KandyLover — Swedish Candy E-commerce Rebuilt on Next.js 15
Migrated a plugin-heavy WooCommerce candy shop to a custom Next.js 15 storefront with a live build-your-own-box builder, 7-market multi-currency checkout, and a 32+ module admin dashboard. Faster pages, full control, no plugin tax.
Project overview
KandyLover is a Swedish candy e-commerce brand that outgrew WooCommerce. I rebuilt it from the ground up on Next.js 15 — a custom storefront with a real-time build-your-own candy box builder, native checkout across 7 markets (JPY, AUD, USD, CAD, AED, QAR, SAR), a 4-language storefront (English, Japanese, Arabic, Swedish with RTL), and a 32+ module admin dashboard that runs the whole business. The migration cut page load roughly 25-30% and replaced a stack of paid plugins with code the team actually owns. It's live today.
Results
The challenge
KandyLover was running on WordPress/WooCommerce and the plugin stack was eating the business alive. Every feature — multi-currency, the candy-box idea, loyalty, the live spin-wheel — meant another plugin, another subscription, another thing that could break on update. Pages were slow, the admin was a patchwork, and nobody truly owned the code. They needed a real store that could do pick-and-mix the way customers actually shop, sell across multiple markets, and let staff run everything from one place — without paying a plugin tax to do it.
What I built
Key features
“Replaced a fragile 15-plugin WooCommerce setup with a single Next.js app. No more plugin conflicts, no more $200/mo in plugin licenses, no more slow checkout.”
