Why every acquisition restarts your commerce work
For leaders at manufacturers and distributors that grow by buying companies.
Leadership closes the deal, and then another website, another brand, and another group of customers land on your desk. This video explains why each acquisition turns into another project that never quite finishes, and what works better. It's about 5 minutes long, and the first two will tell you if it's worth the rest.
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IN THE VIDEO
Why acquired websites stay separate for years, even when everyone agrees they shouldn't
Why the usual fixes, from letting the site run on its own to a long platform rollout, don't survive the next deal
Three things that separate companies where acquisitions fold in from companies where they pile up
How each acquisition can come online in small, visible steps you can show your boss
Free self-check
See what you're carrying across every site
The Acquired Stack Inventory is a simple spreadsheet. You list what your main business and each acquired company run, mostly by picking from drop-down lists. It then:
- ✓Counts the extra websites, platforms, and payment processors you are carrying, plus the systems behind them
- ✓Asks seven questions that show whether the work of bringing it together keeps moving when a deal pulls you away
- ✓Gives you a score and tells you which acquisition to start with
Scored 4 or higher?
Book a free 30-minute Stack Review. Bring your completed spreadsheet. We'll tell you which acquired business we would bring in first, and in what order. You will leave with a next step whether or not we work together.
Brilliance Business Solutions has built commerce for manufacturers and distributors since 1998. Many of our clients grow by acquisition. We work on BigCommerce, Optimizely, and Shopify, and we connect commerce sites to the ERPs, product data, pricing, and payment systems behind them.
