In the Internet business, with rapidly evolving technologies and platforms, many ideas have a short half-life.
I was pleasantly surprised to revisit an article we wrote in 2005: Thirteen Ways to Evaluate an Ecommerce Provide, and to see the article was still relevant.
Ok, maybe the Google Page Rank reference is a little dated. But in hunting through the hundreds of Ecommerce providers, you really need to be able to seek out a company that is going to be able to grow with your business.
Back in ‘05 you could get away with selling generic products on a generic website. But those days are coming to an end as the web shopping audience matures and the competition continues to increase. Your Ecommerce vendor needs to be as much a service provider and strategist as a technology agent.
What factors do you see as the most important for choosing an Ecommerce vendor to work with?
