BigCommerce vs Faire (2026): which should you pick?

BigCommerce

• Stores that want many built-in features without adding paid apps
• Sellers who list on Amazon, eBay and Walmart from one catalog
• Brands that run several storefronts from one account

Faire

• Independent retailers looking for new wholesale brands
• Boutiques and grocers that want low order minimums

BigCommerce

• Each plan caps sales over the past twelve months (gross order value minus 10%); passing $30K on Core or $100K on Growth moves the store up a plan.
• Orders paid through providers outside BigCommerce's embedded list carry a fee of 2% on Core, 1% on Growth and 0.6% on Scale.
• Scale covers $33,333 of sales a month and charges 0.9% on sales above that.
• Customer groups, abandoned-cart emails and stored cards need Growth or higher, and product filtering needs Scale.

Faire

• The brand-side pricing and fee pages are behind a bot check, so what a brand pays to sell is not recorded here.
• Faire is a marketplace for wholesale buying and selling, not a store builder for your own site.
• Wholesale prices are shown only after signing up as a retailer.

BigCommerce

Checkout and payment partners

A single-page checkout with Apple Pay, Google Pay and Amazon Pay, and more than 100 currencies through the payment provider you choose, such as Stripe, PayPal, Adyen or Klarna.

Discounts and promotions

More than 70 discount options, coupons and gift cards come built in on every plan, without a third-party app.

Shipping quotes and rules

Real-time shipping rates from carriers such as UPS, USPS and FedEx, with the ShipperHQ shipping rules engine available as well.

Inventory across locations

Track stock and fulfil orders from 4 locations on Core up to 8 on Scale, including in-store pickup and curbside collection.

Marketplaces, ads and point of sale

Connect the store to Amazon, eBay and Walmart, send product feeds to Google, Meta and TikTok through Feedonomics Surface, and link POS systems such as Square or Clover.

Several storefronts in one account

Run extra storefronts for other brands or regions from one dashboard, for $30 a month each on Core (up to 3) and more on higher plans.

Faire

Wholesale marketplace

Retailers browse products from over 100,000 brands and can filter by values such as women-owned, handmade or not on Amazon.

Low order minimums

The retailer pages advertise thousands of brands with low or no minimums, so a store can try new brands in small quantities.

Net 60 payment terms

Retailers can buy now and pay invoices 60 days later; the page says there are no fees for this.

Free first-order returns

The page says retailers get free returns on every first order with a brand.

Languages and regions

The site is offered in English (US, UK and AU), French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish and Polish.

BigCommerce

• Core$29

  per month for up to $30K sales a year, billed annually ($39 monthly)

  For new stores: up to 4 inventory locations and 24/7 chat and email support, with a 2% fee on orders through payment providers outside BigCommerce's list.

• Growth$79

  per month for up to $100K sales a year, billed annually ($105 monthly)

  Adds customer groups, abandoned-cart emails, stored cards and phone support, with 5 inventory locations and a 1% fee on orders through other providers.

• Scale$299

  per month up to $33,333 sales a month, billed annually ($399 monthly)

  Adds product filtering and 8 inventory locations, charges 0.9% on sales above the monthly cap and 0.6% on orders through other payment providers.

• Performance$1,499

  per month and up, billed annually

  Custom pricing for high-volume stores, sold through sales, with a dedicated customer success manager and no fee on other payment providers under contract.

Faire

Pricing could not be confirmed. See faire.com.

BigCommerce

• Annual discount

  Pay annually to save 25%

  Core costs $29 a month billed annually against $39 billed monthly, Growth $79 against $105 and Scale $299 against $399.

Faire

No public discounts listed.