Choose a CMS based on your platform's functionality

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Useful lifehack. I advise you to first choose a contractor and only then, with his participation, put the accounting and warehouse system in order. This way you will save time and properly prepare for the launch of the platform.

2. Data centralization
Before launching a trading platform, centralize information on prices, product availability, contractors, and branches. All this data should be aggregated in a common database on a central server. It is bad if you do not have established data exchange with branches, in this case, connecting them to the platform will be labor-intensive.


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3. Pricing
The pricing confusion in the company also complicates the transition to e-commerce. And if you still have prices changed manually and determined "by eye", then it's time to put things in order and choose a suitable pricing model. Whether it will be a column system RRP OPT1 OPT2 with some step in percentages or a model that uses customer levels, it's up to you to decide. But I will warn you right away that levels work more flexibly, because there can be as many of them as you like, and creating and maintaining 10-20 price columns is quite problematic.

4. Functionality Vs. Design
As I have already warned you — do not get hung up on style and design. The priority for wholesale platforms is functionality. And if you order a project based on ready-made visual components, for example Gentelella or Admin Lte, you can save greece consumer email list from 200 to 300 thousand rubles and do everything much faster.


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5. CMS
requirements. A mistake in choosing at this stage can be fatal for the entire project. If a boxed solution fully meets your functionality requirements, there is no need to overpay for a custom solution.

6. Cloud solutions
It is important to remember that cloud solutions are hosted by the developer, and the development code will be closed to you. If you decide to move your project to another hosting or you need access to the source code, the developers may refuse you, or want money for this, comparable to the cost of developing an individual solution.