E-commerce & Retail · head to head
Namecheap vs BigCommerce
Namecheap
E-commerce & Retail
Affordable domain names and hosting
- From
- $0.88/year
- Rated
- -
BigCommerce
E-commerce & Retail
Enterprise ecommerce platform for ambitious merchants
- From
- $29.95/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Namecheap domain and hosting introductory pricing as captured 1 January 2024: .com registration from $5.98 first year, shared hosting from $1.58/month, and Private Email from $0.88/month promotional renewing at $7.88/month; BigCommerce listed on G-Cloud 14 by reseller CTI Digital Limited at £14,000 per instance for a managed BigCommerce implementation
- They diverge on capability: Namecheap covers Domain registration, BigCommerce covers Multi-channel selling.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Namecheap and BigCommerce actually diverge.
| Attribute | Namecheap | BigCommerce |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $0.88/year | $29.95/month |
| Founded | 2000 | 2009 |
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (E-commerce & Retail).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Namecheap
- Domain registration
- Web hosting
- SSL certificates
- Email hosting
- Security tools
- Domain forwarding
- DNS management
- 24/7 support
Only in BigCommerce
- Multi-channel selling
- Built-in SEO
- Abandoned cart recovery
- Customer segmentation
- Marketing automation
- B2B functionality
- API access
- Advanced security
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Namecheap
- Domain and hosting introductory pricing as captured 1 January 2024: .com registration from $5.98 first year, shared hosting from $1.58/month, and Private Email from $0.88/month promotional renewing at $7.88/month
BigCommerce
- Listed on G-Cloud 14 by reseller CTI Digital Limited at £14,000 per instance for a managed BigCommerce implementation
Pricing, plan by plan
Namecheap
$0.88/year- Standard Domains$0.88/year
- Domain registration
- Free WhoisGuard
- Dynamic DNS
- Web Hosting$2.88/month
- Unlimited bandwidth
- Free SSL
- Easy WordPress install
BigCommerce
$29.95/month- Standard$29.95/month
- Unlimited products
- 2 staff accounts
- Basic reports
- Plus$79.95/month
- All Standard features
- Up to 5 staff accounts
- Advanced reports
Which should you pick?
Questions people ask
- Is Namecheap or BigCommerce better?
- Neither clearly leads. Namecheap starts at $0.88/year and BigCommerce at $29.95/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Namecheap or BigCommerce?
- Namecheap starts at $0.88/year and BigCommerce at $29.95/month.
- Does Namecheap or BigCommerce run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What can Namecheap do that BigCommerce cannot?
- Namecheap covers Domain registration, Web hosting, SSL certificates, Email hosting. BigCommerce covers Multi-channel selling, Built-in SEO, Abandoned cart recovery, Customer segmentation.