Bigcommerce Launches Global Partner Program
Announcement posted by Bigcommerce 12 Mar 2013
Builds ecosystem for designers and resellers as store numbers surge past 30,000
SYDNEY — March 12, 2013 — Bigcommerce, a powerful e-commerce platform that allows SMBs to quickly set up an online store, today launched its global partner program for web professionals, designers and resellers.
Partners accepted into the program will benefit from:
- Co-marketing materials and promotional benefits
- An assigned partner executive who will provide onboarding, product training and ongoing support
- New commission options
- Joint social media and PR initiatives
Simon Clarkson, Bigcommerce’s director of channels, said the partner program is a key part of the company’s rapid growth around the world.
“We’ve partnered with web pros since day one to offer customisation services to our clients. As a powerful platform for small businesses to sell online, Bigcommerce lends itself to integrating with many providers and services. The expertise our partners provide is one of the key ingredients in making Bigcommerce and our SMB clients successful.”
“We’ve embraced this by fostering a very healthy ecosystem around our platform. However, we have wanted to formalise these relationships and allow more partners to join in the success.
“We realise the tremendous value our partners bring to Bigcommerce and are committed to providing them with a fully encompassing program that supports their efforts and contributes to their ultimate success. We’re looking forward to continuing to work with every single partner to jointly deliver the best e-commerce platform in the world to online retailers,” Clarkson said.
Damien Viero, Founder and Director of Above&Beyond, said his company's partnership with Bigcommerce has been a huge factor in their growth.
"We've been in business since 2000, but things have really taken off since starting to work with Bigcommerce in 2010. We've grown from 5 to 11 staff here in our Sunshine Coast office, and we've worked on hundreds of Bigcommerce stores. Designing Bigcommerce stores for small businesses looking to sell online now represents about 70% of our business, and we're thrilled to be a Premium Partner.
We have regular, ongoing conversations with our contacts at Bigcommerce, and we're able to gain from knowledge as well as new business leads. When we first started doing Bigcommerce sites we just wanted a stable piece of software that we could put our e-commerce clients on while we focused on what we do best -- design. But now, the partnership has led to so much more!"
Above&Beyond had designed Bigcommerce stores Pippi Lifestyle, Australian Pet Treat Company, Bundles of Love, and many more.
The partner program takes a three-tiered approach, categorising Bigcommerce’s more than 2,000 partners as premium partners, partners or resellers.
Partner tiers at a glance:
Premium Partner
- Hand-selected partners who are true experts in e-commerce and masters of the Bigcommerce platform with an extremely high customer success rate.
- These partners have a solid level of experience with the e-commerce platform and a great track record with Bigcommerce in their customer arsenal.
- The entry point in coming on board as a Bigcommerce partner, this is where most designers who are just starting out with Bigcommerce will begin their journey and quickly move up in the program.