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Introducing the BigCommerce $35,000 Ecommerce Makeover Contest!

Published on May 18th, 2010 by Mitchell Harper

Mitchell Harper
About the Author

Mitch (@mitchellharper) is the co-founder and CEO of BigCommerce. Way back in 2007 he built what eventually became BigCommerce as you know it. Today he runs the company alongside Eddie and along with our 100+ team members, is passionate about helping businesses succeed with e-commerce. Mitch spends time between our Sydney and Austin offices and is giving the keynote at TechConnect 2012 in Sydney on April 19th.

The BigCommerce $35,000 ecommerce makeover contest was designed to help one lucky business owner take their existing online store from “zero” to “hero”.

Being marketing experts ourselves, we understand what it takes to get the attention of prospects online and convert them into repeat customers time and time again. There’s a simple blueprint you have to understand, and one lucky winner will get everything they need to implement the blueprint for their online store, including:

  • BigCommerce diamond store ($7,198 value – 2 year subscription)
  • Professionally crafted store design ($5,000 value)
  • Migration of existing store to BigCommerce ($2,000 value)
  • MailChimp 25,000 subscriber plan ($3,600 value – 2 year subscription)
  • ROI Revolution Google AdWords audit ($975 value)
  • Sales Rescue Team 4 hour consult ($500 value)
  • FanAppz Pro license ($600 value – 1 year subscription)
  • Various PR opportunities (approx $2,000 value)
  • Case study posted on BigCommerce.com (approx $1,000 value)

There are also four runner-up prize packs valued at $5,000 each which include:

  • BigCommerce gold store ($1,918 value – 2 year subscription)
  • Various PR opportunities (approx $2,000 value)
  • Case study posted on BigCommerce.com (approx $1,000 value)

Learn more about the prizes here

Long story short, we’re going to put our skills to work for your business. You’ll get more people to your website, you’ll convert more people to customers and you’ll learn a heck of a lot about sales and marketing in the process.

Using a combination of prizes which include ecommerce software, social media and email marketing tools, design, online marketing and expert sales advice, our ecommerce makeover includes everything you need to skyrocket your sales and take your ecommerce business to the next level.

If you’ve ever wanted to be the next Amazon.com or Zappos.com then this is the closest you’re going to get!

Learn more about our $35,000 ecommerce makeover contest

Try BigCommerce free for 15 days and see why it's loved by over 10,000 successful businesses.

Comments

  1. 1.

    Domains (May 18th, 2010, 5:57 pm)

    “Being marketing experts ourselves, we understand what it takes to get the attention of prospects online …”

    $35,000 in prizes should get some attention! Great contest ;)

    cheers, Mike

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    Mitchell Harper Reply:

    That’s the plan, Mike! :)

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  2. 2.

    Sharyn Murray (May 19th, 2010, 9:03 am)

    Nice graphics on the contest!

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  3. 3.

    Terri Bergan (May 20th, 2010, 2:25 pm)

    I got all set to enter this, then only noticed after reading through all the details it is open to US residents only and I have a big commerce site based in Canada………………too bad and time wasted on my part. That part might be better up front.

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    Leyl Black Reply:

    Hi Terri – we just opened the contest up to everyone:

    http://www.bigcommerce.com/ecommerce-blog/based-on-your-feedback-weve-changed-our-contest-rules/

    … so please go ahead and enter, and best of luck!!

    Leyl Black

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  4. 4.

    Eddie Woo (May 20th, 2010, 3:52 pm)

    Expect a killer video from us soon :)

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