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Real promotions, written by people who run them.

Tactics for BigCommerce store owners: bulk edits without breaking variants, scheduling Black Friday without losing sleep, MSRP strategy that actually moves units, and the math behind CSV vs purpose-built tools.

BigCommerce MSRP vs sale price: which should you edit, and when?

BigCommerce gives you three price fields - regular price, sale price, retail (MSRP). Which one do you actually edit during a sale? What does each one show on the storefront? When does setting MSRP help conversion, and when does it hurt? A field-by-field guide.

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Bulk Price Editor vs CSV import for BigCommerce: a cost-benefit analysis

BigCommerce's native CSV import is free. Bulk Price Editor costs $19.99/mo and up. When does paying for the app earn its keep? A real cost-benefit analysis with hourly-rate math, time studies on 5K and 50K-product catalogs, and the breakeven point for switching.

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How to bulk edit prices in BigCommerce in 2026 (step-by-step)

Three native BigCommerce methods for bulk price edits, what each one breaks, and the workflow that replaces all of them. Step-by-step with screenshots, edge cases, and a comparison table.

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How to schedule Black Friday sales on BigCommerce without the stress

A timeline-based BFCM playbook for BigCommerce stores: what to do at T-30, T-7, T-1, day-of, and after. Five common mistakes that cost merchants the weekend, plus the scheduling + rollback workflow that prevents all of them.

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Welcome to the Bulk Price Editor blog

What this blog is about, why we're starting it, and what to expect over the next few weeks: practical promotion tactics for BigCommerce stores written by store operators.

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