BigCommerce Review
Complete Review of BigCommerce and Shopping Cart by InterSpire
If you're looking for a shopping cart to sell your products, and yet don't want to get too technical about it, BigCommerce by InterSpire may be exactly what you're looking for.
Before we get on with our BigCommerce review, let's take a brief look a what BigCommerce is an how it can help you. BigCommerce will allow you to:
- Start Selling in Minutes - Within minutes, you can create your own e-store by selecting a store template, adding some products and selecting your payment system
- Customize Your Store Easily - It's very easy to change store templates, and customize the design of individual templates to match your needs.
- Includes Web Hosting and Tools - Web hosting is included, since you'll be hosting your site using the BigCommerce server. You get all the tools you need to analyze your sales, customers.
- Search Engine Optimization - The software is engineered to be fully SEO compliant, which means it will be easier for you to get free search engine traffic.
- Safe and Secure Transactions - You can have your own SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protection to sell securely online.
Complete BigCommerce Review
From the moment I looked at the BigCommerce website I was in love. The entire site is informative and extremely effective in explaining what is BigCommerce and how it works.
So here's my BigCommerce review (positives) :
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User interface is the best I've seen, with every button and manu item carefully and logically arranged - you probably won't need the manual |
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Beautiful web templates included, which make it easy for you to instantly have a professional-looking e-tore in minutes |
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Drag-and-drop theme editor makes it easy for you to further customize any theme you want, to match your desired look and feel |
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Supports multiple payment systems like PayPal, Google CheckOut, 2CheckOut, Authorize.net and even your own merchant account which you can get from BigResponse themselves |
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Advanced product pricing options allow to maximum flexibility, including automatic discounts, coupons, "call for pricing" and even automatic product recommendations |
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Advanced reporting and stats allows to view total / average sales, top customers, popular orders and even geographical location of customers |
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Free trial (with full features) available, which makes it easy for you to see for yourself if BigCommerce fills your needs |
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Competitive pricing plans and upgrade options makes it easy for you to start small and upgrade as your business grows |
Here's the other BigCommerce review (negatives) :
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Doesn't allow you to sell digital products, which is a waste as there are so many digital vendors (software, ebooks etc) who would like to get their hands on BigCommerce |
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One domain name per account, means that if you want to set-up another store you'll need to get a new account |
Overall, I think BigCommerce is one of the best shopping cart systems I have every come across. As their tagline says, it's "The Easiest Way to Sell Online".
Big Commerce Pricing Plans
BigCommerce is a hosted e-commerce solution, which means that you get complete access to their system by paying monthly.
Here's how their current plan looks like:
- BigCommerce Trial Account - 15 days free trial
- BigCommerce Bronze - $24.95 monthly
- BigCommerce Silver - $39.95 monthly
- BigCommerce Gold - $79.95 monthly
- BigCommerce Platinum - $149.95 monthly
All paid plans come with a one-time set-up fee of $49.95. You can upgrade / downgrade from one plan to another easily within your account's admin panel.
Go for the Bronze Plan if you're just thinking of opening your own e-commerce store. You get up to 2GB of bandwidth, which is more than enough to get started
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