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A Quick Look at Three Major Shopify Alternatives Of the near-9 million live eCommerce websites based in the United States, Shopify powers 2,445,570 of them–and for good reason. Shopify’s ease of use, outstanding customer support, […]
BigCommerce Takes Another Step in Becoming the World’s Most Powerful eCommerce Platform July was a huge month for Austin, TX-based BigCommerce. On July 20th, the company unveiled their newly-formed partnership with Mercado Libre. This venture […]
Magento 1 was discontinued back in June 2020, but the majority of websites using Magento are still on the Magento 1.x platform. Adobe’s Magento is one of the most popular and widely used platforms in […]
What does this mean for users on the Yahoo Small Business eCommerce platform? On May 3rd, 2021, it was announced that Verizon had sold off 90% of Yahoo and AOL to private equity firm Apollo […]
A head-to-head comparison on two of the biggest names in eCommerce. Previously, we compared BigCommerce against two of the oldest and longest-tenured eCommerce service providers in the industry: Yahoo Small Business and Volusion. We came […]
What does Volusion’s recent bankruptcy announcement mean for users of their platform? On July 27th, 2020, Volusion filed for Chapter 11 and officially entered the reorganizing and restructuring phase. The bankruptcy filing was the aftermath […]
Every day, more and more Yahoo Small Business merchants are leaving for BigCommerce. We’ll explain why. A lot has changed since the very first documented online retail transaction took place in 1994. CompuServe and Prodigy […]
From Form to Function, We Explore the 10 Hottest Trends in eCommerce Web Design for 2021 Evolution is defined as the gradual adaptation of a species over several successive generations. Living organisms must adapt to […]
Push Your Website Into Overdrive With These 5 Speed-Boosting Tips for Maximum Performance The year is 1839. Outside the only watering hole located within a hundred miles, two stone-faced combatants stand twelve paces apart along […]
Maintain Your Inventory and Product Catalog with BigCommerce’s Built-In Product Management System As a BigCommerce user, you have the ability to fully manage your web store’s inventory and product catalog. Control quantities and product options, […]