BigCommerce Expands to More Countries to Widen International Presence

May 8, 2023

With the global increase in ecommerce sales, BigCommerce extends its partner ecosystem and engineering team to more countries. They set up an engineering team in Poland and extended their presence to India, the UAE, and South Africa, with the BigCommerce EMEA in London managing the markets. They have a new country lead in South Asia and initiated two partner-based outfits, CustomSoft and Snowdog, in Eastern and Central Europe. With the expansion, the company intends to build local partnerships that will nurture businesses of all sizes to create a digital footprint, drive sales, and grow revenue. The move will help BigCommerce become a force to reckon with in the international eCommerce landscape. Their trusted country partners will lead the expansion and platform management while firms can concentrate on core business growth.

THG Ingenuity Begins Digital Transformation With BigCommerce Partnership

April 27, 2023

To offer their customers a seamless digital journey and accelerate business growth, THG Ingenuity, the complete commerce division of THG plc, has decided to affiliate with BigCommerce. Through the new strategic commercial alliance, the two renowned brands aim to develop a comprehensive and scalable solution that will help merchants create seamless customer experiences. The union will bank on the enterprise ecommerce platform from BigCommerce. Meanwhile, THG Ingenuity offers extensive back-end commerce capabilities. They have a faultless order management system and smart fraud and customer support solutions. Additionally, the firm has automation options like Autostore and a global courier platform. Leveraging on both their capabilities, the brands could bring seamless feature-rich solutions with international reach.

BigCommerce Launches BOPIS for Seamless Buying Experience

April 14, 2023

The flexible order fulfillment option Buy Online Pick Up In Store (BOPIS), also called Click & Collect, has a 10% per year growth trend. In an attempt to tap this opportunity, BigCommerce has announced the tool's launch through its platform as a multi-location inventory functionality for enterprise merchants. Current shoppers do not wait for delivery or want to incur shipping costs and prefer this option. The function seamlessly connects online and physical stores for merchants who have both options. The tool includes upgraded APIs that help sellers create custom BOPIS resources for buyers. The release has new Inventory and Pickup Methods APIs to handle inventory and pickup strategies. Upgraded APIs for Checkout SDK, Checkout S2S API, Storefront GraphQL, Orders API, and Catalog API supports BOPIS across locations.

BigCommerce Partners with WPP to Provide Omnichannel Solutions

March 27, 2023

WPP is the world’s largest advertising agency. They have allied with BigCommerce, delivering omnichannel solutions to WPP clients. The move permits WPP to access valuable tools on BigCommerce and the leading data feed management platform, Feedonomics. It also allows their shared customers to utilize the platforms to create futuristic solutions and drive growth. WPP also gains access to integrate with platforms like Amazon, Meta, Google, and TikTok to provide omnichannel sales in the B2B and B2C sectors. The firm can also utilize the alpha and beta versions of BigCommerce products. WPP plans to upskill 150 commerce specialists by placing them on BigCommerce’s product and partner councils and letting them avail the platform’s training program and certification pathways. WPP will help BigCommerce in shaping product development and innovations.

Direct Sales Companies Access Best Commissions Management System With InfoTrax -BigCommerce Alliance

March 14, 2023

InfoTrax Systems, a leading commissions software and distributor tools provider for direct sales companies, partnered with BigCommerce to give direct sellers access to modern enterprise ecommerce capabilities. Direct Sellers use tools to track orders and referrals for sales representatives and customers, called genealogy tracking. They need specialized features like InfoTrax FlexCloud for genealogy tracking, calculating commissions, and payment dispatch. The sellers had been compromising eCommerce capabilities to cope with the steep commission costs. Infotrax has been originally providing sellers with in-house shopping cart facilities. But by joining with BigCommerce, the firm can now offer its customers the capability to use Feedonomics to start omnichannel sales strategies and utilize more complex and innovative eCommerce potential.

BNZ and BigCommerce Collaborates to Expand Online Presence for Local Businesses

March 1, 2023

Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) and BigCommerce decide to team up to help BNZ customers extend their online reach. BNZ intends to leverage the expected eCommerce market expansion to help its customers increase customer reach, push sales, and limit costs. The integration offers BNZ customers keen on launching online businesses a 15-day free trial of the BigCommerce platform. Once they complete the trial period, BNZ patrons can pick a BigCommerce subscription plan, access the secure payment gateway Cybersource, accept NZD transactions, and start actively selling online. By launching a BigCommerce platform, customers can enjoy 24/7 consumer support, enterprise-grade functionalities, personalized store designs, and global fraud monitoring services. They also get lower service fees for merchants and cross-channel commerce via MSFs.

BigCommerce Extends MSF to All Merchants to Drive Global Growth

February 19, 2023

BigCommerce has expanded the access for Multi-Storefront (MSF) to small and midsize business segments and is available within their BigCommerce store. The new self-service facility, previously only available to enterprise merchants, will help companies launch multiple storefronts from a single BigCommerce store. It opens up opportunities for enterprises to expand their reach to new regions, create a streamlined operation process for multiple brands and categorize customer segments to drive a global business. The new feature enables small and mid-range companies to manage multiple stores from a single dashboard with enterprise-grade tools, saving on implementation and maintenance costs. It comes at an affordable price and circumvents the need for cumbersome multiple back-ends that are difficult to manage and expensive.

MKM Building Supplies Introduces New BigCommerce Website

February 3, 2023

MKM, a hardware and commercial building supply firm in UK, re-platformed to a new BigCommerce storefront for increased scalability and flexibility. The shift helped to revamp the site functionality to manage larger SKUs and build personalized B2B, B2C, and B2B2C customer experiences. BigCommerce helped provide the company with transparent and secure transactions and increased market reach to the younger customer base for B2B and B2C deals. The platform also facilitated the specialized pricing system that the B2B market demands. Brave Bison was pivotal in the storefront integration process, while Vue Storefront managed the front end, and Bloomreach handled customization for MKM. The headless architecture, composable commerce technologies, and partner ecosystem provided by BigCommerce have helped MKM tackle its back-end issues.

Buy With Prime App from BigCommerce Launched for Seamless Integration

January 21, 2023

BigCommerce has simplified integrating Amazon’s Buy With Prime tool to merchant websites with a new self-service integration app. U.S. businesses can display Buy With Prime on their storefront without any coding skills to target “high-intent” shoppers. By leveraging the benefits of the new app, merchants can extend their services to high-intent customers and boost average conversions by about 25%. It is a first-of-its-kind installation that will boost omnichannel growth.Buy With Prime, released in 2022, helps business owners sell products directly from their website while tapping on the fulfillment, payment, checkout, delivery, storage, and fast, free shipping processes. Moreover, the brand value of Amazon attached to the business enhances customer trust, and Amazon’s facilities provide a smooth customer experience.

BigCommerce Collaborates With Microsoft Advertising for Enhanced Reach

January 9, 2023

BigCommerce integrated with Microsoft Advertising to release Microsoft Ads and Listings in the BigCommerce Marketplace. The merchants can access potential buyers searching for specific products in the Microsoft Advertising Network, increasing the chances of a purchase. The partnership is available for users in the US, UK, and ANZ. Bing Places for Business account holders in the US with $250 ad spends are also eligible for $500 free Microsoft advertising credits. Merchants can directly sync their product catalogs to Microsoft Merchant Center, create shopping campaigns, and track their performance without leaving the BigCommerce Control Panel. Users can widen their prospect reach through new channels, drive traffic, and improve user experience. They can also execute real-time assessment and optimization of ad performance.

BigCommerce Associates With Sage for End-to-end Commerce Solutions

December 31, 2022

BigCommerce integrated with Sage, an accounting, financial, human resources, and payroll technology leader, to help their B2B and B2B merchants to integrate their online storefronts to the back office. The Sage 100 ERP software can create a seamless, end-to-end commerce solution with modernized strategies and better reach. BigCommece became one of the first eCommerce platforms to feature in Sage Business Cloud Marketplace in North America. It will allow the Sage customers an opportunity to streamline their operations and provide a finer user experience. They can control what the customers see, segregate customers, and offer advance payment options. They can also integrate with popular marketplaces like Amazon, eBay, and Google Shopping. They will have the opportunity to personalize merchandising and track invoices.

Staging Pro From BigCommerce to Expedite Production-to-market Cycles

December 21, 2022

BigCommerce partners with StagingPro for an exclusive tech integration allowing enterprise merchants and agency developers to test and deploy code on a staging environment. StagingPro provides a collaborative, secure, and near-production level environment for teams to efficiently manage every aspect of the build and test with confidence. The platform is purpose-built for BigCommerce and enables teams to accelerate production-to-market cycles, create secure and risk-free environment replicas, and seamlessly integrate with existing teams, tools, and workflows. StagingPro is Multi-storefront compatible, allowing merchants to migrate between storefronts for swift deployment design changes and data migration between trusted environments. The company has currently extended the platform's services to the U.S., UK, Australia, and New Zealand.

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