Implementing BC as an agency
September 16, 2019
Implementing BC as an agency
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Enterprise
Overall Satisfaction with BigCommerce
BC is an e-commerce platform offered by our agency. We have over 40+ websites that have been launched on BigCommerce, from pro to Enterprise, with the vast majority at Enterprise. We are exploring headless options, custom programming, and other ways to extend the platform to meet our client's needs while offering a robust OOB e-commerce experience at a reasonable price.
- Extendable API
- Headless capabilities
- Strong core e-commerce business logic and experience
- Lack of content management options.
- Lack of access to server-side APIs without the usage of middleware.
- Lack of flexibility when it comes to payment gateway integrations.
- We've built a very large and successful department.
- In the 3 years we've been using it, we've greatly expanded and extended the platform's capabilities.
- We are still hamstrung with highly custom implementations that are trying to still use BC storefront with a lot of server-side integrations.
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We utilize the open APIs extensively in almost everything we do. The more the better, and the sooner we get V3 Orders API even better! We don't often utilize the application market place other than some extremely trusted partners like Shipper HQ.
BC easily beats Shopify, and since Magento has moved to M2, it easily outpaces Magento as well. Salesforce Commerce Cloud is more powerful and robust but requires a significant investment that is not necessarily desirable for those looking for something more lightweight, which BC fits into.