Item: BigCommerce
Rating: 10
Author: Janina Soto

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Web Host that is easy to implement and get up and running. We wanted a rental site, but very expensive and complicated to set up, so we instead went with BigCommerce for our launch. So far it is working for us until we scale. Hopefully they will develop a rental back end for our type of service.

Pros and Cons

Easy to get started.
Drag & Drop feature.
Customer support.

Develop a rental option back end for those of us not selling products.

Return on Investment

Getting up and running quickly.
Getting up and running frugally.
Easy to use as a novice.

Approximate Annual eCommerce Revenue

Less than $20,000

Scalability

Can not do rental service on the back end - more suited for retail sales rather than fashion rental. Plus does not allow us to follow inventory on usage. Only allows in and out of products.

BigCommerce Customization

Like the API's but have yet to take advantage of a lot of them.

Alternatives Considered

Shopify Plus

More options and growth abilities with BigCommerce.

Likelihood to Recommend

It's great for retail, maybe not so great for rental services. Hopefully in time that will be developed so we will not need to change our web host in the near future as we begin to scale up and can no longer do the rental work manually on the back end of our site.

BigCommerce for a rental service business.

Software Version

Overall Satisfaction with BigCommerce