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BigCommerce

Overview

What is BigCommerce?

BigCommerce is a SaaS platform that allows SMBs to develop eCommerce sites. Features include the capabilities to design the storefront, configure products, manage payments, generate traffic, and optimize conversion.

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Recent Reviews

Last resort letdown...

1 out of 10
March 07, 2024
So we have had a Volusion Store for just under 8 years now and do a sizeable business there. As they are losing market share we were …
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BigCommerce Success!!

9 out of 10
January 26, 2024
Incentivized
We have utilized Big Commerce in the development and execution of our website. The SEO and store creation have been simple and easy, and …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Product catalog & listings (413)
    7.8
    78%
  • Visual customization (403)
    7.4
    74%
  • Mobile storefront (401)
    7.3
    73%
  • Product management (410)
    6.8
    68%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Video Reviews

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User Review: BigCommerce Takes Sales Online For Sellers With Ease
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User Review: Business Depends on BigCommerce With Easy-To-Use Platform & Great Customer Service
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User Review: BigCommerce Keeps Focus On Product For Business While They Handle The Software
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Pricing

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Standard

$29.95

Cloud
per month

Plus

$79.95

Cloud
per month*

Pro

$299.95

Cloud
per month*

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.bigcommerce.com/essentials/…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $29.95 per month
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Features

Online Storefront

Features for creating an online storefront with a browse-able product catalog.

7.3
Avg 7.7

Online Shopping Cart

Features that facilitate the collection of items so that customers can purchase them as a group.

7.4
Avg 7.6

Online Payment System

Features related to processing online payment for eCommerce purchases.

7.7
Avg 8.3

eCommerce Marketing

Features related to marketing for eCommerce websites

7.1
Avg 7.5

eCommerce Business Management

Features related to business management and administration of eCommerce operations

7.2
Avg 7.8
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Product Details

What is BigCommerce?

According to the vendor, BigCommerce is one of the leading cloud ecommerce platforms for established and rapidly-growing businesses. Combining enterprise functionality, an open architecture and app ecosystem, and market-leading performance, BigCommerce aims to help businesses to grow online sales with less cost, time, and complexity than on-premise software. BigCommerce powers B2B and B2C ecommerce for more than 60,000 brands, 2,000+ mid-market businesses, 30 Fortune 1000 companies, and industry-leading brands, including Assurant, Ben & Jerry’s, Paul Mitchell, Skullcandy, Sony, and Toyota.

The vendor says that the product provides the following benefits to customers:

Customize and innovate at a lower total cost of ownership
Build in HTML, CSS, and Javascript
96% of brands relaunch in 2-4 months
Test and push changes without downtime in a local environment

Focus on generating sales, less on monitoring security & performance
PCI DSS 3.2 certified at Level 1
99.99% median uptime
Multiple layers of security through the Google Cloud Platform

Leverage your existing tech stack with flexible APIs
90% of platform data is exposed to APIs
400+ API calls per second
Headless commerce out-of-the-box, across any front-end

Solve your toughest challenges with SaaS
B2B, Wholesale
Headless Commerce, Wordpress
Multi-channel
International

BigCommerce Features

Online Storefront Features

  • Supported: Product catalog & listings
  • Supported: Product management
  • Supported: Bulk product upload
  • Supported: Branding
  • Supported: Search & filter
  • Supported: Mobile storefront
  • Supported: Product variations
  • Supported: Subscriptions & downloads
  • Supported: Website integration
  • Supported: Visual customization
  • Supported: CMS
  • Supported: Customer service tools

Online Shopping Cart Features

  • Supported: Abandoned cart recovery
  • Supported: Tax calculator
  • Supported: Shipping calculator
  • Supported: Integration with Amazon
  • Supported: Integration with eBay
  • Supported: Checkout user experience

Online Payment System Features

  • Supported: PayPal integration
  • Supported: Returns & refunds
  • Supported: Single-click checkout
  • Supported: eCommerce security
  • Supported: B2B features

eCommerce Marketing Features

  • Supported: Promotions & discounts
  • Supported: Personalized recommendations
  • Supported: SEO
  • Supported: Product reviews
  • Supported: Social commerce integration
  • Supported: Customer registration

eCommerce Business Management Features

  • Supported: Multi-site management
  • Supported: Order processing
  • Supported: Inventory management
  • Supported: Accounting
  • Supported: Shipping
  • Supported: Custom functionality

Additional Features

  • Supported: High Availability (HA) infrastructure that allows us to deliver 99.99% uptime
  • Supported: Open Platform: 90% of the BigCommerce platform data is exposed to the API
  • Supported: Server-to-server API functions enable a headless commerce on WordPress and more
  • Supported: Develop, test and push changes without downtime in a local environment using the Stencil CLI tool.
  • Supported: Omnichannel management (Amazon, Ebay, Facebook, Instagram, POS)
  • Supported: Global CDN, localized payments and multi-language support

BigCommerce Screenshots

Screenshot of Enterprise ecommerce for high-volume brands like Skullcandy.Screenshot of Our industry-leading integration will let you list your products on Amazon directly from the BigCommerce control panel, with centralized inventory and order processing and fulfillment.Screenshot of Easily customize the look and feel of your storefront.

BigCommerce Videos

Create differentiated commerce experiences on the industry’s most versatile enterprise solution.
BigCommerce Company Values
Scale your business with WordPress on the front-end and free up server resources from things like catalog management, processing payments, and managing fulfillment logistics, with BigCommerce on the back end.

BigCommerce Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Mobile Web

Frequently Asked Questions

BigCommerce is a SaaS platform that allows SMBs to develop eCommerce sites. Features include the capabilities to design the storefront, configure products, manage payments, generate traffic, and optimize conversion.

BigCommerce starts at $29.95.

Shopify, Shopify Plus, and Salesforce Commerce Cloud are common alternatives for BigCommerce.

Reviewers rate Product catalog & listings highest, with a score of 7.8.

The most common users of BigCommerce are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).

BigCommerce Customer Size Distribution

Consumers0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)60%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)30%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)10%
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Reviews and Ratings

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Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's a great e-commerce store that integrates well with our fulfillment platform. Its API also is able to interact with other data sources/data warehouses so we can analyze performance. The options/features within the platform make the product flexible for our 3 business needs (we own 3 different storefronts with BigCommerce).
  • Flexibility
  • Quick Modifications
  • Integrations
  • UI
  • Admin vs e-commerce site/interface
  • SSL setup
I find it to be more flexible than other e-commerce platforms I have used. The features regarding dynamic pricing, etc are nice. In my experience the customer support has been hit or miss and a lot of requested features/bug fixes remain unanswered on certain support forums by other users.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use BigCommerce to run our e-commerce web site selling luxury skincare products direct to consumer. It's an easy to use platform. You can run a website without knowing how to code if you need to. Of course the internet marketing department has no problem using the platform but it is also easy to use for our customer service department to manage consumer orders.
  • BigCommerce Customer Support is fantastic.
  • BigCommerce has consistently done upgrades and improvements to their product.
  • BigCommerce is affordable.
  • BigCommerce is extremely customizable and has a lot of 3rd party apps to do almost anything you can imagine.
  • If you're looking for a fully customizable website, this isn't for you. It is an affordable out-of-the-box solution so edits cannot be made to the main code that everyone uses. That said, you can do almost anything with the right theme and apps.
  • The product promotions were lacking but they have updated that this year so this is now a PRO not a con. I expect more promotion flexibility will be coming soon.
  • It would be great if ALL apps were available but it is not the fault of Bigcommerce that most apps are created for another platform first. But they usually get around to making them for BC.
BigCommerce is an out-of-the-box solution for e-commerce. If you don't know anything about e-commerce their program is very easy to use and they provide templates so you don't even have to know how to code. If you do know how to code you can create your own template and customize the look and feel of your store as much as you want. The products are stored in the database so when you want a new template you do not lose any of your product set up. Customer support is always available and very helpful.
February 28, 2024

BigCommerce delivers

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For a DTC online store.
  • Easy to set up new themes
  • Easy to use as an admin
  • Overall fairly good customer experience
  • Product returns are not easy with BigCommerce. They have to be done through QuickBooks.
  • Customer look up doesn't always work like we expect. Often we will find the email address of the customer but not the physical address.
  • Automatic fill-in of state and zip code would be helpful. But we would need to be able to override it.
It all depends on the person who is asking for the recommendation and what their business is about and how it is set up.
Ken Falta | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I switched to BigCommerce awhile ago now after attempting to use some other shopping cart sites along with trying to run my own webstore software with not the best results.
One of the things I like about BigCommerce was the fact they have fantastic customer service and were able to walk me through making changes to my domain name and other settings I was not sure on. They also make it really easy to build your site and list products which has made for a nice looking website, but has made the shopping on my site a lot easier for customers which has also helped increase sales which has made a huge difference!
  • The customer support really is fantastic. Even with newbie questions I asked, they were quick to reply with the information I asked for, including helpful links which really made the difference in switching over and understanding what I needed to do.
  • I am really thrilled with the interface and how easy it is to learn to use. From being really easy to create new pages, edit themes, and add new products, the interface takes very little time to learn. The theme editor is amazing with its WYSIWYG-style interface--I was able to create eye-catching pages in no time.
  • The plug-ins you can add to your site are really handy, including shipping and payment processors like Stripe, which has just in itself helped increase my sales over using PayPal only.
  • Another nice feature is the security for your site, BigCommerce is always updating things and trying to make your webstore as safe for you and your customers as possible.
  • So far I have been really pleased with all aspects of BigCommerce and have not run into any problems or things I would do differently. Something small but something I can think of is in the theme editor. It would be nice to be able to add more items to a page, as I kept finding out I was running out of space when creating pages with lots of graphics/links.
I really think that BigCommerce is well suited for most businesses from small, like my company, to much much larger companies. With being able to easily upgrade your account to more features if needed, it makes it an easy choice. Not sure if this is right for you? Well you can have a free trial and check out how easy it is to set up a website and create products, categories, and pages. I really liked being able to do a trial of things to see if it was something I could design a site with or if I would be having issues, lucky for me things seemed fairly easy to use, and after using it for awhile I found that it was really powerful yet something you do not need to be a tech to use. Something I found really handy for my needs is the ability to set preorders so that customers can order items knowing there is a lead time on the item being made. As I make all the items I sell myself, there is a lead time and the ability to add this to the product pages before ordering has made a huge difference as right away my customers know there is a wait for it to be made and they have confirmed by checking off boxes that they know this. There is a TON of options and addons I have not even had a chance to play with yet, but slowly am as I go. Having all this available really makes BigCommerce a good option if you are looking for a place to host your webstore. I would suggest to have a look at their FAQ and Info pages and if you have any questions drop them a message as that is what I did more than once and they were really helpful and friendly.
February 27, 2024

BigCommerce is worth it!

Micah Jewell | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is used by the entire organization and one person runs it. Since we are a one-person operation, there are no logistical problems. It gives us the online sales presence we want and need. Because it’s only the me person, bigcommerce makes it easier for me to get everything done without having to outsource.
  • Easy to navigate
  • Easy to design with no design or coding experience
  • Simple to make quick changes as products and sales change
  • Easy to see and process all incoming orders
  • Quick customer support responses
  • There was a problem with one of the designs and I couldn’t get it fixed because it was from a third party
  • I would like to see more free template designs for us small businesses that can’t afford unique designs
  • The app extensions aren’t always easy to implement and are sometimes confusing
BigCommerce is a great e-commerce platform that is suited for the small startup and able to grow into a large online presence. It is easy to use, especially for those of us with no design or coding experience. It allows us to sell all over with ease and trust. I can do everything I need to with all our products and promotions. It can be implemented into different sales channels with just a few clicks. The App Store allows more integrations and expansions. Bigcommerce also allows for growth with varying features that can be upgraded as needed.
Shahin Dehestani | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use BigCommerce as our main website. We switched over from Wordpress so we can finally sell the products we carry in our brick-n-mortar store, online. Not only do we use it for our service-based business at our retail location, but now we can sell products directly from it as well. (hits two birds with one stone)
  • It's very easy to use.
  • The drag and drop interface is well-suited for a non-coder like me
  • They integrate to a lot of other sofwares we use, like Zapier, Klaviyo etc.
  • They're great for hosting hundreds - and even thousands - of skus.
  • Phone support would be a big plus
  • I wish their University was included with your subscription. Instead you must pay for it seperately.
  • Pre-built themes have limits to how they can be coded and customized.
If you have a large catalogue of products, like we do, BigCommerce is a great solution. If you're selling 1-10 products, you might find Shopify or Square a better solution

Also, it's not for businesses that don't sell physical products online. If you have a service-based business, or a course/info business, there are other solutions out there.
Jeff Moriarty | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We switched over to BigCommerce due to new restrictions put forth through Shopify. Shopify began removing products on our website (as well as competitors) that they no longer wanted on the platform. 100% legal products, but seems Shopify is cracking down on what they allow now. Because of that we needed to switch to another powerful platform. BigCommerce was the one.
  • Allows for Custom Coding
  • Built in Apps & Options
  • Multistore Functionality
  • App Store
  • Backend User Interface
  • Community
BigCommerce is the best for growing companies that want more control over their website, but don't have the budget for a fully customized website. It is stronger functionality-wise than Shopify, but not at custom as something such as Magento. I would say that most companies should start out with Shopify, and as they grow, move to BigCommerce.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Bigcommerce as our primary order processing service for our website www.kapiva.in, It help us to manage orders, create offers and manage customer profiles. We don't to look anywhere else to get the sale data, all are in-build in BigCommerce. It helps us to export all sorts of reports to calculate revenue. It also is integrated with JudgeMe, which gives us feedback from customers everyday. A big chunk of our work has been made easy just because of BigCommerce.
  • Process orders
  • Integration with other tools, such as Unicommerce
  • Export detailed report
  • Enable us to create offers and coupon codes in minutes.
  • Managing customer profiles
  • Wanted feature to track history of wallet amount for a customer
  • Ability to replace orders and process refunds with automation
  • adding more filters to search an order, such as product name,
BigCommerce is suited for organizations who wants to process and manage orders in the most effective way possible. I would recommend everyone to give it a try, it will prove to be one of the best.
Heather Borders | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We utilize it for orders that are placed through our website. We also us MiniBC App for our order subscription program. The main areas I have issues with is MiniBC, limitations when creating sales or campaigns, and the subscription frequency.
  • Eye4Fraud App works very well when identifying fraudulent orders
  • Status of orders
  • Order, reviews, or other notifications
  • Details of the order
  • Reports
  • MiniBC (Subscription App)
  • Sales/Campaigns
  • Website restrictions
  • Discounts/Promo Codes
It is well suited for utilizing for the processing orders from a website. We also enjoy the product reviews that consumers can place for items they have purchased. We are able to create sales and promotions that discounts can automatically be applied to ones cart. The reporting is easy to navigate and pull.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
BigCommerce is used as our main platform for website orders. We receive the orders and can access the customers' order information through this platform. This is also where we can answer questions or issue any refunds needed. We also can create our discount codes, promotions, etc. though here. This product is perfect for our business and is extremely user-friendly.
  • Marketing Codes
  • Customer Order Information and Details
  • Ease of Answering Customer Questions
  • Ease of Inputting Customer Orders
  • Notifications - once you read, it would be nice if they could be marked as "read".
  • The discount codes, it would be nice if there were more options to choose from for narrowing down specifics for uses and maximum discount on dollar amounts.
  • Ability to make more fields mandatory at checkout.
When I first started using the BigCommerce platform, it was so user-friendly! Again, it was very easy to use and figure out right away. I had no issues with finding where everything was and it is organized in such a way, that it made sense where to look for something. I also really like the customer order layout as we have to issue refunds a lot and it's very simple.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
I'm a web developer that specializes in e-commerce. I regularly help clients open new stores on BigCommerce or migrate their stores from other platforms to BigCommerce. It's especially good for B2B businesses and those that need multiple storefronts. The headless option makes a great pairing with WordPress, which gives customers more design control over the informational aspects of their e-commerce stores.
  • B2B / Wholesale Tools
  • Multistore front for sharing a catalog between different stores
  • Product Filtering
  • Customer Support
  • Adding custom properties is extremely limited compared to other platforms.
  • Some files can only be modified offline are requires a bunch of command line stuff.
  • The Page Builder is lacking especially when it comes to custom fonts and styling.
The BigCommerce platform is well suited for small retailers with simple needs, especially those that would work well on an out-of-the-box theme. There are also great use cases for B2B / wholesale situations. If you run multiple online stores, but share inventory, you can use the multistore front feature to make managing them easier. Not a great platform if you have highly customizable product page needs or if you have a large demand for custom development. It's not that custom development isn't possible, it's just more time-consuming than platforms like Shopify, so it might cost you more in development costs. Their pricing model and no transaction fees are a big selling point. Also, the out-of-the-box integration with other shopping channels like eBay is a bonus for those looking to do omnichannel commerce.
Paul Francis Jones | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our eCommerce website platform needs to be willing to work with hemp-derived products, and BigCommerce is one of the more well-known platforms in that arena. Honestly, in the last couple of years, BigCommerce hasn't really been my first choice, but again, when you're working with products derived from federally legal hemp, your choices are very limited. Having said that, I've been very surprised with how far BigCommerce has come in the last couple of years, specifically the Page Builder, which essentially allows you to select a free template, and customize it in a drag-and-drop environment, and if you have the time and ability to do that, Page Builder essentially negates the need for a paid, premium template. I would also say adding and editing products, and building out promotions, and customer groups are very easy in BigCommerce, and more robust than the other platforms I previously preferred to work with.
  • Page Builder
  • Promotions
  • Products
  • Order data
  • Complicated product imports/exports
  • Theme updates
BigCommerce is one of the better platforms, in our experience, when working with hemp-derived products like CBD. As a person with ten years in eCommerce, again, I'll say that my previous experience with BigCommerce was neither good nor bad, I'd best describe it as average, and not very memorable. In recent years though, BigCommerce has grown, and become easier to use, and if you're in an industry that a lot of other platforms define as high-risk, BigCommerce is, in my opinion, the best and most robust eCommerce platform you're going to find. Even if we stop talking about hemp-derived products, and go with any other industry like t-shirts or outdoor living products, the improvements on both the front-end and back have made BigCommerce a legit option, comparable to the best eCommerce platforms available.
Keith Whitt | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The BigCommerce website platform hosts all of our products and processes all sales. Prior to changing to BC, I maintained my own website code and was responsible for all web-hosting. The old site/code was hacked more than once and managing security was becoming a liability. Furthermore, the old site was not responsive and became outdated for smartphones. BigCommerce fixed all of that, and I was up and running much quicker than expected. The templates are highly professional and feature-rich.
  • Provides a secure web platform for hosting eCommerce sites.
  • Includes many professional templates.
  • Includes many add-ons for order processing, payments, and shipping.
  • Would like to have better "catalog only" pages to show sample items that are not for sale.
  • The backend interface could be more intuitive.
BigCommerce excels at providing an affordable eCommerce site for the sale of products online. It does that very well and provides a highly professional look and feel. If your organization is planning an informational site that does not sell directly to customers, BigCommerce is not the best choice. Informational or catalog-only pages are clumsy.
April 13, 2022

BigCommerce Review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use it to sell our product online, both wholesale and retail.
  • One stop solution for our e-commerce needs.
  • Easy to learn and use.
  • Price could be better.
  • 3rd party vendors constantly bothering us.
For a small business like us, it is a one-stop solution for our e-commerce. Not sure about any other situation.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use BigCommerce to promote our products and services, generate leads, and facilitate product purchases. The products we sell are complicated in that they can be packaged and sold by a number of different units of measure (e.g., milligrams, micrograms, milliliters, etc.). The software is flexible enough to allow us to create customized units of measure for every product, and a single product can be offered in multiple pack sizes with different units of measure.
  • They have a great WYSIWYG interface for creating webpage content.
  • The software allows us to create multiple pack sizes, using different units of measure, for any or all of our products.
  • It is very easy to add product categories, manipulate the top-level menu headings, and swap out graphic elements.
  • We charge different packaging fees for our products, based on how they ship, so it would be nice to be able to tag a customizable packaging fee to every product. Currently, this cannot be done.
  • We cannot customize how products are sorted on a page that shows all the products available within a given Product Category; the default is an alphabetical list. We would like to be able to manually prioritize how the products appear on a Product Category page.
  • This is a minor annoyance, but I'll go ahead and try to describe it - When making edits to products, it would be nice to save your changes and close out of the editing interface, then be returned to where you were in your list of products. Currently, you are taken to the top of that page's list of products. So, if you're viewing 50 products, and you want to edit products 45-50, after you save each set of changes, you are taken back to the top of the list (product 1), so you have to scroll back down to edit products 46, 47, etc. Not a big deal, but thought I'd mention it.
BigCommerce's ability to customize product units of measure is very valuable. Certain products we sell can be sold in units, milligrams (mg), or milliliters (ml), depending on a customer's preference. The software makes it very easy to present these options to our customers. It's also easy to make product edits and post them immediately. We often need to make a price adjustment on very short notice and the software allows us to do that in just a few minutes. And nothing comes to mind when trying to think of a scenario in which the software is not appropriate.
JoAnna Cohen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Management of the entire multichain online commerce for retail/wholesale business. Use it to manage eBay, Amazon, and private site product listings, prices, updates, sales, and manage inventory as well. One change gets sent to all of the appropriate places without having to mess around with separate information silos. Wholistic picture of sales and revenue and dead inventory as well. We get to see product engagement and capture abandoned carts effectively. Great API tie-ins to other software like shipping management and advertising campaign management. At this point, I wouldn't use any other e-commerce platform or recommend anything else. Has a scalable robust feature set that allows for personalization within any business model.
  • Product management.
  • Order management.
  • Multi-chain e-commerce management.
  • Customer management.
  • If it's possible an even more customizable payment structure.
  • More email features.
Honestly any online commerce business from boutique shops to large wholesale operations can benefit from BigCommerce. I have tried other software, blog sites with e-commerce plugins (WordPress), and Squarespace. They aren't as intuitive or powerful, or customizable for the average person. BigCommerce just works. It's beautiful and is feature-rich without having to know anything about coding, or plugins. Just add your logins and you're good to go.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use BigCommerce for some of our client's e-commerce web solutions. We chose BigCommerce for its ease of use for the editors adding content and also the feature which allows you to add your own search keywords to products. This was the main reason we chose it over Shopify. Very easy to update and so far our customers love it.
  • Allows custom keywords for products
  • Adding images to variants is very simple for the end user
  • The free templates are excellent and very easy to edit
  • More control over how the homepage displays without having to code
Ease of use and has specific features that none of the other off-the-shelf E-Commerce solutions have. Very easy for the end-user to edit and add new or existing content, plus has a very extensive knowledge base and a good user community [that] has many answers to the questions and problems I've encountered.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We are a wine retailer and use BigCommerce for our online sales. We use the BigCommerce API to tightly integrate the BigCommerce platform with our Retail Management System which runs our brick-and-mortar operations. We moved to BigCommerce nearly two years ago to address several needs including a robust API, optimized one-page checkout, site speed, access to integrated apps, an enterprise-level hosted environment, SaaS solution, headless commerce, highly flexible framework that is easy to modify, offloading of PCI compliance, 24/7/365 phone support in addition to email and ticket systems, professional services, solutions architects and a dedicated account manager. After years of owning source code and hosting our own site on our own servers, we were ready to accept the fact that we simply didn't have the internal resources to keep up with the evolving e-commerce landscape. We knew we needed to move to a hosted solution but still needed the flexibility of being able to develop and deploy customized solutions within our site. We looked at everything from Shopify+ to Magento to Oracle Commerce Cloud to BigCommerce. BigCommerce was the runaway winner as it addressed all of our requirements with ease.
  • Incredibly robust API
  • Highly flexible stencil framework
  • Efficient, streamlined one-page checkout
  • Seamless integration with a wealth of third party solutions like SearchSpring, Signifyd, and more.
  • Support for the product at all levels is incredible
  • Ease of use - our customers have adopted to our BigCommerce site more rapidly than any platform we've been on in the past. We've received consistent praise from our Customers about how easy our site is to use since we switched to BigCommerce.
  • Meta field data can only be edited by the API user that originally created the data. Meta field data is the only data where the API applies this restriction and it's a big pain in the butt for us.
  • BigCommerce one-page checkout is amazing but Shopify still has the best single page checkout in the industry. I would love to see BigCommerce catch up with Shopify in this area. BigCommerce smokes Shopify just about everywhere else.
  • Multi-site: we keep hearing that multi-site will be available soon. This is a standard feature of Shopify+ and is a glaring shortcoming of BigCommerce. I know it's being worked on. Let's get that to market soon!
  • I was disappointed to see BigCommerce have made a push into the B2B space with B2B Bundle. Not only is B2B Bundle weak, it's expensive and feels like it was shoehorned into BigCommerce. [In my opinion] its integration is poor. I wish BigCommerce would focus more on getting their multi-site operational than spending precious resources on a half-baked partnership with a marginally functional B2B solution like B2B Bundle.
BigCommerce is a tremendous tool for retail e-commerce but I would not recommend it for B2B. Not yet at least. I would recommend BigCommerce to any e-tailer that doesn't have multi-site requirements. I would recommend BigCommerce to any e-tailer that is marginally tech savvy. For the user who is clueless or the company that doesn't have good technical resources, I would only recommend BigCommerce if the prospect was willing to pay for professional services through an agency or consultant. I think Shopify or SquareSpace do a better job of providing a stupid-simple interface. That's not a knock on BigCommerce. I actually prefer BigCommerce's interface and for all but the most basic of businesses, BigCommerce is the hands-down winner. I think BigCommerce is equally well suited for the wine industry as it is for [the] automotive industry. I know of floral businesses that do tremendously well with the platform. I know of hospital gift shops that use BigCommerce to allow customers to order gifts and have them delivered to patients in the hospital. I know BigCommerce has worked tremendously well for selling sporting goods and even firearms. I guess I would say that I would be less confident that BigCommerce would be a good fit for a service oriented industry that sells services or reservations.
Thomas Pittman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use BigCommerce to power our online store presence and it's custom integrated with WordPress. It powers all online purchasing, pricing, and backend order fulfillment. We are able to lead our space with the customization options that BigCommerce offers, and its ease of use allows our small marketing team to offer a robust and quality online presence. It’s easy to upload products, maintain and fulfill them properly in addition to doing proper automatic email correspondence such as automated order confirmation emails and more. It's also easy to train the rest of the staff on how to use it and when needed, we have it support to make backend coding changes cost-effectively.
  • Ease of use for maintaining inventory
  • Product optimization and setup
  • Order fulfillment and automated email correspondence
  • Easy to use use interface
  • Extensive customization options
  • Reporting
  • Advanced analytics into store usage without third party software
BigCommerce is well suited for small marketing teams looking to offer a robust online presence for its customers. Its ease of use and cost-effectiveness make it an ideal fit for easy maintenance and quickly launching products to market then maintaining and propel fly fulfilling them. Also ideal for anyone looking to offer an online presence that is integrated with their WordPress backend.
October 18, 2021

A Review of BigCommerce

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use BigCommerce for my e-commerce business. I sell women's apparel, accessories, and home decor items. I like BigCommerce because it is highly customizable right out of the box without the need to install additional apps. I really like the ability to edit and customize every aspect of my website with only a few clicks.
  • BigCommerce is very customizable right out of the box.
  • BigCommerce has great customer service.
  • BigCommerce is affordable.
  • BigCommerce is easy to use.
  • Although BigCommerce is easy to use, I do wish they had more online tutorials.
  • I wish the categories in the admin were configured a little better.
  • I wish the platform integrated with more third-party apps.
I feel BigCommerce is well suited for anyone looking to start an e-commerce business or expand their brick-and-mortar business online. BigCommerce is easy to use, affordable, and you can get a free trial to test it out before you commit. While I feel the ability to customize everything is a great feature, I do feel that some people may find that to be intimidating and overwhelming.
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We came from Shopify, hoping to get a little bit more baked in from the start. [I believe] this was a big mistake. Analytics, shipping policies, and theme editing are all handled by third-party integrations, with two of those being an additional cost per month. [In my experience] some of the free templates seem a little nicer and more professional than Shopify, however, they are mostly not customizable without additional software, which means another monthly charge or going into the code. We also liked the way MSRP and Sale prices work. Additionally, importing/exporting is handled much easier and I like the Products editing screen, although some settings are hidden. Templates allow some minor edits and appearance choices but are mostly non-editable. The Menu Bar is completely non-editable. The footer is just a mirror of the main menu bar, which again is very limited. It is also basically non-editable as well, without going into the code or paying additional monthly fees for additional software for the rest of time, as any edits made by the software erases if you stop paying. BigCommerce is touting a new template drop and drag feature they are rolling out and [I feel] it is very bad. Also, support told me there was no way to move sections around after you create them, therefore the only way was to delete and start from scratch. [I believe] this is not true. The first thing you'll see when you sign into the admin is the dashboard, which [I feel] is basically non-existent. It has some minor specks of info and that's it. We also came to find out that BigCommerce does not consider an order placed until payment is made, so if you authorize only and then charge at shipping, your sales figures for the day are basically useless. [In my experience] you have to use Google Analytics for the simplest snippet of useful metrics. [I believe] the orders screen is a mess of accordion-style views. It doesn't show any fraud details or acquisition info. Also, [in my experience] checkout registration kicks the user back to the homepage and even the checkout fields are in a strange sequence. There was a hard pitch to get on the $1,500 enterprise plan and pay $3,000 to migrate data that we did ourselves in minutes. [I believe] sales is sales, it's understandable, but I'm reading that other users fall for this and [BigCommerce] charges cancellation fees. [I feel] the worst thing of all about BigCommerce is the 24/7 phone and chat support. It is 24/7, which is nice to have, but [in my experience] no one knows anything except for one person, who we have started asking for. Otherwise, [in my experience] every answer is "I think", "I think", and usually wrong, or just plain wrong right away. [I believe] you can hear the reps clicking through the admin trying to find an answer that ends up being incorrect, as you find the solution, or menu, or feature on your own a day or two later. [I feel] you should not expect any guidance at all with anything theme-related. [I feel] BigCommerce kind of laughs at Shopify for being basic and needing add-ons for simple things, but those things are typically minor tweaks for a few dollars. With BigCommerce, you cannot even work well without several integrations.
  • Easier importing/exporting
  • [I feel] phone support and chat are useless, because no one knows anything.
  • [I believe] they have predatory salesmanship.
  • [In my experience] the dashboard needs major updating.
  • Automatic collections.
  • Better and easier customizations.
I really don't like BigCommerce.
Michael Johnson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
BigCommerce is Lindsey's primary sheet music store. She offers every type of sheet music she owns and her fans can purchase her sheet music directly from the BigCommerce website. Originally, she was using her own website, LindseyStirling.com, to list her products but after multiple management changes, keeping that website updated and running smoothly was a problem. With her new sheet music site, we can keep her sheet music updated as much as needed without the worry of having anyone else take the site down due to technical issues or management changes. It has been the perfect solution.
  • Provides a simple user interface for adding products.
  • Allows for easy credit card payment processing.
  • Very quick customer support.
  • Can hold a LOT of products.
  • Is separate from your regular website so if your site goes down, your store won't.
  • The website design portion is terrible. Very hard to update with complete confidence.
  • The website template is hard to manipulate.
  • Each product detail page can be completely customized. This creates pages with CSS that don't look anything like the site they're on; it's disorganized.
If you're a large company with at least 100 products, BigCommerce would be right for you. When compared to WordPress websites, you don't need to know anything technical in order to add/remove/edit products or do anything with your site. Their interface makes it easy to add products without having to know PHP or any other programming language.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use BigCommerce to host our e-commerce whole sale website where we sell directly to customers as well as b2b. We use BigCommerce for not just hosting our website but it is also the portal where our customers can find us.
  • BigCommerce has a very easy to use control panel.
  • Online store creation and editing is robust and pretty much everything is customizable.
  • Nice looking and decent built in templates.
  • Never any downtime since using it.
  • BigCommerce could use better account manager implementation.
  • The dashboard takes some getting used to in where you can find things at first.
  • Not as many third party tools as Shopify.
I like the BigCommerce platform because it actually does quite a lot of things for businesses of any size. It has the scalability potential right there and is pretty easy to use, if a colleague asked me as well if there are lots of developers for BigCommerce I would tell them that yes you can quite easily find a developer even though there aren't nearly as many as Shopify already has.
Darcy Knapp, MBA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
BigCommerce facilitates our ecommerce store. We retail a full line of automotive key control products and have been selling online for appx 9 years. We switched to BigCommerce to get more versatility and better optimization for our product line. We also build, manage and optimize BigCommerce stores for clients.
  • Fast load time of site platform on all devices
  • Easy Inventory Management
  • New Variations tools are much faster for data loading
  • Fully accessible meta data for categories, inventory, pages and posts for optimization
  • Convenient built in blog for adding content
  • Platform is easy to train on, we use webex to train clients on their back end management of their stores
  • Multiple Payment options encourage more sales
  • Amazon integration, Google Shopping integration, eBay integration
  • Need to be able to add tracking information to customer order
  • Would like shipping alert to be editable to include tracking number
  • Need more of a WIZWIG editor or theme options that do not require coding, most clients cannot handle the areas of the platform that require html skills to edit
Great for start up or established ecommerce business. For the same price as basic Shopify store you get a full featured store with BigCommerce. We also build a lot of WordPress stores for startups, most migrate to BigCommerce as their revenues grow. For small stores 1-4 products, a Wordpress starting point is more affordable (free ecomm plugins) but when you are ready to make your store a business, you need a full functioning store with the capabilities to integrate with 3rd party shipping and selling platforms.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
BigCommerce allowed us to establish an online shop quickly and at a price point which was great for a new business. We can see ourselves upgrading further once we have built our client base.
  • Easy setup
  • Lots of integration options.
  • Basic reporting
  • Ability to create bundled products and pull from existing stock.
  • More flexibility to add tracking code into headers and footers.
Simple and easy to setup. Plus you are not forced to use a specified payment gateway like some other platforms.
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