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- BigCommerce tutorial for beginners<\/a> <\/strong><\/li>\n
- 4 essential tips on using BigCommerce<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
- What is BigCommerce and how much does it cost?<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Without further ado, let\u2019s get started!<\/p>\n
\nBigCommerce Tutorial Guide for Beginners<\/h2>\n
In the next section of our BigCommerce tutorial, we will provide comprehensive instructions on BigCommerce store setup. Essentially, there are also some useful tips you may need along the way. Let\u2019s check it out!<\/p>\n
Create a BigCommerce account<\/h3>\n
In the very first step of our BigCommerce tutorial, you need to create an account. For easy access, you can sign-up and start your free trial<\/a> <\/strong>here.<\/p>\n
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BigCommerce homepage<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n Next, click on the Start Your Free Trial<\/strong> button in the middle of the site. You will need to provide the necessary information like email address, password, and store name,…<\/p>\n
The BigCommerce store setup comes in three steps. In step 3, this platform will ask you some questions to learn more about your business. Therefore, we suggest that your answers should be as detailed as possible.<\/p>\n
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BigCommerce login process<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n Then, you will be redirected to your BigCommerce store dashboard. Here, this website comes with a BigCommerce tutorial, including a list of 4 steps to help you start accepting orders before publishing your store.<\/p>\n
We will dive deeper into these tasks in the latter part of this article, so please keep on reading to learn more about how to use BigCommerce.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSetting up the BigCommerce store profile<\/h3>\n
Now that your account is ready, let's move on to the next step of our BigCommerce tutorial: Setting up your store.<\/p>\n
Store profiles introduce your BigCommerce store to Internet visitors, a crucial step often highlighted in BigCommerce reviews<\/b><\/a>. It may contain your payment gateway details, your contact information on the order invoices, and the like. Hence, it is important to enter these fields accurately.<\/p>\n
To edit or update store profiles, navigate to Store Setup > Store Profile<\/strong>. Then you need to fill in the Contact Information<\/strong> section as in the image below:<\/p>\n
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BigCommerce store profile<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n \nPro Tips<\/strong>: Try to show a precise, visible contact number because it helps you to get higher conversion rates. Plus, you can add your business\u2019s phone number to the homepage and contact page as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Choose and customize a BigCommerce theme<\/h3>\n
In this part of our BigCommerce tutorial, let's learn how to elevate your website design and page content.<\/p>\n
1. Select a BigCommerce theme<\/h4>\n
As mentioned in the section above, this platform provides a wide range of mesmerizing BigCommerce themes<\/a> (both paid themes & free ones) for your storefront. You can select store themes from the Theme Marketplace<\/strong> in the Storefront<\/strong> section.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>BigCommerce Theme Store<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n Click Add Theme<\/strong> to continue once you find a suitable theme for your store. Remarkably, you can add various themes to your store and manage them in the My Themes<\/strong> page.<\/p>\n
More importantly, you can design your own theme and upload the zip file to BigCommerce website. However, please note that BigCommerce will not offer any technical support for those customized themes.<\/p>\n
2. Customizing your website<\/h4>\n
You can customize the elements of your theme such as colors, text font size, featured products on the homepage, and the like using Page Builder<\/strong>. Plus, BigCommerce offers a drag-and-drop interface that enables you to arrange content of the web pages easily.<\/p>\n
To launch Page Builder, please go to Storefront > My Themes<\/strong> and click on the Customize button<\/strong> below the theme.<\/p>\n
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Customize BigCommerce theme<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n Then, you will see the Page Builder<\/strong> section lies on the left-hand side of the editing screen. There are Layout, Text, Image, Hero Banner,… and what you need to do is drag and drop these widgets into the edit page.<\/p>\n
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BigCommerce page builder section<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n Besides, you can edit Theme Styles<\/strong> by clicking on the icon color palette below the Widgets<\/strong> and Layers<\/strong> section. Theme Styles feature allows you to customize attributes like color, font, font size, and several theme design elements like header, logo, BigCommerce navigation menu, and footer.<\/p>\n
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Edit BigCommerce theme<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n 3. Adding content pages and blog<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Content pages<\/strong><\/h5>\n
To add a web page, you need to go to Storefront > Web Pages<\/strong>. The View Web Pages<\/strong> screen will show all the web pages of your BigCommerce store. You can edit, preview or delete any pages you want. To start, please click on the Create a Web Page<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n
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Create a web page on BigCommerce<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n Once you\u2019re done, click on Save & Exit<\/strong> or Save & Add Another<\/strong> to continue adding web pages.<\/p>\n
Also, you can add a contact form, which is an indispensable page for customers to get in touch with you. All you need to do is select the option Allow people to send questions\/comments via a contact form<\/strong> when creating a web page. Then you can add any information, messages or images in the Page Content<\/strong> section and they will display above the contact form.<\/p>\n
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Set up BigCommerce contact form<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n On another note, BigCommerce allows users to add top BigCommerce apps<\/b><\/a> as substitutions for its built-in contact form. Feel free to visit the BigCommerce App Store and add any plugin that suits your business.<\/p>\n
Blog<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Every new BigCommerce store has a built-in blog visible by default. To create a blog post, you need to go to Storefront > Blog<\/strong> and click the \u201c+\u201d<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n
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Add blogs in BigCommerce<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n Next, click Save Draft<\/strong> to continue editing, or select Publish<\/strong> to display that blog post in your BigCommerce store. Besides, you can update the blog\u2019s navigation title, URL, and social settings and allow readers to post comments by clicking the Action menu<\/strong> on the Blog<\/strong> page. Then you will be redirected to the Blog Settings<\/strong> page.<\/p>\n
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BigCommerce blog setting<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n You can also link to a third-party blog service or leverage a BigCommerce WordPress<\/b><\/a> integration if you need more features. To do so, go to Storefront > Web Pages, then click Create a Web Page. In the This Page Will options, select Link to another website or document. After that, enter the link of the third-party blog into the Web Page Details<\/strong> box.<\/p>\n
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You can link to another website or blog<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n Add products, customers, and orders<\/h3>\n
1. Products<\/h4>\n
To add products to your BigCommerce store, you need to navigate Products > Add<\/strong> from the dashboard.<\/p>\n
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Add products to BigCommerce<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n Please pay attention to three basic pieces of information: Product Name<\/strong>, Default Price<\/strong> and Weight<\/strong>. We suggest that you should add images, descriptions, and any identifiers (e.g. SKU, UPC, MPN,\u2026) although this information is not compulsory. After that, click Save to keep these changes.<\/p>\n
2. Orders<\/h4>\n
Similarly, you can add and view order lists in the Order<\/strong> section. It is quite easy to add an order as you only need to go through three simple steps including Customer Info, Items, and Shipping.<\/em><\/p>\n
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Add orders to BigCommerce<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n 3. Customers<\/h4>\n
To add customers into your BigCommerce store, you need to select Customers > Add<\/strong>. In the Add Customer<\/strong> page, BigCommerce requires you to fill in the Customer Details<\/strong> form to specify the account details. Note that you can assign that customer into a specific customer group and manage it in the Customer Groups<\/strong> section.<\/p>\n
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Add customers to BigCommerce<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n Configure tax, currency, payment, and shipping<\/h3>\n
Currency<\/h5>\n
Indeed, BigCommerce is an ideal option for your internationalization plans because you are able to display product prices in different currencies. As a result, your customers can check out using their preferred currency, leading to the improvement of the shopping experience.<\/p>\n
In BigCommerce, you are able to set up two types of currencies, which are display currency<\/em> and transactional currency<\/em>. If a currency is set to display-only, your store visitors will see prices on the storefront in that currency, however, the transactions will proceed in the store default\u2019s currencies.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the transactional currency will be displayed in the product prices in the storefront as well as in the check-out details. Please note that you need to enable a supported payment gateway for a currency to be transactional.<\/p>\n
To set up the currency of your store, navigate to Store Setup > Currency<\/strong>. In the Default Currency<\/strong> section, you can click on Edit<\/strong> to set up the Currency display<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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BigCommerce display currency<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n In the Default Currency<\/strong> section, you can set up Transactional currency. Click on “Add new currency”<\/strong> button and provide a currency code to begin. Then, you need to edit some information as follows:<\/p>\n
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Transactional currency<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n Checkout<\/h5>\n
BigCommerce allows you to customize checkout details on your own or using its Optimized One-Page Checkout<\/strong> to minimize friction and streamline the process of checkout to increase sales conversions. You need to navigate Advanced Settings > Checkout<\/strong>. On the Checkout<\/strong> page, select the checkboxes to finish setting up the order confirmation page.<\/p>\n
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BigCommerce checkout<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n Payment<\/h5>\n
There are two BigCommerce payment methods<\/a> you can choose from, which are offline and online.<\/p>\n
The offline payment method doesn\u2019t require a credit card or a traditional payment gateway. In BigCommerce, the options for this payment method are Bank Deposit, Check, Money Order, and Cash on Delivery. To set up, navigate to Store Setup > Payments<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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BigCommerce offline payment method<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n Then, select the method you want to use by clicking on the “Set up<\/strong>” button next to it and provide the necessary information to complete.<\/p>\n
Regarding the Online Payment method, you are able to integrate third-party payment gateways. Here, you need to navigate to Store Setup > Payments<\/strong> again. Next, expand the Online Payment Methods<\/strong> or Digital Wallets<\/strong> section right below and perform the same process as when you set up offline payment.<\/p>\n
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BigCommerce online payment<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n Tax<\/h5>\n
Similar to other eCommerce platforms, BigCommerce requires you to collect tax on orders. To set up automatic tax for your store, you need to select Store Setup > Tax<\/strong>. Then, please scroll down to the Tax<\/strong> settings section and select Edit<\/strong> to continue.<\/p>\n
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BigCommerce tax<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n You can manually set up your own tax rule in the Manual Tax<\/strong> section in case your location is outside the regional coverage of BigCommerce\u2019s automatic tax providers.<\/p>\n
Or, you can set up automatic tax using Avalara AvaTax<\/strong>, a service that eases the complication of calculating tax. Also, it provides sales tax reports for better tracking. More importantly, Avalara AvaTax allows you to set up tax exemptions for specific customers, such as non-profit organizations or government agencies and the like. Also, you can charge certain rates for some particular product once creating a different tax class.<\/p>\n
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Avalara Avatax<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n Promote your BigCommerce store<\/h3>\n
Set up BigCommerce SEO<\/h4>\n
Search Engine Optimization or SEO helps Internet shoppers discover your products on search engines such as Google and Bing faster. With native BigCommerce features<\/b><\/a> like SEO, you can optimize page titles, descriptions, and keywords for content pages, category pages, product pages, blog posts, and brands.<\/p>\n
In your BigCommerce dashboard, navigate to Store Setup > Store Settings > Website<\/strong>. Scroll down, and you will see the Search Engine Optimization<\/strong> section. Provide the necessary information and click Save<\/strong> when you complete.<\/p>\n
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BigCommerce SEO<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n Next, select the URL Structure section and keep optimizing your product URL, category URL, and web page URL.<\/p>\n
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Customize BigCommerce SEO<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n Establishing BigCommerce on multiple channels<\/h4>\n
- 4 essential tips on using BigCommerce<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
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