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You Spoke, We Listened: Unlimited Bandwidth Now On All Plans (For New & Existing Clients!)

Published on June 24th, 2012 by Mitchell Harper

Mitchell Harper
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Mitch is the co-founder of Bigcommerce. He loves helping small businesses succeed through the use of simple software and regularly keynotes on topics including e-commerce, entrepreneurship, Saas and mostly importantly, how to build a great company culture. Today he runs the company alongside co-founder Eddie and our almost 200 person team with offices in Sydney, Australia and Austin, Texas. He can be emailed at mitch@bigcommerce.com

One of the things we’ve really worked hard to improve on over the last few months is 1) collecting and 2) acting on feedback from clients around more than just features or functionality. After all, they’re just one part of the puzzle.

One of the biggest feedback indicators we’ve received recently is that you don’t want bandwidth limits on any plans (no surprise, right?). Well, the good news is that we’ve done something about it.

Starting last week, all plans for new and existing clients now include unlimited bandwidth, so no matter how much bandwidth your store uses you won’t be charged for it. Happy days!

Please note that we’re currently in the process of rolling out the changes, so you may still see a bandwidth limit imposed in your store (especially under the Statistics -> Storage & Transfer report) but that should go away some time in the next few days and of course you won’t be charged for any overages in the interim.

Comments

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    Carlos (June 25th, 2012, 2:47 pm)

    How’s the built-in blogging system coming along?

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    Susan (June 25th, 2012, 5:04 pm)

    Thank you!

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    SHANNON (June 27th, 2012, 11:50 am)

    Thank you so much. This is great!

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    Frankie (June 27th, 2012, 5:00 pm)

    I’m so glad I pushed for BigCommerce when discussing options with my boss. Keep up the good work BC!

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    Chris (July 6th, 2012, 3:31 pm)

    With this change I have a hard time suggesting any other cart. Two updates and I won’t be able to suggest any other cart. Once you get subscriptions going and MAP pricing work around, Big Commerce will be perfect!

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    Charles (July 11th, 2012, 2:48 pm)

    What about storage? The amount of storage offered is way too low…

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    Brianne Brewer Reply:

    Charles,

    I am excited to announce that we have increased storage on our Diamond Plan to 10 GB :) You can see our pricing plans here.

    -Bri

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    Chris Wild Reply:

    Hi Bri – good for diamond but i agree with Charles – storage is too low on other plans – i think this is something BC should really look at – Shopify’s professional plan is 5GB and unlimited bandwidth
    Chris

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    Charlie Noah Reply:

    How about upping the limits on the Platinum plan?
    Thanks!

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    Charles Reply:

    Storage needs to be upped for all plans. For example, 500 MB of storage is not enough for a 1,000 product store.. We should also have the ability to host all of our content on our BC hosting package. Currently most stores have to host downloads, blogs, and other content elsewhere.

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    Dale (July 19th, 2012, 3:24 am)

    We could really do with a loyalty point system in Big Commerce where when cutomers buy a product(s) they are given points, which they can use towards their next purchase.

    For me, that would be a total game changer for business.

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    Brianne Brewer Reply:

    Dale,

    We have a couple of integrations for loyalty programs. Check out ReferralCandy http://apps.bigcommerce.com/referralcandy/ and Mineful can work like a loyalty program http://apps.bigcommerce.com/mineful-customer-retention-platform/.

    Hope these help you out!

    -Bri

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    Dale Reply:

    Hi Bri,

    Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I did look at these but they are not ideal to be honest.

    We need a loyalty point system integrated into Big Commerce. That way, customers can log-in and see how many points they have earned and then spend them if they wish in the store. Hope that makes sense.

    It is all about adding value for the customer :-)

    Best Wishes,
    Dale

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    William from S Loyalty Reply:

    Hi Dale,

    I want to kindly introduce you to S Loyalty, a loyalty program app designed for Bigcommerce. With S Loyalty, you can run an automatic loyalty program where customers earn points from purchases and redeem rewards of store credits or one-time discount codes. We’ve already had hundreds of stores install our app. We’re offering a 14-day free trial now!

    Check S Loyalty out at:
    - Our Website: http://www.sloyalty.com/bigcommerce/
    - Bigcommerce App Page: http://www.bigcommerce.com/apps/s-loyalty/
    - Bigcommerce Blog Post: http://www.bigcommerce.com/ecommerce-blog/app-store-update-feb-2013/

    Should you have any questions, please feel free to email me at william@sloyalty.com.

    Cheers,
    William

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    Viron Media (July 19th, 2012, 5:44 pm)

    This is a great step forwards. Nice job.

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    Bob (May 9th, 2013, 8:01 am)

    So nice to see things are moving forward with BC

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