tied directly to conversion, gift handling, and operational efficiency. A from-scratch build required a design that could satisfy them all at once.

The region's appeal does not get through
Without conveying the background,Compared on price alone and are rarely chosen.
Complex gift requirements
If noshi and gifting are not supported,Demand slips away
Delivery management is hard
If delivery dates and direct shipping cannot be handled,Complaints and confusion ensue.
Operations depend on outsiders
if it cannot be run in-house,Speed and cost become a drag.
03
ARCHITECTURE
The architecture we built together

Turning a mail-order EC into a “foundation that sells” across four domains.

Provenance appeal, gift handling, delivery management, in-house operation — the four domains a specialty mail-order EC needs, built from scratch in-house with Local Marché Co., Ltd. on an EC-CUBE extension. It carries every feature gifting requires and can be run flexibly in-house.

AmelaEXECUTION
8 months
Duration
22person-months
Total effort
Domain ①
Provenance appeal
Challenge
Need to convey each product's background and appeal.
Solution
Appeal via region & origin stories
Browse via features & categories.
Domain ②
Gift handling
Challenge
Need the features that gifting requires.
Solution
Noshi, message & gift settings
Win gift demand.
Domain ③
Delivery management
Challenge
Need to handle delivery dates and direct shipping.
Solution
Delivery-date & shipping settings
Supports per-region conditions.
Domain ④
In-house operation
Challenge
Need to run operations in-house.
Solution
Manage products & orders via EC-CUBE extension
Members and coupons, in-house too.
PLATFORM
ECEC-CUBE Symfony PHP
DATA & UI
MySQL SCSS Gulp
OPS
GNoshi & gift settings DDelivery-date management
04
IMPACT
The value the platform creates

Local Marché Co., Ltd.'s “mail-order” accelerates.

This foundation continuously delivers business outcomes — conversion, gift sales, operational efficiency — rather than technical metrics.

A foundation that conveys specialties appealingly
Convey value through origin stories.
Capture gift demand
Capture demand with noshi and gift handling.
Design for accurate delivery
Handle delivery dates and direct shipping smoothly.
Operable in-house
Manage products, orders, and promotions in-house with EC-CUBE.
🎁
STAKEHOLDER
Buyer & sender
Typically
Noshi and delivery dates are hard to specify.
At Local Marché,
Order easily, all the way to gift settings.
Better gifting experience
Improved satisfaction
🌾
STAKEHOLDER
Producers & regions
Typically
the dedication hardly reaches consumers.
At Local Marché,
Origin stories deliver the appeal.
Channel expansion
Regional revitalization
🗂️
STAKEHOLDER
Operator
Typically
Every update creates outside dependency.
At Local Marché,
Operate products and orders in-house right away.
Lower operating costs
Faster speed
📊
STAKEHOLDER
Management
Typically
Seasonal demand and gift sales are hard to read.
At Local Marché,
Grasp demand and turn it into action with order data.
Maximize revenue
Data-driven growth
05
DEMO
Three scenarios

Experience LocalPick through a live, working demo.