Wine
Wine & artisan food
Family wineries, craft distilleries, mountain cheese, PGI charcuterie, single-flower honey, traditional preserves. This is where we've gone deepest: alcohol and food compliance, e-Factura, product photography.
Managed ecommerce
A serious brand needs a store that feels serious too.
We build and manage multilingual online stores for small brands that want a polished buying experience without handling the technical complexity themselves.
Carpathia · Webshop
Who it's for
Built for small brands across Transylvania
From wine and food to crafts, cosmetics, and design — whatever you make, we shape the store around your brand and the people you sell to. The same close attention to every detail, every time.
Spirits,
Spirits, mead & cider
Pálinka, botanical gin, vermouth, herbal liqueur, mead, cider. Same compliance backbone as wine, same festival channels, same provenance story.
Heritage
Heritage crafts
Ceramics, textiles, leather, candles, story-led soap, natural cosmetics, glasswork, woodcarving. Brands rooted in real craft and place.
We also work with cosmetics, design, and lifestyle brands — every brand gets the same hands-on care, whichever package fits best.
How it works
From first call to first customer in 30 days
- 1
Discovery call (30 min)
We learn what you sell, to whom, in which languages. No pitch — just concrete questions about your operation.
- 2
We build in 14 days
Design adapted to your vertical, product upload, payments and shipping setup, RO + HU + EN translations. Weekly progress demos.
- 3
Launch + handover
We teach you how to add products, manage orders, read analytics. Docs in your language plus a calibration call.
- 4
We manage and improve, ongoing
Maintenance, backups, security, e-Factura always in sync with ANAF. Monthly tweaks are included — you focus on the brand.
Tiers
Three end-to-end managed tiers
One-off setup. Monthly all-inclusive management. Self-Serve available below for brands that just want hosting and the platform.
Starter
€149/mo
+ €990one-off setup
Save 2 monthsor €1,490/yr
- Custom online store
- Bilingual (pick 2 of 3: RO / HU / EN)
- Up to 30 products
- Baseline photo optimization (manual review)
- Template-based landing page (3 variants)
- Payments (Netopia, EuPlatesc, bank transfer)
- e-Factura compliance included
- EU hosting + daily backup + SSL
- 1h/month edits
- Email support (48h response)
- Live in 14 days
Most popular
Growth
€390/mo
+ €2,490one-off setup
Save 2 monthsor €3,900/yr
- Everything in Starter, plus:
- Full trilingual RO + HU + EN
- Up to 100 products
- Colour correction + art-directed crops
- Custom landing page (unique design)
- Multilingual SEO
- Newsletter + automated cart abandonment
- EU shipping configuration
- Google Analytics + Meta Pixel
- 4h/month edits
- Monthly PDF report + 30-min call
- Priority support (24h)
Premium
€890/mo
+ €4,990one-off setup
Save 2 monthsor €8,900/yr
- Everything in Growth, plus:
- On-site photo session (40–60 product + 10–15 brand)
- Full photo retouching
- Seasonal landing variants (3/year) + editorial
- Brand story written natively in 3 languages
- Multi-currency checkout (EUR + RON + HUF + USD)
- Accounting integration (Smartbill / Oblio / NAV)
- Quarterly on-site photo refresh
- 8h/month edits
- Annual strategy review
- Guaranteed response in 8 business hours
- Dedicated Slack/WhatsApp channel
Secondary option
Just hosting and the platform?
For brands with internal marketing and content capacity — a legally compliant online store on our codebase, with no support hours.
€690 one-off setup · €79/month · one language
Best fit for brands with an internal team handling products, photos, and translations. If you'd like a hand at any step, Starter is built for that.
What's NOT included:
- Content updates — you manage products and photos
- Additional languages (+€350 setup + €30/month each)
- Translations
- Design changes
- Support hours — email reply in 5+ business days, no guaranteed timeline
- Performance reports or strategy calls
Why us
How we work — and why it makes a difference
From Cluj — within 2–3 hours of any client
We drive to the cellar, the workshop, the distillery. Good photos aren't shot on Zoom, and a store isn't tuned from a desk.
e-Factura built in from the start
ANAF e-Factura is part of your store from day one, not an add-on sold separately. When ANAF changes the rules, we ship the update — no separate invoice, no panic.
No Shopify or WooCommerce licences
You don't pay Shopify, WooCommerce, or any other platform licence. One flat monthly fee covers everything. If you leave, we help you move your store somewhere else.
Demo store
Want to see what a store we build looks like?
A trilingual demo store with real products, the full checkout flow, and every feature you get.
See the demo storedemo.webshop.carpathia.tech
Clients
Clients
Stores built by Carpathia Tech will appear here soon.
Transylvanian brand
Coming soonArtisan producer
Coming soonHeritage workshop
Coming soonQuestions
Straight answers to the questions we hear most
How does the price compare to Shopify?
On Shopify you handle the setup, configuration, and day-to-day yourself — plus a monthly licence and per-sale fees on top. We build your store and we run it for you, month after month, with no platform licence and no transaction fees. You pay a one-off setup plus a flat monthly fee. That's it.
What is e-Factura and why does it matter?
e-Factura is ANAF's mandatory system for every business-to-business and now business-to-consumer invoice in Romania. The connection isn't optional — without it, your store can't issue invoices legally. Ours is included in every tier; when ANAF changes the rules, we ship the update at no extra cost.
How long does it take to launch a store?
14 business days from when we receive your content (copy, photos, product descriptions). If the content isn't ready, we help prepare it — that's included in Growth and Premium.
What happens if I want to cancel?
Cancel with 30 days' notice, no penalty. You get a full data export (products, orders, customers) in standard formats and we help you migrate to another platform. You're never locked in.
Do you work with producers outside Transylvania?
In Year 1 we focus on Transylvania because that's where being close to our clients and working in all three languages makes the biggest difference. If you're in an adjacent region (Banat, Crișana, Maramureș, northern Moldova) and we can reach you in 3 hours, let's talk. Hungary mainland (Tokaj, Eger) is on the 2027 roadmap.
Can I sell to Hungary?
Yes — your store sells to Hungarian customers in EUR or HUF with a Hungarian-language interface. Deeper integration with Hungarian fiscal systems (NAV) and local logistics (SimplePay, GLS HU) comes in Year 2 — until then we use standard cross-border solutions that work correctly.
How does the Self-Serve tier work?
Self-Serve (€690 setup + €79/month) is for brands that just want hosting + the platform, with no support hours. One language at setup, no content updates, no translations, no design hours. It's an honest option for teams with internal capacity — but for most brands, Starter is the right choice.
What happens if ANAF changes the e-Factura rules?
We ship the update at no extra cost, across every tier (Self-Serve included). e-Factura isn't an add-on — it's part of your store from day one. When ANAF publishes a change, we apply it once for every client and every store keeps running.
Can I move between tiers?
Yes, anytime. Upgrading from Self-Serve to Starter waives the setup-fee difference (€300) if done in the first 90 days; after that, it's a separate invoice. Upgrades between Starter, Growth, and Premium carry no extra fee — just the monthly difference from the date of the change.
Let's talk
Ready for us to build your store?
30 minutes on Zoom. No pressure, no commitment — just concrete answers to your questions.
Book a callOr email us directly: [email protected]