SHOP competitor - BigCommerce

BigCommerce says it has raised $64 million in equity funding led by Goldman Sachs to fuel a range of expansion efforts. The Austin, Texas-based company is also looking to the cash injection to help it keep pace and compete with its Canadian rival Shopify.

Unlike Shopify, we aren’t distracted by ancillary businesses like proprietary payments, shipping, POS, and lending," he said. “BigCommerce partners and integrates seamlessly with the market leaders in each of those categories, thereby delivering better solutions for our customers while keeping our company 100 percent focused on our core platform.”

https://www.zdnet.com/article/bigcommerce-raises-64-million-…

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Unlike Shopify, we aren’t distracted by ancillary businesses like proprietary payments, shipping, POS, and lending,

Are we supposed to believe that this is a competitive advantage?

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More recent article on the differences between Shopify and Bigcommerce.

https://www.stylefactoryproductions.com/blog/bigcommerce-vs-…

They seem very compariable to me and this article goes into great detail about the differences. In any case, Shopify definitely is not the only choice out there and I don’t know how long it will be before other players emerge.

Peace,
Dana

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