If you sell to businesses, you already know one thing: every customer wants a different price. A wholesale buyer wants a bulk rate. A long-time client wants their loyalty discount. A distributor wants a completely separate rate sheet because the contract says so. In a normal store, this turns into a mess of spreadsheets and […]
If your business works with regional sales representatives, you can add a sales rep locator for your BigCommerce store. Customers can enter their ZIP code to instantly see their assigned representative instead of emailing your support team to find out who to contact. The result will show the name, email, and phone number of the […]
Localization and Internationalization in BigCommerce Catalyst describe the ability to present a personalized shopping experience for shoppers in different locales. Catalyst utilizes the Next.js App Router Internationalization library to detect and track a shopper’s preferred locale, enabling the delivery of content in the correct language, the application of locale-specific formatting, and the tailoring of product offerings to specific locales.
Customer session management is the process of tracking a user’s interaction with an application. It maintains their authenticated state and stores temporary data throughout their visit. Bigcommerce Catalyst uses a customer access token obtained during customer login to identify that customer’s context when making GraphQL Storefront API queries and mutations.
To deploy BigCommerce Catalyst with Vercel, a few procedures are necessary. BigCommerce Catalyst is the headless commerce starter kit from BigCommerce, developed with Next.js, to deploy the kit on Vercel easily. Steps to Deploy Bigcommerce Catalyst with Vercel Follow these steps to deploy Bigcommerce Catalyst with Vercel: Step 1: Clone the Catalyst Repository You have […]
You can create a new Catalyst storefront channel in the Channels section of the store control panel, just like other channel types. This process, referred to as One-Click Catalyst, does more than create a channel; it also includes deploying a hosted preview of the storefront and provisioning a corresponding site in the Makeswift visual editor.
The backbone of Catalyst is a limited set of tools that have wide adoption and popularity in enterprise web application development. This means developers can build on top of Catalyst with the frameworks and languages they already love to use.
We are living in the digital era where things are possible in a tap. From ordering groceries online to paying out bills, people gravitate towards the internet. That’s the reason why many brick-and-mortar store owners are shifting towards the online platform. But the first thing which arises in people’s minds is which platform to choose […]
Shopify Magic is a set of free, AI-powered tools built directly into Shopify’s products and workflows. It helps you to easily start, manage, and grow your business. It works behind the scenes using the latest AI technology, offering smart, personalized support. Shopify Magic is helpful in everything from building your store and marketing your products […]
If you’re building Shopify themes or apps, Visual Studio Code is likely your go-to code editor. It’s fast, extensible, and packed with powerful features — but what really supercharges VS Code for Shopify development is the right set of extensions. In this post, we’ll look at the must-have VS Code extensions to make Shopify development […]
Liquid is an open-source templating language that was developed by Shopify, and it is written in Ruby. Liquid is the interface between the HTML structure of your shopify theme, and your stores dynamic data such as product data, information in the cart, information about the customer, etc.It’s the engine behind the dynamic parts of every […]
Shopify’s Online Store 2.0 is a collection of features and improvements of existing features that help to make themes and theme apps easier to build. It makes the themes more flexible and easier to maintain. It mostly relies on JSON templates rather than Liquid templates. Previously, only the homepage used the JSON templates; all other […]
