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$blogTitle   = "20 Features Every eCommerce Platform Needs in 2025";
$publishDate = "May 23, 2026";
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$category    = "Commerce";
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                    In 2025, a basic online store isn't enough. You need an intelligent, unified commerce engine — from
                    AI-driven personalisation to multi-carrier logistics and embedded financial services. This is the
                    <span class="italic font-serif">definitive checklist of 20 non-negotiable features</span> split across
                    five critical categories.
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                        "label"    => "Buyer Experience",
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                        "features" => [
                            ["AI Search & Discovery",           "Semantic search, visual discovery, and personalised ranking. Reduce zero-results by 70% with LLM-powered query understanding."],
                            ["Mobile-First PWA",                "Progressive web app with offline mode, push notifications, and app-like performance. 60% of traffic is mobile — no compromise."],
                            ["Personalised Recommendations",    "Real-time product suggestions based on browsing, past orders, and cohort behaviour. Increase AOV by up to 25%."],
                            ["Conversational Commerce",         "Integrated live chat, WhatsApp shopping, and AI chatbots that answer pre-sale questions and guide checkout."],
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                        "label"    => "Seller & Marketplace Tools",
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                            ["Multi-Vendor Marketplace Support", "Enable third-party sellers, split commissions, separate dashboards, and settlement automation. Essential for platform business models."],
                            ["Dynamic Pricing & Rules",          "Volume discounts, BOGO, tiered pricing, and time-based promotions without developers. A/B test pricing strategies."],
                            ["Inventory Sync Across Channels",   "Unified stock management across web, Amazon, TikTok Shop, and physical POS — real-time reservation on every sale."],
                            ["Review & UGC Engine",              "Automated review requests, photo/video uploads, Q&A, and trust signals that increase conversion by 35%."],
                        ],
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                        "label"    => "Admin & Analytics Intelligence",
                        "color"    => "border-royal",
                        "features" => [
                            ["Real-Time Dashboard",            "Live metrics: revenue, conversion funnels, cart abandonment, LTV, cohort analysis, and anomaly alerts."],
                            ["Headless Commerce API",          "Full API-first architecture for custom frontends, mobile apps, or IoT commerce. Decouple your presentation layer."],
                            ["AI Operations Assistant",        "Automate product tagging, meta descriptions, inventory forecasting, and fraud detection workflows."],
                            ["Advanced RBAC & Security",       "Role-based permissions, audit logs, 2FA, PCI DSS Level 1 compliance — enterprise-grade governance."],
                        ],
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                    [
                        "label"    => "Payment & Monetisation",
                        "color"    => "border-electric",
                        "features" => [
                            ["Multi-Currency & Local Payments",  "Accept 50+ currencies, local wallets (PayPal, Stripe, Klarna, Alipay), and dynamic FX conversion."],
                            ["Subscription & Recurring Billing", "Native support for membership models, subscriptions, usage-based billing, dunning management, and retries."],
                            ["One-Click Checkout & Wallets",     "Apple Pay, Google Pay, Shop Pay, and vaulted cards — reduce friction and increase conversion by 18%."],
                            ["Automated Tax & Invoice Engine",   "AvaTax integration, EU VAT, digital goods tax, and customisable invoicing for B2B and cross-border."],
                        ],
                    ],
                    [
                        "label"    => "Logistics & Fulfilment Intelligence",
                        "color"    => "border-brandOrange",
                        "features" => [
                            ["Multi-Carrier Rate Shopping",  "Real-time rates from DHL, FedEx, USPS, UPS, local couriers — AI selects cheapest/fastest option per order."],
                            ["Order Tracking & Alerts",      "White-label tracking page, branded notifications, and predicted delivery dates to reduce WISMO support calls."],
                            ["Click & Collect / BOPIS",      "Buy online, pick up in-store with real-time inventory allocation, QR code verification, and curbside support."],
                            ["Automated Returns Portal",     "Self-service returns, printable labels, refund automation, and reverse logistics orchestration."],
                        ],
                    ],
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                        <h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tighter mb-7">Why Legacy Platforms Fall Short in 2025</h3>
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                                    Traditional ecommerce software lacks true headless agility, AI personalisation, and unified
                                    logistics. Modern commerce infrastructure unifies buyer, seller, and admin experiences into
                                    one composable stack — faster time-to-market, lower TCO, and no platform-switching every 3 years.
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                                    <span>• Unified commerce engine</span>
                                    <span>• No disconnected plugins</span>
                                    <span>• Full IP ownership</span>
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                                <span class="text-brandOrange font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-widest mb-3 block">Trusted by Commerce Brands</span>
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                                    Nesvra builds unified ecommerce infrastructure — from
                                    <span class="text-brandOrange font-semibold">AI search to multi-carrier logistics</span> —
                                    as one composable stack, not a patchwork of plugins.
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                            <p class="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-widest text-brandOrange mb-1">Stop juggling disconnected plugins</p>
                            <p class="text-dark font-medium text-lg leading-snug">Get a unified commerce platform built by experts.</p>
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