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Investment in BigCommerce, Our Customers and Our Partners

BigCommerce

BigCommerce’s founders, Eddie Machaalani and Mitch Harper, launched the company in 2009 after meeting in an online chat room while living in Sydney. The software-as-a-service (SaaS) ecommerce platform they built achieved near instant, widespread success among a global base of small and medium-sized businesses.

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Shopify vs BigCommerce vs WooCommerce (2023) – Which is Best for You?

Ecommerce Platforms

Today, Shopify is the most popular eCommerce platform in the world. Founded in 2006, Shopify hosts over one million e-shops in approximately 150 countries. Another huge name in the eCommerce space is BigCommerce. WooCommerce’s features: 8/10 Usability Suppose your chosen eCommerce platform isn’t easy to use.

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Shopify vs BigCommerce: Best Ecommerce Platform for Your Store?

AcquireConvert

Shopify started in Canada in 2006 and BigCommerce in Australia in 2009. Six or seven years ago, the platforms were pretty much on par in terms of overall market share. According to the latest ecommerce statistics , BigCommerce’s overall market share of ecommerce websites is around 3 percent while Shopify’s is 38 percent.

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How to Get Your Products in Walmart Marketplace

Kissmetrics

The Walmart Marketplace is among the fastest-growing e-commerce stores out there, so if you’re looking for an Amazon alternative, it’s a serious contender. Well, let’s take a look, starting with how the platform operates. Walmart launched the marketplace back in 2009 to attract online shoppers and grow its customer base.

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The Face-Off Between Amazon and ‘Alternative Marketplaces’ is Shaping the Next Era of Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

Giving Amazon a Run for its Money Source: Jungle Scout Amazon’s biggest competitor at the moment is Walmart, which launched its third-party marketplace in 2009 but didn’t really start hitting the gas until a few years ago. “If More than half ( 52% ) of sellers said they plan expand to additional platforms in 2023, up from 30% in 2022.

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How Consumer Electronics Brands Can Win on Singles’ Day 

ESW

In 2009, the ecommerce giant launched a 24-hour online shopping event, which reached a record $38 billion in sales in 2019. Leverage an Ecommerce Platform Built to Perform The foundational step for your Singles’ Day sale is to use an ecommerce platform built to perform.

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How Rent the Runway Boosted Talent, Sustainability and CX by Moving to the Cloud

Retail TouchPoints

So the fact that Rent the Runway moved its entire IT infrastructure and ecommerce platform over to the cloud without anyone really noticing was a triumph for CTO Larry Steinberg and his team.