Advantages and Disadvantages of Shopify
                     Advantages 
and 
Disadvantage
s of Shopify 
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Shopify is an excellent e-commerce platform for any 
established or emerging online business. It stands as a 
one of the best online selling platforms amongst its 
competitors like Magento, BigCommerce, 
WooCommerce etc. in market.  Its attractive features 
make Shopify one of the best 
E-Commerce Development Services, although there 
are a few points for which some firms prefer others 
too. 
Let’s get into its main advantages and disadvantages – 
1. Simplicity
Advantag Shopify is designed in a very simple manner using clear interfaces 
es which makes its navigation easy. Thus, it can also be handled smoothly by a non techie or a beginner. 
2. Number of Payment options
Shopify has lots of in-built payment services like 
Amazon, Apple pay and PayPal. It not only 
processes the transactions quickly but also favors 
international business. Shopify has integrated 
over 100 different Payment Systems into its 
websites which allows payment in multiple 
currencies.
3. Performance 
The websites on Shopify loads very fast 
compared to another Website Applications 
which increases its user performance. 
4. Inbuilt features  
It has got many inbuilt features like ‘abandoned 
cart recovery’ that boosts its sale by reminding 
the customer about cart at customized 
intervals. 
5. Themes and Designs 
The themes of Shopify transform the 
look into the aesthetical website which 
potentially increases the customer visit 
and sales. They have got a variety of 
options to select for from free and paid 
themes- Furniture, Food & Beverage, Art 
& Photography, etc. 
Disadvanta
ges 
1. Difficult to customize themes 
Shopify has a PHP Developed Language called ‘Liquid’ via which 
they create themes. Coding is required to customize the themes in 
Shopify which often requires the businessmen to hire a developer. 
2. Content Management System (CMS) 
Shopify is optimized for selling products and is not a CMS. Don’t 
go with Shopify if you wish to add a lot of rich content like videos 
and carousels. 
3. E-mail Hosting 
Shopify doesn’t have a safe option for email hosting. A 3rd party 
email hosting connection needs to be set up to use this feature. 
4. Can be expensive  
It can get expensive if you want to customize it to make it function your 
way. Few of its features come in paid versions. And you may also have to 
pay extra charges for if you live in a place that requires a third-party 
gateway. 
Digital Mesh Softech India (P) 
Limited
At Digital Mesh, our expert engineers have 
experience in migrating web applications and 
websites from various e-commerce platforms to 
Shopify. We provide excellent Shopify services at 
our 
Offshore E-Commerce Development Company in In
dia
. Contact us know how we can help you get the best 
e-commerce services. 
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