MARS Accerator by Intive

MARS is Intive's way to start composable commerce projects and allow their teams to deliver a working online commerce platform quickly. It is based on the principles of MACH and thus is composed using a selection of best of breed solutions, connected with minimalistic but effective code blocks, making the overall solution highly flexible in regards of exchanging components and extending or customizing functionality.

About

The MARS Accelerator is a blueprint project designed to streamline the creation of online stores for composable commerce platforms. Built on the MACH principles (Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native, and Headless), this accelerator serves as a comprehensive reference point for modern commerce solutions.

Developed by Intive's experienced teams with expertise in leading technologies like commercetools, Algolia, Adyen, Stripe, Contentful, and custom frontends (React, Vue, etc.), MARS consolidates best practices and proven strategies. It features a content-driven landing page, category pages, product listing pages (PLP), search, product detail pages (PDP), embedded media content, flyout cart, checkout, and more. With easily customizable colors and logos, the accelerator allows businesses to quickly launch their online store by simply adding products and content pages.

Benefits of MARS

Composable and Flexible
Built on MACH principles, the accelerator is designed for modularity. Components can be swapped out to accommodate different commerce engines, payment providers, content management systems, search engines, etc.re-built and tested components speed up the deployment process, reducing development and testing time.

Fast Time-to-Market
As MARS is fully based on infrastructure as code, a small team of developers can rapidly set up an instance, import products, and create content pages, significantly reducing the time required to launch an online store.

Customizable and Scalable
Whether used as-is or integrated with existing systems, MARS adapts to specific business needs and scales seamlessly as your business grows.

Simplified Setup
Developers can spin up an online store quickly, bypassing the complexities of traditional development workflows.

Future-Proof Architecture
By leveraging modern technologies and best practices, MARS ensures a robust foundation for evolving business requirements.

With MARS, businesses can confidently build and launch a high-performance online store tailored to their unique needs—efficiently and effectively.