Benefits of BigCommerce over Shopify
by Gangadhar Kulkarni Internet Marketing ProfessionalDo you have a successful business
that you're trying to grow or maybe you’re looking to start an ecommerce site
for your business? There are so many options out there that I know it can be a
daunting process to find what's right for you and your online store. Let me try
to ease the pain by comparing two popular options – BigCommerce and Shopify.
While Shopify is probably who
you’re hearing about most often, that doesn't necessarily mean it's the right
choice. BigCommerce is no stranger to the
Ecommerce world by no means. Since 2009, they have been supporting thousands of
B2B and B2C companies around the world and revolutionizing the way people shop,
work and live.
BigCommerce has the Upper-hand
· Business owners
are saving roughly $6,000 - $20,000 per year in-app
subscription costs with BigCommerce.
· BigCommerce
merchants have the option to use special rates through PayPal Powered by
Braintree, but if a merchant wants to use a different gateway, there are no
additional transaction fees.
-Shopify's
credit card processing rates depend on using their native payment gateway (Shopify
Payments). You will also incur additional transaction fees if you choose to use
a different provider. Transaction fee ranges from 2% (on Shopify Basic) to 0.5%
(on Shopify Advanced).
· Best-in-class
SEO features include customizable URL links to improve
search ranks and the ability to set the default URL structure for
products and categories on the store level and still modify individual products
and categories.
· Shopify and
BigCommerce both have response themes and include a content delivery network (CDN)
to help deliver photos and other files based on the location of the visitor.
However, BigCommerce merchants also have Akamai Image Manager automatically
enabled on all Stencil themes. This feature automatically resizes images to the
best combination of size, quality and file format suited for each image and
device.
· BigCommerce has
better support for product options and variants. BigCommerce merchants don't
have to worry about paying for another app or creating multiple products to
deal with product limitations. With support for up to 600 variants (i.e. an
option or combination of options tied to a SKU), BigCommerce merchants have a
wide range of ways to showcase products, including support for drop-down menus, radio buttons, checkbox
options, swatch options, text/number fields, date fields, file uploads, and
product pick lists (for upselling another product). Shopify supports up to
three drop-down menu options with a hard cap of 100 possible
combinations/variants.
· BigCommerce
supports over 70 types of discounts out of the box. These coupon and cart-level
discounts native to BigCommerce empower merchants to test and create promotions
that drive revenue. Shopify still lacks cart level discounts and merchants have
to rely on third-party apps or upgrade to Shopify Plus for a wide range of
discount functionalities native to BigCommerce.
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