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 Innovator Award
The Innovator - 💡 Recognizing Ground-Breaking Solutions 💡
This award is designed to recognize groundbreaking solutions within the Magento ecosystem that not only push the boundaries of eCommerce but also set new standards for innovation while setting standards for originality, efficiency and scalability.
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
- Originality of the Solution. Describe the solution's originality within the Magento ecosystem. How does it introduce novel approaches or technologies?
- Operational Efficiency. A clear demonstration of how the solution has markedly improved either the end-user experience, making shopping more intuitive, enjoyable, or personalized, or how it has streamlined operations, reducing costs and increasing efficiency. This can include omnichannel optimization - having achieved better business outcomes by breaking down data silos and getting key business systems communicating and working in harmony. Beyond flowing data from fields in one system to another, the business can demonstrate how they’re using integrations to automate business processes. Applicants must define what they’re doing to ensure data errors and exceptions don’t become negative experiences for shoppers.
- Scalability and Adaptability. The winning solution must be scalable and adaptable, capable of serving businesses of various sizes or types without significant retooling or customization. Provide examples or case studies where the solution has been successfully implemented across various business scenarios.
