Mongodb use in eCommerce applications

[Kenroy Bennett]

HI everyone,

     I am interested in using Mongodb as the main database for my eCommerce application that pay for a  network service and then have that system provision a piece of hardware with the service.

Given that I am not dealing with inventory items, is mongodb a good database solution for my application?

Also what are some well known  products and companies that use mongodb in their eCommerce solutions ( not just inventory catalog, but for other areas as well such as shopping cart ) ? 

Thanks,

Kenroy

[Wan Bachtiar]

Given that I am not dealing with inventory items, is mongodb a good
database solution for my application?

Hi Kenroy,

The answer to your question depends on the use case and charateristics of your application. It’s not about what you are dealing with (inventory, or network service) that determines which database solution is suitable, but how your application interacts with the database. I would suggest to develop a prototype and see whether it fits your application use case.

An effective data models would be beneficial to support your application performance requirements. The flexible data models design in MongoDB allows you to focus on your application design and conform the data models to benefit your application use case. You may find below resources useful in relation to data modelling:

• Blog: Thinking in Documents
• Data Modelling Introduction
• Data Model Examples and Patterns
• WhitePaper: MongoDB Architecture Guide

I would also suggest to enroll in a free online course at MongoDB University, especially the M101 modules for developers.

Also what are some well known products and companies that use mongodb in their eCommerce solutions ( not just inventory catalog, but for other areas as well such as shopping cart ) ?

You may find below resources useful:

• MongoDB Use Case: Product Catalog
• MongoDB Use Case: Inventory Management
• MongoDB ECommerce Case Study: Totsy
• Blog: Building a Flexible, Searchable, Low Latency Product Catalog
• Forward: platform for custom e-commerce - with MongoDB

Kind regards,

Wan.

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[Kenroy Bennett]

Thanks Wan.

I decided to develop a prototype of the application with mongodb as the database  and was surprise how simple it was to map objects in application to documents .

 It also made retrieving an updating  data very simple as entities that are usually worked on together  (based on my ER diagram) are all in one document. This made  modifying the data very simple as  very fast.

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[Kenroy Bennett]

Thanks Wan.

I decided to develop a prototype of the application with mongodb as the database  and was surprise how simple it was to map objects in application to documents .

 It also made retrieving an updating  data very simple as entities that are usually worked on together  (based on my ER diagram) are all in one document. This made  modifying the data very simple as  very fast.