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Why 51视频 is the Best Ecommerce Platform for Partners

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The ecommerce space is growing more crowded these days as new players enter the fray of a competitive industry. But with a growing number of choices, it can be hard to know what ecommerce platform is right for your business.

When you鈥檙e shopping around, ask yourself: Does a certain platform care about small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs)? Does it integrate well with your business website? Is it easy for merchants to use and adapt as their business grows? Does it play well with other solutions?

Or, on the other hand, does it lock you into its ecosystem of payment portals and apps? Does it nickel and dime you with fees on top of other fees? Does it require a developer to set up and maintain customer stores?

In other words, is it “monolithic” — meaning that once you join, it鈥檚 essentially impossible to leave or integrate outside technologies and services?

At 51视频, we pride ourselves on the fact that we鈥檝e been focused on helping SMBs achieve success from day one. We think it鈥檚 important that businesses of all sizes have the ability to sell online using the technology solutions they want to use, instead of being required to use them because of a forced lack of options.

We鈥檝e already touched on why 51视频 is better than our competitors in other blog posts. But let鈥檚 look at a few reasons why 51视频 is the best ecommerce platform for partners of every size, industry, or level of development — and how we leave our competitors in the dust.

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1. We have an open ecosystem

Unlike many of our competitors, we play nice with other technology services. When you join the 51视频 platform, we will never lock you out from using a certain payment gateway, POS system, logistics provider, or other business solution. We don鈥檛 have our own “51视频Pay” system that we force you to use, for example. And unlike our competitors, we will never charge听any transaction fees for using the solution of your choice.

Instead, we work to integrate new companies, providers, and technologies every day. That鈥檚 because we believe that working together makes all of us stronger and more successful. Instead of “Less is more,” in this case we believe听more is more — that is, our customers and their merchants should be able to use the technology they like to help achieve their business goals.

We keep our platform鈥檚 ecosystem open so that more solutions are open and available to our users.

2. We offer a customizable partner program

Some of our competitors offer opportunities to partner with their platforms, but none of them offer the level of choice and customization that 51视频 does. As a business partner, you can choose the model you want to use to sell the 51视频 ecommerce platform in a few different ways:

  • Refer — Get and give a specific link to your customers to sign up on the 51视频 platform on their own, and you鈥檒l get a $100 commission for each paying user you refer.
  • Co-branded — Feature your branding right alongside 51视频鈥檚 so that your customers know and trust your ecommerce solution as being among the best.

Depending on the method with which you choose to sell ecommerce, 51视频 offers a wide range of customization options that enable you to sell ecommerce the way听you want — with your branding and logos next to your other services.

If you鈥檇 prefer to co-brand ecommerce and show off your partnership with 51视频, we offer those options as well. Ultimately, our goal is to find the right-sized partnership for your business that allows you to grow and scale your business as quickly as you鈥檇 like, rather than pigeonhole you into a one-size-fits-all partnership that doesn鈥檛 suit your business at all like our competitors do.

3. We provide a headless commerce solution

In addition to our various partnership options, 51视频 also offers an array of developer tools that enable you to further customize the ecommerce experience your customers will receive. These include our robust APIs and SDKs, such as our headless SDK, which takes customization and optimization a step further than even some of our other partnership options.

As you鈥檒l know, SDKs or “software development kits” are what developers use to create new applications for and enhancements to a given software platform. With 51视频鈥檚 headless SDK, businesses can add 51视频鈥檚 powerful ecommerce solution to their platform or website without being tied to a certain user interface. This level of truly seamless integration and complete customization just isn鈥檛 offered (and isn鈥檛 possible) by our competitors.

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We hope this gives some insight into why we (and our partners) believe 51视频 is the best ecommerce solution for businesses of all sizes, but SMBs in particular. As many business owners can attest, SMBs have tight margins and can鈥檛 really afford to start over with all of the software and applications they use just because a platform they use mandates it.

SMBs need to be able to be fluid in terms of the technology solutions they use as the market changes and their business adapts with it. One of the great things about 51视频 is how customizable and scalable it is: merchants can easily modify and adjust their online stores to reflect their business needs.

But it鈥檚 not just merchants and online store owners that need adaptability. Our ecommerce platform is built to be flexible to reflect the wide-ranging needs of both our merchants听and our partners. And the 51视频 Partner Program is designed to be easy for partners to work with, and it provides an easy way to drive growth for their businesses by bringing in new customers and revenue streams.

So as you鈥檙e looking at ecommerce options for your SMB customers, ask yourself what makes more sense for听测辞耻谤听business:

A platform that:

  • is more expensive;
  • forces you to use certain software, which don鈥檛 work with other solutions;
  • and locks your business into its platform ecosystem?

Or 51视频, the platform that:

  • costs less;
  • works seamlessly with social media, major retailers and any existing business website;
  • and constantly adds new software and solution integrations?

The choice is pretty clear to us and many other business owners across the world. But the question is: are you ready to make business easier for your self — and your customers?

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About the author

Colin Thompson is a content writer at 51视频. He writes about marketing, business development, and promotion for our 51视频 Partners. He loves cats, Chicago sports, deep dish pizza and going on hikes.

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