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    <periodOfReport>2021-03-15</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>BigCommerce Holdings, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BIGC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Richards Jeffrey Gordon</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O BIGCOMMERCE HOLDINGS, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>11305 FOUR POINTS DR, BLDG II, 3RD FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>AUSTIN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>78726</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001605612</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GGV Capital V L.P.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>3000 SAND HILL ROAD, BUILDING 4,</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 230</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MENLO PARK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94025</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001605614</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GGV Capital V Entrepreneurs Fund L.P.</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>3000 SAND HILL ROAD, BUILDING 4,</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 230</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MENLO PARK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94025</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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                <value>Series 1 Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>By GGV Capital V Entrepreneurs Fund L.P.</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Series 1 Common Stock</value>
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            <transactionDate>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                <value>Series 1 Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                    <value>By GGV Capital V L.P.</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $61.00 to $61.99, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to BigCommerce Holdings, Inc., any security holder of BigCommerce Holdings, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price with the ranges set forth in Footnote 2 to this Form 4.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The reported securities are held directly by GGV Capital V Entrepreneurs Fund L.P. GGV Capital V L.L.C. is the general partner of GGV Capital V Entrepreneurs Fund L.P. The Reporting Person is the managing director of GGV Capital V L.L.C., and, as a result, may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the shares held by by GGV Capital V Entrepreneurs Fund L.P.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $60.00 to $60.99, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to BigCommerce Holdings, Inc., any security holder of BigCommerce Holdings, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price with the ranges set forth in Footnote 1 to this Form 4.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The reported securities are held directly by GGV Capital V L.P. GGV Capital V L.L.C. is the general partner of GGV Capital V L.P. The Reporting Person is the managing director of GGV Capital V L.L.C., and, as a result, may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the shares held by by GGV Capital V L.P.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jeffrey Richards</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-17</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>GGV Capital V L.P., By: GGV Capital V L.L.C., its General Partner, By: /s/ Jeffrey Richards, Jeffrey Richards, Managing Director</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-17</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>GGV Capital V Entrepreneurs Fund L.P., By: GGV Capital V L.L.C., its General Partner, By: /s/ Jeffrey Richards, Jeffrey Richards, Managing Director</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-17</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
