BigCommerce
VerifiedOpen SaaS e-commerce platform for fast-growing businesses.
BigCommerce Chronological Timeline
Meet Makeswift: A Flexible Way to Design Your Holiday Storefront
Holiday campaigns move fast. See how Makeswift can help your team update, localize, collaborate, and publish with less busywork....
The Agentic Shopper Has Arrived. Is Your Brand Ready to Meet Her?
BigCommerce has released a white paper and strategic analysis regarding the integration of AI-driven shopping agents into the retail ecosystem. The announcement focuses on the current consumer behavior shift toward AI-assisted product discovery rather than autonomous purchasing.
Backorders Is Now Generally Available for All BigCommerce Merchants
Backorders is now GA for all BigCommerce merchants. Keep selling after stock runs out with backorder limits, shopper messaging, and full API support....
BigCommerce Rolls Out Next-Generation Platform Capabilities & API Architecture
BigCommerce released substantial architectural upgrades, introducing enhanced API integrations and updated workflow tooling for its E-commerce ecosystem.
Voices from Commerce: Bessie Howorth on partner experience, mobilization, and why silence is data
This announcement contains no product updates, feature releases, or technical changes to the BigCommerce platform. It serves exclusively as a thought-leadership interview regarding partner ecosystem strategy and internal operational philosophy.
Why You Can’t Build Your B2B Ecommerce Strategy Around One Buyer Journey
Learn how manufacturers and distributors can build a B2B ecommerce strategy that serves long-tail and core buyers in the AI era....
Keeping Commerce Weird Podcast: New Tech Can’t Rewrite Human Nature
BigCommerce has released a new episode of their 'Keeping Commerce Weird' podcast series. The content focuses on the intersection of agentic shopping, AI integration, and consumer trust within ecommerce frameworks.
Dialed In: What Actually Works for Payment Processing in the Tactical & Firearms Industry
BigCommerce has formalized a strategic integration strategy for high-risk merchants in the tactical and firearms sector. The announcement outlines specific payment gateway compatibility requirements to ensure compliance and transaction stability for restricted-category e-commerce.
Coupon Code Scheduling: Set When Codes Redeem
BigCommerce announced Coupon Code Scheduling: Set When Codes Redeem.
How a 40-Year-Old Fishmonger Became One of the UK's Fastest-Growing DTC Seafood Brands
The provided announcement contains no technical specifications, feature updates, or product changes. It serves as a marketing case study regarding a merchant's business growth on the BigCommerce platform.
BigCommerce Payments Arrives in the UK: More Ways to Get Paid, at Home and Across Europe
BigCommerce has launched its native payment processing solution, BigCommerce Payments, for merchants based in the United Kingdom. This integration enables local merchants to accept payments via credit cards, digital wallets, and local payment methods directly through the BigCommerce control panel.
Jump Start Your Apps with a New Next.js Starter
BigCommerce has released a re-architected Next.js starter template for single-click application development. The new template replaces the previous version with updated patterns designed to improve developer experience and architectural standards.
Translating Your Storefront with the GraphQL Translations API
BigCommerce has introduced a new GraphQL Translations API to manage storefront localization programmatically. This update allows developers to perform CRUD operations on translation keys and values directly via the GraphQL schema.
Checkout Supports Google's New Places API for Address Autocomplete
BigCommerce has updated its checkout infrastructure to integrate with Google's updated Places API for address autocomplete functionality. This transition ensures continued compatibility with Google's latest mapping services and improves address entry accuracy for shoppers.
Win Cyber Monday 2026: 7 Strategies to Drive More Holiday Sales
BigCommerce has released a strategic guide for the 2026 holiday season. The announcement focuses on marketing methodologies rather than technical platform updates.
BigCommerce Releases Native Subscriptions Feature for Recurring Billing
BigCommerce has introduced native subscription management capabilities directly within the core platform and Storefront API, enabling merchants to sell recurring products without third-party plugins. The update supports custom billing cycles, automated payment retries via Stored Payment Method API, and single-page native checkout.
BigCommerce Releases Catalyst Composable Storefront Framework
BigCommerce launched Catalyst, a composable storefront framework powered by Next.js 14 App Router and React Server Components. The framework integrates directly with the BigCommerce GraphQL Storefront API and the Makeswift visual page builder.
BigCommerce Releases Catalyst Composable Architecture Framework
BigCommerce has officially launched Catalyst, a next-generation composable storefront framework built on Next.js 14, React Server Components, and Tailwind CSS. The framework integrates directly with the BigCommerce GraphQL Storefront API and Makeswift visual editor to streamline headless storefront development.
Get Paid Faster This Holiday: A BigCommerce Payments Playbook
Explore how BigCommerce Payments simplifies holiday checkout and operations, giving shoppers more ways to pay while saving merchants time during peak season....
BigCommerce Releases Catalyst Framework for Next.js Headless Storefronts
BigCommerce launched Catalyst, an open-source reference architecture built on Next.js 14 and React Server Components for composable headless storefronts. The framework features native integration with the BigCommerce GraphQL Storefront API and the Makeswift visual page builder.
What to Expect When You're Expecting (To Launch an Ecommerce Site)
BigCommerce announced What to Expect When You're Expecting (To Launch an Ecommerce Site).
What Is Agentic Commerce? A Guide to the New AI Shopping Model
BigCommerce announced What Is Agentic Commerce? A Guide to the New AI Shopping Model.
Sell Everywhere This Holiday: A Feedonomics Surface Guide to Multichannel Feeds
BigCommerce announced Sell Everywhere This Holiday: A Feedonomics Surface Guide to Multichannel Feeds.
Multi-Language Storefronts Are Now Available on BigCommerce
Launch and manage multiple languages from a single BigCommerce storefront. Translate your full shopper experience and expand into new markets with ease....
Introducing the Catalyst CLI
The new Catalyst CLI tool plays a central role in the provisioning and management of a Catalyst project, with important structure and workflow implications for developers....
Complete BigCommerce Change Log Index
| Date | Change Title | Type | Impact | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | Meet Makeswift: A Flexible Way to Design Your Holiday Storefront | feature | 8/10 | View ➔ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | The Agentic Shopper Has Arrived. Is Your Brand Ready to Meet Her? | product_launch | 2/10 | View ➔ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Backorders Is Now Generally Available for All BigCommerce Merchants | feature | 8/10 | View ➔ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | BigCommerce Rolls Out Next-Generation Platform Capabilities & API Architecture | feature | 8/10 | View ➔ |
| Sep 24, 2026 | Voices from Commerce: Bessie Howorth on partner experience, mobilization, and why silence is data | feature | 8/10 | View ➔ |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Why You Can’t Build Your B2B Ecommerce Strategy Around One Buyer Journey | feature | 8/10 | View ➔ |
| Sep 22, 2026 | Keeping Commerce Weird Podcast: New Tech Can’t Rewrite Human Nature | product_launch | 1/10 | View ➔ |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Dialed In: What Actually Works for Payment Processing in the Tactical & Firearms Industry | feature | 7/10 | View ➔ |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Coupon Code Scheduling: Set When Codes Redeem | feature | 8/10 | View ➔ |
| Sep 15, 2026 | How a 40-Year-Old Fishmonger Became One of the UK's Fastest-Growing DTC Seafood Brands | product_launch | 8/10 | View ➔ |
| Sep 14, 2026 | BigCommerce Payments Arrives in the UK: More Ways to Get Paid, at Home and Across Europe | product_launch | 9/10 | View ➔ |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Jump Start Your Apps with a New Next.js Starter | product_launch | 7/10 | View ➔ |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Translating Your Storefront with the GraphQL Translations API | api | 8/10 | View ➔ |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Checkout Supports Google's New Places API for Address Autocomplete | api | 8/10 | View ➔ |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Win Cyber Monday 2026: 7 Strategies to Drive More Holiday Sales | product_launch | 1/10 | View ➔ |
| Sep 3, 2026 | BigCommerce Releases Native Subscriptions Feature for Recurring Billing | product_launch | 8/10 | View ➔ |
| Sep 3, 2026 | BigCommerce Releases Catalyst Composable Storefront Framework | product_launch | 8/10 | View ➔ |
| Sep 3, 2026 | BigCommerce Releases Catalyst Composable Architecture Framework | product_launch | 8/10 | View ➔ |
| Sep 3, 2026 | Get Paid Faster This Holiday: A BigCommerce Payments Playbook | feature | 8/10 | View ➔ |
| Aug 29, 2026 | BigCommerce Releases Catalyst Framework for Next.js Headless Storefronts | product_launch | 8/10 | View ➔ |
| Aug 28, 2026 | What to Expect When You're Expecting (To Launch an Ecommerce Site) | product_launch | 9/10 | View ➔ |
| Aug 27, 2026 | What Is Agentic Commerce? A Guide to the New AI Shopping Model | feature | 8/10 | View ➔ |
| Aug 25, 2026 | Sell Everywhere This Holiday: A Feedonomics Surface Guide to Multichannel Feeds | feature | 8/10 | View ➔ |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Multi-Language Storefronts Are Now Available on BigCommerce | feature | 8/10 | View ➔ |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Introducing the Catalyst CLI | feature | 8/10 | View ➔ |