Bigcommerce news and trends

BigCommerce Launches Storefront Technology Featuring Composable Architecture
eCommerce // February 08, 2024

BigCommerce has introduced a new storefront technology that aims to simplify the process of building online stores using a composable architecture.  The new Catalyst is designed for mid-market and enterprise B2C and B2B brands and retailers, and combines popular headless technologies and best practices, the Open...

BigCommerce and Marketplacer Partner to Create Multi-Vendor Marketplaces
eCommerce // January 08, 2024

BigCommerce and Marketplacer have partnered to enable BigCommerce customers to transform their online stores into multi-vendor marketplaces.  With the BigCommerce Marketplace Connector enabled by this partnership, BigCommerce customers can allow third-party sellers to list and sell products from their stores, the companies said in a Monday (Jan. 8) press release.  “The...

BigCommerce Cuts Staff Amid eCommerce Headwinds
eCommerce // November 08, 2023

BigCommerce says it expects the “headwinds” plaguing its industry to persist into 2024. In order to maintain growth and improve its go-to-market approach in that environment, the eCommerce platform announced a restructuring in its quarterly earnings report Wednesday (Nov. 8) that will impact 7% of its...

BigCommerce Launches Portal to Streamline B2B Invoice Payment Process
B2B Payments // September 25, 2023

BigCommerce has launched its new B2B Edition Invoice Portal, aiming to modernize the invoice payment process for large B2B suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers. This new functionality incorporates invoice payments into a centralized online purchasing workflow, providing an enterprise-grade, out-of-the-box invoice payment experience, the open Software-as-a-Service...

Interviews & Exclusives
Cross-Border Merchants Must Heed Local Cultural Nuances of Payments

November 30, 2022
Payments personalization enables a merchant to deliver a ubiquitous experience — consumers in any market can pay in any manner they choose. We’re not there yet. But BigCommerce CEO Brent Bellm, Computop CEO Ralf Gladis and PayU CEO Mario Shiliashki told Karen Webster that taking note of “payment cultures” around the globe will help merchants […]

Booming Business Payments Now Outpace B2C Advances by 2-to-1 Margin

May 19, 2022
B2B payments, in the digital age, might owe a lot to that 18th century giant of economics, Adam Smith. BigCommerce CEO and Chairman Brent Bellm told Karen Webster that in...

BigCommerce Sees B2B at 40% of Platform Spend, Growth Outpaces B2C  

May 02, 2022
For BigCommerce, the tailwinds are in place for business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce hypergrowth. Fresh off the heels of its purchase of BundleB2B, BigCommerce CEO Brent Bellm noted on a conference call...

The Connected Economy’s 10 Biggest US IPOs Of 2020

December 24, 2020
The U.S. market for initial public offerings (IPOs) had a banner year in 2020 despite the pandemic — or perhaps because of it. Connected-commerce companies often led the way, frequently...

Quick Reads
BigCommerce Unveils Open Source Version of B2B Buyer Portal

May 07, 2024
BigCommerce has debuted an open-source version of its business-to-business (B2B) Buyer Portal platform. The new offering gives “enterprise manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, developers and agency partners creative control to build and customize the optimal B2B buyer experience with speed, at scale and at a lower total cost,” the software-as-a-service (SaaS) company said in a Tuesday (May 7) news release. According to […]

BigCommerce Launches Storefront Technology Featuring Composable Architecture

February 08, 2024
BigCommerce has introduced a new storefront technology that aims to simplify the process of building online stores using a composable architecture.  The new Catalyst is designed for mid-market and enterprise B2C...

BigCommerce and Marketplacer Partner to Create Multi-Vendor Marketplaces

January 08, 2024
BigCommerce and Marketplacer have partnered to enable BigCommerce customers to transform their online stores into multi-vendor marketplaces.  With the BigCommerce Marketplace Connector enabled by this partnership, BigCommerce customers can allow third-party sellers to list and...

BigCommerce Cuts Staff Amid eCommerce Headwinds

November 08, 2023
BigCommerce says it expects the “headwinds” plaguing its industry to persist into 2024. In order to maintain growth and improve its go-to-market approach in that environment, the eCommerce platform announced...