Basic Shopify plan
The Basic Shopify plan offers all the tools you need to run your business. If your store is on the Basic Shopify plan or higher, then you can create and customize an online store to showcase your products. You can manage all your products, orders, and customer information from your Shopify admin.
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Available features on the Basic Shopify plan
In addition to the features available on all plans, except for staffing your Shopify store, the Basic Shopify plan offers the following features:
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Online store | With the Basic Shopify plan or higher, you can create and customize an online store for your products, and manage it through the Shopify admin. You can change the appearance of your store by using Shopify's built-in theme editor. |
| Competitive transaction fees | The Basic Shopify plan offers competitive transaction fees. Review Shopify's pricing page to find the specific transaction fees under plans in your region. |
| Blog | Your online store comes with a built-in blogging engine, which you can use to publish articles, update your customers about events and promotions, and get comments and feedback from your customers. |
| SSL certificates | An SSL certificate is a security protocol that creates a safe connection between a server and a browser to keep your and your customers’ information secure. With Shopify, you can activate SSL certificates to encrypt your online store's content and publish it securely using 'HTTPS' instead of 'HTTP'. This displays the SSL padlock icon beside your online store's URL in the address bar. |
| Reports | You can track your business performance using reports. The Basic plan comes with the analytics page, finances reports, product analytics, Live View, acquisition reports, inventory reports, behavior reports, marketing reports, order reports, sales reports, retail sales reports, profit reports, and customers reports. |
| International commerce | The Basic Shopify plan supports your international growth through International, a cross-border management tool that lets you configure specific settings for each international region. |
Unavailable features on the Basic Shopify plan
If you're on the Basic Shopify plan, then the staffing your Shopify store and activating third-party carrier-calculated shipping features are unavailable with this plan.
| Unavailable feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Staffing your Shopify store | The Basic Shopify plan doesn't support adding staff accounts to your store. To add staff accounts, you need to upgrade to a higher plan such as Shopify, Advanced Shopify, or Shopify Plus. Learn more about managing staff and staff account limits for different plans. |
| Activating third-party carrier-calculated shipping | The Basic Shopify plan doesn't support activating third-party carrier-calculated shipping. To activate third-party carrier-calculated shipping, you need to upgrade to a higher plan such as Shopify, Advanced Shopify, or Shopify Plus. Learn more about activating third-party carrier-calculated shippings. |