Pricing
Bigcommerce -:
When it comes to pricing, Bigcommerce is indeed a colossal thing to bear. Although, the
platform is highly a revered one in providing an eCommerce solution but their
packages are a bit costly for the beginners. So, let’s see what are the
different packages of Bigcommerce and how much they cost (compared to
3Dcart’s).
Price Range: $29.95 - $199.95 (with additional varying
charges for Enterprise packages)
Plans: Standard, Plus, Pro, & Enterprise.
Product Inclusion: Unlimited on all plans
Files Storage: Unlimited on all plans
Transaction
Fees: None on all plans
Social media integration: Available on all plans
Payment Gateway or Credit Card Fee: 2.9 + 0.30% fee on Standard and Plus; 2.2 +0.30% or lower on both Pro and Enterprise plans.
So, these were the basics financial aspects concerning about Bigcommerce. However, there is a thing which is very much
unlike all other eCommerce platforms on Bigcommerce – sales limitation –. This is a one straight downfall in this great
platform which possibly has restricted
Bigcommerce to get a top rank in all of the eCommerce providers. These sales
limits will apply per plan on your stores on a monthly
basis. Here are the details on how much sales are restricted monthly on each plan:
1. Standard Plan: $50, 000 sales limit
monthly
2. Plus Plan: $125, 000 sales limit
monthly
3. Pro plan: $1, 000, 000 sales limit
monthly
4. Enterprise plan: Unlimited or negotiable
3Dcart -:
As we have already mentioned above the lucrative benefits you will get by using 3dcart
as your default eCommerce provider, you
can take a sharp look at 3dcart’s
remarkably low-cost packages in the comparison above with Shopify, but let me
quote the major difference here as well. You see, as a direct invitation of
goodwill, 3dcart is providing all of its plans with exclusive services/features
between the price range of $9.99 a month to $99.99 a month.
In these respective prices, you will be enjoying all of the
services which Bigcommerce is providing on its platform as well as with no
sales limitations whatsoever and no extra fees of any kind. Everything from the setup of your website to
24x7 technical support will be free on all plans that 3dcart provides. There
are 100+ payment gateway providers as well,
and you will get to sell not only through your website but on Facebook as well.
The high traffic and enterprise plans by 3dcart are also quite affordable as
compared to those of Bigcommerce.
To highlight you one of the most striking difference of
cost-effectiveness between 3dcart and Bigcommerce, you will get Bigcommerce Pro
plan at $199.95, and it is not even a
high traffic advanced package. However, for this same cost 3dcart is giving you
an excellent high traffic plan with 60GB
of bandwidth without any extra fee
whatsoever. So, as you can see for yourself that migrating to 3dcart will
become more fruitful to you in cost
management as compared to Bigcommerce. Now, let us see what are some the other main differences between Bigcommerce
and 3Dcart on functionalities and features below.
Marketing, SEO, Branding …
Bigcommerce -:
Bigcommerce as a good platform with a flexible
infrastructure which supports and enhances the website’s compatibility with the
search engines out there. Along with using all SEO-ready themes for its online
stores, Bigcommerce brings about a few great features and SEO modifying options
for the users which can help improve the overall ranking and traffic flow to
your site.
The biggest facility Bigcommerce provides to its user, for
the betterment of your sites ranking, is undoubtedly its integration with Google
Shopping. By using this integration, you can direct an enormous amount of traffic right back to your site through Google’s podium and expand the exposure
of your online store. Plus, the microdata and reviews helps further in making search engines happier about your website.
And there are heaps of marketing tools as well in
Bigcommerce. You can do an effective branding of your online store through
Bigcommerce built-in features like daily deals and coupons, social media
marketing tools, using email marketers like Mail chimp and various others as well. In an Overall view, Bigcommerce can be
very helpful for both SEO and marketing of your website.
3Dcart -:
3dcart is the essential eCommerce platform when it comes to
SEO & marketing. It consists variety of marketing & SEO features within
the backend which can do all kinds of magic in bringing your website that promised
exposure. You get the best responsive and SEO-ready themes (60+ free ones) with
every plan you choose so you can be sure of getting the most out of your simple
online store.
The significant
difference between Bigcommerce and 3Dcart in this sector are its features and full array of marketing tools given to you at
half the cost of Bigcommerce. You will get those familiar meta tags, alt tags,
meta descriptions, sitemap generator and much more in 3dcart. Bigcommerce SEO
optimization does not offer this much diversity as compared to 3dcart’s on-site
SEO switches.
Likewise, in marketing,
3dcart offers plenty of utilities and tools for you get benefit from. Some of
the features are quite unique which you usually cannot find in other eCommerce
platforms. The plethora of marketing options in 3dcart are as follows:
Ø Social media marketing
Ø Newsletter campaigns
Ø Daily deals/coupons
Ø Product review publications
Ø Referral system
Ø Gift schemes
Ø Free shipping options
Ø Built-in affiliate marketing program
And so much more.
Interface & Extensibility
Bigcommerce -:
Bigcommerce has a good intuitive interface which is not
quite hard for a user to walk through.
The entire backend presents a much similar working to that of Shopify, but the
look is entirely dissimilar
between the two. Building your online store through Bigcommerce backend,
however, still needs a person who at least knows basic ABC of CMS systems
despite its being straightforward and innate.
Bigcommerce also have wide extension and plugin support. You
can find all kinds of extensions for your online
store through Bigcommerce’ dedicated app store.
It can be accessed right within from your backend. Extensions/Plugins are sorted out into two categories: All plans and Enterprise. Bigcommerce has a different approach for the both, so it makes easier for the particular customers to get the products manufactured specifically for
them. Plus, with a huge variety of extensions for your site, there are some free
good ones as well on Bigcommerce making it a worthy choice to consider for your
store.
3Dcart -:
As compared to that of Bigcommerce, 3dcart has a quite easy
and straightforward interface which a
novice can be able to use efficiently as well. Also, the great perk is that
that 3dcart’s backend features a great
drag-and-drip builder for easier customization. From the beginning setup which is easily defined in “9 quick steps” till the
store up and running, you are all set and ready
to go with its pretty neat backend.
3Dcart backend comes integrated with 60+ free responsive
templates as well, and you can choose
anyone which you like for your store. The 3dcart
control panel is also very commandingly efficient. It allows you to customize colors, font, upload products easily,
and make all other necessary changes into
your site. So, with more features and easier to customize
backend, 3dcart is mostly recommended for serious online business owners.
Additionally, 3dcart store provides you top quality wide-ranging apps for the improved
functionality/features of your store. There is a combination of both free and
paid ones and the paid ones are not that much expensive as compared to other
eCommerce platforms. The shopping cart has
a built-in feature of “Abandoned cart
saver” which you can use to send pre-formatted emails alerting your customers
to finish their abandoned checkouts properly.
The significant factor in 3dcart’s backend CMS is that it already has lots of
features installed where you usually don’t need to buy or use any third party
extensions/plugins for your site. However, in case you do need one, 3dcart app
store gave you the best discounted and high-quality apps for free and paid as well.