When Businesses need a Multi-store (eCommerce) Setup
In eCommerce, the need for a multi-store setup arises when businesses strive for versatility and targeted market penetration. Here are key scenarios where a strategic multi-store approach becomes essential:
Diverse Product Lines or Brands
eCommerce business with diverse product lines or multiple brands (grown organically or through acquisition), manage separate online stores to maintain focused branding and cater to distinct target audiences.
Varied Customer Segments
eCommerce businesses serving different customer segments with distinct needs and preferences, like B2B and B2C, manage multiple stores to customize product catalog, pricing, and user experiences for each segment.
Aggregator or Reseller Networks
If you are an aggregator or a business that operates through reseller networks, you provide each partner with a dedicated online store enabling localized marketing, inventory management, and customer engagement.
Challenges of Managing Multi-store eCommerce
Managing multiple online stores presents strategic advantages alongside inherent challenges. Let us look at the challenges businesses encounter in the multi-store landscape.
Inventory Nightmares
Effectively managing inventory across multiple eCommerce stores poses significant hurdles. Businesses often run into issues such as stockouts, overstocking, and discrepancies in product availability.
Disconnected Customer Relationships
Businesses with customers shared across stores often get a fragmented view of customers. This fragmentation results in poor personalization, marketing misalignment, and missed opportunities to engage customers.
Inefficient Order Fulfillment
Businesses with multiple eCommerce stores spend a lot of time coordinating between systems to streamline order fulfillment. This leads to delays, errors in order processing, and ultimately a poor customer experience.
Product Management Complexity
Diverse product catalogs, attributes, and pricing structures across different stores create complexity. Businesses struggle to manage this customized product data effectively while ensuring consistency.
Operational Inefficiencies
Juggling multiple disconnected stores often results in redundant and manual activities. This operational overhead leads to inefficiencies, errors, and increased operational costs.
Limited Business Scalability
Operating each store independently hampers scalability, resulting in poor operating margins. Businesses face challenges expanding their brand portfolio due to operational inefficiencies.
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Multi-store eCommerce – ERP Integration in Action
Acquisitions Driving the Need for Multi-store Setup
- About the Company: Trail-Gear is a leading manufacturer and distributor of off-road products.
- Challenge: They were growing quickly with the acquisition of multiple brands. However, they were struggling to manage them effectively.
- Solution: i95Dev partnered with Trail-Gear to move their different brands to one single platform with multi-store setup and integrated the same with their ERP system.
For more information, read their complete story Trail-Gear: Driving Success with Multi-store eCommerce and ERP Integration.
Multiple Partners Driving the Need for Multi-store Setup
- About the Company: Energy Federation Inc. (EFI) has been a pioneer in selling energy-efficient products.
- Challenge: EFI was offering support and solutions, such as utility branded marketplaces, in-store rebate programs, and fulfillment, to other utility companies to drive success.
- Solution: EFI has 100+ stores from one single eCommerce instance. i95Dev partnered with EFI manage these stores, integrate them with their ERP system and maintain this unified ecosystem.
For more information, read their complete story EFI: Driving Scalability with Multi-store eCommerce and ERP Integration.
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