s an alternative to Shopify Payments, a third-party payment gateway can also be used. With Shopify, there are more than 100 of these payment gateways to choose from, which is far more than the choices available with Bigcommerce and similar Shopify competitors.
Using third-party payment processors or gateways, however, takes a little configuration. A merchant account must be set up, and depending on the provider you choose, you’ll need to pay a monthly fee, transaction fees, or both. Plus, Shopify will charge a transaction fee as well, the amount of which once again depends on the type of plan you select.
Whether or not it is cheaper to use a third-party payment processor or Shopify Payments will depend on the Shopify Plan and/or the payment processor you’re using.
With payment handling and processing out of the way, let’s move on to Shopify’s themes and the visual appeal of Shopify stores.
Shopify Themes – An Endless Selection to Choose From
Shopify provides its users with 10 free themes to use for their ecommerce site, and there are multiple variants of each theme, resulting in several different actual design templates. In addition to being attractive, the templates are also responsive, so they display quite nicely regardless of the device being used.
If these free templates don’t exactly work for you, there are 60 premium, fully responsive Shopify themes available in the theme store to choose from as well. However, since they are ‘premium,’ each once costs an additional $140-$180.
If you have an idea of what you’re looking for, there are several filters you can use to narrow down your options. In fact, you can view theme templates by layout style, home page type, industry, and more, so finding the right theme for your online store isn’t very difficult at all.
Using third-party payment processors or gateways, however, takes a little configuration. A merchant account must be set up, and depending on the provider you choose, you’ll need to pay a monthly fee, transaction fees, or both. Plus, Shopify will charge a transaction fee as well, the amount of which once again depends on the type of plan you select.
Whether or not it is cheaper to use a third-party payment processor or Shopify Payments will depend on the Shopify Plan and/or the payment processor you’re using.
With payment handling and processing out of the way, let’s move on to Shopify’s themes and the visual appeal of Shopify stores.
Shopify Themes – An Endless Selection to Choose From
Shopify provides its users with 10 free themes to use for their ecommerce site, and there are multiple variants of each theme, resulting in several different actual design templates. In addition to being attractive, the templates are also responsive, so they display quite nicely regardless of the device being used.
If these free templates don’t exactly work for you, there are 60 premium, fully responsive Shopify themes available in the theme store to choose from as well. However, since they are ‘premium,’ each once costs an additional $140-$180.
If you have an idea of what you’re looking for, there are several filters you can use to narrow down your options. In fact, you can view theme templates by layout style, home page type, industry, and more, so finding the right theme for your online store isn’t very difficult at all.
