Your Guide to Shopify Store Plans
As a Shopify Affiliate, providing your merchant audience with a clear understanding of Shopify's store plans is essential. With various options available, merchants often rely on your expertise to guide them toward the right plan that meets their needs and budget. This guide breaks down Shopify’s pricing plans and features, ensuring you have the knowledge to effectively assist your audience.
1. Overview of Shopify Plans:
Shopify offers several plans catering to different business sizes and needs. Here’s a quick breakdown:
- Basic: Best for new e-commerce businesses and individual users.
- Grow: Ideal for growing businesses looking for more advanced features, designed for small teams of up to 5 accounts.
- Advanced: Suited for larger businesses with scaling needs.
- Plus: Tailored for high-volume merchants requiring custom solutions.
*Shopify Affiliates do not earn commission for referring the Plus plan.
2. Pricing:
Each plan comes with its own pricing structure and varies depending on the merchant’s location.
3. Key Features of Each Plan:
To help merchants make an informed decision, let’s dive into the key features of each plan:
- Online store with website and blog
- Unlimited product listings
- 24/7 support
- Professional reports
- Multi-channel selling
- Discount codes
- Abandoned checkout recovery
- Gift cards
- Additional staff accounts = 0
- All Basic features
- Lower credit card rates
- International sales tools
- Additional staff accounts = 5
- All Grow features
- Advanced reports
- Third-party calculated shipping rates
- Lower credit card rates
- Enhanced 24/7 chat support
- Additional staff accounts = 15
Plus:
- All Advanced features+
- Custom checkout experience
- Access to specialized apps and channels
- Unlimited staff accounts
- Priority support by phone or live chat
- Additional staff accounts = unlimited
4. Choosing the Right Plan:
When advising merchants on which plan to choose, consider these factors:
- Business Size: Start with Basic or Grow plans for smaller businesses. Larger businesses may benefit from Advanced or Shopify Plus.
- Sales Volume: Higher sales may justify the investment in Grow or Advanced plan features and lower credit card rates.
- Growth Goals: Merchants aiming for rapid growth might prefer our Grow or Advanced plans for scalable solutions.
Whatever plan a merchant picks today, upgrading is always an easy option as they expand. That's the advantage of Shopify, we offer flexible solutions that grow with every business.
5. Why Choose Shopify?
If your merchant audience is unsure about which plan to select or why to choose Shopify, encourage them to take advantage of Shopify's free trial available through your referral link. This allows merchants to explore how Shopify's features can help facilitate product sales and business growth.
We also offer information to compare Shopify against other commerce platforms, so every merchant can make the best decision for their business.
6. Selling In-Store?
If any of your merchants plan to engage in-person sales, guide them to explore how Shopify POS features and hardware can support their in-person retail business. Remember, you can earn a commission for every successful POS referral too!
Navigating Shopify’s store plans doesn’t have to be a daunting task. Armed with this guide, you’re now ready to help your merchant audience make informed decisions that align with their business needs. Log into your Impact account, grab your affiliate link and start referring!
Got any questions or need more insights about Shopify’s plans? Contact our team directly at affiliates@shopify.com or head over to the Shopify website for the latest details!