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About - Headless e‑commerce for the CIS. With a product, not just people.

We're engineers who have been shipping online stores and enterprise portals for Russian and Kazakh mid‑market since 2015. In 2024 we packaged our headless stack into our own product — Frontbox — and switched from billing hours to shipping outcomes.

While classical agencies sell months and millions, and AI builders ship prototypes without integrations, we sit exactly between them. We ship a live store on your catalog in 2 weeks, keep 1C, Bitrix and CRM untouched, and move you to a subscription with SLA and a vendor‑lock‑in‑free handoff.

Two bases — Saint Petersburg and Almaty. A partner presence in Dubai. Working languages — Russian, Kazakh, English. Compliance — 152‑FZ for Russia, GDPR for the EU, on‑prem / FSTEC for gov and fintech.

in e‑commerce and 1C‑Bitrix
10+ yrs
Saint Petersburg + Almaty
2 HQs
own open‑core platform
Frontbox
SLA with financial penalty
99.9%

What we prioritize - Pilot‑first, open‑core, outcome‑based — never six months of slides

We're building a studio that sells results, not hours. That's why every contract has metrics baked in, every product is open‑core, and every engagement starts with a pilot.

  • Pilot‑first, not spec‑first. First deliverable is a working pilot on your catalog, not a 200‑page spec. Nuance lands on top of working code, not before it.
  • Open‑core, not vendor lock‑in. Frontbox is an open‑core platform. After launch all sources, docs and CI/CD stay with you. Handoff to another team — no fees, no drama.
  • Outcome contracts, not hours. For AI pilots and growth projects a share of the fee ties to a business metric. If we miss — we refund a share or keep working on our dime.

Leadership

  • Elena Zhilyakova

    Elena Zhilyakova

    Founder / CEO

    Leads client projects and studio strategy. 10+ years in product management and business development.

  • Ivan Ponamarev

    Ivan Ponamarev

    CTO

    Runs technical delivery. Core expertise: Next.js, 1C‑Bitrix, Elasticsearch, and system architecture.

From the blog

We write about headless architecture, 1C‑Bitrix migrations and AI modules — from real projects, not theory.

2-Week Pilot: What Actually Happens Inside

A transparent walkthrough of every phase in a headless pilot — what the client needs to prepare and what they get at the end.

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The Myth of the "One-Shot Migration": Why Big Rewrites Fail and What to Do Instead

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