The Cost of Hesitation
We’ve noticed 3 major reasons businesses are hesitant to adopt composable:
- “How do I justify the upfront cost?”
- “What about everything we’ve already put into our current systems?”
- “Our teams aren’t familiar with composable stack.”
Let's break this down 👇
1️⃣ Budget:
Yes, the initial investment in Composable Commerce can be steep, but even here, its modular nature helps: instead of gutting your entire existing stack in one move, 𝘄𝗲’𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲, spreading the cost across quarters instead of one fiscal blow.
And once everything’s in place, long-term maintenance and upgrades will be significantly cheaper and far more agile since you’re tackling individual microservices and third-party apps, rather than a monolith.
2️⃣ Existing investments:
Composable Commerce is:
- Modular
- Adaptable
This means that you can integrate third-party apps and services directly into your current system while gradually transitioning. It’s not always replatforming from scratch—𝘄𝗲’𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀, eventually phasing out what they find they no longer need (i.e. cart systems that just can’t be upgraded any more, or payment portals that are inferior to a third-party service, etc.)
3️⃣ Skills gap:
If your team has been working with monolithic architecture thus far, it’s no surprise that switching to a MACH stack is a daunting ask.
But that’s what 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 and external partners are for! We’ve guided our client’s teams through this transition, with demos and documentation throughout the process. Since the transition to composable is gradual, our solutions integration teams collaborate with your existing teams to upskill them as the system evolves.
Because of this, by the time you’re fully composable, your teams will be confident and capable of maintaining and scaling up the system when needed. After working with multiple B2B enterprises facing the challenges we just talked about, we know that all you have to keep in mind is:
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 = 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲
Your customers, your competitors—they’re evolving faster than ever. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁.
So the real question you should be asking is not if you should go composable—it’s 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼?
