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Ecommerce Platform Pricing, Real Cost

The monthly price is only half the bill. The extra transaction fee, a cut some platforms take on top of card processing, is what really decides the cost as you grow. Set your monthly sales and rank platforms by what they actually cost.

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See ecommerce priced beside 632 tools and services, in one list →

Real $/mo ▲PlatformMonthly feeExtra txn feeNotes
$0/mocheapestShift4Shop (free plan)$00%Free if you use Shift4 paymentsVisit →
$0/mocheapestPrintful Store$00%No percentage fee, but you pay a per-item production cost, so the $0 is not a like-for-likeVisit →
$0/mocheapestMerch by Amazon$00%No percentage fee; Amazon prints, ships and pays a royalty, so it keeps most of the sale priceVisit →
$0/mocheapestAmaze (was Teespring)$00%No percentage fee; you are paid above a per-item base cost, so the $0 is not a like-for-likeVisit →
$12/moWooCommerce$12/mo0%Free plugin, needs WordPress hosting (~$12/mo)Visit →
$15/moBig Cartel (free plan)$15/mo0%Free for up to 5 products, artist-friendlyVisit →
$19/moGoDaddy Website Builder$19/mo0%GoDaddy basic storeVisit →
$21/moGoDaddy Commerce$21/mo0%Bundled with GoDaddy websitesVisit →
$23/moZyro / Hostinger$23/mo0%Budget builder with storeVisit →
$25/moWooCommerce Pro$25/mo0%Managed WooCommerce optionVisit →
$25/moEcwid Venture (free plan)$25/mo0%Also a free plan for a few productsVisit →
$26/moWeebly Performance$26/mo0%Square-owned, simple storesVisit →
$27/moWix Business$27/mo0%No extra platform feeVisit →
$27/moSquarespace Commerce$27/mo0%0% on Commerce plansVisit →
$29/moSquare Online (free plan)$29/mo0%Free plan available; uses Square paymentsVisit →
$29/moSquare Online Plus$29/mo0%Upgraded Square OnlineVisit →
$29/moSellfy$29/mo0%Digital + print-on-demand focusVisit →
$29/moBig Cartel Gold$29/mo0%Paid Big Cartel tierVisit →
$35/moVolusion$35/mo0%Established platform, no extra txn feeVisit →
$35/moHostinger Commerce$35/mo0%Hostinger store premium tierVisit →
$38/moWix Business Plus$38/mo0%Advanced Wix store, 0% extraVisit →
$38/moWeebly Professional$38/mo0%Upgraded Weebly with more featuresVisit →
$39/moBigCommerce Standard$39/mo0%No extra platform fee on any gatewayVisit →
$58/moSquarespace Advanced$58/mo0%Higher-tier with more featuresVisit →
$85/moVolusion Plus$85/mo0%Volusion higher tierVisit →
$99/moBigCommerce Plus$99/mo0%Higher-volume plan, 0% txn feeVisit →
$99/moEcwid Business$99/mo0%Full-featured Ecwid planVisit →
$99/moSellfy Business$99/mo0%Sellfy higher tierVisit →
$99/moWebflow Commerce$99/mo0%Full-featured Webflow commerceVisit →
$129/moShopify Basic$29/mo2%2% extra unless you use Shopify PaymentsVisit →
$129/moShopify$79/mo1%1% extra with a third-party gatewayVisit →
$129/moWebflow Ecommerce$29/mo2%2% transaction fee on the Standard planVisit →
$173/moSquarespace Business$23/mo3%Cheaper plan but 3% transaction feeVisit →
$249/moBigCommerce Pro$249/mo0%Enterprise-tier features, 0% txn feeVisit →
$324/moShopify Advanced$299/mo0.5%0.5% extra with a third-party gatewayVisit →
$330/moPrintful + Etsy$5/mo6.5%An Etsy shop, so Etsy takes the same 6.5%, plus per-item production costVisit →
$345/moEtsy Shop$20/mo6.5%Marketplace cut: 6.5% of each order, plus 20c a listingVisit →
$600/moShopee Seller$012%Marketplace cut: 7.6-12% commission plus 3.27% transaction, varies by marketVisit →
$708/moeBay Store Subscription$28/mo13.6%Marketplace cut: final value fee is 13.6% in most categories, plus 40c an orderVisit →
$790/moAmazon Seller Central$40/mo15%Marketplace cut: referral fee is 15% in most categories, 8% on someVisit →
$1,000/moPoshmark Shop$020%Marketplace cut: 20% of each sale over $15, $2.95 underVisit →

Indicative entry-plan pricing (annual billing) as last reviewed 29 August 2026 . Transaction fees shown are the platform's own extra fee when using a third-party payment gateway; using the platform's native payments usually removes it. Card processing (~2.9% + 30c) applies everywhere and is not shown. Marketplace rows carry the marketplace's own cut of a sale, because on a marketplace that cut is the cost of using the platform: Etsy 6.5%, eBay 13.6% in most categories, Amazon 15% in most categories, Shopee 12%, Poshmark 20%. Three rows cannot be ranked on this metric and are not comparable at $0: Printful Store, Merch by Amazon and Amaze take their margin inside the item's base cost rather than as a percentage of the sale, so they show 0% because there is no percentage to show, not because they are free. Confirm current pricing before buying.

How the ranking works. Real $/mo = the monthly plan fee plus the platform's extra transaction fee applied to your sales. Slide your monthly sales: at low volume the cheap plans win, but as you scale, platforms with a 0% extra fee (BigCommerce, Wix, Squarespace Commerce) pull ahead of Shopify's plans if you use an outside gateway, because a percentage of sales grows while a flat fee does not. Using a platform's own payment processor removes its extra fee, so if you are happy with Shopify Payments the picture changes, features then decide.
Does Shopify really charge extra fees?

Only if you do not use Shopify Payments. With an outside gateway (PayPal, Stripe) Shopify adds 2% on Basic, 1% on Shopify and 0.5% on Advanced, on top of normal card processing. Use Shopify Payments and that extra fee is zero. This page shows the third-party scenario so you can judge the risk.

Which platform has no transaction fees?

BigCommerce, Wix and Squarespace's Commerce plans charge 0% extra on any gateway. Square Online, Ecwid and Shift4Shop also avoid extra platform fees when using their own processor. WooCommerce is free software with no platform fee, but you supply your own WordPress hosting.

Are card-processing fees included?

No. Every platform charges roughly 2.9% + 30c per sale to process a card, whichever processor you use, so it does not change the ranking. This compares the platform's own extra fee, which is what varies.

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