SFCC vs Shopify: Uncharted Paths Enterprise Brands Face
SFCC vs Shopify: Uncharted Paths Enterprise Brands Face
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There is no perfect eCommerce platform,
but there is a best fit.

 It’s a big decision for enterprise brands to migrate platforms and it’s even harder to find the platform nuances to make an unbiased comparison. As the only agency in the Shopify ecosystem with 11+ years of Salesforce Commerce Cloud (SFCC) experience and 6+ years of Shopify experience, CQL helps enterprise brands decide Salesforce Commerce Cloud vs. Shopify.

Guthy|Renker needed a platform built for innovation, revenue growth, and continued optimization. Technical consideration: subscription functionality.

Stride Rite

Stride Rite’s wishlist included mobile optimization, internationalization, enhanced loyalty programs, and a lower TCO. Technical consideration: product data variant limits.

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TOMS was in search of a headless platform with improved site performance, SEO and customer experiences. Technical consideration: powerful CMS.

Escalade Sports White Logo

With dozens of brands, Escalade Sports needed a platform to unify brands, providing bespoke designs with a consistent UX & backend. Technical consideration: multi-brand/multi-site architecture.

e.l.f. Cosmetics

e.l.f. Beauty wanted to understand the partner ecosystem impacts and costs of moving a brand from Salesforce Commerce Cloud to Shopify. Technical consideration: Third Parties & TCO

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E.L.F. Cosmetics Products

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Learn the differences between Salesforce Commerce Cloud and Shopify, plus discover how a Platform Evaluation can help validate your decision.

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Salesforce Commerce Cloud Enterprise Brands that Migrated

CQL has helped dozens of SFCC Enterprise brands determine if Shopify is right for them and migrate successfully. 

With a thorough Platform Evaluation, we help identify the technical gaps that need to be bridged and prove your all-in ROI to validate your decision. Best yet, our certified Salesforce Commerce Cloud team can support your brand while you transition between platforms.

Salesforce vs. Shopify

In our whitepaper, we explore the strengths and considerations of both platforms, providing client examples of a variety of technical considerations during migrating. 

Salesforce

vs.

Shopify

SFCC generally charges a higher percentage of GMV. In addition, a higher TCO results from additional platform maintenance, development resources, and site customizations required for sites on the platform.

Total Cost of Ownership

Compared to competitors, Shopify averages 33% better TCO, meaning a migration to Shopify can save merchants a substantial amount. Watch out for TCO erosion from brands adding enterprise-grade apps and services to extend Shopify capabilities.
SFCC offers multiple options for international and multi-brand support to help streamline site management across storefronts.
Internationalization
Brands with multiple language requirements and different banking and entity structures across countries and locales will require customizations.
With fewer pre-built integration options, SFCC takes additional time, effort, and budget to implement. Brands can add Salesforce ‘clouds’ to their solution, including customer care, order management, CPQ, and marketing automation systems, for additional costs.
Integrations
Shopify relies on its 3rd party apps to help merchants build top-notch commerce experiences. While apps offer great flexibility, they can also impact site speed and don’t always seamlessly integrate across the app ecosystem.

We are glad you are excited about learning more on the considerations for both Salesforce and Shopify.

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Did You Know?

80% of Enterprise brands on SFCC that think they can’t take the path to Shopify, actually can. 

So which path is best for you?

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Salesforce vs. Shopify

In our whitepaper, we explore the strengths and considerations of both platforms, providing client examples of a variety of technical considerations during migrating. 

Considerations on Salesforce

Considerations on Shopify

Scalability concerns (need scalability)

Is your catalog over 37M products, or 39M SUs, or do you transact >10K checkouts/min? The largest enterprise brands on Shopify do!
Revenue concerns (large brands – TOMS)
Do you make more than $3B online revenue? The largest enterprises on Shopify do!
Deep investment in Salesforce Product Suite (James Avery)
Shopify can integrate, but it’s not as seamless of a solution.
Enterprise POS (James Avery)
POS is large-account ready. Customizations can be made for enterprise.
Internationalization/Multi-language (Bauer)
Expansion stores and 3rd party translation service. Locale specific feeds.

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