

I knew this would be one of the fundamental building blocks of our business and that this choice would have a profound effect on shaping our future. Most importantly I was looking for a company with some history, a good track record and a clearly defined future. I also wanted a platform with a comprehensive API so we could tightly integrate our website for maximum efficiency. The usual sort of stuff that comes to mind, scalable, flexible, easy to use etc. I had a good idea what I wanted based on our business priorities. When starting up our business, a bike shop in our case, I spent a long time searching for a platform we could operate from. We have seen unprecedented growth on the Lightspeed eCom platform and have seen our startup grow to well over a million a year in sales online in less than 2 years - thanks in a large part to the eCom platform and the amazing team at Lightspeed HQ. Although we were existing clients of Lightspeed, we still looked into dozens of other platforms and eCommerce solutions but after months of research, I decided Lightspeed's level of customer support and expertise made them the only real option for us. Fast forward seven years to 2015 when I was looking to launch a totally new eCommerce business I turned yet again to Lightspeed, and specifically their eCom platform. This was the case in the 7 years we have been using Lightspeed onsite - but in every case, we always had an insanely good level of customer support. As with all software, you will have issues sometimes and need support. I have a background in IT and have run various business over the years which have used the Lightspeed Onsite solution for point of sale.

If you want rapid growth online then Lightspeed is the right company for you. £0 to more than a £1,000,000 in sales in less than two years.
