Shopify Startup Deals & Discounts

What our listing shows. Two perks: 25% off an annual plan, and 3 months at €1 a month followed by 25% off an annual plan. The pricing page already advertises the same structure publicly.

What Shopify's own page says. Every new store gets a 3-day free trial with no credit card, then most plans cost $1 a month for the first 3 months before moving to standard monthly pricing. The yearly prices are $29, $79 and $299 against $39, $105 and $399 monthly, which is roughly 25% off. So the 25% in our listing matches what yearly billing already gives; read it as a path to that price, not a second discount stacked on top. The listing writes the intro price in euros, and Shopify's page quotes dollars.

The intro price in dollars. On monthly billing, 3 months at $1 and 9 at the standard rate cost $354 in year one on Basic and $948 on Grow, against $348 and $948 for a year billed yearly. On Advanced it is $3,594 against $3,588. In year one, the intro offer on monthly billing costs about the same as committing for a year.

Next to the catalog. Sellfy lists the same title, 25% off on an annual plan. Webflow lists savings of up to $348 and 12 months free on its CMS plan. Zoho Commerce lists $100 in credits.

A first-time seller testing a product. Start on Basic at the $1 intro price, which keeps the commitment small, then decide about yearly billing after 3 months.

A small team with growing card volume. Moving from Basic to Grow lowers the card rate and adds up to 5 staff accounts. At $25,000 of card sales a month the lower rate pays for the upgrade.

A brand selling online and in person. The same catalog serves the store and a point-of-sale system; POS Pro for stores costs extra, at $89 a month per location.

Skip Advanced until your volume justifies it. Basic to Advanced breaks even only at about $67,500 of monthly card sales.

Skip it if you plan to use another payment provider. Shopify may add a third-party transaction fee, listed at 2% on Basic, on top of that provider's own charges.

Skip it if you are selling few units. The Basic plan costs $29 a month on yearly billing; a payment link or a creator tool may cost less.

Shopify's pricing page lists these prices (yearly billing / monthly billing) and online card rates:

Plan	Yearly	Monthly	Card rate	Staff accounts
Basic	$29	$39	2.9% + 30¢	not stated
Grow	$79	$105	2.7% + 30¢	up to 5
Advanced	$299	$399	2.5% + 30¢	up to 15
Plus	from $2,300	n/a	2.25% + 30¢	custom

Yearly versus monthly. Yearly billing saves $120 a year on Basic, $312 on Grow and $1,200 on Advanced.

When a bigger plan pays for itself. Using only the plan price and card-rate gap, Grow beats Basic above about $25,000 of monthly card sales, Advanced beats Basic above about $67,500, and Advanced beats Grow above about $110,000. Staff accounts, shipping discounts and reports are extra reasons that this ignores.

Rewards. The plan table lists 1% back on all sales, capped at $5,000 on Basic, $7,500 on Grow and $10,000 on Advanced. Hitting the Basic cap takes $500,000 in sales.