Item: BigCommerce
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Pros and Cons

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

Return on Investment

Massively reduced the cost to the client for web updates

Scalability

Everything we have needed to do has been easy to implement.

Alternatives Considered

Shopify, WordPress, Joomla! and Drupal

We used BigCommerce for one feature that none of the other systems offer, the ability to add custom keywords to products was exactly what our client required and BigCommerce offers this with no additional work.

Key Insights

Do you think BigCommerce delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with BigCommerce's feature set?

Yes

Did BigCommerce live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of BigCommerce go as expected?

Would you buy BigCommerce again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe PhotoShop, WordPress, Shopify, Blender, Microsoft Excel

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

Features not available in other systems

Software Version

Overall Satisfaction with BigCommerce