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Your Journey from a Homegrown Platform to commercetools Composable Commerce
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The Composable Commerce Migration Guide for Homegrown Platforms

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Your Journey from a Homegrown Platform to commercetools Composable Commerce

About the White Paper

The complete guide to migrating from a homegrown platform to commercetools

Is it best to build an in-house solution or buy an all-in-one platform with all the standard features included? 

If your company’s homegrown commerce platform can’t keep up with critical business expectations, slowing down innovation and performance, it’s time to leverage the build-and-buy approach championed by commercetools.

In this guide for solution architects, developers and tech teams, discover how to build AND buy with commercetools with a complete migration guide to help in your digital transformation.  

What’s inside:

  • How composable commerce enables brands to leverage a build-and-buy strategy, maximizing flexibility, agility and innovation.
  • An overview of the architecture and technology anchors behind commercetools.
  • Migration options and best practices, with an overview of the strangler pattern as a preferred replatforming approach.
  • A guideline for your migration planning and execution in eight steps.
  • Success stories from enterprises that have already replatformed to commercetools, including Moonpig and Christie Cookie Co.

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