Open Lance

E-commerce

Hire BigCommerce Developers

BigCommerce developers build and customise BigCommerce stores, including theme work, B2B features, integrations and headless storefronts.

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The role

What BigCommerce developers do

A BigCommerce developer customises Stencil themes, configures catalogue and pricing rules, connects ERPs and marketplaces through the APIs, and sometimes builds a separate front end with BigCommerce running products and checkout behind it.

Typical deliverables

  • A configured BigCommerce store
  • Stencil theme customisation
  • B2B pricing and account setup
  • ERP and marketplace integrations
  • Headless storefronts

Tools you will see

  • BigCommerce
  • Stencil and Handlebars
  • BigCommerce APIs
  • Catalyst or Next.js
  • Feedonomics

Choosing

How to choose BigCommerce developers

What to look for

  • Live BigCommerce stores they worked on.
  • Stencil experience for design changes.
  • API integrations with systems like yours.
  • B2B experience, if you sell to businesses.

Questions to ask

  1. 1Stencil theme or headless for our store, and why?
  2. 2Which integrations have you built with the BigCommerce APIs?
  3. 3How would you migrate our catalogue?
  4. 4How do you set up B2B pricing?

Planning

Before you post the job

Headless or theme

Headless builds give more control but cost more to build and maintain. A Stencil theme suits most stores.

What drives cost

Theme work, catalogue and pricing complexity, integrations and migration.

Hiring on Open Lance

  • Posting a job and reviewing proposals are free.
  • Each milestone is funded into escrow before work starts and paid when you approve it.
  • Hire fixed-price, hourly, as a monthly Dedicated Hire, or buy a packaged Drop-In.
  • Client fees are shown before you pay and added on top of the work.

How escrow and approval work · Pricing

FAQ

Questions about hiring BigCommerce developers

BigCommerce or Shopify?

Both are hosted. BigCommerce includes more built-in features, especially for B2B; Shopify has a larger app ecosystem.

What does headless mean?

BigCommerce handles products and checkout while a separate front end handles the storefront design.

Can we sell on marketplaces from BigCommerce?

Yes, through channel integrations for marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay.

Related

Related skills

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