- What it does
- Provides product information management software that holds product data in one place for every sales channel.
- Why we work with it
- We implement it on merchant projects and feature it on our own site.
Category: Product information
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Who we work with
The Index is researched and published by iWeb. Some of the research is carried out with partners whose technology and services we know from our own projects. This page lists them, says what each one does, and states plainly what our relationship is.
Why we work with other partners
- No single partner covers everything a business needs to trade online. Delivery, product data, payments and search are each specialist fields.
- We work with partners whose products we have implemented, tested or seen working for businesses in these sectors.
- Where a partner supports the research financially, that support helps to keep every report free. We say so on its entry below.
What working with The Index means
- +A partner can support the research in one category.
- +It can contribute expert comment, which is always labelled as its own.
- +It sees sector-level figures for its category before they are published.
What it does not mean
- –It has no say over what is measured, how it is scored, or any business's result.
- –Its product is never recommended by name in a report.
- –When a review finds a product on a website, the report names it, whether that partner works with us or competes with one that does.
- –It receives no business-level data and no contact details.
- –Comparisons between ecommerce platforms carry no partner at all.
The partners
Product information
Category page- What it does
- Runs the UK building materials product data exchange, where suppliers publish structured product data once.
- Why we work with it
- Its shared template describes the product data our reviews look for.
Category: Product information
- What it does
- Provides product information management software for managing and publishing product data.
- Why we work with it
- It sits beside Akeneo as a product data option for merchants.
Category: Product information
How we choose
- The product or service is in use by businesses in the sector.
- iWeb has first-hand experience of it, or it is recognised by a trade body.
- The partner accepts the rules on this page in writing.
Questions
Do these partners pay iWeb?Some do. Each entry states whether the partner supports the research financially.
Does a business that uses one of these partners score higher?No. Scores come only from what a customer can do on the website.
Will a report recommend one of these partners to me?No. Reports describe what a website does and what would make it easier to buy from. They do not recommend named products.
Why is a company I use not listed?This page lists partners that work with The Index. It is not a list of approved suppliers, and absence says nothing about a product.
Can my partner become a partner?Yes, if it meets the points under "How we choose". Contact us.
Talk to us about working with The Index