Business Catalyst Adobe has announced the end of development for Business Catalyst as of March 26th, 2018. New sites will no longer be available for purchase starting with June 18th, 2018.
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LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO MOVE YOU FROM AN ADOBE BUSINESS CATALYST WEBSITE TO AN ALTERNATIVE? WE CAN HELP!
The Creative Collective are highly experienced Adobe Business Catalyst website designers, having created hundreds of websites on Adobe Business Catalyst since 2009. As you may or may not know, Adobe officially announced in March 2018 that it will discontinue the Business Catalyst service by 26th March 2020.Business Catalyst will switch off the service by June 2019. This means any Business Catalyst site still active after this date would be removed from the Datacenter’s and deleted permanently.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
Putting it bluntly, you all need to think about how you will break the news to your clients and start creating a migration plan.As of 18th June 2018 no new sites will be able to go live and all existing site will moved to monthly billing.
WHAT HAPPENS TO MY BUSINESS CATALYST WEBSITE NOW?
All clients on Business Catalyst sites now need to think about moving their sites to another platform.For some this will be an easy and welcomed shift. As a company we can help you transition to Shopify and WordPress.For some this will be an easy transition and for others with extensive and complex ecommerce sitea, it will be more difficult.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER OPTIONS TO SPECIALLY HANDLE A BUSINESS CATALYST WEBSITE?
There might be. And we’re looking into it.
But this announcement has caught nearly all the Business Catalyst community complete off-guard, so we’re all looking for easy transition solutions.
HOW CAN I FIND OUT MORE?
You can read more about the announcement on the Business Catalyst website and in the Business Catalyst forums, and follow the “event” on their social channels too.There’s no need to panic, but it is time to start looking at your options.
Our team are ready and available to help with any migrations if required in the upcoming months, and provide advice for any complicated migrations.Should you wish to discuss this please do not hesitate to contact us.
BACKGROUND ON BUSINESS CATALYST WEBSITES AND OUR ASSOCIATION WITH THEM
We have been working with Adobe Business Catalyst since 2009 and our Founder Yvette Adams even had the privilege of meeting the original co-founder of Business Catalyst, Bardia Housmann on a trip to Silicon Valley in May 2013.
Business Catalyst websites include everything most people need to run a successful online business including Content Management System (CMS), E-Marketing, Customer Relationship Manager (CRM), E-Commerce, FAQs, Members Area, Forums, Affiliate Programs & more, all in the one system.
Our team have produced dozens of Adobe Business Catalyst websites and understand the Business Catalyst platform at a deep level, as well as the design trends that drive change.
We have created everything from simple but effective Business Catalyst websites right through to complex and large ecommerce sites on the Business Catalyst platform, and were well aware and equipped to design Business Catalyst sites that are mobile and tablet friendly.
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