Honest opinion working as an eCommerce agency.
December 11, 2019
Honest opinion working as an eCommerce agency.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Other
Overall Satisfaction with BigCommerce
We use it as platform of choice for our clients.
Pros
- Product feeds and marketing
- Managing large catalogs for import export
Cons
- Managing complex designs easily without developers
- Nuances with product uploads and options sets
- Reducing high maintenance costs from ongoing developer requirements.
- Has allowed us to scale clients rapidly while providing the infrastructure required.
$10 to $50 million
We personally don't consistently develop and work with the open API but have had to build features to interact with logistics software and that process has primarily been positive. There have been some minimal limitations when processing orders with more than 250 line items in a wholesale capacity.
WooCommmerce and Magento are great, provided you have a consistent developer team that can constantly manage it and clients have the budget for that. But most times, the amount of money spent on developer managed sites is better spent on growing the company instead of custom management and development. Its easier to train people on how to manage.
Shopify is great for starter sites, but our hangup with Shopify is the company itself is known for kicking entire platforms and integrations off its platform or whole industries with minimal notice (like Mailchimp, Paypal by Braintree and outdoor-related/firearms industries).
Shopify also forces you to pay an additional 1% processing on top of your credit card processor which seems small but not when you're doing $1m+ in revenue. It adds up quickly.
Shopify is great for starter sites, but our hangup with Shopify is the company itself is known for kicking entire platforms and integrations off its platform or whole industries with minimal notice (like Mailchimp, Paypal by Braintree and outdoor-related/firearms industries).
Shopify also forces you to pay an additional 1% processing on top of your credit card processor which seems small but not when you're doing $1m+ in revenue. It adds up quickly.
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