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Design user-friendly sites that drive conversions.

Gain the freedom to create a beautiful store that showcases your brand story.

+42% visit-to-order conversion

Small business sites on BigCommerce using only our core checkout experience have a visit-to-order conversion 42% above industry benchmarks* and 34% to 123% higher than Shopify**.

Launch quickly using Page Builder to create your site.

Page Builder visual editor enables fast, low/no code page building and launching with the benefits of a powerful platform.

No coding required.

Craft professional-looking pages without touching a line of code. Drag-and-drop widgets, pre-built sections, and intuitive editing tools empower you to customise your site, all with the flexibility to code if you want to.

Unleash your creativity.

Go beyond the basics to build a completely custom online store with HTML, CSS, and popular code libraries on top of an industry-best framework. BigCommerce does not restrict you from customising your site, adding custom code, or building in calls to our extensive set of ecommerce APIs for your site.

Publish your way.

Test changes before publishing and navigate across devices as you would on a live storefront, or make fast changes directly from your site. This flexibility ensures you can make exactly the changes you want at the speed you want, while reducing mistakes.

Conversion-focused design.

Page Builder enables use of all components of the highest-converting checkout on the internet, built right into your site. With digital wallets, Google form auto-fill, and optimised one-page checkout, your site can make the checkout experience a breeze.

Rely on a trusted partner.

If you ever have trouble using Page Builders’ capabilities, remember that our top-tier, live support is available 24x7, or take your skills to the next level with launch and success coaching services.

Build your brand using professional templates.

Fully optimised and customisable themes with end-to-end mobile responsiveness out-of-the-box.

Look beautiful, out of the box.

Choose from a curated selection of professionally designed templates, called themes, covering specific needs of all major industries and company sizes. Find your perfect starting point instantly, and then work to make it your own. Explore Themes

Mobile responsive with an optimised checkout.

Your store needs to be accessible across devices to meet customers where they are — every theme comes mobile responsive out of the box. Use preview mode to see how your template looks across devices. In addition, all themes automatically come with mobile-optimised checkout.

Tailor to your taste.

Don't get stuck in a theme's mold. You can dive deep into a theme and make custom edits in HTML and CSS to customise every element of a theme. We host a rich community of business owners and developers that collaborate on how to create unique and differentiated shopping experiences.

Grow without design headaches.

Themes scale with your business as you add hundreds of products, create new product lines, or cycle out old products. Our platform and templates allow for millions of SKUs, 600 SKU variants on a single product, and 250 product options to support your business through growth and change.

Grow, with flexibility on a platform that scales with your store.

Build your online business quickly, with freedom to grow into headless or custom site solutions using tools like Next.js and React.

Launch quickly, then expand.

Start or migrate a store on the BigCommerce platform quickly to continue growing your business. Then add capabilities and customise your shopping experience to delight customers. BigCommerce offers easy integrations to social media platforms, advertising partners, and marketplaces to jump-start your growth, as well as built-in tools for SEO, site analytics, and more.

BigCommerce scales with your ambition.

As your business grows, BigCommerce seamlessly adapts to handle increased traffic, complex product catalogues, and advanced integrations. With the ability to handle 600 SKU variants and 250 product options, your store can support millions of SKUs on the BigCommerce platform. In addition, you won’t have to worry about your website going down during a critical window — with 99.99% annual uptime and 100% Cyber week uptime since 2016.

Pivot your strategy without downtime.

As you see more success, your customers will need a more advanced and customised shopping experience. You can continue to customise your theme and store over time, or consider a move into advanced headless or composable options built on Next.JS and React.

Future-proof your storefront.

BigCommerce is continuously innovating and releasing the most powerful features to its customers. Pick a partner that supports your business goals over its own through our commitment to building an open platform.

Services to support rapid growth.

From optimising SEO to improving your conversion rate, BigCommerce offers services to support your growth over time. In addition, our live technical support team is available 24x7 to support you when you run into issues.

Upgrade as your needs change.

Move smoothly between BigCommerce plans as your sales increase or you need additional features for your store.

Keep your current site by connecting WordPress directly to BigCommerce.

Connect your WordPress site to our powerful engine to access ecommerce capabilities without giving up your content.

Keep your existing content.

Don't leave your carefully crafted WordPress experience behind when you look to switch platforms or begin selling. Instead, use our WordPress plugin to seamlessly connect your site to our ecommerce capabilities including catalogue management, payments processing, and fulfilment logistics.

Make updates in WordPress or Page Builder.

You may continue updating content in WordPress or use Page Builder. Our integration is designed to match WordPress’ standard method of overriding templates to make sure your design is customised.

Manage multiple WordPress sites from one place.

If you already sell across multiple WordPress sites, you can combine these experiences in a single control panel to simplify your business with BigCommerce. Track orders, manage fulfilment, and manage customers across your multiple sites without moving across platforms or dashboards, all with powerful analytics to help you track your business.

Enhanced site performance and less maintenance.

Take advantage of BigCommerce’s industry leading speed (with built-in Google AMP for faster site load times) and uptime (99.99%). We handle maintenance, including hosting, updates, Tier 1 security, and compliance, saving you time and money to focus on innovation and growing your business.

Lower your total cost of ownership.

When compared to other WordPress integrators, BigCommerce provides the best total cost of ownership as you grow with flexibility to choose the providers that best support your business. You are not required to use a particular payment provider and we never charge transaction fees. We even pass along special negotiated payments rates that start lower than any major platform through PayPal.

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*Based on 2023 Q4 store performance data of small business customers on Standard, Plus, or Pro plans using our core checkout without an ABM vs IRP as monthly averages in 2023 Q4.

**Based on 2023 Q4 store performance data of small business customers on Standard, Plus, or Pro plans using our core checkout without an ABM vs Shopify published overall average and reported “like-for-like” conversion rates.