The Problem with Today's E-commerce Platforms (Looking for Solutions)

Hey Product Hunt community! 👋 Gonna try to keep this short and distinct. I am a software developer who has built probably 3 digit e-commerce stores over the last decade. Some real problems I've noticed in e-commerce: 🏪 For Multi-Location Retailers: - A restaurant chain has to manually check stock across 20 suppliers - Each supplier has their own system, nothing syncs - Price updates take days to propagate - Can't automatically route orders to nearest supplier 🎫 For Event Venues: - Season ticket holders can't easily resell tickets - Away fans can't buy directly from home team's allocation - No real-time sync between box office and online sales - Each venue needs custom integration with tour/league systems 🏠 For Local Food Producers: - Can't automatically sync inventory with local restaurants - Each marketplace (REKO, food apps) needs separate management - No real-time updates when products sell out - Restaurant pre-orders don't sync with public inventory 🏭 For Wholesalers: - Can't easily share overflow orders with partner wholesalers - No real-time view of partner inventory - Manual work to check stock across network - Each customer needs separate integration I'm exploring the idea of an open protocol (think HTTP for web, but for commerce) that would let systems talk to each other. You could: - Keep your current platform (Shopify/WooCommerce) but add real-time sync - Build custom solutions for specific needs - Move between platforms without losing data/history - Let systems automatically share inventory/availability Questions: 1. Which of these problems resonates most with you? 2. Do you know any existing solutions for these issues? 3. Would you use an open protocol if it solved these problems? Looking to understand if others face similar challenges! 🙏