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Rakuten is the leading online platform for buying and selling new and used products, whether supplied by merchants or private individuals.They were working with an outdated platform that was unable to handle the volumes of assets stored, managed and distributed by the Rakuten marketplace.
The teams are quick to respond to our queries and fix any bugs we raise. The tool is easy to use and the APIs well documented.
Rakuten was operating with an aging platform that had reached its limits in terms of scalability, proving insufficient for the huge volume of assets managed by the marketplace. To support growth and maintain performance, Rakuten needed to modernize how assets were stored, categorized and distributed at scale.
Manage, store and distribute up to several million assets Access to advanced distribution and categorization functionalities Rely on an API capable of handling peak loads Replace an obsolete image storage and management toolScaleflex set up a customized API for Rakuten to streamline migration of a very large asset library. The implementation leveraged CDN calls so the migration could occur via natural traffic, minimizing disruption and enabling a rapid rollout. This approach modernized how assets are handled and laid the groundwork for scalable categorization and distribution.
Customized API to handle large-scale migration Migration executed via CDN calls and natural traffic Foundations for advanced categorization and distribution Rapid implementation with minimal disruptionThanks to its partnership with Scaleflex, Rakuten was able to: store, manage and distribute over 150 million assets; migrate 22 TB of images; distribute more quickly and easily; categorize their images.
Store, manage and distribute over 150 million assets Migrate 22 TB of images Distribute more quickly and easily Categorize images at scale
