Why We Ditched 6 APIs and Built One MCP Server for Our Entire Ecommerce Stack
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The Problem with the "Best Tool for Each Job" Approach Every ecommerce business ends up with the same stack eventually: Shopify for front and orders HubSpot (or similar) for CRM ShipStation or Bosta for shipping Zendesk for customer WhatsApp Business API for messaging Some spreadsheet for inventory Each tool is fine on its own. But when you want an AI agent to manage your business operations, you immediately hit a wall.