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Massively short-sighted take. Platforms add overhead, risk and lock-in: they'll _always_ affect your margins, you have no control over which direction their bu
by simonhamp 4y ago
Massively short-sighted take.
Platforms add overhead, risk and lock-in: they'll _always_ affect your margins, you have no control over which direction their business moves in, and moving between providers is non-trivial.
We've been using our own home-rolled ecommerce solution for multi-currency international retail and it's ROI has been huge.
If you care about margins, defaulting to a SaaS provider for everything is not always the right answer