Month: February 2022
Introducing the BigCommerce 2021 Partner Awards Finalists
It’s time for the BigCommerce 2021 Partner Awards! Marking the fourth year of the program, the BigCommerce Partner Awards is where we recognize top performing agency and technology partners for their extraordinary and innovative work for BigCommerce merchants. The partner...
6-Figure in Sales Before Launch and Building a Sustainable Future
After seeing the amount of waste created by single-use items caused by COVID-19, Miles Pepper and Martica Wakeman created re-fillable sanitizer dispensers made from reclaimed ocean-bound plastic and launched Sanikind. Backed by thousands on Kickstarter, Sanikind raised over $300,000 before...
Organic vs. Paid Social: Which for Your eCommerce Business?
Corey Bennett Corey has been working in digital marketing for more than six years, recently specializing in paid social media. He joined the Inflow team with a desire to build experience in eCommerce and help clients leverage the power of...
Instagram Story Ads 101: Everything A Business Needs to Know
Instagram Story ads provide a fully immersive experience for viewers. The vertical format fills the screen and, unlike Facebook and Instagram feed ads, they look almost identical to organic Instagram Stories, with the exception of the Sponsored tag in the...
How to Start an Ecommerce Business: Build an Ecommerce Store
If you’re a skilled entrepreneur or craftsperson, you’ve probably dreamed of starting your own ecommerce store and building a business that gives you a sense of achievement and freedom. Sadly, most people don’t follow through on starting an ecommerce business...
How to Manage Out of Stock Product Pages for SEO
Editor’s note: This blog was originally published in 2016. It has been updated several times since for accuracy and to reflect modern practices. When the pandemic panic-shopping of early 2020 first hit, many eCommerce businesses were unprepared for the dramatic...
The Great Resignation: Why Millions Are Ditching Traditional Employment to Bet on Themselves
Michelle Alfaro has always known that a desk job career was not a part of her long-term vision. “As a creative person, I saw more for myself,” she says. The 24 years old had been immersed in Milwaukee’s creative arts...
The Kids Are Alright: How Gen Alpha is Shaping the Future of Everything
Ten-year-old Zy is afraid of needles. If she could invent one thing, it would be a device to help people get shots more easily—and without fear. Fia, who’s eight, would invent a submarine that picks up trash in the ocean....
BigCommerce Brings Flair to NRF 2022 and Commerce After Dark
To say the BigCommerce team was excited about NRF 2022 would be putting it lightly. Our first booth presence at a conference since March 2020 also meant the first time that some of our team would be meeting in person. ...
How This Founder Scaled A Fitness Business to Over $20 Million in 2 Years
Will Torrez was operating businesses within the travel and hospitality industry when COVID-19 hit. As the impacts of the pandemic forced him to shut down his businesses, Will noticed the lack of access to gyms and decided to pivot. He...