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Core systems

The parts we build again and again

Most projects are a new combination of the same proven pieces. Here is every core system we build — each one linked to the real projects that contain it, so you can see it working rather than take our word for it.

Sell & transact

Catalogues, carts and the checkout itself

Customers & bookings

How customers book, sign in and find you

Run the business

The back office your team lives in

AI & automation

Assistants and the plumbing between systems

Anything not listed here is usually still possible — these are simply the pieces we have built enough times to price and deliver quickly. Projects also carry one-off systems built specifically for them, which you will find on each project's own page.

In pictures

How these systems fit together

What every system here has in common. Systems differ in subject, not in shape, which is why one team can build all of them. A full text version follows.

What every system here has in common

Editorial framework. Systems differ in subject, not in shape, which is why one team can build all of them.

Basis: Perfect Design: business systems explained. Reviewed .

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A working system

  • Records. The things your business counts
  • Roles. Who may see and change each one
  • States. Where a record is in its life
  • Evidence. Proof a change actually happened
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Most projects need two or three of these. Naming which pieces you need is most of a scope, and it is cheaper to decide now than to discover later. A full text version follows.

Most projects need two or three of these

Editorial framework. Naming which pieces you need is most of a scope, and it is cheaper to decide now than to discover later.

Basis: Perfect Design: business systems explained. Reviewed .

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  • A shop. Catalogue, checkout, stock
  • A booking business. Availability, payments, reminders
  • A platform. Accounts, dashboards, integrations
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Which rails Malaysian money runs on. Share of transactions across the six payment systems Bank Negara reports. Real-time rails now carry four in five payments, which is why they belong in a checkout before a card form does. A full text version follows.

Which rails Malaysian money runs on

Published statistic. Share of transactions across the six payment systems Bank Negara reports. Real-time rails now carry four in five payments, which is why they belong in a checkout before a card form does.

Source: Bank Negara Malaysia: Payment Statistics, Table T3 Payment Systems, 2025. Reviewed .

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2025

  • DuitNow: 79.7%. Real-time transfers and QR, 5.44 billion transactions
  • FPX: 14.0%. Online banking, the e-commerce workhorse
  • Interbank GIRO: 4.5%. Scheduled transfers, payroll and supplier runs
  • JomPAY: 1.4%. Bill payments by biller code
  • Direct debit and RENTAS: 0.4%. Recurring collections and large-value settlement
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Most Malaysian e-commerce is business to business. This is e-commerce income reported by establishments, not consumer shopping. The shape of the market says the bigger opportunity is usually the ordering system your trade customers use, not another shopfront. A full text version follows.

Most Malaysian e-commerce is business to business

Published statistic. This is e-commerce income reported by establishments, not consumer shopping. The shape of the market says the bigger opportunity is usually the ordering system your trade customers use, not another shopfront.

Source: Department of Statistics Malaysia: ICT and e-commerce usage by establishments, 2024. Reviewed .

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RM1.29tn

  • Business to business: RM879.6b. Two thirds of it, growing 7.6% in 2024
  • Business to consumer: RM374.7b. The fastest growing, up 11.3%
  • Business to government: RM33.8b. Up 11.4%
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Which of these do you need?

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