Flexible BigCommerce Alternative for Your Auto Parts Business
Stop dealing with a platform that limits your growth and forces you into expensive plans just to get the features you need. X-Cart is a solid BigCommerce alternative. It’s fast, flexible, and affordable, designed to support your growing auto parts business.
Automotive Brands Trust X-Cart to Power Their Online Stores
Why Choose X-Cart over BigCommerce?
BigCommerce is a popular hosted platform, but its one-size-fits-all approach can be a major disadvantage for specialized industries like automotive. If you’re struggling with slow performance, a lack of built-in tools, or frustrating customer support, X-Cart is the better choice.
Low Website Performance
A fast website is crucial for retaining customers and ranking well on Google. Many BigCommerce users report slow page loading times, especially with large product catalogs. This can lead to a poor user experience and lower search engine rankings, costing you sales.
X-Cart’s Solution
X-Cart is optimized for speed, even with an unlimited number of SKUs. Our platform ensures a seamless user experience, which helps improve your SEO rankings and keep customers on your site longer. We also guarantee a 99.99% uptime to ensure your store is always open for business.
Lack of Built-in Tools
While BigCommerce has many features, some essential tools are only available in their expensive Enterprise plan. This can force you into a custom, high-cost solution when you only need a few key features.
X-Cart’s Solution
X-Cart offers a robust set of built-in features and tools right out of the box, regardless of your plan. This includes unlimited SKUs, complex catalogs, and advanced filtering options. You get the functionality you need without overpaying for features you’ll never use.
Maintenance Challenges and High Costs
Many of BigCommerce’s automotive-focused features and integrations are developed by third-party agencies. This can lead to maintenance challenges, compatibility issues, and fragmented customer support when you need help.
X-Cart’s Solution
X-Cart provides native automotive tools and direct integrations with key industry players like SEMA Data, ASAP Network, and Turn 14 Distribution. Our platform is built to work seamlessly, and our in-house team handles all development and support, so you have one point of contact for all your needs.
Unreliable Customer Support
Some merchants on BigCommerce have reported slow response times, unprofessional customer service, and long delays in solving issues. When your business depends on your site being operational, waiting for support isn’t an option.
X-Cart’s Solution
The X-Cart team is always available. We offer fast and reliable customer support 24/7 via phone, chat, and tickets. Our in-house support engineers are experts on our platform and work around the clock to ensure any issue is resolved quickly and efficiently.
X-Cart vs. BigCommerce
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|---|---|---|
| API-driven eCommerce platform |  | |
| Complex and unlimited product catalogs | | |
| Website design optimized for mobile experiences | | |
| Smart search and filtering options | | third-party apps |
| Native Year Make Model filtering | | third-party apps |
| VIN lookup and ‘My Garage’ feature | | third-party apps |
| Direct integrations with auto parts data providers | SEMA Data, AutoSync, ASAP Network | SEMA Data |
| Integrations with automotive warehouse distributors | Turn14 Distribution, Torqued Distribution, Keystone Automotive, Meyer, American Tire Distributors, Wheel Pros, and more | Turn 14 Distribution (third-party apps) |
| Accelerated console import/export | |  |
| Payment processing fees | no transaction fees | no transaction fees |
| Integrations with various payment gateways | over 120 payment gateways | over 65 payment gateways |
| Marketing and SEO tools | | |
| Multiple sales channels | | |
| In-house development service | | third-party apps |
| Technical support | | |
| Free trial | personalized free demo | free 15-day trial |
Benefits of X-Cart as a BigCommerce Alternative
When you choose X-Cart, you get a powerful, flexible, and affordable platform with a team dedicated to your success.
Powerful Built-in Features
Get everything you need to run and grow your store without paying extra.
Native Automotive Solution
Tools like YMM search and VIN lookup are seamlessly integrated into the platform for a better customer experience.
Fast and Stable Performance
Our platform is built for speed, helping you improve SEO and user experience.
Reliable Support
Our in-house team is available around the clock to help you with any issue, big or small.
5 Things X-Cart Offers That BigCommerce Doesn’t
Powerful Built-in Features and Tools
Your X-Cart store will have unlimited SKUs, complex catalogs with multiple categories, product filtering, and price lists, all available within the package.
Some essential tools are available only as part of the BigCommerce Enterprise plan. This is where you can feel like you are overpaying for the package that doesn’t meet your expectations, and consider switching to another eCommerce platform.
Native Automotive Solution
X-Cart provides prebuilt automotive fitment tools like Year/Make/Model Search and VIN lookup that integrate seamlessly with X-Cart’s automotive design themes. We also have direct integrations with leading auto parts database providers and distributors, such as SEMA Data, ASAP Network, AutoSync, Turn 14 Distribution, and more to come shortly!
BigCommerce also offers a range of automotive-focused tools and features. However, most of them were developed by third-party agencies, which can spark additional maintenance and customer support challenges.
Website Speed Optimization
Moving your online store to X-Cart can help you maximize your online store’s speed. This will drastically improve your website’s user experience, positively changing your SEO rankings. X-Cart also ensures no risk of downtime during the whole eCommerce migration process.
According to G2, some BigCommerce users have observed slow page loading times, resulting in lower rankings on Google and requiring constant and extensive optimization.The page load times of some BigCommerce stores can exceed 1000 ms, which is twice as slow as the average and five times slower than stores running on X-Cart.
SEO Flexibility
X-Cart included SEO in its native dashboard, making it easier for users to optimize their online stores without additional expenses or time. X-Cart also offers advanced optimization features like XML sitemap and meta work, SEO optimization services, and SEO audits after migration to ensure previous efforts aren’t wasted.
BigCommerce’s SEO support and guides lack helpful information, leaving merchants to struggle with duplicate content issues that can hurt their website’s ability to rank. Third-party SEO agencies can provide the guidance needed to optimize your store for search engines. However, these services can eventually turn out to be rather costly.
Technical Support and Maintenance
The X-Cart team is always available to assist with any project. We offer fast and reliable customer support, available 24/7. Authorized customers can also have a dedicated project manager.
BigCommerce help center is, on the contrary, reported to work very slowly. Some merchants mention unprofessional customer service, ineffective support, and the fact that it takes quite a long time to solve an issue.
Set Your Store Up for Growth with a Reliable BigCommerce Alternative
Stop letting an unoptimized platform hold you back. Talk to our team to see how X-Cart can help you sell more auto parts and reach your business goals.
FAQs
- Does it take long to migrate from BigCommerce to X-Cart?
It doesn’t. Migration to X-Cart won’t take more than a month, and your store will be up throughout the data migration process. Switching DNS records, however, takes at least a couple of hours for the changes to propagate. It’s a necessary evil. - Can I schedule a free X-Cart demo?
Absolutely. You can schedule a free X-Cart demo with our solution advisors and get a definitive tour of the key features necessary for your business. This will help you get a clear picture of what our shopping cart looks like from the inside before making the decision. - How can I migrate from BigCommerce to X-Cart?
The X-Cart team will ensure hassle-free migration from your Magento store to X-Cart at a lower price than that charged by automated shopping cart migration services. Our eCommerce migration experts can transfer everything — including custom-developed design and features — with professional support and post-launch testing. - Will X-Cart integrate with the tools I already use?
X-Cart integrates with hundreds of eCommerce applications available at the X-Cart app store, allowing you to connect the tools you already use effortlessly. If you don’t see the required add-on in the app store, we can tailor a custom integration with the tool of your choice connected to your online store via API.
