Integrating Catsy PIM with BigCommerce

Streamlining Your E-commerce Operations

integrating pim with bigcommerce

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Introduction: Why BigCommerce Merchants Need Smarter Operations

BigCommerce has emerged as one of the leading e-commerce platforms for growing merchants. The platform offers robust tools for managing your storefronts… and for scaling into multi-channel commerce. But as you expand, you’ll quickly find that success requires much more than a pretty storefront. 

The real challenge lies in managing and optimizing your product data at scale. From consistent product descriptions to accurate specs across each of your storefronts, little inefficiencies will begin to creep in. Manual processes only serve to make the issues worse.

That’s where integration of Catsy PIM with BigCommerce comes in! By centralizing your product data and streamlining your syndication, Catsy PIM helps you scale faster and with greater control. 

In the text that follows, we’re going to explore the process of integration and the operational efficiencies it unlocks. Let’s look at the long-term benefits for e-commerce business.

Why Integration Matters: The Challenges of Product Data in BigCommerce

Manual Processes Lead to Errors

Often, merchants like you rely on spreadsheets and manual entry of product info. This, however, creates duplicated data, version control issues, and errors that will eventually reach your customers. 

Inconsistent Product Content Across Channels

BigCommerce merchants rarely only sell in one place! Whether it’s Grainger, Ferguson, or Fastenal, every platform you use will have slightly different demands for formatting. Without an integrated system, your product content will quickly decline in quality. 

Delayed Product Launches

Your time to market matters to your success. Conversely, when each new product requires manual uploads and cross-checking, your launches may take weeks instead of just days. 

Operational Bottlenecks

When your catalog grows to include thousands of SKUs, you’ll need to make sure your processes can keep up – but manual methods do not. You need a streamlined system to handle your complexity without overwhelming your teams.

What is Catsy PIM?

Catsy PIM (Product Information Management) is a centralized platform that’s designed to help e-commerce businesses like yours manage and distribute enriched data … at scale. 

  • Single Source of Truth: All of your product data (SKUs, attributes, images, videos, and specs) is managed in one hub.
  • Integrated DAM (Digital Asset Management): You’re enabled to manage both your data and your rich media within the same system.
  • Automated Syndication: Push your enriched product data directly into BigCommerce and your other channels.
  • Governance Tools: Completeness scores and validation rules will ensure that your product content meets quality standards before publishing.

By integrating the Catsy platform with BigCommerce, merchants align two powerful systems. BigCommerce is the sales engine and Catsy is the backbone of your data.

How Catsy Integrates with BigCommerce

Integration of Catsy and BigCommerce is seamless and designed to remove friction. Here’s how it works:

Step 1: Import Existing Product Data

  • Catsy pulls product data from your spreadsheets, ERPs, or existing systems.
  • All of your product attributes, images, and documentation are centralized.

 

Step 2: Map Attributes and Categories

  • Product attributes within Catsy are mapped to BigCommerce’s taxonomy.
  • Categories, tags, and product types are standardized.

Step 3: Enrich and Optimize Your Product Data

  • You can add SEO-friendly product descriptions, bullet points, and metadata.
  • Attach media from Catsy DAM, including images, videos, manuals, and PDFs.

Step 4: Automate Syndication to BigCommerce

  • Product updates flow automatically into the BigCommerce store.
  • Bulk updates can be applied across thousands of SKUs.

Step 5: Maintain Multi-Channel Alignment

  • The same enriched product data can also flow into marketplaces like Amazon, Walmart, and eBay.
  • Ensures product content remains consistent across every channel.

Operational Efficiencies Gained with Catsy + BigCommerce

Centralized Workflows

Rather than using siloed tools and scattered spreadsheets, your product-related tasks happen within the Catsy platform. This reduces duplication and saves you valuable payroll hours! 

Faster Time-to-Market

Product launches that once took weeks can now be completed in days. Updates are automated, reducing bottlenecks and errors.

Consistent Branding

Catsy ensures consistent product data, imagery, and messaging across each of your BigCommerce and external channels, boosting customer trust.

Error Reduction

Validation rules and completeness checks ensure that no product is published with missing attributes or incorrect data.

Scalable Catalog Management

Whether you’re managing hundreds or thousands of SKUs, Catsy ensures operational efficiency as you grow your business.

Key Benefits of Integrating Catsy PIM with BigCommerce

  • Accuracy: Reduce your errors when you manage all your data from a central hub. 
  • Efficiency: You can automate your repetitive tasks and spend more time focusing on strategic growth. 
  • Speed: Launch products faster with automatic syndication and bulk updates
  • SEO Value: You can easily optimize your titles, descriptions, and metadata before it’s published
  • Multi-Channel Readiness: Prepare your product data just one time, then automatically publish it to each of your platforms
  • Scalability: You can support growing or large catalogs without added overhead

Real-World Example: Streamlining Operations with Catsy + BigCommerce

A mid-sized apparel retail selling on BigCommerce was facing challenges with inconsistency. Delayed product launches were an additional issue. Each new collection required that teams upload data manually. Of course, this led to errors and longer lead times. 

After integrating Catsy PIM:

  • All the retailer’s product data was centralized within one hub.
  • Attributes were standardized across categories.
  • Product images were managed via DAM and then syndicated automatically.
  • New product launches dropped from three weeks to just five days.

 

This new streamlined system allowed the company’s teams time to focus on marketing and the customer experience. No more whack-a-mole with product data issues! 

How Catsy Integration Enhances BigCommerce SEO

If you’re visible in search, you’ll get traffic and sales – it’s as simple as that. Catsy supports SEO best practices for BigCommerce in the following ways:

  • Creating and enforcing keyword-rich product descriptions
  • Structuring your metadata for titles, alt text, and tags
  • Optimizing your images with metadata driven by DAM
  • Ensuring the consistency of your category structures, allowing better “crawlability”

 

The result? Better rankings, higher traffic to your store, and higher conversion rates!

Beyond BigCommerce: Multi-Channel Growth with Catsy

BigCommerce is just the beginning of your retail journey! Once your data is centralized in Catsy, you can easily expand into other channels! 

This omnichannel readiness means that you, the BigCommerce merchant, can expand without operational roadblocks.

FAQs:

How difficult is it to integrate Catsy with BigCommerce?

Integration of Catsy and BigCommerce was purpose-built to be seamless. Catsy’s onboarding team will assist you in centralizing and mapping your data so that you can get started immediately!

Will Catsy replace BigCommerce’s product management features?

No. Catsy complements BigCommerce. It’s the backbone for your product data while BigCommerce remains your storefront and sales platform.

Can Catsy handle product images and videos for BigCommerce?

Yep! Catsy comes with a built-in DAM, making it easy to manage your visual assets right alongside your product data.

Does Catsy support multi-channel syndication beyond BigCommerce?

Absolutely! Catsy supports Amazon, Walmart, eBay, and other popular channels in addition to BigCommerce.

How does Catsy improve operational efficiency?

By centralizing your workflows, automating your updates, and enforcing governance, Catsy eliminates manual effort and reduces errors.

Conclusion: The Smarter Way to Run BigCommerce

By integrating Catsy PIM with BigCommerce, you transform your e-commerce journey! Catsy centralizes your product data, automates syndication and, most importantly, enforces quality. This empowers you to scale without losing one ounce of control.  

Are faster product launches your goal? Consistency in branding? Multi-channel expansion? Catsy provides the operational backbone you need to support your growing BigCommerce business. 

👉 Are you ready to streamline your e-commerce operations? Request a Demo Today and see how Catsy PIM will seamlessly integrate with BigCommerce, unlocking easy scalability for your business.

Ceejay S Teku

Ceejay S Teku

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