PrintNow

Add web-to-print to your BigCommerce store

Embed PrintNow's design editor directly into BigCommerce product pages. Live pricing for configurable print jobs, automatic order routing to your MIS, and full B2B price list support — works with Standard BigCommerce and Enterprise B2B Edition.

Diagram showing PrintNow editor embedded in a BigCommerce Stencil theme product page with API-driven pricing and order sync

The BigCommerce print problem

BigCommerce is a strong B2B engine. It still wasn’t built for print.

Configurable, personalized, per-job-priced print products don’t fit the BigCommerce option model. App marketplace tools tack on per-order fees that compound at scale. You need a print engine, not a personalization plugin.

BigCommerce options can't model print

BigCommerce handles option sets well for fashion, electronics, and CPG — but breaks at print scale. Paper × finish × size × quantity tier × sides explodes past anything the option system was designed for.

App marketplace tools charge per-order

BigCommerce Apps designed for personalization typically tack on per-order fees that compound at print volume. App support is limited to the vendor's roadmap, not yours. At print margins, those fees are a real tax.

Manual production handoff

After BigCommerce checkout, design files end up in shared drives, print specs get re-entered into your MIS, and approvals happen over email. Each BigCommerce order takes 8 manual steps before a press starts.

The PrintNow + BigCommerce model

Keep BigCommerce. Add print where it belongs.

PrintNow handles the design canvas, pricing engine, and production routing. BigCommerce keeps doing what it’s great at — checkout, payments, B2B catalogs, customer accounts. No app marketplace fee, no per-order tax, no theme rebuild.

Embed in any Stencil theme

PrintNow's editor drops into BigCommerce product pages via a Stencil snippet or page builder block. Inherits your theme's typography, colors, and layout. Works on Standard and Enterprise B2B Edition without theme changes.

Live pricing past the option limit

PrintNow's pricing engine calculates per-job prices for any configuration via REST API. The result lands in the BigCommerce cart line item — bypass option-set limits without bloating your catalog or breaking checkout.

Order webhooks → your production

BigCommerce store/order/created webhook delivers each order to PrintNow with print-ready files attached. Orders route automatically into Presswise, OneFlow, SiteFlow, or PrintNow's Unified Admin.

How the integration works

Four steps from Stencil snippet to production.

01

Add the PrintNow snippet to your Stencil theme

One snippet in your BigCommerce product template loads the PrintNow editor for any product configured for web-to-print. The editor inherits your Stencil theme's typography, colors, and spacing — no design rework needed.

02

Customers personalize inside BigCommerce

On configurable print products, customers see the PrintNow editor instead of a basic add-to-cart form. They customize text, upload artwork, choose paper and finish, and watch live pricing update — all inside your BigCommerce storefront.

03

Cart and checkout stay BigCommerce

When the customer adds to cart, PrintNow writes the design metadata and final calculated price to the BigCommerce cart line item via the Storefront API. Your existing checkout, payments, taxes, B2B price lists, and shipping continue to work unchanged.

04

Orders flow to PrintNow for production

BigCommerce store/order/created webhook delivers the order to PrintNow with print-ready files attached. PrintNow routes orders into your MIS or Unified Admin for production. Status updates flow back to BigCommerce via the orders API.

BigCommerce web-to-print FAQs