The BigCommerce app marketplace is a treasure trove of goodies, with over 1,500 apps available to extend the functionality of your BigCommerce store. Naturally, trying to find the best apps in the BigCommerce marketplace is like finding a needle in a haystack.
Luckily, we’re here to help. We have compiled the 17 best apps in the BigCommerce marketplace just for you.
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Top Free Apps
Mailchimp
Mailchimp is a well-known and very popular email marketing platform, but they have expanded and are now considered more of an all-in-one marketing platform.
You can set up a range of automations to make business management easier. For example, you don’t have to worry about the dreaded abandoned cart situation costing you potential sales. You can also develop automations for things like a welcome email, a post-purchase follow-up, product recommendations, or inactive customer re-engagement.
Email marketing is a highly effective tool, and Mailchimp is easy to use, easy to integrate, and best of all – it’s free.
QuickBooks Online
Bookkeeping and accounting are massively time-consuming parts of owning a business, but QuickBooks Online makes this easy. All your orders, refunds, taxes, discounts, and shipping charges are synced across different platforms, automatically processed, and added to QuickBooks. In addition, all your sales receipts are created automatically.
It’s a powerful and incredibly helpful app to integrate with your BigCommerce store, and it’s completely free. Customers frequently report being very satisfied with the support available, so that’s another plus.
Google Analytics
When it comes to site analytics, you can’t really pass up Google Analytics. It’s the tried and tested favorite that wins the popularity vote time and time again. In the case of BigCommerce, it works very effectively, it’s easy to set up, and it’s completely free to use.
With Google Analytics, you’ll get a thorough understanding of your advertising ROI, and you can set up customized reporting to gain insights into other areas of your business and progress.
Dreamship
Dreamship is a reliable printing and dropshipping provider. All products are high-quality, and you avoid the hassle of managing vendors and the cost of storing products.
Products are consistently shipped within 1-2 days of receiving an order, there’s no minimum order amount, and you only pay when you have an order, so there’s no risk of overspending. What’s really amazing is that the Dreamship app is entirely free.
ConnectPOS
For an e-commerce store, accepting payments is crucial. ConnectPOS allows you to do everything related to payments. All your systems are synced in real time, and you can choose between up to 20 payment processors.
You can accept split or partial payments, custom sales, and provide refunds or an exchange option. Within the app, you can also manage order history to improve order tracking and manage quotes.
The app also allows for a lot of customization. You can customize your sales receipts and product labels, but you can also specify who has control permissions on the POS system.
Top Paid Apps
ShipStation
ShipStation is a convenient way to connect and manage all your shipping providers, including USPS, Royal Mail, Deutsche Post, and more. This app allows you to process orders swiftly and select the best price carrier, and you can also easily populate postage rates and manage returns from your own portal.
ShipStation offers a full 60-day trial, which is super generous. After that, it costs a very reasonable $9.99/month.
Maisie AI Chatbot
Maisie AI is a rapidly rising starter in the AI category of apps. It will proactively engage with your site visitors in order to help them find the products they want and get you the sales you want. It reduces the likelihood of site visitors leaving without making a purchase.
Maisie Ai can also be used as automated customer support, so you can offer 24/7 customer support that’s actually helpful. It doesn’t necessarily remove the need for live customer support, but it clears their time for more important or challenging cases.
Overall, Maisie AI has some pretty impressive results, claiming to raise conversion rates by 20% and reduce support requests by 30%. Prices start from $29/month, but you can give it a test run for free for 14 days.
BigCommerce Insights
If you’re not a fan of Google Analytics, it can sometimes be worthwhile to simply go with the company's own native tools, namely BigCommerce. BigCommerce Insights allows you to track trends in purchases and click rates.
You can identify which banners and marketing campaigns are most effective at driving conversions and where to invest less time and effort. Unfortunately, it isn’t free and starts at $49/month – with no free trial period that we can see.
B2B Ninja
B2B Ninja, also previously known as Quote Ninja, allows your customers to easily build quotes within your site. The app has been specifically built with B2B in mind and benefits both customers and sellers. All it takes is a single click for the seller to convert a quote into an order.
Quotes can be saved and emailed in PDF format for accounting, and you can see if quotes have been opened and read or left unopened. B2B Ninja is more than just a great idea – it actually works. However, pricing plans start at $75/month, which is fairly high-end for a BigCommerce marketplace integration.
Quotilo
A cheaper option for quote building and management is Quotilo. Quotilo prices start at $15/month, and there’s a free seven-day trial available to give it a test drive. The app allows you to place a “Request Quote” button on your site, where your customers can request a custom quote. But it also automatically creates draft invoices from quote requests. Your sales team can modify these and then send customers a direct link to the checkout.
The app also works in multiple currencies, allows you to factor the shipping method and costs into the quote, and gives the option to add discount coupon codes. The app works very reliably, and their customer support is highly rated.
InStock Notify
InStock Notify is a very simple but effective app. When supply has run out of a particular product, the app will provide a form to the customer to enter their contact details. When the product is back in stock, the customer is emailed to alert them that it’s available for purchase once again.
The email and forms are all customizable to suit your needs, and you can monitor the performance of your emails. You’ll be able to see when emails have been sent and when they are read. You can test the app out for free for 15 days, and after that it’ll cost $18/month.
Marketplace Connector
It makes sense that you want to be able to sell your products on as many platforms as possible to get the best possible chance of sales. The Marketplace Connector makes that possible by connecting and syncing your store with a range of major marketplaces like Etsy, Google Shopping, and Wish.
This app gives you the ability to centralize management of inventory, orders, and shipping. There’s a seven-day free trial, and then you’ll pay $49/month. You will get amazing customer service and a dedicated account manager with that as well.
LiveChat
LiveChat is a very popular app in the BigCommerce marketplace. It gives you the ability to instantly chat with customers. Having a live chat feature is something that is highly regarded by customers – people simply don’t like making phone calls for support anymore, and email is too slow.
It may be something as simple as a question about a product, but being able to answer that instantly can mean the difference between a purchase and the customer opting out.
The app also works in reverse, with you being able to reach out to customers to make product suggestions or engage them when they first visit your site. You’ll be able to trial LiveChat for free for 14 days, and after that, it costs $24/month.
DropInBlog
SEO is an important part of content marketing. Without good SEO, your store simply won’t be found, and you can’t make the sales you’re aiming for. DropInBlog allows you to manage all your content, as well as optimize for search engines far better than the native BigCommerce blogging tool.
The app has a text editor similar to WordPress, and it allows you to easily edit the meta title and meta description, as well as add alt tags to images and change the layout of your blog. In addition, it includes an automated schema markup to enhance your ranking on SERPs, and its lightweight structure means it won’t slow down your site.
Probably one of the best features of DropInBlog is the SEO Analyzer tool. This tool is built-in and assesses your content as you type. You’ll get a content score out of 100 and tips to improve your content for search engine success. It’s super easy to get started and use, and there’s a free 14-day trial. If you decide to continue, you can find it in the BigCommerce app marketplace, and prices start from a very reasonable $19/month.
Shogun Page Builder
BigCommerce gives you the tools you need to build your storefront, but many simply don’t like the feel of it. The Shogun Page Builder offers a more convenient drag-and-drop page builder that requires no knowledge of code to use.
Build your entire store or use the app to quickly build landing pages and new product pages as required. There’s a range of predesigned templates to work with, and you can include a ton of elements like videos, sliders, carousels, and FAQ accordions.
The Shogun Page Builder starts at $19/month, but there’s a 10-day free trial to make the most of before you commit to paying for the app.
Rewind Backups
It’s really important to keep your store secure and all your content recoverable should the worst happen and your site is hacked and damaged. Rewind Backups automatically backs up product details, product images, themes, customer accounts, order history, and other valuable information.
Downtime as a result of a breach of security or damage to your site can cost you not only financially but also in terms of reputation. Customers are likely to be deterred by a site that’s not working or feels like it’s not secure enough to safely make payments.
With Rewind Backups, you can quickly restore your site and get back to business with minimal downtime. Pricing starts at $39/month, but you can trial the app for free for seven days.
WeGlot
If you’re doing business internationally, WeGlot is simply an essential app to have. WeGlot will translate your entire store into over 100 languages, depending on where you do business. Translations are automated using advanced machine learning, but you can also order translations completed by a vetted professional linguist.
Translations don’t negatively affect site SEO, and you can include a language button so customers can select their desired language and switch between translations. Pricing plans start at $21/month, but you can also make use of the 10-day free trial period.
Final Thoughts
These 17 apps are merely a drop in the ocean when it comes to what’s available in the BigCommerce marketplace. However, they’re all tried and tested and highly rated. Hopefully, one or more of these will be the BigCommerce app you’re looking for.