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BigCommerce Shopping Cart Features:

Store Design

  • W3C/XHTML compliant templates
  • Easily integrate your existing design
  • Edit templates in Dreamweaver
  • Multi-level category fly out menusNew!
  • 96 professional store designs
  • Web-based control panel
  • Template comparison (diff) tool
  • Drag and drop layout customization
  • Edit HTML and CSS in your browser
  • Edit HTML and CSS via FTP
  • Upload a logo or use the logo editor
  • Change website text using your mouse
  • Edit email templates from control panel
  • Works in all popular web browsers

Search Engine Optimization

  • Recognized as #1 SEO-optimized solution
  • Optimized by #1 SEO Expert Aaron Wall
  • Redirect non WWW to WWW
  • Redirect WWW to non WWW
  • Set default page title and META details
  • Set page title and META details per product
  • Set page title and META details per page
  • Set page title and META details per news post
  • Set page title and META details per category
  • Optimized by company founders (SEO experts)
  • HTML easily parsed by search spiders
  • Edit robots.txt file in control panel
  • Free access to SEO training blog + videos
  • Correct use of robots.txt file
  • SEO friendly product links
  • SEO friendly category links
  • SEO friendly brand links
  • SEO friendly search links
  • SEO friendly page links
  • SEO friendly news links
  • Toggle SEO friendly links
  • PageRank not passed to irrelevant pages
  • Setup your own 301 redirect links
  • Tableless store designs
  • Custom product image alt text
  • New SEO optimizations added regularly
  • Correct use of NOFOLLOW attribute
  • Lightweight HTML, separate from CSS
  • 100% HTML and CSS templates, no PHP
  • Full access to modify HTML and CSS
  • Per-page optimization (title, META, etc)
  • Automatically generated HTML sitemap
  • XML sitemap for Google Webmaster Tools
  • Proper use of H1...H6 tags
  • W3C valid templates

Orders and Checkout

  • Order messaging system
  • Guest checkout option
  • Add multiple items to cart
  • Agree to terms before ordering
  • Set a custom starting order number
  • Archive orders instead of deleting New!
  • Take your store down for maintenance
  • Send order tracking link to customer automatically via email
  • Single page checkout
  • Shipping quote estimates
  • Custom checkout form fields
  • Minimum and maximum order quantities
  • Delivery/event dates
  • Create order shipments
  • Refunds and store credits
  • Accept pre orders
  • InstantAddTM suggestive cart popup New!
  • One click re-order
  • Shipping tracking numbers
  • Email order confirmation
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Products and Merchandising

  • Export products for bulk update in Excel
  • Bulk export/re-import thousands of items
  • Photo editing through Picnik.com
  • Sell products with options (size, color, etc)
  • Enter retail price to show RRP
  • Sell physical and digital products
  • Embed videos in product description
  • Choose if a product is taxable or not
  • Per-product gift wrapping
  • Import products, images, options, etc
  • Specify product weight for live shipping quotes
  • Enter sale price for sale events
  • Product reviews and comments
  • IntenseDebate comment/reviews integration
  • Disqus comment/reviews integration
  • Per-product SKUs or custom codes
  • Cut/copy/paste support in WYSIWYG editor
  • Specify cost price and see profit reports
  • Enable free shipping on a per-product basis
  • Create unlimited sub categories
  • Per-option SKUs or custom codes
  • "Call for pricing" option
  • Custom fields (i.e. text to print on a t-shirt)
  • Edit product description HTML directly
  • "Catalog only" mode
  • Per-product YouTube video gallery
  • Minimum and maximum order quantities
  • Gift wrapping options
  • Create and assign brands/manufacturers
  • Fully WYSIWYG editor for description
  • Live shipping quotes
  • Add products to unlimited categories
  • Disable purchasing on a per-product basis
  • Bulk discount quantity pricing

Product Options and Bundling

  • Sell products such as apparel and computers
  • Setup unlimited options per product
  • Option field types available:
  • andnbsp; -Checkbox
  • andnbsp; -Date picker
  • andnbsp; -File upload
  • andnbsp; -Text field
  • andnbsp; -Multi-line text field
  • andnbsp; -Numbers field
  • andnbsp; -Product list
  • andnbsp; -Color swatch
  • andnbsp; -Texture swatch
  • andnbsp; -Rectangle
  • Set a unique SKU for each product option
  • Options don't count towards product limit
  • Create a set of product options
  • Re-order function preserves product options
  • Set low stock level for each option
  • Add options without affecting existing products
  • Change the display order of product options
  • Rules to adjust price, weight, photo and stock such as "Size=L or XXL, Add $5 to Price" New!
  • Options displayed with order and on invoice
  • Assign the option to multiple products
  • Set a unique image for each product option
  • Bulk update option values per product
  • Set stock on hand for each product option
  • Product bundles with item-level inventory automation and custom rules New!
  • Filter options for quick updating
  • Remove options without affecting products
  • Paging when editing product options
  • Add, subtract or set fixed weight for each option
  • Optionally track inventory per option
  • Add, subtract or set fixed price for each option
  • Disable purchasing of specific options
  • Force options to be selected when buying
BigCommerce: The easiest way to sell online!

Inventory and Stock Control

  • Inventory tracking can be disabled per product
  • Set current stock level per product option
  • Bulk update inventory levels
  • Set low stock level per product option
  • Track inventory at a product or option level
  • Low stock reminder indicators on dashboard
  • Detailed inventory report for all products
  • Set low stock level warning for each product
  • Per-option inventory levels
  • Automatic inventory control
  • Disable purchasing when no stock
  • Per-product inventory levels

Configurable Fields

  • Dropdown field types
  • Text, file and checkbox field types
  • Optionally make some/all fields required
  • Great for collecting additional product info
  • Such as picture to print on a mug
  • Fields shown along with order for processing
  • Create an unlimited number of fields
  • Fields display on product page
  • Limit file formats that can be uploaded
  • Fields display on invoice
  • Such as text to print on a t-shirt

Delivery/Event Dates

  • Sell tickets to events, concerts, etc
  • Delivery confirmation of purchase via email
  • Customize the name displayed for the date field
  • Date selected shown on invoice
  • Date selected shown along with order details
  • Limit date range for selection per product
  • Filter orders by delivery/event date
  • Set number of tickets available for purchase
  • Choosing a date can be required or optional
  • Sell flowers and other items with delivery dates
  • Export orders by delivery/event date

Tax Rates and Settings

  • Flexible tax rules and flow
  • The most flexible tax system period
  • Flat tax option
  • Sales tax report by date
  • Sell locally, nationally or internationally
  • Full support for geographic tax zones
  • Prices inc/ex tax
  • State-based tax zones
  • Tax rate display in store
  • Country-based tax zones
  • Unlimited tax rates andamp; zones
  • Multiple, stackable product classes
  • Tax shown on invoices, etc

In-Store Merchandising

  • Related products
  • Online checkout system
  • Private wish lists
  • Customer address book
  • andquot;You may also likeandquot;...
  • Public wish lists
  • Suggestive cart
  • Order messaging system Optimized usability
  • andquot;Call for pricingandquot; option
  • One click add to cart
  • Order status updates
  • Live order tracking
  • Email/print invoices
  • Full product catalog
  • Product comparisons

Business Intelligence Reports

  • Orders by item sold
  • Orders by revenue
  • Inventory report
  • Worst performing keywords
  • Search term corrections 25+ performance reports
  • Daily conversion rate
  • Customer locations (Google maps)
  • Best selling products
  • Sales tax report by date
  • Customers by date
  • Popular products
  • Top 20 customers
  • Revenue per customer
  • Search keywords without results
  • Best performing keywords
  • Search keywords with results

Returns System (RMA)

  • Status updates sent to customer via email
  • Receive email notification for new returns
  • Complete audit log of all return requests
  • Limit staff access to view/process returns
  • Can return specific items from an order
  • Complete returns system
  • Customizable return reasons
  • Offer refund, swap or store credit
  • Disable returns if required
  • Customizable return actions
  • Returns requested from andquot;My Accountandquot; page

In-Store Search

  • Saved searches and views
  • Shop by price
  • Shop by brand
  • Search tips and advice
  • Search suggest
  • Filter by availability
  • Related searches list
  • Filter by free shipping
  • Filter by price andquot;Did you mean?andquot; suggestions
  • Advanced search options

Import/Export Options

  • Export products to CSV/XML
  • Export in custom formats
  • Import existing products easily
  • Extremely flexible import system
  • Export to MYOB, Peachtree Review all imported products immediately after review New!
  • Order export to Shipworks
  • Bulk export/re-import thousands of items at once
  • Two-way sync with Intuit Quickbooks
  • Two-way sync with StoneEdge
BigCommerce: The easiest way to sell online!

Hosting and Security

  • SAS type II certified data center
  • Digital security video surveillance
  • Hacker deterrent security provisioning
  • See more security features
  • Three distinct and redundant networks
  • Geographically diverse points of presence
  • Multiple public peers
  • Biometric security system with badge access
  • Enterprise-grade network architecture
  • Over 1,000 GBPS of connectivity
  • Level 1 certified PCI compliant

Images and Photos

  • SuperZoom TM instant photo zooming
  • Per-image alt text and description for SEO
  • Upload an unlimited number of photos
  • Upload dozens of images at once
  • Thumbnail photos created automatically
  • Automatically generated photo galleries
  • Photo thumbnails on product pages
  • Photo manager to organize photos
  • Open large images in a popup/light box window
  • Dozens of customizable photo display settings
  • Share photos between products
  • Add photos from your computer or a website

Drop Shipping and Multi Warehouse

  • Drop shipping by Ordoro integration
  • Warehousing and inventory by Shipwire
  • Email invoices to multiple suppliers
  • CSV order export in custom formats

Mobile Commerce

  • iPhone Optimized Mobile Experience
  • Enable/disable mobile commerce per device
  • Browse and buy on all popular mobile devices
  • Blackberry Optimized Mobile Experience
  • Palm Pre Optimized Mobile Experience
  • Android Optimized Mobile Experience
  • Complete HTML/CSS design customization
  • andnbsp;iPad-Native Shopping Experience

Multi-Currency Support

  • Live, automatically updated exchange rates
  • Custom exchange rates if required
  • Set a currency as the default currency
  • Set per-currency symbol, decimal places, etc
  • Automatic visitor currency detection
  • Complete multi-currency support

Shopping Comparison Engines

  • Direct point-and-click integration to 7 shopping comparison sites
  • Product export to Shopzilla
  • Product export to Beso
  • Product export to Shopping.com
  • Product export to MySimon
  • Product export to PriceGrabber
  • Product export to BizRate
  • Product export to NexTag

Email Marketing

  • Integration with iContact New!
  • Integration with Mailchimp
  • CSV newsletter subscriber export
  • CSV customer export

Social Media Marketing

  • Sell on Facebook with SocialShop
  • Facebook "Like" buttons on product pages
  • Facebook OpenGraph META support
  • IntenseDebate comment/reviews integration and sharing on Facebook/Twitter
  • Disqus comment/reviews integration and sharing on Facebook/Twitter
  • Share products on 20+ social media sites via AddThis button

Sell on eBay

  • No limit on number of eBay listings
  • Fulfill eBay orders directly from BigCommerce
  • Filter orders to quickly find eBay orders
  • Manage everything from BigCommerce
  • Create reusable eBay listing templates
  • View live listings from BigCommerce Per-staff permission for adding/editing listings
  • Setup per-product auction or BIN listings eBay auctions and BINs tied into store inventory
  • Push some/all products to eBay in 5 clicks Automatic inventory reduction for orders
  • Automatic order creation in BigCommerce when auction is won or BIN is purchased
  • Custom price variances for eBay listings
  • Custom shipping and taxes for eBay listings

Marketing and Promotions

  • Integrates with any live chat software
  • $x on orders over $y
  • RSS feeds
  • Show free shipping eligibility throughout your store New!
  • Integration with oLark live chatNew!
  • Edit gift certificates in WYSIWYG editor New!
  • Buy one get one free, etc
  • Export to Google Base
  • "Did you mean?" spelling
  • Integration to 7 shopping comparison sites
  • Newsletter subscriptions
  • Google Website Optimizer integration
  • Sell/auction products on eBay
  • Free shipping over $x
  • Quick search popup box
  • Export products to CSV
  • New products list
  • Advanced integration with MailChimp
  • Promotional banners
  • "Customers who viewed this product also viewed" panel
  • Yahoo Search Marketing export
  • Free shipping coupon code New!
  • Affiliate tracking system
  • Visual Website Optimizer integration New!
  • Google AdWords export
  • LivePerson Express 30 day trial Coupon expiry date
  • Trackable coupon codes
  • Limit coupon usage by location and/or shipping method New!
  • Limit coupon usage by individual customer New!
  • Bulk discounts per product
  • Online certificate use
  • Top sellers list
  • Discount rules system
  • Coupon limited uses
  • Popular products list
  • Google Analytics integration
  • Gift certificates

Google Website Optimizer

  • Disable tests from store's control panel
  • Improve conversion rates without guessing
  • Category description
  • View reports in Google Website Optimizer
  • Single or multi page checkout
  • Product description
  • Disable tests from Google Website Optimizer
  • Category name
  • Product name
  • Set winning variation after test completes
  • Test on-page, per-web page changes:
  • Test on-page, per-category changes:
  • Product image
  • Test on-page, per-product changes:
  • Change aggression level of winner
  • Page name
  • Newsletter signup box
  • Checkout button image
  • Add to cart button image
  • Category image
  • Six storewide GWO tests to run:
  • Product page tabs on/off Page description
  • Home page promo banner
  • Run multiple test at once
  • More GWO tests than all competitors

Payments and Shipping

  • UPS, USPS, FedEx, Aus Post, etc
  • Support for 50+ gateways
  • PayPal, Google Checkout, etc
  • UPS, USPS, FedEx address label printing via Shipworks integration
  • Support for "offline" payments COD, pay in store, cheque, etc
  • Limit shipping methods by zipcode
  • Auto-detect location for currency
  • Add handling cost to orders
  • Accept credit cards online
  • Sell in multiple currencies
  • Take orders over the phone
  • Limit shipping methods by country
  • Real time conversion rate updates
  • Support for secure checkout
  • Real time shipping quotes
  • Define your own shipping rates
  • Various free shipping options
  • Limit shipping methods by state

Content Management System

  • Recent news items
  • 100% browser based
  • SEO-friendly pages
  • Full CMS functionality
  • Banners and promotions
  • Drag and drop category assignment
  • Page dropdown/pop out menus
  • Display page as home page
  • Publish content from RSS
  • Publish web pages
  • Contact forms on pages
  • Treeview category management
  • Re-assign products to another category when deleting categories
  • Restrict to customer groups
  • Responses sent via email
  • Easy-to-use WYSIWYG editor
  • Display returns policies, etc

Customers and Groups

  • Import customers from CSV file
  • Fallback discount level
  • Wholesale/retail pricing
  • Enter new customer details one-by-one
  • Storewide group discounts
  • Filter customers by group
  • Set a default group for new customers
  • Category level discounts
  • Move customers between groups
  • Move customers between groups
  • Product level discounts
  • Per-group discounts
  • Flexible customer groups
  • Per-group pricing
  • Export customers by group
  • Create unlimited customer groups

Miscellaneous

  • Add/edit your own DNS records
  • Customize product breadcrumb display New!
  • Choose customers per page in admin
  • Choose products per page in admin
  • Admin passwords hashed and salted
  • Automatic admin logout after 15 minutes
  • Minimum password strength indicator
  • Choose orders per page in admin
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BigCommerce Shopping Cart Review

Selling online is not a new concept. Ever since the Internet has shown people how they can increase their business through online marketing, sellers all over the world have been quick to adopt this concept. Web marketing, however, has evolved through the years and there have been many developments that have occurred since. With the technological support available today, ecommerce is possibly going through its golden period. People have been able to use multiple means to reach out to their potential and actual customers to sell more. One of the fastest growing platforms today in the domain of ecommerce is BigCommerce, a fabulous entity that provides great ecommerce solutions through their website BigCommerce.com.

One of the biggest advantages that BigCommerce offers its clients is ease of use. There is no limit to the designs that one can create using their software application. Even when someone is a beginner to the concept of ecommerce they can use the drag and drop menu and customization tools of BigCommerce and create a fabulous online store quickly. Advanced users can also modify their store by changing the HTML and CSS

Whether one wants to sell on Facebook or eBay, BigCommerce provides all the right tools. To sell on Facebook, a business has to create their Facebook page and add a “Shop” tab to it. Shoppers simply have to click on it and they can purchase products from the store. Facebook fans can also share product details on the site. To sell on eBay one just has to list their products to be auctioned or sold on eBay. Live listings can be seen and when someone wins an auction an automatic order is generated. Innumerable products can be sold on eBay using the BigCommerce store and future listings can also be arranged.

This is not all because BigCommerce also allows further enhancements for better product placement. Using a simple tool one can sell their products by giving options to the buyers. So, if a buyer is interested in buying apparel, BigCommerce can help the seller to create a form where the buyer can choose the size of the product and the quantity they are looking to purchase. Creating a listing like this is simple and requires only a few clicks of the mouse.

Many buyers prefer to check out the images of the products that they are planning to purchase. Once an online seller uploads images of products they are immediately and automatically displayed as thumbnails. When a buyer clicks on the thumbnail they can see a larger size of the image. Image location specification, image sharing between different products and right image display are just some of the facilities offered by BigCommerce.

BigCommerce also offers the SuperZoom facility whereby all the online seller has to do is upload a large sized image of a product. SuperZoom automatically creates zoomed version of the image and provides crystal clear larger images for the buyers to see.

One of the areas of ecommerce every seller is concerned about is driving targeted traffic to their online store. BigCommerce offers a point-and-click export functionality that helps online marketers to tap PPC websites like Shopzilla, PriceGrabber, MySimon, Beso, BizRate, NexTag and Shopping.com. Partnering with these websites means more exposure and more exposure means more targeted visitors and more targeted visitors means more sales. Again, creating something like this is nothing when someone looks at the amount of effort to be put in. It’s all drag and drop.

When the online seller is doing really good using all the features on offer from BigCommerce, one area they need to keep track of is their inventory. Since a website sells 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, inventory control is of great importance. With a tool available from BigCommerce, one can set a lower limit for their inventory. The moment this level is reached an alert is sent to the seller so that they can order more.

BigCommerce also offers a convenient process for managing returns and refunds. Users can log into their account and request a return. The seller is alerted through email and they can process return and refund promptly. The buyer is satisfied and the inventory is also updated accordingly.

Last but certainly not the least, BigCommerce is one of the premier providers of marketing tools and reports. iContact is an application that can be integrated with the store and this helps in email marketing. iContact automatically helps sellers add new users and newsletter subscribers. iContact can also help send discount notifications based on the buyers’ preference and keep them updated.

Online marketing has now gone beyond websites and reached mobile phones. Online sellers can use BigCommerce’s native iPad support to market using Apple’s great product. Mobile sites can be easily created that look stunning and appealing on various smartphones with iOS, Android, Palm and BlackBerry. Mobile marketing using BigCommerce’s application takes marketing to the next level.

As for the reports, BigCommerce offers Google Website Optimizer that tracks the conversion rates of various products. Traffic to a webpage can be tracked and reports on various analyses can be generated. Google Website Optimizer offers great analyses on creating the website a buyer is always looking for. BigCommerce also helps in Search Engine Optimization to ensure that a member’s website gets ranked higher with the search engines and is displayed prominently in the search results. Custom URLs, meta data, brands and categories can all be customized to make the website a place to visit.

Banner advertising is still a powerful tool to have when it comes to online marketing. With a powerful tool available from BigCommerce sellers can create banners and display them on their site. Promotional banners for specific items can be created and displayed and so can be information about deals and discounts and online discount vouchers and codes.

And the best part of all this is that one can try out BigCommerce free of cost for a period of 15 days. Signing up for the free trial period doesn’t involve using any credit card or any other mode of payment. The free trial period is more than enough to understand the powerful features of BigCommerce and how it works. All the features and benefits of the application can be utilized and one can easily understand why BigCommerce has become the fastest growing platform in the domain of ecommerce. After the trial period is over, customers can choose from one of the four plans available. All the plans are affordable and they come with some incredible benefits.

The BigCommerce is one of the most comprehensive websites that one can ever find. Visitors to the website can find each and everything listed on the site. All the topics are listed for one to check out. There are various articles that tell visitors everything they need to know about ecommerce through BigCommerce. And if all this is not enough, there is the efficient sales and customer support team to help. BigCommerce can be contacted through phone and email and the responses are fast and correct.

The achievements that BigCommerce has had since their inception in 2003 have today made it a company with 15,000 paying clients and more than 200,000 newsletter subscribers. Companies in 65 countries around the world have been using BigCommerce’s application and reaping great benefits out of it. With offices in Austin in Texas and Sydney in Australia, BigCommerce has really come up the curve quickly and efficiently. A growth of 680% since last year is not a figure anyone can ignore.

Simple is easier than complex – this is the mantra that BigCommerce uses and this is what has made it so popular among the online marketers of the world. If you are thinking about ecommerce in the simplest way possible then BigCommerce is the name that you should think of.

-Steve G - Chicago.

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