E-commerce

If you’re a merchant using the WordPress platform and looking to scale-up your ecommerce store, you’ll be interested to know that BigCommerce recently launched their new BigCommerce for WordPress plugin! If you’re unfamiliar, BigCommerce is a leading ecommerce platform, enabling businesses to grow online with simple, cost-effective and time saving software. They power over 60,000 small business eCommerce companies, plus large brands including GE, Toyota, Kodak, Camelbak, and Paul Mitchell.

This plugin gives merchants the best of both worlds, combining the flexibility of the WordPress platform with BigCommerce’s powerful commerce engine. While WordPress delivers the customizable front-end experience (the website), the powerful commerce engine of BigCommerce handles the business-specific aspects of the site like product catalog management, transaction & order management, shipping management and more.

Here are a few key highlights about the plugin:

• Streamline your operations and save time by managing orders, shipping, and catalog updates with one control panel for multiple WordPress sites.
• This integration is a great complement to the WordPress UX and creates a custom experience for your shoppers without checkout being an afterthought.
• Build complex catalogs and manage large order volume thanks to BigCommerce’s unrestricted scalability. No iFrames necessary!
• With streamlined security, you can reduce your risk and free up resources by letting BigCommerce take over the burden of PCI compliance and provide a secure checkout experience.

You can learn more about the plugin here and take the ecommerce pressure off your WordPress backend.

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Getting your store up and running on the BigCommerce platform is easy. With tons of available features from the start, your store will not only look great, but will be fully functional as soon as you launch without unnecessary add-ons.

Where to Go

Control Panel: Everything you need to successfully manage your store is on The BigCommerce control panel. From here you’ll oversee your day-to-day operations like customizing your site, updating inventory, and processing orders.

Support Portal: BigCommerce offers 24/7 help via phone, email, and chat, as well as how-to articles, videos, guides and troubleshooting resources. Plus, visit their forum to get advice and network with other BigCommerce merchants, staff and Partners.

App Marketplace: Want to integrate your store? Check out the App marketplace to find leading software for marketing, inventory management, shipping, accounting and more.

Getting Started

• Themes & Categories: From professionally designed themes to a robust category management system, BigCommerce has it all for you to browse and choose from. By using the Theme Editor, you can simply choose beautiful, mobile-friendly themes that are ready to maximize your conversions. As for categories, their system gives your site a clear structure to make things easy for your shoppers.
• Product Options: Add your products one by one or upload a batch via CSV. BigCommerce gives you the tools to building your categories with unlimited possibilities. Choose from size, color, style, and more for each product.
• Payment & Shipping: If your store is eligible, then it will have PayPal powered by Braintree already enabled. Therefore, you can start accepting payments via PayPal or credit card immediately. However, they offer a variety of additional options you can choose from; as well as a wide range of domestic and international shipping options at checkout, including free shipping, flat rates, weight-based rates and real-time shipping quotes for all the major carriers.
• Launch Services: No matter how easy BigCommerce makes it, sometimes there’s a ton of more pressing things to worry about. With second to none technical support, the in-house experts at BigCommerce can walk you through your store setup from start to finish.

Learn more about what BigCommerce has to offer your store and get launched with their Store Launch Guide. You’ll love the options and your visitors will love shopping with you!

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This past summer BigCommerce was excited to launch their BigCommerce for WordPress plugin. This plugin combines the flexibility of the WordPress platform with BigCommerce’s powerful commerce engine; which is fantastic news for the millions of merchants using WordPress.

Thanks to this partnership, WordPress users will now be able to scale their ecommerce stores like never before and gives merchants the best of both worlds. While WordPress delivers the customizable front-end experience (website), the powerful commerce engine of BigCommerce handles the commerce-specific aspects of the website like catalog management, transactions, order/shipping management and more. You really can’t go wrong with these two powerhouses working together.

Key Plugin Highlights:

Streamline your operations and save time by managing orders, shipping, and catalog updates with one control panel for multiple WordPress sites.

This integration is a great complement to the WordPress UX and creates a custom experience for your shoppers without checkout being an afterthought.

Build complex catalogs and manage large order volume thanks to BigCommerce’s unrestricted scalability. No iFrames necessary!

With streamlined security, you can reduce your risk and free up resources by letting BigCommerce take over the burden of PCI compliance and provide a secure checkout experience.

Learn more about the best open source and SaaS scalability here and let BigCommerce take the ecommerce pressure off your WordPress backend.

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