As we approach another holiday season we have been creating many ecommerce websites both large and small for business owners. When it comes to choosing your shopping cart platform there are many options available with pro’s and con’s to each. We offer solutions from full custom store application development to utilizing some of the best 3rd party open source ecommerce solutions available. Deciding what to use for your business will depend on your ecommerce needs that you have for your business model.
There are many ecommerce solutions available, but today we will be talking about 2 of the leading 3rd party ecommerce solutions available today. These 2 leading ecommerce platforms are Magento and BigCommerce.
Magento
Magento is a feature-rich, professional open-source eCommerce solution that offers merchants complete flexibility and control over the look, content, and functionality of their online store. Magento’s powerful marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), and catalog-management tools give merchants the power to create eCommerce sites that are tailored to their unique business needs. Magento was founded in 2001 and has made a recent partnership with eBay that has enhanced its growing community of developers who are constantly improving and creating new features, extensions, and modules. Magento has been praised for having the best technical support teams of any eCommerce platform available in today’s market.
Sidenote: x.commerce is the combination of eBay, PayPal, and Magento
BigCommerce
BigCommerce is a PHP-based eCommerce software from BigCommerce, Inc. The licensing for BigCommerce is proprietary and ranges in cost from $24.95 per month to $299.95 per month. There are five versions available within the above price range: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond. BigCommerce claims that users can “Open your online store in 5 minutes” and that “more than 1,000 businesses sign up for BigCommerce every week.” BigCommerce is a web-based application that boasts over 450 features.
Magento vs. BigCommerce
- Both are created by SEO-minded people, so the SEO functions are among the best in shopping cart platforms.
- Both ensure free future software updates
- Both offer marketing tools, such as coupon codes, discounts, and gift certificates
- Both boast easy-to-use front-end features, including simple admin panels and extensive customization options
- BigCommerce provides the next level in social media integration
- Both can handle unlimited products, but the price increases drastically for BigCommerce
- Wide range of plugins (and features) available at extra costs from both BigCommerce and Magento
- Magento’s layered navigation increases usability
- Magento offers multi-lingual, multi-currency capabilities out of the box
- Able to create and manage multiple storefronts from one admin dashboard
- Magento is a more comprehensive solution with more available add-ons, while BigCommerce is a simple store that will get the job done
- Magento has much better technical support and community following over BigCommerce
No matter what platform you currently use, Brazen Web Design, LLC. can migrate your site over to industry-leading Magento eCommerce or BigCommerce without needing to worry about data loss, duplicate data, or any other possible problems. We can successfully migrate all imperative information from your previous site, such as categories (including category structure), products (including products options), customers (including multiple shipping addresses), orders, and manufacturers. Check out www.brazenwebdesign.com for all of your Magento eCommerce or BigCommerce integration needs.
If you need to build an online store from scratch, we can certainly provide that as well along with a complete custom professional design with unlimited design revisions. We can implement or customize all the functionality you require to help make your online store a real success!
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