Advantages and Disadvantages 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 –

Advantages

1. Simplicity

Shopify is designed in a very simple manner using clear interfaces 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. PerformanceThe websites on Shopify loads very fast compared to another Website Applications which increases its user performance.

4. Inbuilt featuresIt 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 DesignsThe 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.

Disadvantages

1. Difficult to customize themesShopify 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 HostingShopify 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 expensiveIt 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 India. Contact us know how we can help you get

the best e-commerce services.

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