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

BigCommerce

SaaS technologies like BigCommerce are also often used here in place of decoupled carts due to their low total cost of ownership and API flexibility. Things to Consider When Choosing an Ecommerce Platform. Social media integration. Social commerce is getting more important by the day.

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21 Sessions, Presentations and Workshops You Can’t Miss at IRCE 2018

BigCommerce

In this session, Don Davis, Internet Retailer editor at large, will drill into the increasingly top-heavy nature of the retailers in online commerce in the US, and the reckoning many merchants, including those that sell primarily online, are facing as they must move beyond growth to prove their worth as sustainable, profitable retail enterprises.

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