BigCommerce
Summary
BigCommerce is an online store builder (hosted shopping cart software) that powers tens of thousands of online stores in more than 150 countries. It allows you to do everything yourself, including add products, upload photos, process orders, create pages, create discount coupons, and more. You can also design your store with it, using drag and drop panels.
Availability
Available worldwide
Account setup
To begin creating your seller account, check the following link: Create BigCommerce Seller Account . After you create your seller account, you can then begin to assign us as a partner.
Integration
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Minimum Requirements
Access
Step 1: Granting Access to CrescoData
CrescoData requires access to the Big Commerce web platform and the steps to do this can be found here.
Role to assign should be <<System Admin>>. Refer to the link here for information on roles and privileges.
Step 2: Granting API access tokens to CrescoData
Please follow the steps here to create an API account for CrescoData. API resources should all be in "modify".
The minimum to make the API headers required are:
- Accept: application/json
- Content-Type: application/json
- X-Auth-Client: Client Id
- X-Auth-Token: Token
They can be found in the API credential dialog. Please share this information with CrescoData once the account has been created as outlined in step 1.
Rate limits and update frequency
Standard and Plus plans have a limit of 20,000 API calls per hour, and the Pro plan features a generous call limit of 60,000 API calls per hour. Enterprise clients have unlimited API calls
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Taxonomy
Categories
| Type | Channels own taxonomy |
| Cresco update frequency | 24 hours |
| Channel update frequency | Irregular |
Category attributes
| Type | Category specific attributes |
| Cresco update frequency | 24 hours |
| Channel update frequency | Irregular |
| Cresco feature support | Auto-populateDirect match |
Images
Images must meet the following requirements to successfully upload to the Image Manager. Attempting to upload an image that does not meet these requirements can cause unexpected behavior.
- Image file names must be alphanumeric, and cannot contain any spaces or special characters.
- Supported file types are JPEG/JPG, GIF and PNG
- https://support.bigcommerce.com/s/article/Using-the-Image-Manager
Custom features
BigCommerce has integrations with around 472 apps. It includes both free and paid items. Eg: shipperhq to calculate shipping rates and avalara for tax calculations
Advanced features that save you time and expand your sales channel such as Omni-channel, Abandoned cart saver, Cart-level discount, ShipperHQ and etc.
- Zero transaction fees where other eCommerce platforms will normally charge a 1% – 3% of transaction fee per sale thanks to various alliances with online payment merchants such as paypal and apple pay.
- A wide range of useful apps to add to your store such as loyalty rewards program, up-sell & cross-sell, etc
- 24/7 technical support through the phone, email, social media or live chat. You can also find your answer through the community forum.
- There is no need for any web designing or development skills to use BigCommerce. The templates and options are easy to work with.