Shopify fee history 2022–2026
Profitvana Editorial Team · Updated November 9, 2026
Shopify's cost to a merchant has two halves, and they have moved differently. The subscription was flat for the better part of a decade (Basic $29, Shopify $79, Advanced $299) and then jumped by about a third in 2023, with the annual discount cut from 50% to 25% at the same time; Shopify Plus went from $2,000 to $2,300–$2,500 a month in 2024 and its variable fee from 0.25% to 0.40% of online sales. The Shopify Payments card rate, by contrast, has been remarkably stable at 2.9% + 30¢ on Basic, with the changes landing on the upper tiers, on Plus and on surcharges for premium and international cards.
A caution on the current rate: since September 2026 Shopify's public pricing page renders differently by country, and outside the US it prints no card rates at all, pointing to the admin instead. The rate your store pays is the one in Settings → Payments. This timeline lists only changes we could pin to a Shopify page or a named publication; several widely quoted rate shifts on the Grow and Advanced tiers are undated in every source we found and are left out.
What a $100 sale cost in fees, then and now
| Year | Fees on $100 | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $3.20 + $29/mo | Basic: 2.9% + 30¢ online; annual plan about half price |
| 2023 | $3.20 + $39/mo ($29 annual) | Plan prices up ~34%; card rate unchanged |
| 2026 | $3.20 + $39/mo ($29 annual) | Basic rate per last published US figure; premium cards and international +1% surcharges reported |
Timeline (newest first)
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Annual plan prices (one-day change)
Grow $79, Advanced $299 per month on annual billing→$89 and $359 shown on 15 October, reverted to $79 and $299 the next day
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Shopify Plus rates printed on the pricing page
'Most competitive rates' (no figures)→Online 2.25% + 30¢; premium cards 2.95% + 30¢; in-person 2.3% + 10¢; manual 3.4% + 10¢; USDC 2.25% + 30¢
In the same weeks the page stopped printing Basic, Grow and Advanced card rates for visitors outside the US.
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Third-party transaction fee scope
Charged on orders paid through an external gateway→Also charged on store-credit and gift-card payments for stores created on or after 12 May 2025
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Plan renamed
'Shopify' plan, $105 a month ($79 annual)→'Grow' plan, same price and features
· announced February 7, 2024trade press
Shopify Plus
$2,000 a month (unchanged since 2017) or 0.25% of sales; online card rate 2.15% + 30¢→$2,500 a month on a one-year term, $2,300 on three years; 0.40% of online sales; online 2.25% + 30¢, business cards 2.95% + 30¢
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Basic plan packaging
$1-a-month trial for three months; 50 markets; 2 staff accounts→Trial one month; 3 markets; no staff accounts on Basic
· announced January 24, 2023trade press
Plan prices (monthly)
Basic $29, Shopify $79, Advanced $299→Basic $39, Shopify $105, Advanced $399; annual plans $29 / $79 / $299 (discount cut from 50% to 25%)
New merchants from 24 January 2023, existing merchants from 23 April 2023.
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Starter plan replaces Lite
Lite $9 a month (Buy Button, POS)→Starter $5 a month with a 5% transaction fee; POS dropped; existing Lite merchants kept their plan
Starter was closed to new US stores in 2026.
How this timeline is built
Each entry carries the figure before and after the change and a source that states it: the platform’s own announcement or help page, an archived copy of its fee page on the Wayback Machine, or a named trade publication. Anything we could not confirm that way is left out rather than estimated. The current schedule, verified against the live fee page, is on the Shopify fee calculator; changes across all platforms are logged on fee changes. Corrections: tell us.
Frequently asked questions
Has the Shopify Payments rate on the Basic plan ever changed?
Not in any source we could date: 2.9% + 30¢ online has been the Basic rate throughout. Changes have landed on Plus (2.15% to 2.25%), on premium and international cards, and on the subscription price.
Why can I not see card rates on Shopify's pricing page?
Since September 2026 the page renders by country, and outside the US it prints only the subscription prices and the third-party transaction fees (2%, 1%, 0.6%, 0.2%). Your store's actual card rate is in Settings → Payments in the admin.