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Axiom Trade

A China-to-Australia order management platform — enquiry-to-payment workflow purpose-built for cross-border importers. Catalogue, leads, orders, shipments, invoices, and Stripe payments under one roof.

Cross-Border TradeOrder ManagementStripe

The Problem

Importers running a China-to-Australia trade book glue together generic e-commerce platforms, spreadsheets, WeChat chats, separate invoicing tools, and ad-hoc shipping trackers. Quote-to-cash cycles are slow because customer enquiries, supplier negotiations, freight bookings, and accounting all live in different silos. Off-the-shelf B2C platforms don't model the realities of cross-border B2B: customs, MOQ negotiations, container-level shipment tracking, currency exposure, multi-stage payment flows.

Our Solution

Axiom Trade brings the entire trade workflow into one platform — public catalogue with FAQ, lead capture and enquiry management, structured order creation, shipment tracking, invoice generation, and Stripe-powered payments. A dedicated admin surface lets operators move enquiries through to delivered shipments without bouncing between tools. Email notifications via Resend keep both sides of the transaction informed at each state transition.

How It Works

  1. 1Catalogue & Discovery — Categorised public product catalogue with built-in FAQ. Buyers browse without an account and submit enquiries inline.
  2. 2Enquiry & Lead Capture — Every enquiry lands in the admin surface as a lead, with full context (product, quantity, requested terms). Notifications fire on every state transition.
  3. 3Order Creation — Qualified leads convert to structured orders with line items, agreed pricing, and a payment schedule. Buyer receives an order confirmation by email.
  4. 4Shipment Tracking — Each order links to one or more shipments. Operators update transit status; buyers see live progress without needing to chase the supplier.
  5. 5Invoice & Payment — Invoices are generated against orders and paid via Stripe. Webhooks reconcile state automatically; failed payments and refunds are surfaced for operator follow-up.

What Makes It Novel

Axiom Trade is purpose-built for the China-to-Australia trade lane rather than retrofitted from a generic e-commerce stack. The data model treats enquiries, orders, and shipments as distinct first-class entities — so a single buyer can have multiple open orders across multiple shipments, and the operator never loses track of which payment covers which container. Stripe + Resend handle the regulated bits (payments and transactional email) so the platform itself stays focused on the trade workflow.

Impact

Collapses what was previously six separate tools (e-commerce, CRM, spreadsheet, invoicing, email, payment) into one operator surface. Shortens quote-to-cash cycle by automating state transitions and notifications. Live at trade.axiomdata.com.au, deployed via Docker with PostgreSQL, Redis, and an async worker tier — ready to scale to additional trade lanes (Vietnam-to-Australia, India-to-Australia) without re-architecture.

Technology Stack

Next.jsTypeScriptFastAPIPostgreSQLRedisStripeResendJWT AuthDockerTailwind CSSNginx
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