Our faithful studio assistant, Bella. She’s wonderful to have around. I just wish she could go get coffee once in a while.

If you’re looking for an affordable way to set up an online store, Big Commerce may be the answer for you. The Big Commerce software platform allows you to set up an online store within 15 minutes. The fully-featured software is trusted by over 8,500 (and counting) eCommerce retailers worldwide.

You can build your store using the provided templates, or allow us to go in and create a custom experience for your customers.

Big Commerce Features:

1. Complete Creative Control

This is the feature that really sold us on the Big Commerce platform. Big Commerce has no design limits. Beginners can use the point and click customization tools and the drag-and-drop interface to change the look and functionality of their stores. We also have full access to modify the HTML and CSS to create a unique look for your store.

2. Sell on eBay

From the control panel you can list your products direct to eBay. A real time-saver and a way to diversify your online sales.

3. Shopping Comparison Export

A great way to grwo your visitor base: Drive traffic back to your BigCommerce store with point-and-click export to PPC websites Beso, BizRate, MySimon, NexTag, PriceGrabber, Shopping.com and Shopzilla.

4. Automated Email Marketing

Set up newsletters, sales announcements and more. BigCommerce integrates easily with iContact.

5. Flexible Product Photo Display

Upload an unlimited number of photos into your gallery. Thumbnail versions are created automatically. Visitors can click to see larger versions which you can display in a popup window or in a lightbox-style window.

6. Super Zoom™ Photo Zoom

Provide a crystal-clear, zoomed version of product photos so shoppers can get a closer look at what they’re buying. To enable SuperZoom™, simply upload a large product photo and BigCommerce will do the rest. SuperZoom™ takes your photos to the next level and increases interest in your products.

7. Mobile Commerce

Mobile commerce is gaining popularity and acceptance – don’t miss the opportunity for more sales with the ability to have customers shop on your store via smartphone. BigCommerce includes native support for the iPad as well as a shopping experience that looks beautiful on all webkit-enabled mobile devices including iPhone, Andriod, Blackberry and Palm Pre devices.

8. Sell on Facebook

A shop tab on Facebook will allow your customers to make purchases from your Big Commerce store.

9. Products with Options

Sell products with different options such as apparel, computers, software and more. You can create as many options as you like, each with its own SKU, price, weight, image and stock level. You can also create configurable fields which the customer has to fill in when purchasing, such as engraving text for an iPod.

10. Automatic Inventory Control

Track inventory on a per product or per product option level. Inventory is automatically reduced after a purchase (and added after a return, if enabled) and products become unavailable for purchase when inventory falls to zero. You can set low inventory levels and will be reminded to order more products when stock falls below this level.

11. Flexible Returns System

BigCommerce has the most flexible, automated returns system you’ll find anywhere. You can enable/disable returns and completely customize every aspect of the returns system including return reasons and actions.
Customers can login to their “My Account” page to place a return request and will be updated via email when it’s processed. You can offer a refund, replacement, store credit and more. You can even use the permission-based user system to assign RMA responsibility to one or more of your staff members.

12. Google Website Optimizer

Use both storewide and item-specific tests to improve the conversion rate of your online store. Does single page or multi page checkout drive more sales? Use Google Website Optimizer to find out. You can run six storewide tests as well as per product, web page and category tests to try different on-page elements such as product name, photo, description and more.

13. Search Engine Optimization

BigCommerce includes everything you need to rank at the top of the search engines, including custom page title and meta details for products, web pages, categories, brands and news items, as well as search engine friendly links, W3C compliant / tableless templates, proper use of header tags, HTML/XML sitemaps and custom image alt tags.

14. Promotional Banners

Easily create and display a promotional banner at the top or bottom of any page on your web site. Having a limited time sale? Create a promotional banner, assign it to the specific brand or category and set it to show for the length of the sale.
Use promotional banners to advertise current specials, shipping discounts, coupon codes, special deals and more.

15. Coupons and Gift Certificates

Easily create trackable coupons which give customers a dollar or percentage discount on their order. Coupons can be set to expire after a certain date or number of uses, and you can run reports to see coupon usage.
Customers can choose from a variety of gift certificate designs, which they can purchase through your store. The gift certificate is then emailed to the recipient and they can easily see their remaining balance from the “My Account” page.

Click here for your Free Big Commerce trial or contact us at hello@resolvemedia.com to discuss how we can help you launch your new online store.

We were tapped by SUMO Heavy to assist in the front end design for new PYT Burger and PYT Backroom website.
A simple, but tasty new design built by SUMO in WordPress.

It’s all about the burgers at PYT – the site prominently features ‘Burger of the Week’ along with Twitter and Facebook feeds to display the latest news and specials from PYT.

Visit the site here, then get on down to The Piazza and try one of their signature burgers.

We’ve redesigned and launched the all new and improved Resolve Media website! 
(For you nostalgia fans, the old site can still be found here.)