Sell Easily Online With Your Own Storefront

March 02, 2015  •  Leave a Comment

100+ professional themes

With themes created by world-renowned designers like Happy Cog, Clearleft, and Pixel Union, you'll love how your website looks on Shopify.

Browse the Shopify Theme Store.

Mobile commerce ready

Your online Shopify store includes a built-in mobile commerce shopping cart. Your customers can browse and buy from your store using any mobile phone or tablet.

Work with an expert

You can work with one of our Shopify Experts to customize your store from the ground up.

Find a Shopify Expert.

Full blogging platform

Publish and categorize articles, create lookbooks, encourage discussion, and moderate comments on your Shopify blog.

Edit HTML and CSS

You have full access to the HTML and CSS of your store, making it easy to customize every aspect of your website and checkout.

Brand and customize your online store

Every template comes with its own intuitive settings so you can quickly and easily customize every facet of your storefront.

Your own domain name

Use your own domain name, or purchase one through Shopify.

Web-based website builder

Host your entire website on Shopify. Your online store comes with a full-featured content management system.

A Shopify store being displayed on an iPhone and laptop

Secure shopping cart

All credit card and transaction information is protected by the same level of security used by banks: a 256-bit SSL certificate.

Accept credit cards with Shopify

You can accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express the minute you launch your shop. You'll get a low credit card rate and no hidden fees.

Learn more about Shopify Payments.

70 payment gateways

From bitcoin to PayPal to iDEAL, Shopify integrates with over 70 external payment gateways from around the world.

Find a payment gateway in your country.

Offer free shipping

Improve your average order size by offering free shipping to your customers. You can choose the price point at which free shipping applies.

Multiple languages

Your online store checkout comes in 50+ languages, and you can always translate your store's theme to suit your needs.

Automatic carrier shipping rates

Receive automatic shipping rates from major shipping carriers like UPS, USPS, and FedEx.

Abandoned checkout recovery

Recover lost sales by automatically sending an email to prospective customers with a link to their abandoned shopping carts, encouraging them to complete their purchase.

Flexible shipping rates

Set up shipping rates by fixed-price, tiered pricing, weight-based, and location-based rates.

Automatic taxes

Based on your location, Shopify will automatically handle major country and state tax rates.

Example of a Shopify checkout screen

Customer profiles

Learn more about your customers and their shopping habits. Find their contact info and order history at a glance.

Customer accounts

Encourage repeat shopping by enabling customer account creation at checkout. Your customers can also check out as a guest without creating an account.

Customer groups

Categorize and export customer lists based on location, purchase history, and more.

Fulfillment centers

Connect to fulfillment solutions such as Amazon, Webgistix, and Shipwire, or set up a custom fulfillment solution.

Order fulfillment

Fulfill one or multiple orders with just one click, making your daily order management a breeze.

Dropshipping

Shopify integrates with apps like Ordoro, Inventory Source, and eCommHub, making it easy to set up your dropshipping business.

Refunds

Refund some or all of an order to the payment method used. Your inventory is updated automatically.

Manage on the go

Use Shopify Mobile on your smartphone to update your store, manage inventory, fulfill orders, and contact a customer.

Email templates

Customize your automated store emails with the design and language you want.

Example view of all orders and their status

Search engine optimized

Help potential customers find your store using search engines. Shopify supports SEO best practices like customizable H1, title, and meta tags.

Generated sitemap.xml

Your sitemap.xml is automatically generated with your products, webpages, and blog posts.

Discount codes and coupons

Run sales and promotions by offering coupon codes that save customers money. You choose whether the discount is for dollars off, a percentage off, free shipping, etc.

Gift cards

Your customers are able to purchase a gift card for someone from your store, or you can use gift cards as store credit.

Social media integration

All Shopify websites include social media integration, such as Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr.

Free Google and Facebook ad credits

You'll get $50 in Facebook ad credits, and $100 towards Google advertising if you spend $25 with Google.

Product reviews

Engage your customers and encourage sales with the option to leave SEO-friendly product reviews on your website.

Email marketing

Notify your customers of upcoming sales or new products with the MailChimp email marketing app.

Sell on Facebook

Your Facebook fans can browse your products and make a purchase without leaving Facebook.

Google search results showing the store name, description, and URL

Inventory management

Manage your entire inventory with Shopify. Track stock counts, and automatically stop selling products when inventory runs out.

Product variations

Offer different variations of your products, such as multiple sizes, colors, materials, and more. Each variation can have its own price, SKU, weight, and inventory.

Product organization

Organize products by category, type, season, sale, and more. Use smart collections to automatically sort products based on vendor, price, and inventory level.

Multiple images

Add multiple images for your products, so you can show off your product from all angles.

SEO product tags

Optimize your product pages for search engines with product specific meta tags, titles, and URL handles.

Digital products

Customers can order and download your digital products right from your online store.

Import/Export

Import or export your products using CSV files, or one of Shopify's importer/exporter apps.

Unlimited products

There's no limit to the number or type of products you can sell in your online store.

List of products in Shopify admin

Unlimited bandwidth

You'll never be charged based on the number of visitors or traffic to your store.

Daily backups

All your business information, including products, customers, orders, and inventory, is backed up in our secure data centers every day.

Email forwarding

When you buy a domain name with Shopify, you receive unlimited email forwarding. Create email addresses like [email protected].

Level-1 PCI compliant

Shopify is level-1 PCI compliant, so you don't need to worry about the security of your customers' credit card data.

SSL certificate

Your online store includes a 256-bit SSL certificate to keep your customers' information and business data secure.

Instant upgrades

All Shopify updates are automatic, so you'll receive the latest features immediately, without any hassle.

99.94% uptime and 24/7 monitoring

No need to worry about downtime with Shopify, we work around the clock to make sure your website is always online.

Dashboard

An actionable dashboard of your sales, orders, and traffic helps you make the right choices for your business.

Product reports

Analyze and gain insight into your store's growth. See which products are selling — and which ones aren't.

Export reports

Reports can be exported for further analysis in your favourite spreadsheet tool, or can be sent to your bookkeeper or accountant.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics works with your online store, so you can track sales, visits, and referrals.

Traffic/Referral reports

See where your visitors come from, and how they found your online store.

The Shopify dashboard, showing visitors, revenue, referrals, and conversion rate

Free credit card reader

Swipe credit cards with Shopify Mobile, with rates as low as 2.15%+0¢ on all credit card transactions.

Order fulfillment

Capture payments and fulfill orders right from your phone. Send shipping notifications from the post office.

Mobile dashboard

Quickly see items that need your attention, and track trends in your business.

Manage inventory

Add products, take a product photo, change a price, or manage inventory – all from your phone.

Email or call customers

Look up customer profiles and instantly reach out through email or phone.

All your data synced with Shopify

Your products, inventory, orders, and customers are automatically synced between Shopify Mobile and your online store.

Learn more about Shopify Mobile.

An order on Shopify Mobile with the option to mark it as paid

Dedicated support team

The Shopify support team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by email, live chat, and phone.

Contact our support team.

Knowledge base

Find commonly asked questions, user guides, and tutorials in the Shopify Manual.

Browse the Shopify knowledge base.

Shopify Experts

Work with a Shopify approved ecommerce designer, developer, or marketer who can help make your online store a huge success.

Find a Shopify Expert.

 

 

 

Discussion forums

Get involved in our community discussion forums and take part in conversations about marketing, accounting, and more.

Visit the discussion forums.

Ecommerce University

Everything you need to know about selling online. You'll find ebooks, video series, webinars, and much more.

Visit Ecommerce University.

 

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