Commerce Platform Guide

A guide for Australian merchants evaluating ecommerce platforms, replatforming, integrations, costs and long-term platform governance.

Not yet published. What we cover, and who covers it, is set out below.

What we cover

Commerce Platform Guide helps Australian merchants compare ecommerce platforms and plan implementation work. It covers catalogue and checkout architecture, headless options, integrations, security and the governance needed after launch.

Written for Australian ecommerce managers and platform evaluators.

  1. 01Platform Selection
  2. 02Total Cost
  3. 03Catalogue Architecture
  4. 04Checkout Architecture
  5. 05Replatforming
  6. 06Platform Governance

The desks

Each desk is part of the editorial team with its own beat, not an individual. The byline names the desk, and the structured data identifies it as an organisation.

Desk Implementation

Covers builds, migrations and integrations

Examines replatforming, theme performance, integrations and launch operations for ecommerce teams.

Desk Platform Governance

Tracks access, security and roadmap decisions

Focuses on platform ownership, security, scalability and long-term governance after implementation.

Desk Platform Selection

Compares vendor capabilities and fit

Covers evaluation criteria, cost models and vendor and agency assessment for Australian merchants.

How we work

Written for the people who decide

Choosing and implementing ecommerce platforms for Australian stores. Articles are written for people with a concrete decision in front of them, not for those trying to sell one.

Numbers name their source

Every figure says where it comes from and when it dates from. Where the industry disagrees, that is stated, rather than quietly taking a side.

Nothing tracks you here

No cookies, no analytics, no third-party scripts. If that ever changes, the privacy policy changes the same day.

Where should we start?

The order is not set yet. If there is a question you have had to answer the hard way yourself, send it to the editors. It is the most useful thing you can send a publication that has not yet begun.

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