BigCommerce announces record Cyber Week with GMV up 32%

BigCommerce reported its merchants experienced another year of record sales during Cyber Week, hitting a 32% increase in gross merchandise value, or GMV, over 2021 and exceeding what has been an overall successful five days for the retail industry. In addition to the increase in GMV, shoppers were more active from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday this year with total orders up 25%. As expected Black Friday and Cyber Monday saw the biggest sales volumes for BigCommerce merchants during the five-day period with Cyber Monday GMV growing just over 32% compared to the same day last year. Black Friday GMV was up 31% over 2021.