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The State of Ecommerce Platforms in 2018: Cloud Commerce, Open SaaS and The API Economy

BigCommerce

The following ecommerce platform comparison and explanations will help you evaluate the key criteria and make an honest assessment of which solution best suits the needs of your business. We’ll cover: What an ecommerce platform is. What ecommerce platform options are there? Ecommerce Platform Comparisons.

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The History of Ecommerce: What The Past Says About Tomorrow’s Retail Challenges

BigCommerce

That means there is still endless opportunity for brands to launch an ecommerce website and to expand their reach. Eddie Machaalani and Mitchell Harper co-founded BigCommerce in 2009 and introduced it that year as a 100% bootstrapped ecommerce storefront platform. Other ecommerce technology platform providers launched in the same era.

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The Ultimate Guide to Ecommerce Replatforming and Data Migration

BigCommerce

There are 3 pain points that often forces brands to migrate to new technology – and all of them are signals that you should have done it much, much sooner. Your 3 options when it comes to ecommerce technology. It is pay-to-play in so many channels: Adwords. Cloud Ecommerce Technology.

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How 3 Global Brands Scaled Using a Product Information Management (PIM) Solution

BigCommerce

Mid-market and enterprise organizations with large, complex product catalogs often suffer the most as they add and edit volumes of products at a rapid pace across multiple channels. Increased customer dissatisfaction due to incomplete, out-of-date, or inconsistent data across channels. Multi-channel automation.

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Everything You Need to Know About Achieving PCI Compliance [Checklist Included]

BigCommerce

Depending on the ecommerce technology and backend a retailer uses, PCI compliance can be an easy check on a long list of things retailers need to do to ensure their customers are transacting securely. All credit card transaction volumes your organization processes are aggregated across multiple channels (i.e.

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Pagecloud vs Shopify: Which is Best for You?

Ecommerce Platforms

Wide range of ecommerce options Powerful and scalable site builder Easy to use environment Lots of different integrations and add-ons Multi-channel selling (with multiple currencies) Excellent community and customer support Various theme and customization options Secure sales Analytics and reporting built-in Integrations with social media Cons ?

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7 B2B Ecommerce Trends + 13 B2B Brands Changing How Businesses Buy

BigCommerce

Integrate Your Systems for Multi-channel Selling. The New B2B Ecommerce Strategy. Like B2C, B2B businesses know the importance of offering a multi-channel experience to drive sales. But historically, that multi-channel experience for B2B buyers meant only having access to an online catalog.

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