Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Big Cartel
The 20 closest e-commerce platform alternatives to Big Cartel, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 14 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Big Cartel? The closest matches are Shopify, BigCommerce and PrestaShop. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About Big Cartel
Big Cartel bigcartel.com
Free, Easy Online Stores for Artists & Small Businesses
Start your free online store & scale as you grow. Easily manage your e-commerce business. Join a community of artists & small businesses.
Wikidata: e-commerce platform
Summary by Claude
Hosted e-commerce platform that lets artists and small businesses build an online store with templates, sell physical and digital products, use print-on-demand, and sell in person, with a free plan and paid monthly tiers.
- Who it’s for
- Artists, makers and small businesses
- Business model
- Subscriptions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Big Cartel’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Big Cartel
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Big Cartel, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Shopify: The All-in-One Commerce Platform for Businesses - Shopify
Try Shopify free. Build or grow your business fast with AI. Get more than ecommerce software with tools to manage every part of your business.
Very close cos 0.934 - 02
Commerce built for momentum. | BigCommerce
Power modern buying experiences across brands, regions, and channels — all from a single, scalable foundation. Learn more.
Very close cos 0.932 - 03
Create an online shop easily - Ecommerce | PrestaShop
Launch your ecommerce website, customize your online store and start selling your products with the PrestaShop ecommerce platform.
Very close cos 0.924 - 04
Hotmart — Learn what you want, teach what you know
Learn more about Hotmart, the leading platform for selling and distributing digital products.
Very close cos 0.923 - 05
etsy.com
American e-commerce company
Very close cos 0.925 - 06
Shutterfly | Photo Books, Cards, Prints, Wall Art, Gifts, Wedding
Shop Shutterfly for custom photo books, prints, cards, invitations, gifts, wall art, calendars, and more. Personalize your favorite moments with high-quality, meaningful photo products.
Very close cos 0.922 - 07
e-commerce crowdsourcing site where artists can upload and sell their designs
Very close cos 0.922 - 08
Domains, Hosting, Websites & Email in One Place | one.com UK
Everything you need to get your business online: domain, hosting, AI website builder and email. Hosting from £1.99/mo with a free domain for a year.
Very close cos 0.922 - 09
Client Challenge
American online music distributor
Very close cos 0.919 - 10
Wish | Shop and Save
Discover affordable items for your home and life needs. Enjoy our money back guarantee, frequent discounts, flat rate shipping (select markets), and more.
Very close cos 0.918 - 11
Bazaarvoice | The UGC Platform for Authentic Shopper Experiences
The leading UGC platform for authentic ratings, reviews, visual UGC, and review syndication that powers discovery, shopper trust, and higher ecommerce conversion.
Very close cos 0.916 - 12
#1 Ecommerce Shopping Cart & Online Store - Try Ecwid!
Launch your online store easily—no tech skills required. Build a brand-new ecommerce site or add an online store to your existing website. No transaction fees.
Very close cos 0.913 - 13
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platform for building online shops
Very close cos 0.916 - 14
online print-on-demand marketplace that was founded in 2006 that allow users to sell art on their platform
Very close cos 0.915 - 15
Canva
online graphic design platform
Very close cos 0.913 - 16
Website Builder – Easily Create Your Own Website — Squarespace
Create a website and grow your business with a free Squarespace trial. Start with customizable website templates, AI website builder tools, or a domain name.
Very close cos 0.911 - 17
VistaPrint Official Website: Online Printing Services
VistaPrint online printing services help you create and order the best custom products: marketing materials, business cards, signage, promotional products, custom gifts, packaging and more.
Very close cos 0.910 - 18
SurveyMonkey: The World’s Most Popular Survey Platform
Easily create surveys and forms with AI and templates for employee and customer feedback, market research, event registrations and more. Get started free.
Very close cos 0.911 - 19
American freelancing platform
Very close cos 0.912 - 20
Hostinger - Bring Your Idea Online With a Website
Choose Hostinger and make the perfect site. From Shared Hosting and Domains to VPS and Cloud plans. We have all you need for online success.
Very close cos 0.913
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to bigcartel.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Big Cartel uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Big Cartel is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- JavaScript frameworks
- Analytics
- Amplitude page source: cdn.amplitude.com
- Cloudflare Web Analytics asset https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/vce701823e78c4301a35b7e07294d87301792…
- Payments
- Stripe TXT stripe-verification=b9f75d97f847a63c364209b543dde7eb719b0f6251882a722…
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a5630a4f7eb10b2f-HAM
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms42561013
- Email delivery
- Postmark TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:spf.mtasv.net ~all
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS nucum.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=O81xyb7YxpdGeHWkniit_VBT4vTXz9__NFrNM…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=6EKPy8C1re4-gCPKnU8NGJlqIX-XX3XKlHnOhOiIaHY
- Notion TXT notion-domain-verification=hCiQKkjIwy914TDPbGpQ4f1ioI0kLPmDsx7ejZwxWwR
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-6U1XjAZ98GzF5C7AfBzroKpR
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Big Cartel adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Atlassian · not on bigcartel.com 18/20
- Google Workspace 16/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on bigcartel.com 15/20
- Microsoft 365 15/20
- Apple Business · not on bigcartel.com 14/20
- DocuSign · not on bigcartel.com 12/20
- Stripe 12/20
- Miro · not on bigcartel.com 11/20
- Adobe · not on bigcartel.com 10/20
- Cloudflare 10/20
- OpenAI 9/20
- Zendesk · not on bigcartel.com 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on bigcartel.com 8/20
- GlobalSign 7/20
- Amazon SES · not on bigcartel.com 7/20