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Shopify Plan Cost Comparison by Sales Volume

Total monthly cost — plan fee plus Shopify Payments card processing — for Basic, Shopify, and Advanced plans at 5 common monthly sales volumes. See where each plan's lower processing rate starts paying for the higher monthly fee.

By Marginory team · Online sellers with hands-on experience across Etsy, Shopify & PODUpdated Fee data verified against official platform documentation

Plan$1,000/mo sales$5,000/mo sales$10,000/mo sales$25,000/mo sales$50,000/mo sales
Basic ($39/mo)$68$184$329$764$1,489
Shopify ($105/mo)$132$240$375$780$1,455
Advanced ($399/mo)$424$524$649$1,024$1,649

Total = monthly plan fee + online credit card processing (Shopify Payments, US rates). Excludes apps, themes, shipping labels, and third-party gateway surcharges. Figures verified 2026-07-11.

How this table is calculated

Each cell adds the plan's flat monthly fee to online card processing on the sales volume in that column, using Shopify Payments' per-plan rate (2.9% on Basic, 2.7% on Shopify, 2.5% on Advanced). It does not include the fixed $0.30 per-transaction fee, since that depends on order count rather than total volume — use the Shopify Fee Calculator for a figure that accounts for your actual order count and average order value.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which Shopify plan is cheapest at $10,000/month in sales?
At $10,000/month in online sales: Basic costs $329/mo ($39 + 2.9% processing), Shopify plan costs $375/mo, and Advanced costs $649/mo. Basic is cheapest until sales volume grows enough that the lower processing rate on higher plans offsets their higher monthly fee.
At what sales volume does the Shopify plan beat Basic?
The Shopify plan's monthly fee is $66 more than Basic, but its processing rate is 0.2 percentage points lower. The break-even point is where the processing savings equal that $66 difference — roughly $33,000/month in sales. Below that, Basic is cheaper; above it, the Shopify plan wins.
Does this include third-party payment gateway surcharges?
No — these figures assume Shopify Payments. If you use a third-party gateway (PayPal, Stripe outside Shopify Payments), Shopify adds an extra 2.0% transaction fee on top of your gateway's own processing fee, on every plan.