BigCommerce vs Sellfy

Pick BigCommerce if your store is a core business system. It suits growing online retailers and B2B sellers that want documented APIs for orders, products and customers, plus features for business buyers that depend on your edition.

It also suits you if you want a developer to build around the store. Orders through embedded payment providers carry no platform fee, while open providers add a fee on that volume, so compare the combined cost. Plans have sales caps and upgrade themselves when you pass them. There is a 15-day trial with all features working, which is enough to test an integration. Skip it if you only sell a few downloads.

Pick Sellfy if you make the things you sell. It suits creators and small brands with ebooks, templates, courses, subscriptions or print-on-demand merchandise who want a store, checkout and file delivery working within a day.

Download limits and PDF stamping help reduce unauthorised sharing, and you can embed buy buttons on any page. Email campaigns, upsells and affiliates sit in the same dashboard. The vendor lists Zapier and webhooks if you want to automate. Skip it if you run a large catalogue, complex inventory or tax set-ups, or want control of the storefront code. Ask how to export customers and orders before you build on it.