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# When Should you Change your Ecommerce Platform? Here’s What Harvard Business Review Says…

Apr 18

Written By [Alex Podolsky](https://blog.viax.io/resourcesindustrynews/author/alex-podolsky)

“The growing pains of maturing.” That’s how [this article](https://hbr.org/sponsored/2020/08/when-should-you-change-your-ecommerce-platform), posted yesterday in *Harvard Business Review,* describes the necessity of re-platforming — a process that companies “likely do at least once if they have been in the ecommerce business more than a few years.”

Well, I would hope so — at least for those still using legacy enterprise commerce systems.

As this article shares, “all online commerce sites need a reliable, secure, and scalable platform to help grow the business bigger and faster. From payment gateways to apps, customizable themes to multiple sales channels, native social selling to mobile-first checkouts, your ecommerce platform must support your business as it evolves and expands.” Agreed.

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