Project 501 connected an existing Wix storefront to Clover payment processing without forcing a platform migration. The result was a production-ready workflow built around clear ownership, transaction visibility, and supportability.
Platform
Wix + Clover
Focus
Payment integration
Build
Custom backend workflow
Priority
Operational clarity
System ownership
Wix owns commerce and inventory. Clover handles payments and reporting.
That separation shaped the implementation and reduced conflict between storefront logic, payment events, and downstream operations.
The client needed to preserve an existing Wix storefront while moving payment processing to Clover. That sounds straightforward until transaction correlation, hosted checkout redirects, webhook confirmation, refunds, and support visibility all have to work together.
Architecture
Wix storefront remained the source of truth for commerce, cart flow, and inventory.
Architecture
Clover handled payment processing and downstream reporting.
Architecture
Custom backend logic connected checkout state, webhooks, settlement events, and refunds.
The work centered on the parts that make a payment flow usable in production: state management, event handling, support tooling, and enough transaction context to make refunds and troubleshooting practical.
A Hosted Checkout flow let customers begin checkout in Wix, complete payment in Clover, and return through the expected success or failure paths.
A dedicated mapping layer tracked the relationship between Wix transactions, Clover checkout sessions, Clover payments, and refund activity.
The backend processed Clover webhook events, validated requests, prevented duplicate processing, and submitted the correct settlement signals back into Wix.
Refund operations were built around Clover payment and order relationships, with validation and remaining-balance checks tied to internal transaction lookup.
Structured observability and admin support patterns made failed transactions, refund issues, and mapping problems easier to trace.
Project 501 shows the difference between a basic integration and a production-ready commerce workflow. The value was not only in connecting Wix and Clover, but in shaping a durable system around ownership, reliability, and practical support.
If your business needs to connect platforms that were never really designed to work together cleanly, we can help evaluate the workflow and define the right operating model before implementation starts.
