&quot;Soylent&quot; is a good example. They regularly post about their elaborate IT infrastructure.  Based on their sales volume, they do about two transactions a minute. One shared server could handle their transaction load. They could get a low-end hosting account from Hostgator, use one of the six shopping cart programs Hostgator supports, and lay off most of their computer staff.<p>(Soylent doesn&#x27;t even make the stuff. That&#x27;s outsourced to Jasper Products in Joplin, MO.[1])<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.jasperproducts.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.jasperproducts.com</a>