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Whether you are starting a small business or you already have a well-built business, you may feel the need to have an online store for selling your product. Therefore, you will need an eCommerce platform for building your online store.
Two Big
Ecommerce Platforms
Talking about eCommerce platforms, the two leading platforms in the eCommerce market may confuse your mind, and you may feel indecisive about the platform you need to choose. Bigcommerce and Woocommerce are those two leading platforms.
They may sound familiar, but they have many differences. In
this article, I will define and give descriptions regarding the differences
between these two eCommerce platforms.
What Are
Bigcommerce Woocommerce?
Bigcommerce, an online website building platform, has a
record of helping 100000 business owners build their online business stores.
Woocommers, an eCommerce platform for WordPress, has reached 82 million
milestones in downloading. Woocommerce helps existing websites to sell
products.
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Difference
Between Bigcommerce And Woocommerce
Bigcommerce
Now that you know what Bigcommerce and Woocommerce are, you need to know the differences between these two and which one will work best for you.
Bigcommerce builds websites for you. Let me explain further; the purpose of an eCommerce platform is to help you develop your online business store. But there is more; Bigcommerce helps you manage your website, boost sales and make your online business successful.
Bigcommerce gives you all the handy tools and instruction
manuals so that you have no trouble setting up your online store and getting your
business started and running.
Woocommerce
Unlike Bigcommerce, Woocommerce is not a website builder.
Instead, it is a plugin designed for Wordp-dress by the same company that
created WordPress. Was that complicated? Allow me to simplify; Woocommerce is
an add-on that you have to integrate into your normal website to turn into an
online business store.
Which
One Is Best For You?
With the definitions and differences in mind, you can choose from the one you prefer. But if you want my suggestion, I will tell you to go with Bigcommerce if you are a new Business starter. This is because Bigcommerce has tons of built-in features, and the user interface is so simple and smooth.
Aside from all these, Bigcommerce claims to help their
merchants grow their business by 28% every year.
But if you have a very large store and want to build your
store using WordPress, you can go for Woocommerce. Woocommerce helps you boost
traffic in your store rapidly. Woocommerce works best if you pair it with
powerful web hosts like Bluehost.
Pros
& Cons Of Bigcommerce and Woocommerce
Everything has pros & cons. These two eCommerce
platforms are no exceptions.
Pros Of
Bigcommerce:
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Numerous built-in features that exceed the
competitors’ features. You don’t need to worry about hosting and managing
updates.
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Bigcommerce comes with a wide variety of tools
in abundance. You get tools as per the plans you choose to pay for.
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It has a wide range of selling platforms like
Facebook, Amazon, and Instagram. And Bigcommerce has an excellent support
system.
Cons Of
Bigcommerce
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Stores may be at a disadvantage with tight
margins by the revenue-led billing.
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Sometimes the editing interface gets hard to
navigate.
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Bigcommerce does give a fair number of themes as
paid and for free as well. But most of the themes are too identical, and there
is no option available for customizing them using HTML or CSS editors.
Pros Of
Woocommerce
●
Woocommerce sets no limits in customization. If
you already have some technical HTML/CSS editing skills, you can apply them to
edit fantastic themes on Woocommerce. But if you are not that skilled, you can
still create themes using WordPress page builder.
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It is straightforward to use. Woocommerce has an
enormous third-party plugin collection, and with that, versatility becomes
limitless. You can also use plugins from the WordPress plugin store.
Cons Of
Woocommerce
●
Shortage of built-in features compels you to
rely on extensions. And Woocommerce has minimal user support. The platform has
a wide range of users, but you cannot get support sooner if anything occurs.
And you will have to resort to documentation sites and community sites for
help.
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Usually it takes a long time to set up, while
Bigcommerce takes less. Someone with very little technical knowledge will have
a tough time coping up with Woocommerece.
Conclusion
eCommerce platforms like Bigcommerce and Woocommerce are
end-to-end software solutions that help online retailers to manage their
business. On your online store, you can sell anything, from fast foods,
clothes, electronics, the best smartphones, or the best laptop in India. To
build those online stores, you will find Bigcommerce and Woocommerce helpful.
Author bio:
Ani Johnson is a passionate
blogger. She loves to share her thoughts, ideas and experiences with the world
through blogging. Ani
Johnson is associated
with FollowTheFashion, SmartBusinessDaily, SbNewsRoom, TheDailyNotes.
Ross is known as the Pambansang Blogger ng Pilipinas - An Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Professional by profession and a Social Media Evangelist by heart.
