Shopify-vs- Bigcommerce
So, you’ve decided to start an online business. You’ve decided on idea for a product niche, you’ve done some research into the logistics of where you’ll source your products, you’ve done some market research into who the typical buyers are for your products, and you’ve looked at competitive options. With that, all the hard work is done right? Well it might not be. You still have to build your website.
We’ve been through this decision making process many times when we first started out, so we can relate to it.
Instead of going through micro features of each e-commerce builder, or giving you a bunch of checks and crosses in a table, we’ve laid out below our thought process on how we decide which builder to pick, and what we view as important to you.
At the end of the day, we still encourage you to browse through Shopify and Bigcommerce’s sites carefully, and sign up to their free trials to see for yourself what they offer. You have to get your hands dirty and invest a few hours with each of them to know which one fits you better especially if you are serious about your business – there really isn’t any other way.
So let’s get going on what we view as important things to consider in this Bigcommerce vs Shopify review. In our view, the following 7 features (plus conclusion) are some of the most important considerations when we evaluate an e-commerce builder:
