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Quality Bearings Online Expanded into Canada with BigCommerce Catalyst

While expanding their online presence into Canadian Market, a global leader in bearings distribution, Quality Bearings Online, leveraged BigCommerce's fully customizable headless commerce framework for a complete digital transformation.
With Catalyst, QBO realized its vision of delivering high-quality products and exceptional service with maximum efficiency. It allowed them to tailor every aspect of their online store with ease.

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Site
qualitybearingsonline.ca

Implementation
BC Multistorefront with Canada business on Catalyst Channel

Results
8.5% Speed Increase
20% Cost Savings

Technology
BigCommerce Multistorefront
Catalyst Headless

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QBO chose Arizon Digital, an experienced BigCommerce partner with over 150 years of combined experience and 200+ eCommerce businesses served in the last 8+ years. Arizon Digital helped QBO navigate their transformative journey and implement the modernized tech stack through a multi-stage process, including a comprehensive platform evaluation and recommendation, strategic discovery meetings, a robust persona exercise.

About QBO – Keeping the world Turning

Quality Bearings Online (QBO) is a global leader in bearings distribution, serving customers in over 110 countries with over 75 years of industry expertise. QBO has built a strong reputation for reliability and efficiency.

The Challenge: Scaling Without Complexity

QBO had already established a strong online presence with their primary domain, QualityBearingsOnline.com. QBO needed to expand into Canada while maintaining brand consistency, operational efficiency. Key challenges included:

  • Multi-Storefront Complexity | Managing multiple regions without duplicating effort.
  • Performance & Scalability | Ensuring fast load times and auto-scaling for traffic spikes.
  • Content Agility | Update pages without developer reliance.
  • SEO & Localization | Improving visibility to attract Canadian customers.

The Solution: A Catalyst-Powered Expansion Strategy

To address these challenges, Arizon Digital implemented BigCommerce Catalyst, an advanced multi-storefront solution that will enable QBO to modernize infrastructure and drive brand expansion, deliver a leading-edge customer experience, and provides internal teams with new tools to scale operations and grow revenue efficiently without adding complexity.

  • Unified Backend | Manage multiple storefronts with centralized control over inventory, pricing, and content.
  • Faster Performance | Vercel's frontend ensures lightning-fast load times and auto-scaling.
  • No-Code Content Updates | Makeswift enabled updates to pages and roll out promotions without developers.
  • SEO & Localized Strategy | Optimized qualitybearingsonline.ca for stronger regional search visibility.
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The Results: Faster Growth, Smarter Operations

The BigCommerce Catalyst implementation has transformed QBO's ability to expand into new markets while maintaining operational efficiency.

  • Easy management | Seamlessly manage multiple websites from a single backend.
  • Cost saving | Faster Market Entry with minimal development effort.
  • Performance Optimization| Optimized Performance and SEO Improved Engagement and Customer Retention.
  • Targeted Promotions | Agile and Quick content update enabled faster promotions and campaigns.

What Quality Bearings Online Says

"Arizon Digital was collaborative, transparent, and communicative. They worked closely with our team, providing honest insights and setting clear expectations. Their expertise in BigCommerce and workflow automation ensured we got the right solution, implemented effectively and efficiently."

Quality Bearings Online Team

Customization with Catalyst – decoupling the frontend from the Backend

Catalyst is BigCommerce's composable, fully customizable headless commerce framework, designed to simplify and accelerate the creation of high-performance eCommerce storefronts. Built with Next.js and React, and leveraging BigCommerce's GraphQL Storefront API, Catalyst represents a significant advancement in eCommerce technology and provides a robust foundation for building unique online shopping experiences.

Catalyst:

  • Flexibility:

    Offers a customizable UI kit and a comprehensive GraphQL Storefront API client, to rapidly create and deploy storefronts without extensive setup.
  • No Code Visual Builder:

    Enables marketing teams to manage storefront content visually with a no-code page builder.
  • Drive more traffic:

    Achieve perfect scores in Google's Core Web Vitals with fast load times and a seamless user experience by Implementing server-side rendering (SSR) and static site generation (SSG)
  • Composable Architecture:

    Allows businesses to integrate seamlessly with various services and tools using BigCommerce's Open APIs, enhancing functionality without hassle.

Benefits for Businesses:

  • Rapid Deployment:

    With Catalyst, businesses can launch new storefronts quickly, reducing time-to-market and allowing for swift adaptation to market trends.
  • Enhanced Flexibility:

    The composable nature of Catalyst means brands can customize their eCommerce solutions extensively, tailoring the shopping experience to their specific audience.
  • Improved Collaboration:

    By providing distinct tools for developers and marketers, Catalyst fosters better collaboration, enabling teams to work more efficiently and innovate without disruptions. globenewswire.com

As a BigCommerce Partner, Arizon Digital has extensive experience in building eCommerce websites across various industries. As early adapters of Catalyst we are the only agency with 4+ implementations under our belt and working on multiple others. The flexibility and scalability of Catalyst has enabled Arizon to create personalized storefronts while reducing both development time and costs We help our customers customize their store using BigCommerce Catalyst by:


  • Set Up Your Headless Store in record time:

    Use frameworks like Next.js or Vue.js to build a custom front-end that connects to BigCommerce via APIs.
  • Design a Custom Storefront:

    Develop unique user interfaces that align with your brand, ensuring dynamic and interactive product displays.
  • Enhance User Experience with Custom Features:

    Implement intelligent search functions and personalized product recommendations to improve navigation and engagement.
  • Personalize Checkout & Payment Flows:

    Customize the checkout process and payment methods to provide a seamless purchasing experience.
  • Test, Optimize Performance & SEO, and Scale:

    Regularly analyze site performance, optimize metadata and
    on-Page elements to improve site speed and search engine rankings.

Conclusion:

Together with our clients, we create a tailored eCommerce experience that not only reflects their brand's uniqueness but also meets the evolving expectations of eCommerce customers. This positions businesses for sustained success in the digital marketplace.

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