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Bigcommerce Enterprise Delivers Advanced Shipping Engine and Sophisticated Fraud Protections to MerchantsBigcommerce, the commerce platform of choice for established and emerging businesses, today announced major features designed to improve operational efficiencies and lower costs for retailers in advance of the 2015 holiday selling season. As part of the release, the company unveiled new integrations with ShipperHQ, the industry's most powerful shipping rate management solution, and Sift Science, a leading fraud detection and prevention tool. Since its launch in May 2015, hundreds of businesses have adopted Bigcommerce Enterprise for its advanced features, superior performance and extensible architecture. Recent mid-market customers include Berkey Water, Dorco, Dunning Sportswear, Martha Stewart Cafe, MetroPCS, Native Union, O'Boticario and Rock Bottom Golf. According to analysis conducted by market research firm Ipsos, same store sales for mid-market merchants on the Bigcommerce platform grew about twice as much as the ecommerce industry average. Advanced Shipping Rate Management Increases Merchant Sales and Margins Built in partnership with WebShopApps, the industry's leading provider of shipping extensions, the Bigcommerce-ShipperHQ integration enables merchants to manage and configure shipping rates and rules for multiple carriers through a single interface. Additionally, through ShipperHQ merchants can deliver accurate, real-time shipping quotes for a wide range of product types and fulfillment scenarios, drastically reducing the number of abandoned carts caused by unexpected shipping costs. Through the integration, Bigcommerce clients gain access to a wide range of sophisticated shipping tools and capabilities, including:
The threat of online fraud is a growing burden to retailers. According to a 2015 research study1, 55 percent of first-quarter commerce-related fraud costs came from online transactions. In an effort to stem the flood of fraud, merchants are forced to waste valuable hours and resources manually reviewing suspicious transactions, and still 25 percent of orders that are reviewed end up being legitimate purchases. With Sift Science -a leading machine learning-based fraud detection and prevention platform used by top brands including Airbnb, JackThreads, Kickstarter, Twitter (News - Alert) and Wayfair- Bigcommerce merchants will be able to:
"Bigcommerce has now seamlessly integrated with the web's leading solutions for advanced shipping rate management and fraud prevention," said Brent Bellm, Bigcommerce CEO. "These advanced tools enable our fast-growing merchants to manage complexity, reduce cost and scale their operations efficiently." The ShipperHQ and Sift Science integrations are available to select merchants in limited beta with general availability planned for later this year. For more information about Bigcommerce Enterprise, visit: www.bigcommerce.com/enterprise. 1 LexisNexis (News - Alert). "True Cost of Fraud Study." September 2015. About Bigcommerce Bigcommerce is the leading cloud ecommerce platform for fast-growing and mid-market brands. Online stores built on Bigcommerce achieve more traffic, higher conversion and superior performance. Bigcommerce enables merchants such as Cetaphil, Dorco, Duck Commander, Martha Stewart and Travelpro to cost-effectively grow their businesses by focusing on marketing and selling, not technology. Bigcommerce supports clients from its headquarters in Austin, Texas and offices in San Francisco and Sydney. For more information, visit Bigcommerce.com.
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