Shopify Plus

esigned for enterprise-level businesses, Shopify Plus isn’t a solution for ordinary store owners who sell products on a smaller scale. Rather than the off-the-shelf plans above, it’s specifically tailored to the needs of each client.

Needless to say, the pricing isn’t published, and neither is the scope of what it offers as each varies from client to client depending on their individual needs. This advanced solution is designed for large Shopify stores with high volume and global businesses who need more functionality, development, and support than an out-of-the-box solution can provide.

Overall, Shopify’s plans and pricing are quite consistent with those of Bigcommerce, Squarespace, and other key competitors. In fact, the largest difference lies with Shopify’s ‘Lite’ plan, which allows you to use Shopify’s key features on another site for a small monthly fee but lacks the functionality to build a fully hosted store.

Accepting Payments with Shopify
There are two payment options available for customers of a Shopify online store. The most straightforward and least costly option for store owners is the platform’s built-in payment solution, Shopify Payments.

Advanced Shopify

This Shopify plan is the company’s flagship out-of-the-box ecommerce solution. It costs $299 per month, which is significantly more than Shopify’s other ready-to-run plans, but you get to harness the full might of Shopify’s abilities and enjoy some really neat advanced features.

For instance, Advanced Shopify store owners can create up to 15 staff accounts rather than five or two. This allows you to have an entire team operating your online store in different capacities.

With this supercharged plan, you’ll also benefit from even lower transaction fees and credit card rates. Speaking of rates, one of this plan’s key features is the inclusion of calculated shipping rates. Thanks to this feature, you can use several different shipping companies to ship your products and show the different real-time rates of each.

Another nice feature of this plan is the Advanced Report Builder, which is great for generating a variety of low and high-level reports for various aspects of your ecommerce business. The other plans are perfectly fine for most, but this plan was made for businesses in need of a powerful and scalable solution.

Shopify Pros and Cons Before we get into the nuts and bolts of Shopify and examine everything it has to offer, here’s a snapshot of its pros and cons.

Pros:
• Extremely popular
• One of the least expensive ways to begin selling online
• Zero transaction fees with Shopify Payments
• Clean and easy-to-use interface
• Excellent for dropshipping
• Abandoned cart saver
• Ability to sell from Facebook and/or an existing site
• Wide range of appealing themes and templates
• POS, AMP, and VAT MOSS functionality
• Huge selection of apps
• Built-in blog included
• On-the-go management via mobile device
• Ability to purchase profitable pre-built stores

Cons:
• Only three product options
• Some functions require app investment
• Professional reporting requires a higher plan level
• Shopify Payments is only available in certain countries
• Unavoidable fees for third-party payment gateways
• No MailChimp integration
• Image aspect ratios may need adjusting
• Only sends one abandoned cart follow-up email
• Difficult to export blog posts
• Lack of technical support