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99 eCommerce Acronyms

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3PL 3rd Party Logistics AOV Average Order Value API Application Programming Interface B2B Business-to-Business B2C Business-to-Consumer B2E Business-to-Employee BOM Bill of Materials BPA Business Process Automation BPM Business Process Management CDN Content Delivery Network CMS Content Management System COD Cash on Delivery CPA Cost Per Action CPC (..)

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The State of Ecommerce Platforms in 2018: Cloud Commerce, Open SaaS and The API Economy

BigCommerce

The following ecommerce platform comparison and explanations will help you evaluate the key criteria and make an honest assessment of which solution best suits the needs of your business. While this route makes sense for some extremely complex businesses, it usually results in higher expenses and lower revenues.