Shopify Pricing in India: Complete Cost Breakdown

Quick answer: Shopify in India costs ₹1,499/month on Basic when paid yearly (₹17,988 a year), or ₹1,994 month to month. Grow is ₹5,599 and Advanced ₹22,680 a month, paid yearly. Add 18% GST, plus a 2% to 0.6% fee on each online sale. Shopify’s India pricing page

Shopify pricing in India starts at ₹1,499 per month equivalent on Basic when paid yearly, or ₹1,994 on monthly billing, before taxes and extras. The cheaper headline means an annual payment, and accepting online payments can add two separate percentage-based charges. Shopify’s India pricing page

Last updated: 25 October 2026 · 25 Oct 2026. Prices checked on 25 October 2026 on Shopify’s India pricing page. Prices are before 18% GST unless a column says otherwise.

For a new store, the useful question is: which plan supports your work at the lowest total cost? A solo owner and a team processing the same sales may need different plans. Your payment mix can matter as much as your turnover.

This guide compares subscriptions, payment fees, add-ons and upgrade calculations. For stock, fulfilment, advertising and the wider launch budget, use our complete ecommerce website cost guide.

Shopify plans in India: compare the cost and the reason to buy

These are advertised standard subscription rates. Annual totals below are calculated as twelve times the displayed annual-billing monthly equivalent. Taxes, temporary offers and optional services are separate. Confirm the order total before subscribing. Official plan prices

Every plan with GST, yearly and monthly

Shopify’s India page shows prices before GST. Shopify’s billing help says stores located in India are charged GST on Shopify fees unless they give Shopify their GSTIN, and the exemption only applies to bills after that. The table shows both billing options and what yearly billing saves.

Worked example: a store selling ₹3 lakh a month

Shopify Payments is not available in India, so you use a gateway such as Razorpay and Shopify adds its own fee on each order. On ₹3,00,000 of monthly sales, Basic adds 2% (₹6,000) and Grow adds 1% (₹3,000). Your gateway also charges its own fee on top; see Razorpay charges for a typical rate.

One more India-specific point: Shopify does not create GST-compliant bills for your customers. You will need a GST invoicing app or a separate billing tool; our GST invoice format guide lists what each bill must show, and the GST calculator helps with the sums.

Annual billing: lower equivalent price, larger upfront payment

The Basic annual subscription above costs ₹17,988 before extras. Twelve charges at its monthly-billing rate total ₹23,928: a difference of ₹5,940 for this simple price comparison.

There is a timing detail: Shopify’s monthly subscription cycle is 30 days, so twelve bills cover 360 days. Calendar-year cash outflow depends on invoice dates. Annual billing charges the full subscription year upfront; it does not turn the discounted equivalent into monthly instalments. Subscription charges are generally non-refundable under Shopify’s billing guidance. Billing cycles and payment terms

Monthly billing can be sensible while you validate the store. For example, saving on an annual subscription offers little comfort if a required product option, shipping workflow or integration fails after launch.

The advertised introductory offer is three days free, then ₹20/month for three months, subject to eligibility and offer terms. Keep it in a separate introductory-cost line. Do not multiply ₹20 by twelve to estimate a normal operating year. Trial offer

Payment costs: Shopify’s fee and the gateway’s fee

India is absent from Shopify Payments’ supported-country list. An India-based business should therefore check compatible third-party providers for online card payments, rather than budgeting with Shopify Payments rates shown for another country. Supported countries

With an external provider, two charges can apply:

1. Shopify’s third-party transaction fee: the plan-dependent platform charge.
2. The payment provider’s processing charge: the amount set by your gateway agreement, plus applicable tax.

Shopify expressly states that its fee is additional to the provider’s processing charge. Its calculation includes product value after discounts, plus tax and shipping. Use the actual chargeable amount, rather than assuming a merchandise-only sales report is the fee base. Third-party transaction fee rules

For illustration, if both providers charge 2% on the same ₹1,000 payment, their combined charges are ₹40 before tax on those fees. The percentages add only because this example uses the same base and no fixed charges.

Razorpay’s public pricing includes a standard 2% plus GST example, alongside offers and different payment-method terms. That is a useful illustration of a separate gateway cost, not a guaranteed rate for every merchant or payment. Razorpay pricing

Before choosing a provider, check settlement timing, refund treatment, chargebacks, international payments and whether the required methods work with Shopify. Our guide to choosing a payment gateway covers that wider decision. Do not assume UPI makes every platform or gateway charge zero; ask for the applicable fee schedule.

What changes for cash on delivery and refunds?

Shopify does not levy its third-party transaction fee on manual methods such as COD or bank deposits. Manual payment rules

COD can still create courier collection charges, remittance delays and return-to-origin costs. Compare the delivered-order economics before encouraging customers to use it.

For refunded orders, Shopify’s third-party transaction fee is not returned. Check the gateway’s refund policy separately. Gift-card and store-credit transactions also have specific rules, so check them if they form part of your checkout. Transaction fee policy

Transaction fees at different sales levels

If you use a third-party payment gateway such as Razorpay, Shopify adds its own fee on top of the gateway’s. The table shows only Shopify’s part, so you can see when a higher plan starts to pay for itself.

Break-even: when Grow becomes cheaper than Basic

With yearly billing, Basic costs ₹1,499 a month plus 2% of sales and Grow costs ₹5,599 plus 1%. The two are equal at ₹4,10,000 of online sales a month. Below that, Basic is cheaper; above it, Grow is — before counting the extra staff accounts and reports Grow adds.

Payment gateways and cash on delivery

Two fees apply to every online payment: the gateway’s fee and Shopify’s third-party fee. Razorpay lists a 2% platform fee plus 18% GST on that fee, with no setup fee. Cashfree lists a 1.95% platform fee on its pricing page. Always check current rates on the gateway’s own page.

Cash on delivery works differently. Shopify’s help centre says manual payment methods such as cash on delivery do not attract third-party transaction fees. You add COD under Settings → Payments → Manual payment methods. Shopify’s Advanced Cash on Delivery app adds rules such as eligible PIN codes and order-value limits.

App costs to budget for

Most Indian stores add at least a GST invoice app. Several have a free plan for up to 50 orders a month, then charge in US dollars:

Shopify and WooCommerce can both connect to shipping aggregators: Shiprocket’s help pages explain how to add Shopify, WooCommerce and Wix stores as sales channels. Compare Shopify with a self-hosted store in our e-commerce platform guide. India-built options such as Dukaan did not show prices we could read, so check their site directly.

A realistic Shopify monthly budget: worked example

Suppose an owner uses Basic on monthly billing and processes ₹2,00,000 of fee-bearing online payments in the budget period. Assume both Shopify and the gateway charge on that same amount.

This is an editorial illustration, not a supplier quote or a claim about an average Indian store:

• Basic subscription: ₹1,994.
• Selected paid apps: assumed ₹1,000.
• Domain provision: ₹100, spreading an assumed ₹1,200 annual renewal across twelve months.
• Shopify fee: ₹2,00,000 × 2% = ₹4,000.
• Gateway processing: assumed ₹2,00,000 × 2% = ₹4,000.

Illustrative monthly cost: ₹11,094 before taxes.

The ₹100 domain line is a budget allocation, not a monthly domain invoice. Subscription and app billing dates can differ. Use actual invoice dates for a cash-flow forecast, and substitute your own app prices, gateway terms and payment mix.

This total excludes stock, packaging, courier charges, COD collection, returns, advertising, professional setup, business email and owner time. A paid theme or initial domain purchase would also add to the opening bill. Use the online store cost calculator to build the broader budget.

The lesson from this example is practical: reducing unused apps helps, but payment costs deserve equal attention once sales increase.

When does upgrading from Basic to Grow pay for itself?

Compare the extra subscription cost with the saving on transactions that actually attract Shopify’s fee. Keep the gateway arrangement and other costs unchanged for this calculation.

If both plans use annual billing

The annual subscription difference is ₹67,188 − ₹17,988 = ₹49,200. Moving from 2% to 1% saves one percentage point, or ₹1 per ₹100 of chargeable volume.

₹49,200 ÷ 0.01 = ₹49,20,000 of fee-bearing volume over the year.

Spread evenly across twelve months, that is ₹4,10,000 per month. At that level, the subscription difference and Shopify fee saving balance before taxes. Above it, Grow has the lower combined subscription-plus-Shopify-fee cost under these assumptions.

If both plans use monthly billing

The subscription difference per 30-day cycle is ₹7,447 − ₹1,994 = ₹5,453. Divide by the same 0.01 fee saving:

₹5,453 ÷ 0.01 = ₹5,45,300 of fee-bearing volume per cycle.

The annual and monthly thresholds differ because the subscription price difference differs. Compare matching billing options and time periods.

Use eligible payments, not the headline sales total

If your store records ₹5 lakh of customer payments but only ₹2 lakh attracts Shopify’s third-party transaction fee, use ₹2 lakh in this calculation. Manual COD payments do not become fee-bearing online payments just because they appear in the same sales dashboard.

For Grow to Advanced on annual billing, the equivalent calculation is ₹2,04,972 extra subscription cost ÷ 0.004 = ₹5,12,43,000 in annual fee-bearing volume, or ₹42,70,250 per average month. A smaller business needs a feature-based reason for that upgrade, rather than an assumption that the lower percentage automatically saves money.

These are fee-only break-even points, not profit forecasts. Staff access may justify an earlier upgrade. Changing app charges, gateway terms, taxes, seasonal sales and promotional prices can change the result. Use expected full-period volume instead of projecting one unusually strong sale week across a year.

Extra costs to check before you subscribe

Domain, hosting and business email

Store hosting and SSL are included in the core plans. A separate hosting package is therefore unnecessary for the Shopify storefront. Included plan services

Budget separately for a custom domain purchase or renewal unless your order explicitly includes it. Shopify lets you use a domain bought from Shopify or another registrar. Check ownership, renewal and DNS access with our domain registrar comparison. Shopify domain guidance

Shopify does not provide mailbox hosting. If you need a service such as Google Workspace, include its own subscription; our Google Workspace pricing guide explains how to count paid accounts. Email hosting guidance

Apps, themes and paid setup

Write down the problem each proposed app solves before installing it. Record its currency, recurring price, usage allowance, trial end and cancellation process. Free or included functionality may already cover a basic requirement.

Apps can carry recurring, usage-based or one-time charges. Some bill outside Shopify, and those subscriptions require separate cancellation. Uninstalling an app does not necessarily remove a charge already generated. App billing rules

Start with a theme that can handle your actual product pages and navigation. Pay for a theme or developer when you can specify what is missing. An agency quote should identify product upload limits, content responsibilities, mobile checks, revision rounds and handover access.

GST and the amount leaving your bank account

All calculations here exclude taxes. Shopify’s India billing guidance says GST is charged on Shopify fees and describes invoice-charge exemption after submission of a GSTIN, applying to subsequent invoices. That describes Shopify’s billing treatment; it does not establish that the business has no separate tax obligation. India billing tax guidance

Check your billing profile and each supplier’s invoice. Ask your accountant about the applicable treatment rather than applying one tax assumption to Shopify, the gateway, every app and all other services.

Shopify in India: pros and cons

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If you are still choosing a platform, compare Shopify with WooCommerce and Wix in our guide to the best e-commerce platforms in India.

A short buying checklist

Before moving from a trial to a paid commitment:

• Test one representative product, including the variants and delivery conditions you need.
• Confirm gateway eligibility, charges, settlement and refund handling.
• Check who needs staff access and which plan supports that workflow.
• List required apps, their paid limits and their cancellation dates.
• Review the subscription billing cycle, upfront payment and renewal terms.
• Preview the product page, cart and checkout on a phone.
• Keep the store owner account, domain and billing access under the business’s control.

Start with Basic if it meets those checks. Choose Grow for a demonstrated staff or cost requirement. Consider Advanced when a specific capability or sustained transaction volume supports the additional spend.

If Shopify still seems expensive for the job, use the website platform selector to clarify your requirements, then compare ecommerce website builder options on the same scope and total-cost basis. If Wix is on your shortlist, our Wix vs Shopify comparison for Indian sellers shows when its dollar pricing beats Shopify’s 2% gateway fee.