Shopify
A hosted platform for building and running an online store.
Best for: Selling online without maintaining your own hosting, payments or checkout.
- Free trial
- Free trial available
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The editorial note
What to know about Shopify
A hosted platform for building and running an online store. This is placeholder editorial copy for the TopToolsPick directory and should be replaced with a first-hand review.
Is it right for you?
Who Shopify suits
Choose it if
Selling online without maintaining your own hosting, payments or checkout.
Quick read
At a glance
- Category
- E-commerce
- Pricing model
- Subscription
- Entry plan
- Free trial available
- Free plan
- Not listed
- Free trial
- Available
- Website
- shopify.com
Plans
Pricing details
Entry plan
Free trial available
Billed monthly
Pros
- Checkout and payments work out of the box
- A very large app and theme ecosystem
- Scales from a first product to high volume.
Cons
- Monthly fees plus transaction fees unless you use its own payment provider
- Deeper customisation means learning its own templating language.
Not the right fit?
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