Bigcommerce Regret Anyone?

by JTexan
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I'm trying to make a decision between BC and Shopify. I'm leaning towards BC because of the better SEO features, but I've heard that Shopify is much easier for newbies. Is that true? Does anyone out there regret getting BC because it turned out to be too complicated for you? Your replies are greatly appreciated!
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  • Profile picture of the author alekhine8
    They're both fine. We've had our store on both platforms and unless you have some very specific needs either one will work for you.

    Shopify pros - little more selection of quality responsive themes and more apps

    BC pros - if you pay the $79 monthly plan you can get SSL and hosted checkout all on your domain (Shopify routes customers to checkout.shopify.com for checkout), and a little bit more built-in functionality compared to Shopify without apps
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    • Profile picture of the author OnlineStoreHelp
      Originally Posted by alekhine8 View Post

      They're both fine. We've had our store on both platforms and unless you have some very specific needs either one will work for you.

      Shopify pros - little more selection of quality responsive themes and more apps

      BC pros - if you pay the $79 monthly plan you can get SSL and hosted checkout all on your domain (Shopify routes customers to checkout.shopify.com for checkout), and a little bit more built-in functionality compared to Shopify without apps
      Gotta agree with this. They are both fine.

      BC Pros: A lot more functionality out of the box
      Shopify Pros: A lot prettier sites.

      Both are SEO friendly (CDN, Search Engine Friendly URL's, quick speed). Shopify actually used to be a bit lacking from a meta tags perspective but that is no longer the case. If you have a complicated category structure, BigCommerce excels. The only thing that bugs me about BigCommerce is their option sets. I wish they did it like 3dCart where an option set was an option instead of required.
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  • Profile picture of the author chris00129
    Originally Posted by JTexan View Post

    I'm trying to make a decision between BC and Shopify. I'm leaning towards BC because of the better SEO features, but I've heard that Shopify is much easier for newbies. Is that true? Does anyone out there regret getting BC because it turned out to be too complicated for you? Your replies are greatly appreciated!
    Hey JTexan,

    Just curious:

    What is the better SEO Feature?

    Thanks,

    Chris
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