Scalable
Have big plans for future growth? BigCommerce is set up to scale with your business. No need to switch platforms as your business grows!
What is BigCommerce?
Beautiful Web Presence. Powerful Ecommerce Functionality.
BigCommerce delivers the perfect balance of design flexibility and ecommerce functionality. Businesses choose BigCommerce because it provides a beautiful storefront experience for customers while offering the tools needed to manage products, orders, inventory, marketing, integrations, and growth behind the scenes. Whether you're a B2C retailer, B2B manufacturer, or wholesale distributor, BigCommerce provides a scalable foundation for ecommerce success.
Introduction to BigCommerce
About the Ecommerce Platform for B2B and B2C
BigCommerce is an ecommerce platform solution popular among B2B and B2C businesses alike! BigCommerce offers beautiful themes that can be customized to match your company's branding.
The wide variety of native features, combined with the platform's extensibility through BigCommerce apps, third-party integrations, and customizations, allows you to scale the functionality of your ecommerce web store in tandem with your business as you grow.
Key Benefits of BigCommerce
Affordable
There are four different pricing plans. Choose the BigCommerce plan that best fits you!
Customizable
BigCommerce is an open SaaS platform that has many impactful features and tools built in, but it’s also customizable to fit your needs!
Looking for a BigCommerce partner to help implement or customize your BigCommerce web store?
BigCommerce 101
Learn the basics before you make a big decision.
Choosing an ecommerce platform isn't something most businesses do very often, so it's worth understanding the differences before jumping into implementation.
In this conversation, Caleb sits down with Michael from BigCommerce to discuss what the platform is, where it fits best, and how it compares to options like Shopify and WooCommerce. They cover pricing, common use cases, and the kinds of businesses that tend to get the most value from BigCommerce, along with a few situations where another platform might honestly make more sense.
The goal isn't to convince you that BigCommerce is right for everyone. It's to give you enough context to decide whether it's right for you.
Why Businesses Choose BigCommerce
Good ecommerce platforms should solve tomorrow's problems, not create them
Launching an online store is only part of the decision. The harder question is whether the platform will still make sense a few years from now, after you've added product lines, expanded into new sales channels, connected an ERP, or introduced B2B purchasing.
That's one of the reasons many businesses choose BigCommerce.
It gives organizations a solid foundation without forcing them to build everything from scratch. Many companies are able to launch using native functionality, then gradually add integrations, custom development, or more advanced capabilities as the business evolves. That approach tends to be easier to maintain—and easier on the people responsible for supporting the storefront.
We've seen plenty of ecommerce teams outgrow the platform they started with. Sometimes that's because the business changed. Sometimes it's because the platform wasn't built for where the company was headed in the first place.
Whether you're launching your first storefront or replacing an existing ecommerce platform, the goal is the same: choose a solution that supports the business you're becoming, not just the one you have today.
BigCommerce CMS
Using BigCommerce as a Content Management System
A Content Management System (CMS) is an application used to build and manage a website; more specifically, an ecommerce store.
As a CMS, BigCommerce provides you with full control over your ecommerce store. BigCommerce is an open SaaS platform, which means there is a pre-built, robust native tech stack, but you can also customize and add features as needed. This is perfect for companies that want a powerful website, the ability to scale their business and internal team over time, or need to get their website up and running quickly.
The purchase of a BigCommerce subscription gives you access to all of this and more. Additionally, the native BigCommerce tech stack is updated regularly and improved based on customer feedback. It’s ever improving in ways to help you become a stronger business. BigCommerce CMS sets a strong foundation as an ecommerce store.
Features of the BigCommerce CMS
- Theme templates options (Free, Paid, Custom)
- Intuitive Page Builder Tools
- Streamlined Admin Dashboard
- Built-in SEO features
- Access to best-in-class apps
- High-quality customer support
- Incredible Website Security
- Industry-leading site live time
- Customer, transaction, order data
BigCommerce Features
BigCommerce features best-in-class elements for B2B and B2C ecommerce merchants. Listed below are some BigCommerce feature highlights.
Merchandising/Marketing
- Storefront Design Tools - Product Visualization - Recommendations & Personalization - Promotions and Discounts - Shopping Cart Abandonment - Product Reviews - SEO
Product Catalog/Shopping
- Content Management - Product Configuration - Product Search and Filtering - Sell intangible products - Single Page Checkout - Tax Display and Processing - Returns/Refunds
Multi-Channel Support
- Mobile Optimization - Shipping Options - Inventory Count - Multichannel Fulfillment - Store Locator - NetSuite ERP Integration - B2B Features
BigCommerce
An Ecommerce Hosting Platform
BigCommerce is an ecommerce hosting platform that gives you the foundation, tools, and resources to create your ecommerce website. BigCommerce is an open SaaS platform (Software as a Service), so your subscription provides access to pre-built BigCommerce ecommerce features while still allowing you to install apps, integrate with external software, and customize native features to create the best store possible.
Intuitive, Easy Ecommerce Website Management with BigCommerce
The BigCommerce Admin Dashboard serves as your primary point of access for managing your BigCommerce store. From here, you can access the front end of your website (i.e., like your BigCommerce theme) or you can access features that are behind the scenes, like products, orders, customer information, marketing tools, and more. BigCommerce helps make managing your ecommerce website easy.
BigCommerce Storefront
The part your customers see. The part your team controls.
Your storefront is the experience customers interact with every time they visit your website. It's where they browse products, search for information, add items to their cart, and decide whether they're ready to buy.
Behind that experience is the BigCommerce dashboard, where your team manages themes, products, content, promotions, navigation, and the apps that power your storefront. Most day-to-day updates happen here, giving your team the ability to keep the site current without touching code.
A well-managed storefront isn't just about looking polished. It makes it easier for customers to find what they need, easier for your team to keep information up to date, and easier for the business to keep growing without turning every website change into a development project.
Manage your Operations on BigCommerce
The backend (server side) of BigCommerce is well-organized and easy to navigate.
Manage the operations side of your business from the BigCommerce Dashboard. You can easily manage things like products, orders, customers, pricing (and more!) all from your BigCommerce account.
Connect to your ERP, CRM, PIM
BigCommerce has open APIs, so it’s possible to use an integration to connector your ERP, CRM, or PIM to your BigCommerce account. There are many pre-made integrations available for purchase to add that functionality to your website. Choosing the right integration is critical for your success. Contact us if you need assistance determining which integration is best suited for you.
BigCommerce Demo
Do you want to learn more about BigCommerce?
Schedule a demo today! BigCommerce Demos include:
- Expert Led Demo
- Web Design Elements
- B2C and B2B Features
- B2B Edition
- And more
BigCommerce Subscriptions
BigCommerce pricing is simple, transparent, and flexible. Once you purchase a BigCommerce subscription, you gain access to a BigCommerce account that’s ready to be set up to make your ecommerce website come to life! You can set it up in-house or work with a BigCommerce Developer to leverage their expertise.
There are four BigCommerce subscription plans. The more premium tiers include a greater number of native BigCommerce features, while the lower tiers have fewer native features. The estimated online revenue totals below should be used as a guide to determine which plan might be right for you. However, depending on your specific business needs, one plan may be better suited for you than another. Contact Us to discuss your scenario with a BigCommerce expert.
BigCommerce plans are NOT based on
- total web traffic
- transaction fees
- bandwidth overages
- catalog size
Available BigCommerce Subscription Plans
- Standard Plan: The BigCommerce Standard plan is ideal for businesses just starting in ecommerce. (<$50,000 online revenue annually)
- Plus Plan: The BigCommerce Standard Plan is designed for merchants who forecast making between $50,000 and $180,000 in online revenue annually.
- Pro Plan: The BigCommerce Standard Plan is designed for merchants who forecast making between $180,000 and $400,000 in online revenue annually.
*The BigCommerce Pro Plan monthly cost increases by $150 for every additional $200,000 the merchant generates online revenue annually.
- Enterprise Plans: BigCommerce Enterprise plans are designed for merchants who forecast making $500,000 or more in annual online revenue. Plan pricing is set up on an order-based model that considers the average order value, which differs from the BigCommerce Central Plan pricing.
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- BigCommerce's Open Saas Platform Downloadable PDF >
- The Competitive Advantage of Open SaaS View the eBook >
What Our Customers Say
BigCommerce FAQs
BigCommerce is a SaaS ecommerce platform that helps B2B and B2C businesses build, manage, and grow online stores. The platform includes native ecommerce features, website management tools, SEO capabilities, integrations, and customization options while eliminating the need to manage hosting infrastructure.
BigCommerce provides merchants with a hosted ecommerce platform that includes storefront management, product catalog tools, order management, customer management, marketing features, and integrations. Businesses can launch quickly using native functionality while also extending the platform through apps, custom development, APIs, and third-party integrations.
Yes. BigCommerce is an open SaaS ecommerce platform. This means merchants receive the benefits of cloud-based hosting, security, and platform maintenance while retaining the flexibility to customize their storefront, install apps, and integrate external systems.
Yes. BigCommerce offers robust B2B functionality, including B2B Edition capabilities designed for manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and other businesses that sell to other businesses. Many companies choose BigCommerce B2B solutions because they combine powerful ecommerce functionality with flexible integrations and scalability.
Headless commerce is a way of developing your website only using the software you want. This helps you be more strategic about each piece of software that goes into your website. This helps improve speed, functionality, and scalability when compared to standard website builder tools (i.e., BigCommerce Stencil).
Yes. Businesses can sell BigCommerce subscription products using subscription-focused applications and integrations available through the BigCommerce ecosystem. These solutions can support recurring billing, memberships, replenishment programs, and subscription-based ecommerce models.
Yes. BigCommerce offers extensive ecommerce integration capabilities through APIs and third-party connectors. Businesses frequently connect BigCommerce with ERP systems like NetSuite, CRM platforms, PIM solutions, marketing automation software, and other operational tools.
Yes. BigCommerce supports headless commerce architectures, allowing businesses to use a separate frontend experience while leveraging BigCommerce as the ecommerce engine. Organizations often pair BigCommerce with a headless CMS to create highly customized digital experiences.
BigCommerce offers multiple subscription tiers designed for businesses at different stages of growth. Pricing depends on your chosen plan, revenue levels, required features, integrations, and development needs. Enterprise pricing is customized based on business requirements.
There are many BigCommerce headless websites live today. However, BigCommerce lists the following three as top examples.
Your Trusted BigCommerce Partner
Anchor Group is recognized as a Certified BigCommerce Partner. What sets us apart in the consulting industry is our desire to serve our clients with the heart of a teacher.