Software for creating an online store · 20+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

Platform Melbis Shop

A universal builder with an integrated AI assistant for creating both simple and feature-rich online stores. A proven solution for growing businesses that need more than product pages on a marketplace. With Melbis Shop, it is easy to manage tens of thousands of products with a large number of characteristics, parameters, and categories, as well as conveniently coordinate the work of employees, suppliers, warehouses, etc.

Launch the store Installation packages

2002

the year platform development began

< 2 KB/s

the speed the protocol is designed for

WIN32 · LAMP

the classic stack for PC and server

6.5.1 · 417.515

the latest server and program version

What’s inside

Efficient and functional

Each employee sees only their own area — and works without getting in the way of others

Roles are assigned flexibly: content managers fill the catalog, logistics staff handle pricing, sales managers process orders. A detailed permissions system protects commercial information: data is visible only to the extent allowed by the access level. While an employee is working with data, the dispatcher will not let someone else overwrite it.

High-speed work with products, orders, and any other data

We have been developing Melbis Shop since 2002 — since the days of dial-up internet at speeds below 2 KB/s. Because of this, we achieved high performance with low traffic consumption. It may seem unnecessary today, but this approach radically reduces server load thanks to less frequent changes in the database and cache.

A unique combination of the advantages of native applications and web technologies

We found a way to combine the strengths of both approaches: the performance of desktop software and the versatility of browser-based solutions. While working in Melbis Shop, you can use integrated web modules at any time to interact with online services directly from the program interface.

Scalability: build your project gradually, step by step

When getting acquainted with Melbis Shop, it is easy to understand the logic of how it works thanks to clear basic and demo storefront scripts. It is much easier and cheaper to develop your project gradually, starting small, than to spend enormous resources and time implementing someone else’s heavyweight system.

A convenient development environment and a low entry barrier for programmers

The number of new technologies grows every day, but we offer a reliable, time-tested combination of PHP + HTML + MySQL. This is a classic of web development, accessible even to a beginner. And for quick access to all these tools, we created our own built-in development environment tailored to the platform architecture.

Unified business logic for both the customer and the manager

Abstractions are kept to a minimum: orders, customers, and custom fields all live within the same business logic. Order calculation and checkout work the same way both in the Windows program and on the website storefront — the same modules are used. There is nothing to synchronize, which means nothing can get out of sync: a rule written once works everywhere.

MCP SERVER · Claude Code

An AI assistant for the owner, employee, or developer — you simply describe the task in words

Connect Claude Code or any other MCP-compatible agent — and the store will open up to it from the inside. It will create storefront modules from a description, design the catalog structure, fill it with products, understand third-party code, and answer questions about your data. The agent logs in under an employee account and with that employee’s permissions — it sees exactly what you allow it to see, and everything it does is recorded by the store under its name.

claude code — melbis.com

> which products are added to the cart but not purchased?

· engine_db_select — 46 products for the month

· engine_db_select — 9 of them have no photos

> create a “Telescopes” category and move BRESSER products into it

· engine_db_select — 214 products of the BRESSER brand

· engine_db_execute — category created: Storefront / Astronomy

> why is the discount not being calculated on the storefront?

· engine_search — discount: 6 matches

· engine_php_load — kasdim_block_price.php

· engine_php_save — rule moved into the shared calculation

· memory_save — keeping discount calculation in one place

Without a ready-made store

A different point of view

For more than 20 years, like everyone else, we included a sample storefront in the package. But Melbis Shop 6 has outgrown that stage: we found that along with a sample store, the owner also gets a standard vision of the business, which kills creativity and leads to dull solutions. If a standard project suits you, then think about it: do you really need your own store? Maybe a place on a marketplace is enough for you?

That is why our “boxed” product does not include a store, but it does include someone who can bring your creative idea to life: an AI assistant. You describe your business in ordinary words — as if telling a friend — and it turns that into a plan: currencies, suppliers, catalog, characteristics, order fields, employee permissions. And it shows you the plan before touching anything.

Working with the AI assistant

Workspace

The software your store lives in

Product descriptions in minutes, not an entire evening

The “Descriptions” section is the content side of product management: photos, texts, reviews, and specifications. Multiple employees can work on descriptions at the same time, each in their own personal workspace — a local copy of the uploaded products; the server reconciles changes on save and flags simultaneous edits to the same product as conflicts. Images can be cropped and resized by profile directly in the program, without any external editor. Text is styled with classes rather than manual font selection, so the store maintains a consistent look.

Melbis Shop 6

Product descriptions in minutes, not an entire evening

Supplier price lists — clear and fast

The “Price Lists” section uploads price lists in bulk: hundreds of items are added and updated in a single run. Column mapping for a supplier’s file is configured once and saved to a profile under the supplier’s name, so next time processing is almost instant. Products are matched by ID, store SKU, or supplier SKU, values are replaced according to rules, and bulk assignment updates a field across the entire selection at once. The ideal option is automatic updates via an XML price list using a separate module.

Melbis Shop 6

Web modules open within the program

The web module is a store extension that runs in the built-in Chromium browser. The program passes it the context — the current product, order, customer — and the module displays exactly what is needed here: inventory, a report, or a custom section. Built-in modules appear as panels in “Prices,” “Orders,” “Customers,” and “Scheduler.” External modules work both in the program and in a regular browser on a tablet or phone, with employee login authorization if needed.

Melbis Shop 6

Work organization for employees — by tasks and by roles

The Planner is a lightweight CRM: employees assign tasks to each other, track their status, and communicate in comments; you can also create tasks for yourself as reminders. The order is displayed in full — customer, products and their options, order options, and expenses. The software stores a change history, so you can see who edited the order and when; any version can be opened and used as the basis for a new one. Order pricing is calculated using the same code as on the storefront, so totals match by design.

Melbis Shop 6

Work organization for employees — by tasks and by roles

Access rights — down to individual operations

The operations catalog is a tree of server commands, and at the intersection of an operation with a group or a specific employee, an access permission checkbox is set. Each operation can have allowed hours of the day and a server load limit defined. Access to catalog sections is assigned separately and independently by data type: “Prices,” “Descriptions,” “Location,” “Browser.” This way, commercial information is hidden from those who populate the catalog, and an intern sees exactly what has been opened to them.

Melbis Shop 6

Access rights — down to individual operations

The storefront is built in the integrated development environment.

The development environment is an IDE built into the application: files are edited directly on the server, without FTP. The tree is divided into static assets, images, root and module scripts, and the editor suggests platform methods and code templates. Here you can also configure module caching and deferred loading via AJAX, and access server and local databases, request statistics, and the developer guide. The design is switched using template groups, so the same PHP code can deliver different storefront layouts.

Melbis Shop 6

The storefront is built in the integrated development environment.

You can launch it today

A minimalist demo store is already ready to use: install the server, install the program — and develop your project step by step.

Launch the store Pricing and licenses