Online Store Builder—Create One Quickly (2023) (2024)

Select a professionally designed theme

We have globally recognized designers on our team includingClearleft, Pixel Union and Happy Cog, who have created over100 themes for you to choose from.

With both free & premium ecommerce templates available in theShopify Theme Store, you’ll have no trouble finding the perfect corporate imagefor your business.

Make it your own

As you’re setting up your online store, you have the abilityto customize any Shopify theme of your choice using a wide rangeof settings with our website builder.

Preview your online shop website in real time to see the changes you make usingShopify’s new Theme Settings Editor.

Customize a theme

From the tiniest of details right through to major functions,Shopify’s Liquid templating language makes it simple for you modifyany aspect of your website.

Any code goes

HTML, CSS — whatever your code, feel free to use it! To get a senseof the possibilities, have a look at what some of our othercustomers have done with their ecommerce stores.

Use a Shopify Expert

If you’re looking for a completely custom design, considerworking with a Shopify Expert to start your online retail store.Shopify Experts are preapproved, professional designers, marketers,and developers who can help you take your business to the next level.

Bring your clients to Shopify

As a designer, you understand the hassles associated with designconstraints, unreliable hosting and backend limitations.

Shopify bypasses them all! Develop your clients’ online storethrough us for a smoother process from start to finish. Learn more

Make your first sale today!

Yes, it’s that fast. Shopify provides you with everything you needto sell products online the very same day you sign up.

Simply choose a theme, customize your site, add products and beginprocessing customers’ credit cards right away.

Loads of functionality

Browse through Shopify’s wide selection of apps to add practicalfeatures to your website quickly and easily.

Our apps can help you improve your marketing abilities, seamlesslymanage your online store, enhance SEO and understand consumer buyingbehaviours — just to name a few.

Insight into your customers

Who is purchasing from you? What are they buying? How can youimprove your ecommerce store to reflect their habits? Shopify’sadmin area gives you the information you need to make greatbusiness decisions.

Account creation

Let your customers sign up on your website to make futurepurchases faster.

Customer grouping

Categorize your customers in the backend of your online storeaccording to purchase history, location and many other fields.

Everything you need in a CMS

Shopify is the best ecommerce website platform for small, medium and large businesses.

Gain full control over your entire website through your very ownContent Management System that lets you change the navigation,site content, images and so much more.

Blog to your heart’s content

Not only does your Shopify plan come with a complete ecommerceplatform, but also a blog!

Create consistent and relevant interactions with your customersthrough regular blog posts of articles, infographics and videos.

Fast checkouts

No glitches, hassles or delays — on Shopify, your customers areable to check out with ease.

SSL certificate included

Your Shopify shopping cart has its own 128-bit SSL certificate thatcomes at no additional charge and has the same level of encryptionthat large banks use.

Multi currency, tax and language support

You don’t need to worry about taxes and currencies because wehandle it all on your behalf.

Simply choose your preferences and offer customer checkout in oneof more than 50 available languages.

Flexible shipping rates

Choose the shipping strategy that's best for your business. Set up calculated,weight, or price based rates.

Get automatic shipping rates

Show USPS or Canada Post rates at checkout, then print thecorresponding shipping label from Shopify. All merchants receive adiscount on labels.

We’re PCI compliant

Your shop can accept Visa, Mastercard and other major credit cardswith complete security thanks to Shopify’s certified Level 1 PCI DSScompliancy.

Unlimited bandwidth

We provide unlimited bandwidth so you have no worries aboutincreasing traffic.

No Hassles

When you sign up, we show you exactly how to set up an online storeall your own and every time we upgrade our system, your site isupdated in real time.

Level 1 PCI compliancy

Have no fear. Your customer data is always secure.

Any domain name

Optimize your brand with a custom domain name purchased throughShopify, use an existing domain name, or take advantage of yourfree .myshopify.com domain.

Lightning speed servers

Offer your customers quick, worldwide access through Shopify’sglobal servers.

SEO your online store

We want your customers to find you on the web, which is why wesupport search engine optimization best practices including H1 tags,title tags and meta tags.

To make sure newly added products and pages are reflected in thesearch results, Shopify automatically generates sitemap.xmlfiles for your online store.

Coupons & discount codes

With the Shopify and Advanced Shopify plans, you can takeadvantage of Shopify’s coupon engine to promote your businessthrough attractive discount codes and coupons.

Offer attractive savings to your customers by dollar amount,percentage amount or even through shipping deals.

Go social

Any theme you choose from Shopify can be integrated with majorsocial media sites so your customers can share your online storewith their personal networks.

Powerful email marketing

Engage your target market through email campaigns.

Free advertising

Benefit from a marketing boost! As a brand new merchant on Shopify, you will receive free ad credits from Google. Learn more

Detailed analytics

A good business owner must understand their online store. Gainincredible insight into your performance through Shopify’s built-inanalytics features.

We help you easily track your progress over time so you can makebetter business decisions in the long run.

On-the-go customers

For those customers who are always on the go, your Shopify planincludes a free, built-in shopping cart for mobile commerce. Yourcustomers can browse and make purchases from their mobile phones nomatter where they are.

To make sure newly added products and pages are reflected in thesearch results, Shopify automatically generates sitemap.xmlfiles for your online store.

Eye-catching mobile themes

You want your website to look just as good on a mobilephone & tablet as it does on a desktop.

Choose from a wide selection of free and premium professionallydesigned ecommerce templates in the Shopify Theme Store.

Be a mobile business owner

Manage your store right from your mobile when you’re out of theoffice.

Through your iOS device you can see product details, orders,customer data and even sales statistics.

Measurable results

Shopify’s customer service standards are high. We’re constantlychecking in on how we’re doing by asking you to rate your experienceafter every interaction you have with us. Check out our ratings today!

Helpful tutorials

Learn how to make a website to selland manage it with Shopify Guides. Go through easy-to-follow tutorials toeffortlessly make a wide range of changes.

Get answers fast

Visit the Shopify Help Center to find detailed, step-by-step answers tofrequently asked questions.

Theme & API assistance

Get all the information you need on Shopify’s templating langauge,Liquid, and APIs for app development.

This documentation is thorough and includes illustrative examplesthat make it easy to follow along.

Open discussion

Connect with other Shopify users anytime to discuss everything from selecting a theme orintegrating a payment gateway, to developing marketing strategiesand optimizing your online store.