Shopify is an eCommerce platform that is nearly synonymous with eCommerce businesses. Best known for being a simple and effective tool for retailers, Shopify makes it quick and easy to create a shopping portal that offers dropshipping access and social media sales tools. It’s an accessible solution that simplifies the entire process of getting something up and running, with lots of customization options, and options to customize core functionality as your business grows. The platform also supports an extensive range of payment processing options.
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Deployment | Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone |
Support | 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support |
Training | Documentation |
Languages | English |
Very easy to use and easy to learn about Shopify. There are free themes to build a store using the shopify platform.But if we need a perfectly designed shopify page we can contact shopify expert and develop our website. Very user friendly interfaces help us to get done our work as soon as possible with the platform features. Within few click we can easily setup a shopify theme for a store. Also,it is a very scalable and powerful platform for eCommerce businesses.Support team are also very helpful there are lots of communities/forums which are focused on Shopify platform. We can easily integrate apps for our shopify page with the few clicks.
It would be great if considering on pricing plans. Because it will be difficult for small businesses to spend $29 [Basic Shopify] plan monthly if their businesses are not stable . Also required Shopify expert knowledge if we want to customize the source codes in the platform templates.
Connecting domain for shopify page was very quickly updated within few seconds and it was very easy to work with features of the Shopify platform.
Shopify is the BEST!! I had zero e-commerce experience and was able to set up a drop-shipping store on a day. My 13 year old son was able to learn and set up his own shop as well. Great learning resources, apps to add, and fantastic support team.
Not much at all! Only negative is that you can only have 1 shop per account.
I built a business on Shopify! The benefits are so many.... I have been able to learn a whole new side of business!
Everything is quite simple and easy to use. The Shopify subscription really pays for itself. The SEO is already builtin and the reporting is quite useful. One of the things I like about Shopify is the code they use - LIQUID syntax. The file structure within shopify is pretty good when you need to edit the coding for your site. It is labeled in a way that it makes sense to someone that does not no coding at all. The liquid syntax used is also very great since it takes less time time code a line. I would recommmend people to learn the liquid syntax when possible.
Some of the most basic features that should be in an e-commerce backbone are not included unless you pay for an app that usually requires you to pay a MONTHLY fee. You cannot delete orders either which means that if there was a mistake it will be on there forever. You can not unfullfilled an order even if you fiullfill it by mistake.
We changed form woocommerce to Shopify juts because Shopify is easier to use. The other platform we were using wasn't up to par with our vision of a simplified site. Also with the order platform, we had to do the updates ourself while shopify takes care of it
Great themes for easy website building.
More free theme options to give a better variety for businesses with a small budget.
Shopify provides an easy to navigate website and back office to manage my online store. I am able to organize and locate my products without a problem.
Shopify is a great tool for whatever level of online selling you need to do. Whether you are just getting started and need a very small online store or you need a larger store with more organizational ability, Shopify has features that accommodate those needs. For my personal artwork store, I have the ability to add individual products into my own website so that customers can make a purchase without ever leaving my site except at the payment portal. This is a great advantage for me to be able to sell prints and other items through my website. The best feature of the Shopify back-end for me is the fact that it automatically calculates shipping for me once a client has entered their information, and all I have to do is just print the label.
It took me a while to get used to the interface and how it works in order to create a button. I also wish there were more detailed or even completely customizable settings options for the individual sell buttons and the font with regard to size, color, frames, etc. I have figured out how to go into the code and make the changes for my buttons, but it would be really nice if those features were plug and play without having to code.
I was able to set up my online art shop fairly quickly through Shopify, and since I am also a web designer I have also set up shops for my clients. It has made especially the shipping aspect of selling a breeze, as it automatically calculates that for me and all I have to do is package the item up, slap a shipping label on it, and drop it by the shipping location. That is by far the BEST thing for me because it keeps me from having to calculate all of that on my own.
I love that Shopify is a great tool for ANY e-commerce business, large or small, to setup a site. It is not difficult and is very easy to use for anyone of any experience level.
I really do not dislike anything about Shopify. Many sites are using this platform now and all sites, in my experience, are easy to use and flow really well.
Implement new sites for easy of use
It is the best option to market products on the internet that I have seen. It has a sufficient database to clarify my doubts as well as a number of tools to design my clients´ websites. I'm happy to do my work in less time.
I really like to use it and I do not see that it has an issue to improve. For the contrary I recommend it, because it has helped me to organize the online business much better in an unexpected way.
Using Shopify has more advantages in marketing, because it lets me to provide in an attractive and in a striking appearance any website.
As a web administrator I have worked with several e-commerce platforms but no one is like Shopify. This platform gives me more freedom to do my work with many add-ons and themes, so that all my clients´ projects have their own personality.
Honestly, it has given me many advantages and any disadvantages, I like everything.
Since it makes me have more time and have a wider range of clients, I think that this tool is unique. It is aimed at all types of customers and different types of businesses, achieving the goal of maximizing sales in record time with a broad payment system.
We have an online project that takes us almost a year to finish it, and it has been growing a lot thanks to Shopify. When we started with the project, immediately we used Shopify to personalize the web with the best topics.
We love everything about Shopify and honestly we did not find any significant failure in the platform. We hope it continues in this form.
There are many useful things that we can say about Shopify, for example: the applications it has are great, it gives us the opportunity to do a lot for our online project, especially to receive notifications of the inventory automatically.
I have been using Shopify for a few years. Nowadays, I still like what it offers me, as an user, because I can easily know the payment systems, the different types of add-ons to do what I need in a good price. It is ideal for me!
I did not find anything bad, because thanks to Shopify I have learned a lot to administrate any online store and to have the domain of a business especially in sales. Shopify has covered many of my needs.
I like to increase sales with the best platform in e-commerce, which is Shopify. The advantages are many when it’s time to analyze the profitability in the business.
The use of Shopfiy for retail management has been an incredibly wise decision for our business model. We operate both an online store and a retail store, as well as a mobile retail store when we attend events. Shopify's flexibility to meet these three requirements has been unsurpassed. The system has allowed us to have more frequent promotional sales, highlight retail items with special prices for inventory clearance and allow special discounts. Inventory management capability has allowed for much more accurate inventory control and reordering of retail items. This list of things we like goes on and on.
The only disadvantage is the monthly cost of this software. We receive a nonprofit discount for the monthly cost, but a lower cost would always be beneficial to the organization, as well as lower processing fees, but their fees are more or less the industry average.
I solve a lot of problems with Shopify. I have no technical or design experience to make an online store, but thanks to Shopify I can now make an online store without hassle. Shopify has many advantages, I don't need any web designer or developer for my online store.
It's really easy to integrate different applications and tune up your store. The thing is that some of the applications are very cheap and very easy to implement because they are made for the platform - that's the true beauty of Shopify for me. Custom platforms are the best way to do it when only you are ready for the investment they require, and I, who have over 6 years of experience with website management, would definitely not recommend that company, especially if you are a beginner. You cut very significant costs and just pay the subscription, a whole building of developers hired by the company Shopify to improve the platform.
More functions are needed for the plan below the company. Purchase code and shopping cart code easy access and customization. Shopify Platform-Integrated Emails Panel is an essential change, must be added. It should also be able to synchronize with email marketing software like Klaviyo, Conversio and others like Mailchimp. -Email marketing is on a BIG increase according to Salesforce 2017 report -Follow the trend;) The only feature between the second and third plans are abandoned cars and there is nothing better than what email marketing applications offer, and, considering the higher investment, I bet that most of the stores in this plan do not use the Shopify-integrated one.
This has allowed us to help customers who want the customer service added by us to create the product for them.
Shopify is so user friendly and makes it easy to get started building your store. I like that they provide all the tools necessary to start, grow and manage your business. They offer shopify academy so you can constantly learn how to improve your business and as a small business any information to help you improve is extremely valuable. I also like that they help get you started when building a website by making the homepage easy to create, especially if you’re not a website designer/programmer.
I dislike that shopify provides so many apps to add into your store because it slows your website down and it would be better if they provided those advanced functionalities instead.
Shopify has allowed me to start my own business with just a few clicks. They make it extremely easy to begin, and offer tons of support and tools to guide you through everything and help you thrive. I’ve realized the benefits of being self sufficient and not having to pay for outside help, at least for now, because shopify teaches me basics of everything I need to know.
There are a lot of things I love about Shopify, so I'll just list a few; Customization - You literally never know who is using shopify and who built their page from the ground up. I've worked for two different fashion companies with COMPLETELY different webpages, but both are so easy to use on the back end. Ease of back end use- You can make it as easy or as challenging as you want. Hire a coder to code you a sick ass page! Or just do it yourself! I've done both, and results are always great. Reporting - Can pull a lot of great reports through Shopify Integration - integrates with soooo many different useful apps and shipping resources. The possibilities are endless, and you are never just tied to what Shopify themselves has to offer. Product Pages and Variants - So easy to create and use, and integrates seamlessly with our inventory software. Usually just takes minutes to line up! Import/Exports of Products is insanely easy
They changed the way they export products and inventory and so now supporting drop shippers is a bit more complicated and takes a few work arounds. That part is annoying, and takes about a half days work now when it used to take less, but hey there's probably alligators in heaven so what can ya do.
This is the face of our business, and supports all of our profit. It is the beginning and the end for us. If Shopify ever crashed we would have to rebuild a 5 year old company from the ground up,
If you are looking for an e-commerce solution with many functional options, which allows you to publish a personalized virtual store for your products and that is easy to apply by novice users, that is, you do not have to be a developer, Shopify can be an important choice to consider. With Shopify, you can create products, manage inventories and share promotions. This platform helps you to integrate to social networks like facebook and to increase the advertising of your store. For those who want to try the tool before buying it, Shopify offers a 14-day free trial. Additionally, Shopify integrates tools and quick configurations to create articles from scratch and include images, titles, prices, discounts and more.
I have no observations given that it is a very well thought platform to meet the needs of increasing and managing the sales of your business, and on the other hand, to guarantee a storage space (website and blog) for a very low annual cost. For this and many other reasons, I do not see any disadvantage so far.
I really recommend it for small and medium businesses and any e-commerce entrepreneur. Shopify offers a professional online sales platform to anyone regardless of whether they are a developer or a beginner. I like the fact that Shopify allowed me to scale the scope of their application starting with a free trial of 14 days, and then, testing the integration with Facebook. It should be considered that around 500 million people access Facebook only through mobile or cell phone. Even using Facebook Messenger through your online store or on your Facebook page is an excellent alternative to chat directly with your customers.
Shopify is an excellent tool to build an e-commerce store, the necessary skills are simple and the process is very intuitive.
I love the operation, there's nothing important that I don't like about shopify.
Easy to add and edit a product, images or information in just a couple of clicks
The easy-to-use tools when getting started is what originally drove me to try them out. I took a leap of faith and started my small business with everything that it had to offer. Between the easy domain registration for that personal touch, the ability to link other stores and to the great plethora of information and control it gives you through the mobile app, this was nothing short of a win for me. Been happy since last year.
I guess my only problem with it is that the site editing could be a little more comprehensive and less restrictive. There are many things I'd like to have on my storefront but am having a hard time finding an easy way to do that given that the offered themes don't leave much in the way of any significant changes.
The main benefit I've been reaping is the simplicity of it's use in e-commerce. I don't have much of a business background but was still able to painlessly get myself started and off the ground. Again, it's ease of use, administratively speaking, has been an absolute godsend for me.
Shopify has been a life-changing platform for my company. I love how there are hundreds of affordable apps you can install to improve the user experience of your site. You don't even need a developer to make a nice looking, intuitive site. I also like how customizable it is, even in the most basic package. If I want to, I can go in and edit the code on any page I want. Likewise, I can make adjustments to titles and tagging to improve SEO. From my experience, there aren't many platforms that offer this level of flexibility at this price point.
A lot of our customers are tax exempt, and while there is a way to mark them as so in the system, I can't find an easy way to automatically send them an invoice that reflects their tax exemption. This would be a very useful feature for us. I know that there is an app I can download, but it costs somewhere around $20 per month. I'm also sure I could develop my own custom solution, but I don't really have the time or skillset for that.
We initially moved onto Shopify because we were having security issues with the last platform we used. Not only has it greatly increased the security of our site, it has also made it much more user friendly. Additionally, it has greatly improved our SEO, helping us drive more revenue from organic search traffic. Additionally, it has allowed us to set up simple email automation for following up with customers and sending them abandoned cart notifications. We've realized small things like this have made a huge difference in our total sales. It's also made it much easier for us to crate and promote discounts for our products. In basics, the Shopify is just easy and affordable. It makes it possible for anyone to build and maintain a successful e-commerce site.
There's a lot of add-ons, themes. The program will allow you to do a tracking of items, status and type of payment, channels of purchase, the number of products sold. You can optimize the website for your requirements. And I am very happy that there is a quality mobile application.
Some of the points are not important, but could be improved. These are, for example, personalization of pages (only the main one is available). I would also like to change the promotional codes.
An important advantage I've realized when working with Shopify is the variety of integrations available. Online purchases have increased dramatically since switching to Shopify.
Shopify is easy to use. you can have a website/shop up and running in less than a day. The support is great, and there are hundreds of apps integration to help automate every part of your shop that you can think of - from cart abandonment to gamification.
I wish that you could run multiple shops from one account.
Shopify is used as the website/e commerce shop for my business. Because of all the app offered, i've been able to optimize my shop for conversions.