Brightstorm + Shopify
We love Shopify and are always happy to recommend it to our clients who are starting out in online retail or who come to us with an existing store they want to improve.
What we can do
- Set up and customise a new shopify store for you - and if you want a custom design, we can do that too.
- Register a new web domain or help you move your existing domain to the new store.
- Set up payment and shipping rates.
- Set up product categories and landing pages.
- Set up a product catalogue and show you how to manage your products.
- Provide support for your questions and any additional features you might require.
Notable features
- Easy to setup - we've moved clients into a new shopify store and taken new orders in a matter of days.
- Easy to use - a slick, mobile optimised, experience for your customers.
- Easy to administrate - use the web interface or companion mobile app to easily keep on top of orders, and manage your products.
- No big bills - shopify stores are billed monthly, and you deal directly with them, and pay a small monthly fee and a percentage of your sales.
- No need to worry about going out of date - as a managed service, Shopify always keep your site fresh, safe and secure.
Plan feature |
Basic Shopify All the basics for starting a new business |
Shopify Everything you need for a growing business |
Advanced Shopify Advanced features for scaling your business |
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Monthly price
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£24
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£64
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£240
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Features | |||
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Yes | Yes | Yes |
Unlimited products
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Yes | Yes | Yes |
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2 | 5 | 15 |
24/7 support
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Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Yes | Yes | Yes |
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up to 4 | up to 5 | up to 8 |
Manual order creation
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Yes | Yes | Yes |
Discount codes
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Yes | Yes | Yes |
Free SSL certificate
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Yes | Yes | Yes |
Abandoned cart recovery
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Yes | Yes | Yes |
Gift cards
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Yes | Yes | Yes |
Professional reports
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No | Yes | Yes |
Advanced report builder
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No | No | Yes |
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No | No | Yes |
Shopify Payments | |||
Fraud analysis
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Yes | Yes | Yes |
Online credit card rates
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2.2% + 20p | 1.9% + 20p | 1.6% + 20p |
In-person credit card rates
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1.7% + 0p | 1.6% + 0p | 1.5% + 0p |
Additional fees using all payment providers other than Shopify Payments
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2.0% | 1.0% | 0.5% |
Costs
- Our Shopify packages start from £499 + VAT. This covers the setup and basic configuration.
- Depending on how much design or theming you require, this will be charged at our day rate for Shopify Development (£249 + VAT).
- Once you are up and running, there will be an ongoing monthly subscription depending on which shopify package you choose. Shopify bill in USD and their base package starts at around £24 per month (effected by exchange rate).
- Shopify also take a small percentage of the transaction value.
- There are also fees for payment handling (as you would expect with other merchants).
If you take (in orders) per month
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£1000 | £2000 | £3000 |
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Payment fees: | |||
Transaction Fees for Shopify Basic are: 0% for any transactions processed by Shopify Payments. | + £0 | + £0 | + £0 |
Transaction Fees for Shopify Basic are: 2% when using any external gateway (e.g. Paypal) and then 0% for any transactions processed by Shopify Payments. We assume in the calculation that 30% of transactions will go through the external gateway. | + £6 | + £12 | + £24 |
Transaction Fees for Shopify Basic are 2% when using an external gateway like Paypal or Stripe.. | + £20 | + £40 | + £80 |