BigCommerce raises $64M to power e-commerce sites
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BigCommerce raises $64M to power e-commerce sites
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#2I don't understand how companies like Big Commerce and WP Engine, which have raised hundreds of millions of dollars and have 10's of thousands of business customers are "growth stage startups." I don't understand how they are startups at all. They are businesses. Is the fact that they are unprofitable the thing that makes them startups?
Re: BigCommerce raises $64M to power e-commerce sites
#3I don't understand how companies like Big Commerce and WP Engine, which have raised hundreds of millions of dollars and have 10's of thousands of business customers are "growth stage startups." I don't understand how they are startups at all. They are businesses. Is the fact that they are unprofitable the thing that makes them startups?
Or why are they still unprofitable if they have 10s of thousands of paying business customers. Are they planning on becoming profitable when they have 100s of thousands of paying business customers? Is it possible that its very hard to keep scaling after a certain threshold to meet the needs of all these business customers that require different kind of features.
Re: BigCommerce raises $64M to power e-commerce sites
#4I don't understand how companies like Big Commerce and WP Engine, which have raised hundreds of millions of dollars and have 10's of thousands of business customers are "growth stage startups." I don't understand how they are startups at all. They are businesses. Is the fact that they are unprofitable the thing that makes them startups?
Steve Blank has an interesting definition for a Startup "a startup is a temporary organization used to search for a repeatable and scalable business model."
These organizations, while revenue generating, may still have some way to go before they can reach a stage where their revenues and costs are predictable and the business model sustainable.
Re: BigCommerce raises $64M to power e-commerce sites
#5How does BigCommerce stack up against Shopify? They seem to offer very similar products
Re: BigCommerce raises $64M to power e-commerce sites
#6This is good news for Austin tech ecosystem. BigCommerce is a pretty big player here. Is it true that they are unprofitable? The article didn't dig into those details. A company may need capital in order to maintain growth rates and hire more talent rapidly and yet still generating some profits.
Re: BigCommerce raises $64M to power e-commerce sites
#7Big congrats to BigCommerce. I absolutely hate Shopify and any alternative to them is a good thing in my book.
I did try BigCommerce, but there were many issue with them. The software was very slow, and the app ecosystem was rather incomplete. From what I understand from talking to one developer, they weren't able to dependibly connect to the API without throttling or losing connection.
I don't really know if BC is a viable alternative to Shopify, but the e-commerce space is very much unsolved. No other industry in the world would tolerate Shopify, Solid Commerce, Channel Advisor, and Megento, and so on, as their top platforms. It's a sad mess of uninformed companies attempting to build for an industry they have zero knowledge of, and the sellers are squeezed dry for systems with broken and missing features.
Re: BigCommerce raises $64M to power e-commerce sites
#8How does BigCommerce stack up against Shopify? They seem to offer very similar products
BigCommerce ships with a lot more features for B2B and enterprise out of the box, than Shopify.
To get a Shopify store configured to the B2B & enterprise features of BigCommerce you need a fair amount of 3rd party apps, bubblegum and duct tape
Re: BigCommerce raises $64M to power e-commerce sites
#9Big congrats to BigCommerce. I absolutely hate Shopify and any alternative to them is a good thing in my book. I did try BigCommerce, but there were many issue with them. The software was very slow, and the app ecosystem was rather incomplete. From what I understand from talking to one developer, they weren't able to dependibly connect to the API without throttling or losing connection. I don't really know if BC is a…
What frustrates you about Shopify that you wish could be better?
Re: BigCommerce raises $64M to power e-commerce sites
#10Big congrats to BigCommerce. I absolutely hate Shopify and any alternative to them is a good thing in my book. I did try BigCommerce, but there were many issue with them. The software was very slow, and the app ecosystem was rather incomplete. From what I understand from talking to one developer, they weren't able to dependibly connect to the API without throttling or losing connection. I don't really know if BC is a…
What frustrates you about Shopify that you wish could be better?
Everything. It's just awful.
All apps break, costing incredible money, hyperactive policies that toss sellers under the bus, they blame everyone else and nothing is their fault. Well, okay, every developer is a moron and Shopify is perfect.