Shopify
About Shopify
Shopify is a commerce platform that allows anyone to easily sell online, at a retail location, and everywhere in between. Shopify offers a professional online storefront, a payment solution to accept credit cards, and the Shopify POS application to power retail sales.
With Shopify’s eCommerce software, users get one unified platform to run their business with ease. Users can fully customize their online store, add new sales channels in seconds, manage unlimited products and inventory, fulfill orders in a single step, track sales and growth trends, and more.
Establish the company's brand online with a custom domain name and online store. With instant access to hundreds of the best looking themes, and complete control over the look and feel, users can have a gorgeous store of their own that reflects the personality of their business.
Shopify currently powers over 160,000 retailers in 100 different countries, including: Tesla Motors, Gatorade, Forbes, Amnesty International, Encyclopedia Britannica, Maxim Magazine, CrossFit, Black Milk Clothing, Herschel Supply Co., and many more.
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- Industry: Retail
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Long time user
Reviewed on 05/05/2024
As a startup, you get great bang for your buck. Do your research on apps and features before...
As a startup, you get great bang for your buck. Do your research on apps and features before committing
Pros
The changes to the online editor have been amazing. Easy to create the website you envision without coding experience. The App Store is a great asset,
Cons
App costs can add up, not a fan of the blog page layout
Reasons for Switching to Shopify
Monthly cost and ease of use made Shopify a better choice- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Building online shops is so easy and convenient.
Reviewed on 01/12/2024
Shopify allowed me to turn my passion project into a thriving online business, providing me with...
Shopify allowed me to turn my passion project into a thriving online business, providing me with the tools and platform to reach customers worldwide.
Pros
Shopify makes it incredibly easy to set up an online store, even with no prior experience. The intuitive interface and helpful guides made the process a breeze.
Cons
Customizing the checkout process can be a bit challenging, requiring some coding knowledge or the use of third-party apps.
- Industry: Consumer Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 4.0 /10
Overall perfomance
Reviewed on 18/01/2025
Great for being in a bind and need a business store setup in a little to no time situation, it’s...
Great for being in a bind and need a business store setup in a little to no time situation, it’s definitely got a few areas I think could use overall improvement but for most it is a solid app and it definitely got a lot of options to diversify your business
Pros
The ease of setup of a business store on top to bottom everything is at ease of use I would say it’s pricey but at the end of the day, gotta pay for what makes it easiest when starting from nothing at all..
Cons
The monthly fee is a little high it definitely should be something a little more affordable but as I said sometimes it cost for such convenience
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Would definitely use again
Reviewed on 16/10/2024
I started overhauling our website and working on our new online store in January 2024. It went live...
I started overhauling our website and working on our new online store in January 2024. It went live to the public in September 2024. So, it took us nine months to get everything in order the way we wanted to have it. Honestly I think that is a fair amount of time. I am coming from having some web experience but I had never done a project like this before. If I was to do it again, it could be done in half the time. It just seemed like every day there was something new to learn. Would 100% use Shopify for future projects, and would recommend them to others, especially beginners who want a beautiful finished product and an easy to learn system.
Pros
After much deliberation of which online platform to use for our online store, we settled on Shopify for its user-friendliness. I am not an expert, yet I was able to set up a successful, beautiful online store with nearly 1,000 products. While I enjoy Shopify's chat support, we also tag teamed with a Shopify Expert to do some coding for us. Their chat support could help with most non-code related issues though, which was very appreciated.
Cons
One thing we have found difficult about Shopify is the amount of apps you need to install in order to have your site running with all the features you would want. We bought a pretty extensive theme, but are still using apps for features such as a wishlist, a quick reorder option in the "account" page for return patients, adding expiration dates to products, etc. They are not all expensive but together, they add up. Another downside for us is we sell vitamins and supplements which are on Shopify Payments restricted list, so we needed to find a third party processor. With this processor, Shopify charges us additional percentage, on top of what we pay the third party processor, simply because we are not using their payments system. The additional cost has been something we have to weigh out and consider, but it has been worth it to be able to bring our business of 20+ years to the online market.
- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
The most reliable E-commerce platform
Reviewed on 07/12/2024
I’ve been working on Shopify for three years as the operations manager of a clothing brand. Overall...
I’ve been working on Shopify for three years as the operations manager of a clothing brand. Overall the platform is user friendly and the app works great too!
Pros
Shopify is the best e-commerce platform. Has some good analytics and data tracking.
Cons
The way the reports are downloaded. Can be very messy to sort through all the data.
Shopify FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Shopify.Q. What type of pricing plans does Shopify offer?
Shopify offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: USD 29.00/month
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
BASIC SHOPIFY: $39 per month Online rate: 2.9% + 30¢ In person rate: 2.6% + 10¢ SHOPIFY: $105 per month Online rate: 2.7% + 30¢ In person rate: 2.5% + 10¢ ADVANCED SHOPIFY: $399 per month Online rate: 2.5% + 30¢ In person rate: 2.4% + 10¢
Q. Who are the typical users of Shopify?
Shopify has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Shopify support?
Shopify supports the following languages:
Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, European Portuguese, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese
Q. Does Shopify support mobile devices?
Shopify supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Shopify integrate with?
Shopify integrates with the following applications:
Birdeye, Brevo, Constant Contact, Cyfe, Extensiv Order Management, Get Satisfaction, Heartland Retail, Instagram, Kissmetrics, Mad Mimi, Mailchimp, Meta for Business, PayPal, Privy, QuickBooks Online, Twitter/X, Zapier
Q. What level of support does Shopify offer?
Shopify offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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