This quote speaks volumes: “The combination of our payments capabilities with Volusion’s commerce platform creates a pairing that nicely complements the core competencies that each company brings to the integration,” said Badran. “We plan to continue to leverage this partner-centric integration strategy to create new opportunities across the U.K. as well as other geographies.”

At Elegant MicroWeb, we find that clients who take the time and trouble to fully define requirements for eCommerce (including the critical requirement of mobile, flexible solutions), and to understand their own technology environs, user and consumer technology skills and needs and other critical factors regarding required features and functionality and the integration of shipping, inventory, warehousing, CRM and other systems will be more satisfied with their solution. For a business that wants to jump into eCommerce or improve their existing shopping cart or online store, it is critical to plan and execute the eCommerce project with full insight into the needs and desired outcomes. Surprisingly, many organizations simply pick a solution and move on.

To determine whether the organization will take on Volusion development, or Bigcommerce or another eCommerce solution, the team must first understand its needs. In many instances, the IT consultant or eCommerce expert will make recommendations based on detailed requirements in order to ensure that the organization gets the solution they need and that it can grow to adapt to and fulfill future requirements.