Creavings — Creative Marketplace

Creavings is a full-stack marketplace platform for creative content and digital goods. Built on AWS serverless architecture using SST, it features multiple web applications, a comprehensive API layer, and integrated payment processing.

Architecture

The project is structured as a monorepo with clear separation between infrastructure stacks, shared packages, and applications:

Infrastructure Stacks

• API Stack — REST API with Lambda functions, cron-based maintenance jobs
• DynamoDB Stack — Single-table design with ElectroDB for all data models
• Cognito Stack — User authentication and identity management
• Frontend Stack — Next.js main webapp + React SPA admin panel (“Space Station”), deployed via CloudFront
• Bucket Stack — S3 storage for media and digital goods
• SES Stack — Transactional email with custom HTML templates
• Secrets & Parameters — Centralized configuration management

Applications

• Main Webapp — Next.js marketplace with product discovery, creator storefronts, and checkout flows. Built with Tailwind CSS, React Query, and Zustand for state management
• Space Station — React SPA admin dashboard for creators and platform operators, built with React Router and Vite
• API — Lambda-backed REST API with versioned endpoints, integrated with Stripe and Mollie for payments, PDF generation for invoices

Shared Packages

• core — Shared business logic and type definitions
• common — Cross-cutting utilities
• functions — Shared Lambda function handlers
• skit / skit-models / skit-dwas — Content modeling and data access layers

Key Features

• Dual Payment Processing — Stripe and Mollie integration for flexible payment methods across regions
• Multi-tenant Storefronts — Creator-branded storefronts with custom domains
• PDF Invoice Generation — Automated invoice creation using pdf-lib
• Email Templates — Custom SES email templates for transactional communications
• CI/CD Pipeline — Dedicated deployment pipeline stack for staged rollouts (dev → stage → prod)

Tech Stack

Built entirely on AWS serverless with SST orchestrating all infrastructure. DynamoDB with ElectroDB provides a type-safe, expressive single-table design. The frontend uses Next.js with styled-components and Tailwind CSS, with React Query for server state management.