Case Study: Smashing Magazine streamlines global tax, invoicing, and bundled sales with Swell

Smashing Magazine chose Swell so they could smoothly adhere to global tax regulations, manage memberships, and fulfill separate bundles

Smashing Magazine, a global publishing and media brand, needed a better way to sell digital and physical products, manage memberships, and stay compliant with complex tax and invoicing requirements across worldwide markets. After struggling with WordPress, Shopify, and a custom Jamstack setup that created manual invoicing, support issues, and missed payments, they turned to Swell for a more reliable ecommerce solution.

Swell implemented global tax rules, automated invoicing, membership discounts, bundle support for physical and digital products, and improved order management through a single dashboard. As a result, Smashing Magazine now has a stable ecommerce system that simplifies compliance, fulfillment, and customer management, while reducing manual work and resolving the operational problems they faced before.

Smashing Magazine

Vitaly Friedman

Co-founder & Editor-in-chief