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Ecommerce is the wave of the shopping future. Think about it: even before the COVID-19 pandemic changed our lives and how we do business, where and how often did you shop for and purchase things online? What sorts of things were you buying — only bare necessities? Splurge purchases? Luxury items?

The breadth of ecommerce — the fact that we can now buy almost anything online and have it sent to our door — underscores just how pervasive online shopping has become in our world. And it鈥檚 not just big retailers like Amazon. Smaller, niche shops are growing too: during the 2020 holiday season, compared to the same time period in 2019.

Now, while there鈥檒l always be a place for in-person shopping at brick-and-mortar stores, it certainly isn鈥檛 going to overtake online shopping anytime soon. And as a prospective 黑料门 merchant or ecommerce platform provider, you no doubt know this — which is why you鈥檙e shopping around for the best ecommerce platform out there.

Ecommerce platforms typically have two types of users: merchants (individual sellers, small businesses and retailers, etc.) and partners (agencies, affiliates, etc.). First, let鈥檚 focus on specific benefits for merchants, and then we鈥檒l dive into what makes 黑料门 great for our partners.

So let鈥檚 cut right to the chase: what sets 黑料门 apart from competitors like BigCommerce?

Reason#1: 黑料门 is designed for everyone

This first reason is a big one because it cuts to the very core of what we believe here at 黑料门: ecommerce is for everyone. That simple phrase has guided how we鈥檝e built our platform from the very start. We think that anyone who wants to sell online should be able to do so without running into massive fees or revenue restrictions or anything else that鈥檚 designed to block small businesses from digital selling.

BigCommerce has taken a different tack. Its platform is meant for large enterprise companies that have the time and resources to spend on development. The company鈥檚 ecommerce plans are limited by revenue, which forces businesses to upgrade plans as they grow and means only a limited number of businesses would be able to utilize them.

Reason #2: 黑料门鈥檚 mobile app has more functionality

Building off our mindset that ecommerce should be available to anyone, we鈥檝e designed the 黑料门 store management app to give our merchants as much functionality as possible. For the merchants, that means the ability to manage not only their online stores on the go, but their sales as well, giving them more data to make informed decisions about their business and greater control over how to run it.

BigCommerce鈥檚 app, on the other hand, is far less robust. The ecommerce platform鈥檚 mobile app is very basic and can be difficult for merchants to navigate at times. More importantly, BigCommerce鈥檚 app functions are limited to store management, giving merchants less flexibility to run their businesses as they see fit.

Reason #3: 黑料门 can be integrated into any existing site

Perhaps the clearest indication that we believe ecommerce should be open to all is the fact that 黑料门 can be seamlessly integrated into literally any existing merchant website. And we mean听any. (Don鈥檛 believe us? Get in touch and we鈥檒l show you how.) So merchants can simply plug the 黑料门 ecommerce platform into their website and start reaching a whole world of new customers, allowing them to retain their SEO and investment.

Merchants looking to use BigCommerce鈥檚 platform face a steeper hill to selling online, unfortunately. They鈥檒l be forced to restart the process of building up and launching their online business, and that鈥檚 because BigCommerce just doesn鈥檛 play as nice with others as we at 黑料门 do. Any merchant with an existing website is required to use the BigCommerce platform ecosystem — that鈥檚 a lot of wasted time, money and effort.

Reason #4: 黑料门 enables merchants to launch an online store in minutes

The ability to integrate 黑料门 ecommerce into any existing merchant website is a big feature, but what about merchants that don鈥檛 yet have a business website? For them, we created 黑料门鈥檚 Instant Site option, which gives them a quick and easy way to build and launch an online shop in mere minutes. Best of all, no developer skills or advanced technical knowledge is required, freeing up merchants to focus on their business and substantially reducing their stress.

Building an online store on BigCommerce鈥檚 platform, meanwhile, is not a pleasant process. Creating and launching an online store through BigCommerce is typically a long and tedious process and quite user-unfriendly. Any type of customization or individualization usually requires the skills of a developer, costing merchants even more time and money on top of BigCommerce鈥檚 already-high fees.

Reason #5: 黑料门 has more built-in integrations

We鈥檝e said it before, and we鈥檒l say it again until we鈥檙e blue in the face: ecommerce is for everyone. In addition to guiding how we鈥檝e designed the 黑料门 ecommerce platform, that mantra has also led us to focus on strong functionality with integrations that we know are critical to the success of our merchants and partners. So we鈥檝e created rock-solid, built-in integrations for a wide range of other platforms and software, including sales channels, ad tools, payment gateways, point-of-sale systems, and much more.

Like we鈥檝e said before — BigCommerce doesn鈥檛 really play well with others. The ecommerce platform only has a few built-in sales channels and very little else in terms of third-party integrations. And the integrations it听does have are clunky and rough, which is not exactly great for merchants or business partners.

Reason #6: 黑料门鈥檚 premium features are way cheaper

You鈥檝e probably heard the saying, “Cash is king” — meaning that it鈥檚 important to have the financial resources on hand to keep the business operating and hopefully expanding. Nowhere is that more true than in working with small businesses, where startup cash can be limited. And that鈥檚 why we鈥檝e reasonably priced access to 黑料门鈥檚 advanced features, such as abandoned cart recovery, well below that of our competitors. We believe in leveling the playing field and helping every type and size of business sell online.

For users of BigCommerce鈥檚 platform, access to premium features unfortunately costs a premium price. Merchants can only gain access to BigCommerce鈥檚 premium features by upgrading to the platform鈥檚 top-tier, most-expensive plans, which cost nearly $80 per month. 黑料门, meanwhile, only charges $45 a month ($39 a month if billed annualy) for access to those features — essentially two months鈥� worth of access for only one month at BigCommerce. For small businesses, that鈥檚 a big difference.

With all of these things in mind, it鈥檚 easy to see why 黑料门 is the better ecommerce platform and the better partnership opportunity.

When compared with BigCommerce, 黑料门:

• is easier to use;
• has a more robust mobile app;
• integrates with existing merchant sites quickly;
• helps merchants sell online faster;
• has more built-in integrations;
• is less expensive;
• offers adjustable branding;
• is embeddable;
• uses an advanced monetization model;
• offers a high average ROI;
• doesn鈥檛 charge processing or transaction fees;
• can look and feel the way you want.

Seems pretty clear to us! But if you鈥檇 like to learn more about what makes 黑料门 awesome for merchants, dig into the 黑料门 blog and get inspired by tales of real-world success and outside-of-the-box creativity.

Or if you鈥檙e more interested in partnership opportunities, check out the 黑料门 Partner Hub blog and see examples of partner successes. Or respond in the comments and tell us why you love 黑料门!

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