BigCommerce Broadens International Presence with Entry into Romania

With retail e-commerce sales worldwide forecasted to reach $8.1 trillion (USD) by 2026, BigCommerce expands its engineering team and leverages the growing partner ecosystem to equip B2C and B2B merchants with modernized e-commerce experiences to build, grow and scale their online presence.

BigCommerce, a leading Open SaaS e-commerce platform for fast-growing and established B2C and B2B brands, has entered Romania. The country has recently met an unprecedented level of e-commerce development, and the Romanian e-commerce market is set up to reach EUR 7 billion by the end of 2023.

Through this expansion and localized partnerships, BigCommerce delivers its modern enterprise e-commerce platform to help merchants of all sizes build and grow their online presence with innovative shopping experiences that power online sales and drive revenue.

BigCommerce’s entry into these markets paves the way for innovative merchants to revolutionize their business with a cutting-edge, composable e-commerce platform that offers unrivalled flexibility and customization. With our trusted regional partners taking the lead, the BigCommerce Open SaaS platform equips merchants with a complete e-commerce foundation that removes common management barriers so they can concentrate on what really matters most — growing and scaling their business and enhancing customer experiences.

Meghan Stabler, senior vice president of marketing at BigCommerce

BigCommerce partners Romanian-based CustomSoft and Poland-based Snowdog will lead in broadening the BigCommerce footprint across Eastern and Central Europe.

Merchants need a modular and adaptable e-commerce platform to build a solid online presence and remain competitive in today’s fast-paced digital world. With BigCommerce, we look forward to providing our joint customers with customized design and development solutions to create storefronts that deliver unforgettable shopping experiences that turn browsers into buyers and increase revenue.

Octavian Dumitrescu, chief executive officer at CustomSoft

The Romania markets will be managed by BigCommerce EMEA in London.

BigCommerce’s open commerce solution gives merchants the freedom and flexibility to build stores using sophisticated and easy-to-use enterprise-grade functionality, customization and performance. Merchants in Romania can up-level their online businesses to:

• Create versatile shopping experiences that power growth. In addition to a fully translated control panel and native-language support, retailers can use multi-language, multi-currency, secure payment capabilities and more to quickly create local storefronts or expand their customer reach in new markets. Global merchants can also use Multi-Storefront to efficiently manage multiple storefronts, brands, customer segments and geographies from a single BigCommerce store.
• Deliver an omnichannel shopping experience and surface new revenue streams. BigCommerce’s Open SaaS approach enables direct integrations with global channels such as Facebook Shopping, Instagram Shopping and TikTok Ads to help merchants develop robust omnichannel strategies to bolster sales.
• Tap into B2B functionality to build powerful B2B storefronts. BigCommerce’s advanced suite of native functionality and a robust ecosystem of integrated partner applications make it easy for B2B merchants to offer seamless B2C-like experiences to customers.
• Leverage headless technology for composable-oriented storefronts. As a leader in composable e-commerce and an early member of the MACH Alliance, BigCommerce integrates with top front-end frameworks. Its best-of-breed technology ecosystem enables businesses to evolve from monolithic architectures to agile, future-proof tech stacks.

Ready to digitally transform your business? Connect with BigCommerce in Romania, and sign up for a demo or free trial.

About BigCommerce

BigCommerce (Nasdaq: BIGC) is a leading open software-as-a-service (SaaS) e-commerce platform that empowers merchants of all sizes to build, innovate and grow their businesses online. BigCommerce provides merchants with sophisticated enterprise-grade functionality, customization and performance with simplicity and ease of use. Tens of thousands of B2C and B2B companies across 150 countries and numerous industries use BigCommerce to create beautiful, engaging online stores, including Ben & Jerry’s, Molton Brown, S.C. Johnson, Skullcandy, Solo Stove, Ted Baker and Vodafone. Headquartered in Austin, BigCommerce has offices in London, Kyiv, San Francisco, and Sydney.