BigCommerce

What Is BigCommerce?

BigCommerce is a SaaS e-commerce platform designed for growing and enterprise businesses. Founded in 2009, BigCommerce differentiates itself through built-in features that reduce reliance on third-party apps, no transaction fees on any plan, and strong support for headless commerce architectures.

Built-In Features

BigCommerce includes more features out of the box than most competitors, reducing the need for paid apps. Native capabilities include multi-currency, multi-language, customer groups with tiered pricing, real-time shipping quotes, abandoned cart recovery, product reviews, and faceted search without additional costs.

No Transaction Fees

Unlike Shopify which charges transaction fees when using third-party payment gateways, BigCommerce imposes no transaction fees regardless of which payment processor merchants choose. This flexibility and cost transparency is a significant advantage for merchants with specific payment requirements.

Headless Commerce

BigCommerce's headless architecture separates the backend commerce engine from the frontend presentation. The Storefront API and GraphQL API enable building custom frontends with Next.js, Gatsby, Nuxt, or any framework while BigCommerce handles catalog, cart, checkout, and order management.

Multi-Channel Selling

Native integrations with Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Instagram, Google Shopping, Walmart, and TikTok enable selling across channels with synchronized inventory and order management from a single dashboard.

Why Choose BigCommerce

Merchants wanting comprehensive built-in features without app dependency, freedom from transaction fees, and headless commerce flexibility choose BigCommerce. It serves businesses that have outgrown basic platforms but prefer SaaS simplicity over self-hosted complexity.