How much does a Shopify store cost in the UK?

What does Shopify cost each month in the UK?

Shopify sells four plans in the UK, priced in pounds, and each is cheaper per month if you pay for a year up front. These are the prices on Shopify’s UK pricing page, as we read them on 21 October 2026.

Shopify’s UK pricing page doesn’t say whether VAT is added to these prices (checked 21 October 2026).

What are Shopify’s card fees in the UK?

Shopify takes a fee on every payment made through Shopify Payments, and the rate is lower on the higher plans. If you use a different payment provider, Shopify adds its own fee on top of that provider’s charges.

So on Basic, a £40 order paid online by a standard card costs £1.05 in fees: 2% (80p) plus 25p.

What do a theme, apps and a domain add?

• A theme. On 21 October 2026 the Shopify Theme Store had 24 free themes and 1,319 paid ones. Paid themes cost US$100 to US$500, priced in US dollars, and a theme is a one-time charge, not a subscription.
• Apps. The Shopify App Store has more than 13,000 apps, many of them free. Paid apps usually charge a monthly subscription, and Shopify’s own apps (Bundles, Forms, Inbox, Search & Discovery, Subscriptions and Flow) are usually free, according to Shopify.
• A domain. Shopify’s UK domains page says its domains typically start at US$9 a year.

Shopify doesn’t publish a typical monthly spend on apps. When we build a store, every app is named with its monthly cost before it’s installed, so you know the running cost before launch.

Do I need to charge VAT on a UK Shopify store?

You must register for VAT if your total taxable turnover for the last 12 months goes over £90,000, or you expect it to go over £90,000 in the next 30 days. Below that, you can choose to register. Once you’re registered, you pay HMRC the VAT you owe from the date they register you (GOV.UK).

The rate depends on what you sell. The standard rate is 20% and the reduced rate 5%, and some goods, such as most food and children’s clothes, are zero-rated (GOV.UK).

If you’re registered, we set up Shopify’s tax settings with you, so prices and receipts show VAT the way you’ve decided. We don’t give tax advice.

What does it cost to have a Shopify store built?

Shopify’s own cost guide, which gives its figures in dollars even on its UK site, puts custom-built online stores at $2,000 to $20,000 or more. We build at a fixed price instead. It’s in US dollars, the same for every country, and printed before you agree to anything.

What the US$1,250 store build includes, and what it doesn’t:

Payment is in two stages: half to start, half at launch. See what a new Shopify store includes, or moving a store to Shopify if you sell on another platform now.

How do I work out what my store will cost?

1. 01Pick a plan from the table above, and decide whether to pay monthly or yearly.
2. 02Add card fees: your expected sales times your plan’s rate, plus 25p on each online order.
3. 03If you’ll use another payment provider, add Shopify’s fee for your plan on top of that provider’s own charges.
4. 04List the apps you need, with each one’s monthly price from its page in the Shopify App Store.
5. 05Add the one-off costs: a paid theme if you want one, your domain each year, and the build if you’re hiring someone.
6. 06If you’re VAT-registered, set up how VAT shows on your prices before launch.

For example, Basic paid yearly comes to £228 for the year (£19 × 12), before card fees, apps and a domain.

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