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A code freeze and a rota do not touch the settings that decide how an Amplience storefront behaves under load: which content API the front end calls, how long media URLs cache, what a purge costs on the day, and whether your sale switches itself off. Four checks, each answerable this week.

The platform is rarely the bottleneck two years in. The build is. Ten places value leaks out of a working Amplience implementation, grouped by whether they cost you money now, slow the team down, or block what you want to do next, with a way to triage them in an afternoon.

Enterprise platform, enterprise integrator: a common assumption that Amplience's own partner list does not support. Nine of thirteen Platinum partners are specialist or mid-size agencies, and none of the published criteria mention firm size. What the tiers actually require, and when each shape fits.

A capable team can build almost anything and still lose a quarter to a platform they only half know. Amplience publishes nine core concept areas, and none of them arrive with general React or Node experience. Here is what that gap looks like, and how to close it without replacing anyone.

Ecommerce replatforming is the process of moving your online store from one platform to another, usually because the current system can no longer keep up. It is one of the highest-stakes projects a digital team runs, and one of the easiest to underestimate.