For our Arya Shopify customers… Shopify is a wonderful tool and reasonably priced.  We wondered if it was too good to be true.  While they are making some changes to their pricing structure it is all good news and will not affect most of you.

Message from Shopify:

Every day, we make tens (if not hundreds) of updates to the Shopify platform, adding new features and functionality, fixing bugs, and trying to make the software better for all our merchants. But while we’ve regularly updated the software, we’ve made only a few sporadic changes to our plans and packages.

On May 30th, we made some such changes, specifically to the plan’s names, staff restrictions and prices. Our intent with these changes is to make pricing simpler to understand, and to ultimately charge a reasonable amount based on the value that comes from running a business with Shopify.

These changes and new plans will not affect you or your clients unless they decide to change their shop’s plan. All existing merchants will remain on the plan they are currently on and continue to pay the same price going forward.

Here are the updates, sorted by existing plan name:

  • Starter plan: This plan has been discontinued.
  • Lite: The new ‘Shopify Lite’ plan has a limit of 1 staff account (in addition to the owner’s account).
  • Basic: The new ‘Basic Shopify’ plan has a limit of 2 staff accounts (in addition to the owner’s account).
  • Professional: The new ‘Shopify’ plan has a limit of 5 staff accounts (in addition to the owner’s account)
  • Unlimited: The new ‘Advanced Shopify’ plan has a limit of 15 staff accounts (in addition to the owner’s account). As well, the price will increase to $299. Remember, if your client is already on this plan, you will be grandfathered and won’t be affected by the price change.
  • Shopify Plus: No changes.Arya Creative Shopify E-commerce

We expect to make more changes to plans and pricing in the future. That said, we realize it’s important for you to understand and be able to communicate the cost and features that come with each Shopify plan. So going forward, on our plans and pricing page you’ll now see a date where we commit to honoring the currently displayed plan name, feature, and pricing mix.

If you have any feedback on these changes, please reach out to us anytime.