Ecommerce Excellence Award Application
The Ecommerce Excellence Awards are open to ecommerce merchants who have exemplified excellence, creativity, and impact in various facets of the ecommerce landscape. With categories ranging from community engagement to groundbreaking design, these awards capture the diversity and brilliance of our industry.
Submit Your Project
All submissions are due by September 20, 2024 11:59:59 PM.
Please Note - the email address asssociated with the submission as well as anyone who is planning to accept the award must have a ticket to the event. If the entry is submitted by an agency, both the agency and the merchant need a valid ticket.
Application for the Breakthrough Award
The Breakthrough Award - 🚀 From Small Beginnings to Stellar Success! 🚀
We're on the lookout for Magento and Adobe Commerce sites that have not only transitioned online but have thrived, overcoming initial hurdles to redefine their business landscape. This includes those who have transitioned from offline to online business. The Breakthrough Award honors those who have turned modest beginnings into extraordinary e-commerce success stories. This award celebrates merchants who have escalated from generating $0 - $500K in revenue to achieving remarkable growth. It is for those who have not only entered the digital realm but have also used it to catapult their business to new heights. If your journey from minimal online presence to e-commerce powerhouse inspires, let's celebrate your groundbreaking success!
Your submission should be between 200 - 500 words. Please format your response to be clear which criteria you are addressing.
General Criteria - All awards are judged on these criteria, in addition to the award-specific criteria listed below.
- Industry contribution and relevance. Building something incredible is amazing. How did it contribute to the ecommerce industry? Identify the ecommerce issue or specific problem/s that was addressed and how it was addressed. Explain the thought process, iteration, and unique ideas.) How is this a new approach? How does this e-commerce work rank within its own vertical? Does it set a new standard for the merchant's peers and the competition? What objective measures or benchmarks demonstrate its impact and position within the industry?
- Return on investment and how successful were these efforts? Explain how success is measured e.g. A/B testing. Support this with numbers, ROIs, KPIs.
- Sustainability. What strategies does this merchant employ to minimize negative environmental impact and/or maximize positive environmental impact? How does it optimize resource usage/efficiency, reduce carbon footprint and maximise use of eco-friendly materials?
- Accessibility. How accessible is this website for visitors with audio/visual/neurodiverse challenges? How does this merchant cater for different types of users, maximizing its potential customer base?
- CX/UX and Convenience. Overall user experience, including ease of navigation, personalization, and customer satisfaction. How does the project improves convenience for users, including features that simplify shopping, enhance accessibility, and streamline processes. Innovations that make interactions more efficient, user-friendly and human.
Award-Specific Criteria
- Imperviousness. Evaluate the initial efforts and challenges faced when launching the e-commerce project. Assess how these challenges were addressed and overcome, showcasing the resilience and strategic problem-solving employed.
- Acceleration. Measures the speed of growth experienced by the merchant since the transition of their e-commerce efforts. Highlight the key performance indicators that showcase this accelerated growth and market penetration.
- Institution. Assess the degree of transformation required to transform or shift from an offline to an online business model. Rate the level of institutional change implemented to achieve e-commerce success, considering how deeply the business had to adapt its strategies, operations, and culture.
- Value. How much value does ecommerce bring to the merchants and consumers? Is it part of an omnichannel strategy where offline and online sales reinforce each other?
