<\/span><\/h3>\nAll-in-One Solution<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n
Business owners who are just starting out or do not wish to hire a developer will be attracted to BigCommerce\u2019s all-in-one platform, which comes with everything you need to power an online store.<\/span><\/p>\nThis includes hosting, themes and apps, giving you access to multiple payment gateways, including blogging capabilities, and more.<\/span><\/p>\nEase of Use<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n
BigCommerce is incredibly easy to use as any decent all-in-one platform should be. It\u2019s even easy to get started with a free, 15-day trial. All you need to do is enter your email address, address, phone number and answer a few quick questions about your business.<\/span><\/p>\n
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It also offers free and premium themes you can install and edit with ease. It\u2019s also easy to create products and manage your store.<\/span><\/p>\nNo Transaction Fees<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n
BigCommerce doesn\u2019t charge transaction fees on any of their plans, as stated above. Shopify, on the other hand, charges a 2% fee for every transaction a store processes if the owner uses a payment gateway other than Shopify Payments.<\/span><\/p>\nYou will, however, be obliged to pay transaction fees charged by the payment gateways you use. This is separate from BigCommerce and is something they have no control over.<\/span><\/p>\nPayPal Powered by Braintree, Stripe, Square and Authorize.net are all popular payment gateways for this platform.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Multiple Sales Channels<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n
This platform\u2019s primary feature is its ability to allow anyone to build and run their own online store without having to rely on a number of different services, but it does allow you to sell in places outside of your store.<\/span><\/p>\nThis includes online marketplaces like eBay, Amazon and Google Shopping, but it also includes in-person sales through integration with Square POS as well as the ability to sell on social media through integration with Facebook and Pinterest.<\/span><\/p>\nBigCommerce Support<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n
BigCommerce support comes in a variety of different formats. One-on-one support is available 24\/7 through chat, email and phone. The knowledge base, known as BigCommerce University, also contains a lot of helpful articles in case you get stuck.<\/span><\/p>\nThere\u2019s also a blog, webinars and help from other merchants in the community forums.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Security<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n
BigCommerce stores are protected by multiple layers of security. This includes being PCI compliant on a Level-1 basis. Server protection comes in the form of different types of firewalls, file-integrity scanners and 24\/7 monitoring. All of this security and hands-on monitoring allows BigCommerce to achieve a 99.99% uptime average and fast servers capable of sustaining heavy traffic.<\/span><\/p>\nYou\u2019ll also have access to automated fraud detection through integration with Sift Science, a service trusted by such brands as Zillow, Airbnb, Twitter and more. All plans also come with free SSL certificates, but enterprise customers can upgrade to more premium certificates from third-party sellers.<\/span><\/p>\nShipping<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n
Merchants also get a break on shipping with this platform. For starters, it features a quick setup process when it comes to configuring shipping options. This process allows you to define fixed shipping rates for a variety of different locations with ease.<\/span><\/p>\nCreating Products is Simple<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n
Continuing on with the ease-of-use section, creating products is also incredibly simple with BigCommerce. The Create New Product page allows you to enter a price, tax, SKU and\/or product code as well as details on weight, product type (physical or digital), shipping, and more.<\/span><\/p>\nYou can even arrange products into categories and subcategories that can be eight categories deep. Each store can have as many as 16,000 categories in total, making this platform a viable option for large department stores.<\/span><\/p>\nStore Management<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n
Lastly, BigCommerce makes it incredibly easy for you to manage every aspect of your store. This includes organizing the Orders section into multiple sub-sections, including Awaiting Payment, Awaiting Fulfillment, Awaiting Shipment and Pre-Orders. You can even create custom views for external sales channels, export orders, track shipments and import tracking numbers.<\/span><\/p>\nThis platform also has built-in analytics features that allow you to monitor traffic over time or traffic in real time and gain insights into how your customers shop. This means you\u2019ll be able to see which products should be bundled together to increase sales, who\u2019s browsing but not buying, which of your customers bring the most business to your store and which valuable customers haven\u2019t purchased anything in a while.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>Cons<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n\n- Extra Fees for Successful Customers<\/span><\/li>\n
- Expensive BigCommerce Themes<\/span><\/li>\n
- No Lite Version<\/span><\/li>\n
- Theme Editor Could Use Improvements<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/span>Features in BigCommerce Ecommerce Platform<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/span>Website Customization<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\nBigCommerce B2B provides significant advantages to any business that uses it to build an eCommerce website.<\/span><\/p>\nGreater usability: BigCommerce develops and integrates a wide range of B2B functions listed down in the next section and beyond that are potential enough for freedom in customizing your website.<\/span><\/p>\nBetter conversion rate: With flexible single-page checkout customization, BigCommerce provides many options for you to learn how to make its best use.<\/span><\/p>\nTrusted & Reliable hosting: BigCommerce commits a 99% uptime guarantee, which is proven true by many reviews from registered users.<\/span><\/p>\nExpress support: Instant support is valuable for wholesale business. Any corporation that registered the Enterprise plan will receive high-priority support in the status queue.<\/span><\/p>\n
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For Standard edition and BigCommerce Plus, BigCommerce still has a decent amount of features that could satisfy smaller wholesale businesses. Most of them can also be used to create a B2C store if required.<\/span><\/p>\n