Shop around but you’ll end up buying Shopify.
May 21, 2021

Shop around but you’ll end up buying Shopify.

Darian Rawson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Professional

Overall Satisfaction with Shopify

Shopify is a fantastic tool to bring a web store front to market for any range of small or large products. Shirts and hats or mugs, to pens and promo items. Shopify is the most effective way you can build a simple store and start selling. The great part is you can basically plug it in to most existing web systems such as existing cms or domains without touching that.
  • Customizable design
  • Smooth purchase process
  • Ensure customer faithfulness
  • Simplified troubleshooting
  • Reduce overhead
  • Can run into issues when adding POS with additional costs
  • Costs creep up on you as you add on services
  • Quickly add new items
  • Promotional codes to capitalize on sale initiatives
  • Flexibility to promote items as trends shift
  • Awareness of which products are hot
  • Capitalizing on lost cart items
Shopify eats woocommerces lunch. Shopify is probably the best all around way to get your business selling without doing it all yourself or involving too many moving parts. It’s not perfect but it’s worth what it costs if you are serious about the longevity of your business. Start off in Shopify or you’ll switch to it later anyway.

Do you think Shopify delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Shopify's feature set?

Yes

Did Shopify live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Shopify go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Shopify again?

Yes

Shopify is well suited for people who have something to sell and need to get it in front of people in whatever ways possible to start moving merchandise. Shopify works best for products like fashion and other items like clothing but really works well for almost anything. You may run into some hiccups trying to add detailed customization with specific or too broad of a range of options per item. It gets clunky.

Shopify Feature Ratings

Product catalog & listings
8
Product management
9
Bulk product upload
7
Branding
8
Mobile storefront
9
Product variations
8
Website integration
9
Visual customization
6
CMS
7
Abandoned cart recovery
8
Checkout user experience
9
eCommerce security
9
Promotions & discounts
9
SEO
9
Order processing
9
Inventory management
9
Shipping
9
Custom functionality
9