Big Cartel's 0% commission, without the limits.
Big Cartel is great for selling a handful of items with no commission. Vivlab keeps the 0% and removes the product caps, while adding SEO, statistics, a blog and multilingual support.
Big CartelThe comparison in detail
Vivlab vs Big Cartel, line by line
The criteria that really matter when you want to launch and sell online, with no blind spots. Big Cartel has its strengths, and we point those out too.
| Criterion | All included, no code | Big Cartel Store for makers |
|---|---|---|
| Costs & commissions | ||
| Commission on sales | ✓0%. You keep 100% of every sale. | ✓0% commission, just like Vivlab. |
| Starting price | ✓Fixed prices, announced upfront: store, analytics and SEO included from the start. | ✓Free up to 5 products; from 0 |
| Transaction / payment fees | ✓No Vivlab fees. Payments through Stripe (card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Klarna, SEPA): only their fees apply. | ✓0% on the Big Cartel side. |
| Extra costs | ✓Everything is included: e-commerce, analytics, translation, SEO and blog, with no apps or add-ons to buy. | ✓Few paid add-ons. |
| Setup & technical | ||
| No-code building | ✓Visual block editor or AI page generation: mobile and desktop preview, publishing history. | ✓Simple editor, no code. |
| Hosting, HTTPS & backups | ✓Hosting and backups included; SSL certificate (HTTPS) generated and renewed automatically. | ✓Hosting and SSL included. |
| Maintenance & updates | ✓Automatic. You have nothing to update. | ✓Managed platform. |
| E-commerce store | ✓Included: physical and digital products, events and subscriptions, with variants, cross-sells and Click & Collect or Mondial Relay pickup. | ✕Capped catalog (5 / 50 / 500 products depending on the plan). |
| Day to day | ||
| Multilingual | ✓AI translation of all your content (pages, products, blog, emails), with a dedicated URL per language. | ✕No multilingual management. |
| Analytics | ✓Sales, average basket, conversion rate, sources and countries, no cookie banner, GDPR-compliant. | ✕Very limited statistics. |
| Search ranking (SEO) | ✓Fast pages, sitemap and robots.txt generated automatically, social previews for every page. | ✕Minimal SEO tools. |
| Support in French | ✓Real people supporting you in French: tracked support requests, email and video tutorials. | ✕Email support, in English. |
| Data hosting & GDPR | ✓French editor, data hosted in the EU. | ~US-based company. |
Vivlab or Big Cartel, made clear
Big Cartel is free and commission-free, so why switch?
As long as you sell only a few products, Big Cartel is enough. But its catalog is capped (5, 50 or 500 products) and its SEO, statistics and blog tools are minimal. Vivlab keeps the 0% commission without those limits.
Can I sell more than 5 products?
On Big Cartel, you have to move to a paid plan, which is also capped. With Vivlab, sell as many products as you want, of every kind.
Big Cartel is in English: is Vivlab in French?
Yes, fully: interface, support and guidance in French.
Will I get real statistics?
Yes. Vivlab includes privacy-first statistics with no cookie banner, where Big Cartel stays very limited.
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Get started for free in just a few minutes. Online store, statistics, translation and SEO are included in every plan, with no commission and a fixed price.