Commerce Cuts Checkout Time, Expands Feedonomics Surface with 24-Point GMV Growth
CMRC•Commerce unveiled platform enhancements at Commerce Live 2026, cutting checkout times by one second, adding multi-language translation APIs with localized URLs and enabling backorders to boost sales. AI-driven B2B purchase-order automation and cascading price-list tools plus expanded Feedonomics Surface channels lifted small-business GMV by 24 percentage points in November 2025.
1. Platform Enhancements
Commerce rolled out performance and usability improvements, cutting checkout load times by one full second, introducing multi-language translation APIs with localized URLs and sitemaps, advanced promotion tools, enhanced catalog filtering and backorder support to drive conversion and international expansion.
2. Storefront and Channel Innovations
The company launched Makeswift on Stencil in beta and Native Hosting for Catalyst via Cloudflare, added batch translation jobs for site-wide localization, and expanded Feedonomics Surface support to Microsoft Ads, TikTok and Pinterest, resulting in a 24-point GMV uplift for small merchants in November 2025.
3. B2B and Payments Infrastructure
New AI-driven purchase order automation, event-driven webhooks and cascading price lists simplify complex B2B operations, while expanded payments integrations—including BigCommerce Payments with PayPal, Stripe and local alternative methods—aim to reduce transaction friction and increase merchant revenue.
4. Agentic Commerce Capabilities
Commerce introduced agentic commerce features such as enriched, AI-ready product data distribution to discovery surfaces, agent-enabled checkout experiences, conversational search on storefronts and the BigCommerce Companion assistant to support AI-driven shopping and operational tasks.
