Both\u00a0Bigcommerce\u00a0and\u00a0Shopify\u00a0are e-commerce platforms that give you all the tools you need to easily set up your online store in minutes and start selling your products online.<\/p>\n
You can use these platforms to sell both digital and physical goods. You can sell them anywhere in the world via your website.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nBigcommerce vs Shopify: Fees and Pricing Plans<\/h2>\nBigcommerce\u00a0offers 4 pricing plans in total – 1 less than what Shopify offers:<\/p>\n
\n- Bigcommerce Standard: $29.95\/mo<\/li>\n
- Bigcommerce Plus: $79.95\/mo<\/li>\n
- Bigcommerce Pro: $249.95\/mo<\/li>\n
- Bigcommerce Enterprise: varies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Lite: $9\/mo<\/li>\n
- Basic Shopify: $29\/mo<\/li>\n
- Shopify: $79 \/mo<\/li>\n
- Advanced Shopify: $299\/mo<\/li>\n
- Shopify Plus: varies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Shopify and Bigcommerce: Free Trial<\/h2>\nYou can try Shopify free for 14 days with no credit card\u00a0required. On the other hand, Bigcommerce offers 15 days trial – 1 day longer than what Shopify offers. Both platforms are excellent for you to try, so take advantage of both the Shopify 14 day free trial and the Bigcommerce 15 day free trial.<\/p>\n
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- Lite: $9\/mo<\/li>\n
- Basic Shopify: $29\/mo<\/li>\n
- Shopify: $79 \/mo<\/li>\n
- Advanced Shopify: $299\/mo<\/li>\n
- Shopify Plus: varies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Shopify and Bigcommerce: Free Trial<\/h2>\n
You can try Shopify free for 14 days with no credit card\u00a0required. On the other hand, Bigcommerce offers 15 days trial – 1 day longer than what Shopify offers. Both platforms are excellent for you to try, so take advantage of both the Shopify 14 day free trial and the Bigcommerce 15 day free trial.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nBigcommerce vs Shopify: Transaction Fees<\/h3>\nBigcommerce has a 0% transaction fee on all plans. However,\u00a0Shopify has the same 0% fee on all plans too BUT only for the Shopify Payments system.\u00a0Their own payment gateway is only available in certain countries at the moment: United States,\u00a0Puerto Rico,\u00a0Canada,\u00a0United Kingdom,\u00a0Ireland,\u00a0Australia,\u00a0New Zealand,\u00a0Hong Kong,\u00a0Singapore. The 0% charge is not available for external payment gateways.<\/p>\n
If you decide to use an external payment gateway, Shopify charges you depending on the plan you’re on – 2% for Basic Shopify; 1% for Shopify and 0.5% for ‘Advanced Shopify.<\/p>\n
Shopify vs Bigcommerce: Credit Card Fees<\/h3>\nThese are the fees that Shopify and Bigcommerce may charge you for processing credit card payments. If you use an external payment gateway, these fees are different from provider to provider.<\/p>\n
Here are the US rates for the Shopify payment system.<\/p>\n
\n- Shopify Lite: 2.9% + 30c per transaction<\/li>\n
- Basic Shopify: 2.9% + 30c<\/li>\n
- Shopify: 2.6% + 30c<\/li>\n
- Advanced Shopify: 2.4% + 30c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Bigcommerce is processing credit card payments via Braintree, which is part of PayPal. The rates are a bit different from Shopify, as follows:<\/p>\n
\n- Bigcommerce Standard: 2.9% + 30c<\/li>\n
- Bigcommerce Plus: 2.5% + 30c<\/li>\n
- Bigcommerce Pro: 2.2% + 30c<\/li>\n
- Bigcommerce Enterprise: 2.2% + 30c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The good part about Bigcommerce compared to Shopify is the\u00a0competitive rates that decrease as you grow. They give some special credit and debit card processing rates with PayPal to help you reduce costs, thus as you grow, your rates will get lower \u2014 down to 2.2% + $0.30 per transaction.<\/p>\n
Bigcommerce vs Shopify: Templates<\/h2>\nFree templates<\/h3>\nBoth Shopify and Bigcommerce offer a wide range of free and premium themes you can use to launch your online store.<\/p>\n
Shopify offers 10 free templates while Bigcommerce offers only 7. However, there are plenty of premium themes you can use for your site.<\/p>\n
Bigcommerce’s free themes<\/strong><\/a> are actually variations of just 2 main themes, so the differences between them are almost unnoticeable.\u00a0 The 10 free themes offered by Shopify<\/strong><\/a> are very different from each other, so you actually have some options.<\/p>\n
Premium templates<\/h3>\nBigcommerce gives you a templates library with over 100 themes to choose from. The prices range from $145 to $235. There are some discounts from time to time, so make sure you keep an eye on them.<\/p>\n
Shopify offers ~50 premium templates<\/a> with prices ranging from $140 to $180.<\/p>\n
Shopify vs. Bigcommerce: Template Customization<\/h2>\nBoth\u00a0Bigcommerce\u00a0and\u00a0Shopify have easy to use customization options for their templates. If you want to do more in-depth customizations, HTML and CSS knowledge may be required.<\/p>\n
However, in most cases, this is not needed. All you have to do is choose a pre-existing template and change colors, fonts and the layouts by simply using the options provide and without any lines of code.<\/p>\n
With Bigcommerce you will be able to personalize your site to engage and convert shoppers using a flexible modular code base, conditional logic and access to language files. The themes they offer are fully integrated with BigCommerce\u2019s faceted search to help customers navigate your site.<\/p>\n
Shopify offers extensive options to fully customize your online store as well. You can manage everything from one place, from adding new sales channels in seconds to managing\u00a0unlimited products and inventory, fulfilling orders in a single step and tracking sales and growth trends.<\/p>\n
These are the fees that Shopify and Bigcommerce may charge you for processing credit card payments. If you use an external payment gateway, these fees are different from provider to provider.<\/p>\n
Here are the US rates for the Shopify payment system.<\/p>\n
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- Shopify Lite: 2.9% + 30c per transaction<\/li>\n
- Basic Shopify: 2.9% + 30c<\/li>\n
- Shopify: 2.6% + 30c<\/li>\n
- Advanced Shopify: 2.4% + 30c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Bigcommerce is processing credit card payments via Braintree, which is part of PayPal. The rates are a bit different from Shopify, as follows:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Bigcommerce Standard: 2.9% + 30c<\/li>\n
- Bigcommerce Plus: 2.5% + 30c<\/li>\n
- Bigcommerce Pro: 2.2% + 30c<\/li>\n
- Bigcommerce Enterprise: 2.2% + 30c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The good part about Bigcommerce compared to Shopify is the\u00a0competitive rates that decrease as you grow. They give some special credit and debit card processing rates with PayPal to help you reduce costs, thus as you grow, your rates will get lower \u2014 down to 2.2% + $0.30 per transaction.<\/p>\n
Bigcommerce vs Shopify: Templates<\/h2>\n
Free templates<\/h3>\n
Both Shopify and Bigcommerce offer a wide range of free and premium themes you can use to launch your online store.<\/p>\n
Shopify offers 10 free templates while Bigcommerce offers only 7. However, there are plenty of premium themes you can use for your site.<\/p>\n
Bigcommerce’s free themes<\/strong><\/a> are actually variations of just 2 main themes, so the differences between them are almost unnoticeable.\u00a0 The 10 free themes offered by Shopify<\/strong><\/a> are very different from each other, so you actually have some options.<\/p>\n
![\"Free](\"https:\/\/webdesigndev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/004631-Free-Ecommerce-Templates-Online-Store-Themes-_-BigCommerce.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nBigcommerce gives you a templates library with over 100 themes to choose from. The prices range from $145 to $235. There are some discounts from time to time, so make sure you keep an eye on them.<\/p>\n
Shopify offers ~50 premium templates<\/a> with prices ranging from $140 to $180.<\/p>\n
![\"Ecommerce](\"https:\/\/webdesigndev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/004632-Ecommerce-Website-Templates-Free-and-Premium-Themes-for-Your-Online-Store.jpg\")
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<\/a><\/p>\n![\"themes](\"https:\/\/webdesigndev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/004634-Free-Ecommerce-Templates-Online-Store-Themes-_-BigCommerce.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"App](\"https:\/\/webdesigndev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/004636-App-Store_-Ecommerce-App-Marketplace-by-Shopify.jpg\")
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