BigCommerce + Gelato: Powering 54k ecommerce entrepreneurs with global production on demand

Gelato’s BigCommerce app is ready to power 54k BigCommerce entrepreneurs with a seamless and instant integration to the world’s largest production on demand network. BigCommerce business owners will have instant access to Gelato’s platform, services, and features, to design, upload, and sell customized products anywhere in the world through more than 100 local production hubs.

The BigCommerce app marketplace contains more than one thousand apps to power ecommerce businesses and provides the tools to build a growing ecommerce store, from creating a strong marketing strategy and SEO, to handling taxes. For new Gelato customers joining BigCommerce’s platform for the first time, this integration offers a strong ecommerce engine for selling personalized products on demand in any global market, with the same reach, cost, and efficiency as many larger ecommerce brands. With no upfront costs, investments in inventory, or need to manage cross-border shipping, Gelato helps solve the last mile for ecommerce through cutting-edge technology built for scale.

Local production on demand will power BigCommerce entrepreneurs to offer a more sustainable shopping experience to their customers - ensuring their products are produced and delivered as close as possible to the end-customer - hence reducing waste, transportation distances, and carbon emissions. BigCommerce businesses integrated with Gelato will also help support the growth of the local production hubs and their communities, as well as local and more eco-friendly delivery services. This local empowerment will help fuel a sustainable growth for BigCommerce entrepreneurs, as well as provide their sustainably-minded customers with a positive and cost-friendly shopping experience.

Gelato’s design editor offers customization tools and features that any creator or entrepreneur can use to craft new designs, or upload and adjust existing ones, and place them on a wide selection of products ranging from t-shirts and hoodies to travel mugs, reusable bottles, tote bags, and canvases. The design tools enable a smooth, yet advanced design experience, while additional features such as an integrated Shutterstock library with more than 360+ million images and ready-made mockups make it even easier to create and launch new products.