Outgrown Base? Check out Volo Commerce

The Enterprise-Grade Alternative to Base for Scaling Ecommerce Businesses

Beyond Base – Scale Without Limits: If you’ve outgrown Base and find that your current platform can’t keep up with your ambition, take a look at an alternative like Volo. We offer an affordable, enterprise-grade, end-to-end ecommerce solution that empowers you to handle 100,000+ SKUs, automate complex operations, and scale to new channels and markets with confidence. Volo is the alternative for serious multichannel sellers who want to scale their business with a long-term partner.

Don’t be held back. It’s time to upgrade to a more powerful solution tailored for growing businesses like yours. Volo gives you the tools, technology, and team to unleash your full potential. We’re ready to step in as a solution that fits where you’re headed, not just where you’ve been.

Volo Commerce’s Alternative vs. Base: The Upgrade Your Business Deserves

When you move to Volo, you’re not just swapping software – you’re empowering your business with a platform designed for high performance and a partner committed to your success. Here are 8 reasons why Volo is the right next step:

• Enterprise-grade performance & scalability: Volo can comfortably handle the heaviest loads and the most complex operations. Our infrastructure is proven with large retailers managing 100,000+ SKUs and processing thousands of orders daily. Volo won’t flinch as your business continues to grow. High volumes, multiple warehouses, global marketplaces – no problem. The system stays stable even during peak season spikes. This means you can seize big sales opportunities (flash sales, Black Friday, holiday rushes) without worrying if your platform can cope. We engineered Volo to grow with you, so performance bottlenecks are a thing of the past
  

• Comprehensive all-in-one solution (no more patch-work): One major advantage of upgrading to Volo is the sheer breadth of functionality you get under one roof. Volo is more than just an order and inventory manager – it’s a complete ecommerce operating system. You’ll have everything you need integrated seamlessly: multichannel product listing tools, robust inventory and order management, built-in warehouse management support (pick/pack/ship workflows), shipping and courier integrations, purchase order management, and even an ERP-level backbone to tie in supply and accounting data. Plus, our Vision analytics is included for deep reporting (more on that next). If you were relying on extra software to support other areas of your business, or manual methods, Volo will consolidate those needs into a single platform. The benefit? Unified data and less manual juggling, which translates to efficiency and fewer errors. Your team can do more in one system, and you’ll have a single source of truth for your operations
  

Superior analytics with Vision: Say goodbye to shallow reports or exports for more time-sapping spreadsheet-crunching!

• Volo’s integrated Vision analytics platform gives you the kind of business intelligence normally reserved for big enterprises – now at your fingertips. Track your performance with live dashboards and reports on sales, inventory health, fulfilment times, customer behaviour and much more. You can finally answer important questions instantly: Which channel is most profitable after fees? What products are trending upward this quarter? Where are we over- or underspending in inventory? Vision turns your mountains of data into actionable insights, without requiring a data science team. One Volo user (who upgraded from a lighter system) shared that being data-driven changed their trajectory: “I’m both the data champion and data analyst in the business (now) … Volo reporting and analytics (are) invaluable.” With Volo, you’ll gain crystal-clear visibility into your business, empowering you to make smarter strategic decisions as you scale

• Automation of complex operations: As an ever-evolving business, you likely have workflows that go beyond simple order-to-dispatch. Volo shines in automating sophisticated, multi-step processes that can save you enormous time and labour. Need to route orders to different warehouses based on stock levels or region? Done. Want automatic alerts or actions when stock for a top seller falls below a threshold? Easy. How about bulk editing hundreds of listings or auto-generating purchase orders when inventory runs low? Volo can handle that too. In fact, many sellers are amazed at how many of their previously manual tasks can be put on autopilot with Volo’s powerful rule engine and tools. For example, Mastershoe, a fashion footwear retailer, had very manual, disjointed processes before Volo. They leveraged our automation to streamline everything – from syncing stock across stores to automating repricing on Amazon. “The efficiency side has been phenomenal. The Volo platform has transformed the efficiency of the business… the Volo system equates to 3 or 4 staff (saved)”, their director Emma Smith noted. That’s the power of advanced automation: doing more with the same team by letting technology handle the heavy lifting.
  

Still not convinced that this is a better alternative to Base? Take a look at these features:

• Smooth multichannel expansion: Volo makes it easier to expand to new sales channels and marketplaces, so you can keep growing your reach. All your product data in Volo can be listed across any integrated channel with minimal effort – often just a few clicks to publish a listing on a new marketplace. Want to launch on Amazon Germany or eBay US? Or add a direct-to-consumer webstore? Volo has pre-built integrations to dozens of online channels (global Amazons and eBays, B&Q, Back Market, Etsy, Magento and Shopify stores, OnBuy, TikTok and more) and even emerging platforms. More importantly, adding a new channel in Volo doesn’t massively increase your workload; you can reuse your existing inventory info and keeps everything synchronised. Compare that separate manual processes for the new channel. With Volo’s alternative to Base, new channels are opportunities, not challenges. For instance, Mastershoe used Volo to jump onto Amazon after being limited to eBay and their website before – “Volo linked everything together… and got us trading on Amazon (quickly)”. The result? Immediate sales growth without the usual headache. Whether it’s marketplaces, additional webstores, or even connecting to retail
  

• Proven Track Record with Scaling Businesses: Volo isn’t an untested newcomer – we have a 20+ year track record of empowering ecommerce businesses to scale smoothly and sustainably. We’ve helped companies in automotive, electronics, fashion, home & garden, and more break through growth plateaus. This experience is built into the software and the service we provide. For example, automotive parts seller Doctor Car Parts needed to manage an enormous range of SKUs and serve customers across multiple regions. Volo enabled them to do just that: “For us it’s all about offering the widest range of parts, so we need a system that can support this” – and Volo delivered the support for their complexity. Knowing that Volo has successfully guided businesses with similar challenges to yours gives you confidence that you’re making the right choice
  

• Pricing that supports your long-term growth. Our pricing model for Volo is designed to be fair and growth-friendly alternative to Base. There are no nasty surprises or fee hikes as you scale up usage. We believe in win-win – we grow when you grow, so we make sure our partnership makes financial sense for you in the long term. Many Volo customers are pleasantly surprised that an enterprise-grade solution like Volo can be so cost-effective once they factor in the efficiency gains and the removal of need for other software. It’s an investment that pays for itself
  

• A Platform – and Partner – for the Long Haul. We’re part of the Constellation Software Inc. family, a global software conglomerate with over 1,000 companies under its umbrella, and a philosophy of long-term investment. This backing means Volo has a rock-solid foundation – we’re well-funded, secure, and here to stay. You won’t wake up to news of Volo shutting down or being suddenly sold off to a competitor who might neglect the product. In a world where some tech companies come and go, Volo has offered reassurance for 20+ years that we’ll be your partner not just today or tomorrow, but for the future as your business continues to evolve

It’s time to ditch the training wheels in favour of a high-performance alternative to Base that can drive your business to the next destination (and beyond):

• Detailed migration planning: Our migration specialists will audit your current system configuration and data. We’ll identify what needs to be exported (products, listings, order history, customer info, etc.) and create a step-by-step project plan to import and map everything into Volo. No guesswork on your part – we provide a clear checklist and timeline. We can often automate much of the data migration using our tools and scripts, reducing manual effort. Whether you have 1,000 SKUs or 100,000, we’ll make sure your critical data comes over accurately

• Configuration & integration set-up: Next, we’ll help configure Volo to mirror and improve upon your previous set-up. This includes setting up your sales channels in Volo (and connecting your accounts via our integrations), creating any custom fields or workflows your business needs, and integrating with external systems like shipping carriers and accounting software, if required. If you use other third-party systems, the chances are that we have an integration or a method to connect them to Volo as well – and we handle that technical legwork for you

• Testing and Go-Live support: We typically run a testing phase where you can process a few orders in parallel, to ensure everything works as expected. Once you’re satisfied, we’ll pick an optimal date to fully cut over to Volo. Our team monitors closely during the go-live period to quickly resolve any hiccups. Because of our thorough prep and testing, most migrations go live without a hitch. We only consider the job done when you’re successfully transacting on Volo and all systems are “all green”
  

• Post-migration follow-up: After you’ve migrated, we don’t disappear. We schedule follow-up sessions to review how things are going, answer any “now that we’re using it, how do we do X?” questions, and fine-tune any settings. Our goal is to ensure you’re getting maximum value from the Volo power as soon as possible. And of course, you now also have ongoing support and account management to reach out to anytime

Ready to Go Beyond Base? Let’s Turbo-Charge Your Growth!

Your business has come a long way, and you’ve worked hard to get to this point. Volo is the Base alternative that will provide the platform, insights, and support you need to break through to the next level of ecommerce success and truly scale your growth.

Take the first step by reaching out to us. We offer a free, no-obligation consultation where we’ll discuss your specific challenges and show you exactly how Volo can address them. We’ll give you a tailored demo, using scenarios from your business, so you can see the difference firsthand.

There’s no risk in exploring, but the potential reward – a solution that could unlock new growth and efficiency for your company – is huge.

Ready to supercharge your ecommerce operations? Fill out the form below to schedule your personalised migration assessment. We’re excited to learn about your business and help you chart a path to greater success with Volo.