About Shopify

Shopify is an ecommerce platform for building and running online stores. Best for launching an online store.

Online storesDropshippingRetail POS
  • Pricing model: Paid
  • Made for Merchants and brands
  • 5 documented key features

Our verdict

Shopify is a solid choice for launching an online store, with strengths in easy to launch and huge app ecosystem. The main trade-off to weigh: monthly fees plus apps add up.

Pros & cons

Pros

  • Easy to launch
  • Huge app ecosystem
  • Reliable hosting

Cons

  • Monthly fees plus apps add up
  • Transaction fees on outside gateways

Who it suits

Best for

launching an online store

Not ideal for

Not recorded yet.

Key features

5
  • Store builder and themes
  • Checkout and payments
  • App store
  • Inventory
  • POS

Ranking in Business And Sales

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Shopify sits at #9 of 9 listed tools in this category, ordered by our editorial ranking weight.

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