How to Find the Right Ecommerce Software Platform

Selling online is one of the most cost-effective ways of business. Besides the thorough business plan that defines the commercial side of the project, a future owner needs to think about the software to use for creating the right ecommerce marketplace software platform.

Making a market research of potential providers, it’s important to first of all evaluate the price and quality that different developers offer. There are plenty of cheap solutions offered for less than 2000-3000 USD, which by the way, can be downloaded from the Internet. Usually they are far away from quality ones. Here’s the list of criteria for software to stick to when choosing a reliable solution:

• Secure and stable B2B software – make sure that marketplace software is developed by professional experienced developers with the help of the most modern and protected technologies, frameworks;
• Customization and flexibility – the software shall provide the opportunity to alter existing modules or add any other features required for the project;
• Scalability – planning future development of the project, make sure that B2B software allows to scale the project. The platform should be ready for the high traffic load handling constant feature and traffic increase;
• Support – the best option is when a developer’s company takes care of the created platform by providing full technical support, free updates of the platform and constant communication with the client.The most essential features that online marketplace software platform need to have are:
• Unlimited sellers and buyers’ registration (no fees shall apply to the quantity of users by the provider), flexible roles setup, roles permissions management;
• Clear financial workflow: simple and easy order page or cart, transactions management (selection by type and date, export), wide monetization opportunities (setting up fees for users, transactions commission);
• Possibility of third-party systems integration to ecommerce marketplace software (including payment systems);
• Platform is to be adaptive for PCs, tablets and mobile devices;
• Reporting system (users reports, financial, bidding reports, sales reports, etc) is also very important on B2B ecommerce software;
• CRM system that allows simple the set up of the website (pages creation, banners management, communication system, etc).