Starting in IT
Arive, Founder of D’FaundaTools, graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in IT from UMC in 2016. His technology background shaped the habit of seeing problems as something that can be analyzed, simplified, and turned into systems.
Built by a Seller, for Sellers
Real problems lead to the right systems.
Arive’s journey combines a technology background with firsthand experience running an online business—turning everyday complexity into applications that are genuinely useful.
Read the JourneyFounder Journey
From IT to real-world business problems.
ShopNet was not created simply for the sake of building software. It grew from firsthand experience dealing with data, reports, costs, and profit while running an online business.
Becoming an Online Seller
His journey did not immediately continue as a software developer. Arive entered the world of online selling and experienced firsthand how orders, inventory, customers, reports, costs, and business finances must be managed every day.
As the Business Grew, So Did the Complexity
Around 2018, growing transaction volumes made manual processes and Excel increasingly difficult to manage. The data existed, but it was scattered across reports, notes, and different processes, making it difficult to turn into useful business answers.
The Birth of ShopNet
ShopNet was built from that problem: not to replace Shopee, but to help sellers use their own reports to better understand COGS, fees, affiliates, refunds, product performance, and estimated profit.
Growing Into Something Bigger
ShopNet showed that similar problems exist across many businesses: manual, repetitive, scattered processes that are difficult to monitor and prone to errors. From there, D’FaundaTools expanded into ready-to-use products and custom systems.
Lots of Data, Few Answers
High revenue does not always mean high profit.
Behind revenue are COGS, administration fees, services, order processing costs, affiliates, advertising, promotions, and refunds. Even the best-selling product is not always the most profitable.
Which products are actually profitable?
How much are you actually paying in marketplace fees?
Are advertising and affiliate programs still delivering healthy results?
Why does revenue look high while the money left over is much smaller?
From ShopNet to D'FaundaTools
One problem opened the way to the next solution.
The approach remains the same: technology comes after the problem and workflow are understood.
ShopNet
When sellers need to understand profit from Shopee reports.
TikNet
When the same analytics needs arise on TikTok Shop.
DAVID
When packing video evidence needs to be easy to find when a complaint arises.
Personal Financial
When personal budgets and expenses need to be managed easily and privately.
Buku Usaha
When cash, inventory, returns, and business operations need to be controlled in one system.
Custom App
When a business workflow cannot be handled effectively by general-purpose applications.
Philosophy
Technology should reduce complexity.
Not technology for the sake of looking sophisticated, but technology that is used, helps people work, and delivers results.
Understand the Process
Start with how the work actually happens in practice.
Identify the Problem
Find the parts that waste time, are difficult to monitor, or are prone to errors.
Simplify the Workflow
Reduce repetitive work and surface the information that matters.
Build the System
Technology is selected only after the requirements and expected outcomes are clear.
Founder Statement
“I did not start D’FaundaTools simply because I wanted to build applications. I have been in the position of dealing every day with inventory, reports, airway bills, costs, and complicated business numbers. The most useful technology is not the most complex—it is the technology that makes work simpler.”
Arive
Founder & Developer · Bachelor’s Degree in IT, UMC · Class of 2016
Real Problems. The Right Systems.
You do not need to know which technology you need.
Tell us how your business operates and which parts cause the most difficulty. We help understand the process, simplify the workflow, and build the right system for your needs.