Shopify Interactive Demo
Explore a product demo of Shopify, a leading e-commerce platform that enables businesses to create, manage, and scale online stores with ease.
What is Shopify?
Shopify is the world's leading e-commerce platform, enabling over 1.7 million businesses in 175 countries to sell products online, in-store, and everywhere in between. Founded in 2006 by Tobias Lütke (originally building a snowboard store), Shopify has grown into a company that processes over $200 billion in gross merchandise value annually.
Shopify provides everything needed to run an online store: a customizable storefront (via themes and the Liquid templating language), inventory management, payment processing (Shopify Payments), shipping label printing, tax calculation, and customer management — all in one platform.
Shopify's app ecosystem of over 8,000 apps extends the core platform with reviews, loyalty programs, upsell tools, subscription billing, and hundreds of marketing and fulfillment integrations. Shopify Plus is the enterprise tier used by brands like Allbirds, Gymshark, and Heinz.
How to get started with Shopify
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Start your free trial
Sign up at shopify.com for a 3-day free trial. Choose your store name. No credit card required to start. Shopify's Basic plan starts at $39/month after trial.
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Add your products
In the Shopify admin, go to Products and add your items with photos, descriptions, variants (size, color), pricing, and inventory. Use Shopify's bulk import for large catalogs.
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Choose and customize your theme
Browse the Shopify Theme Store for free and premium themes. Customize colors, fonts, and layout with the visual editor. No coding required for basic customization; themes use Liquid for advanced editing.
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Set up payments and shipping
Enable Shopify Payments (no transaction fees) or a third-party gateway. Configure shipping rates by weight, location, or flat rate. Set up tax collection based on your business location.
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Connect your domain and launch
Connect a custom domain (buy through Shopify or transfer from a registrar). Set up your checkout, test a sample order, then remove the password page to launch your store.
Explore more Shopify guides
Step-by-step interactive demos and tutorials for Shopify.
Who is Shopify most useful for?
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands selling physical products who need a reliable, scalable storefront without building custom e-commerce infrastructure. Use Supademo to create interactive product demos that embed directly on Shopify product pages — giving shoppers an immersive look at how products work before purchasing.
Brick-and-mortar retailers expanding online who want unified inventory across physical and digital channels. Create Supademo walkthroughs of your Shopify setup process to help team members understand how the admin dashboard, order management, and inventory work.
Dropshipping entrepreneurs and print-on-demand businesses testing new product markets with minimal inventory risk. Pair Supademo with Shopify landing pages to pre-sell products with interactive demos before they're in stock.
E-commerce agencies building and maintaining client stores who need to deliver quickly and hand off clean documentation. Create Supademo walkthroughs of the Shopify admin for clients so they can manage orders and inventory without calling support.
Looking for alternatives to Shopify?
Here are four tools worth evaluating depending on your needs.
Free plugin for WordPress. More customizable than Shopify but requires hosting, security, and plugin management. Better for developers. Shopify is more turnkey and better supported.
Stronger built-in features without transaction fees. Better for high-volume enterprise. Shopify has a better ecosystem and more widely used. BigCommerce is preferred by enterprise IT teams.
Better for design-focused businesses with simple product catalogs. Less powerful than Shopify for inventory, shipping, and scaling. Shopify is better for serious e-commerce businesses.
Simpler to build than Shopify with more template flexibility. Less powerful for e-commerce operations at scale. Shopify is purpose-built for selling; Wix is a website builder that added commerce.
FAQs on Shopify
Commonly asked questions about Shopify. Have more? Reach out and our team will be happy to help.
How much does Shopify cost?
Shopify's plans start at $39/month (Basic), $105/month (Shopify), and $399/month (Advanced). Each plan reduces transaction fees. Shopify Payments eliminates transaction fees entirely. Shopify Plus starts at $2,000/month.
Does Shopify charge transaction fees?
Shopify charges transaction fees of 2%, 1%, or 0.5% depending on your plan when using third-party payment gateways. Using Shopify Payments eliminates these transaction fees. Credit card processing rates are separate.
Can I sell in multiple currencies on Shopify?
Yes. Shopify Markets lets you sell in local currencies, with automatic conversion rates. Customers see prices in their currency; you receive payouts in your home currency. Currency conversion fees apply.
What is Shopify POS?
Shopify POS is Shopify's point-of-sale system for in-person selling. It syncs inventory between your online store and physical locations. The POS app runs on iOS and Android and connects to card readers, receipt printers, and barcode scanners.
Can I sell digital products on Shopify?
Yes. Shopify supports digital products with the Digital Downloads app. Customers receive a download link after purchase. This works for ebooks, courses, design assets, and software licenses.
Does Shopify have abandoned cart recovery?
Yes. Shopify automatically sends abandoned cart emails to customers who added items to their cart but didn't complete checkout. You can customize the email timing and content. Shopify Flow and third-party apps extend this with SMS and retargeting.