Commerce Data Rights Proxy (CDRP)

E-commerce Platforms
πŸ”₯
9/10
Demand Score
Teams are blocked from data needed for operations and analytics while compliance risk grows due to over-permissive access and data copies ahead of audits.
🌊
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
πŸ’°
$800-5k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
⏱️
75 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard

The Problem

Data and permissions limitations:

Competitor Landscape

  • Shopify User Roles
  • Magento ACL
  • BigID
  • Immuta
  • Okta
  • OneTrust DataGovernance
  • Segment Permissions

Must-Have Features for MVP

βœ“ Attribute- and row-level policies (OPA/Wasm)
βœ“ Just-in-time access with Slack/Teams approvals
βœ“ Virtualized Postgres/GraphQL with dynamic masking
βœ“ Webhook payload filtering and PII scrubbing
βœ“ Consent/purpose ledger and full audit trail
βœ“ Secrets-free ephemeral credentials
βœ“ IdP role sync (SCIM/SAML/OIDC)
βœ“ Anomaly detection on data access patterns
βœ“ No-copy BI connectivity (dbt/Looker/Power BI/Snowflake)

⚠️ Potential Challenges

  • Platform API rate limits and webhooks volume
  • Ensuring masking doesn’t break downstream apps
  • Data residency and cross-border transfer constraints
  • Maintaining low latency at scale
  • Change management for access workflows

Risk Level: Moderate

🎯 Keys to Success

  • Access approvals under 5 minutes on average
  • >90% reduction of PII in logs and data copies
  • No added latency to checkout/API critical paths
  • Audit-ready reports for SOC2/ISO27001/GDPR
  • Analyst/vendor onboarding time reduced by 70%

Ready to Build This?

This hard-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.