Alternative to Shopify

An alternative to Shopify

Shopify is a strong platform. The bill just keeps growing alongside it: subscription, transaction fees and a handful of apps each asking for something monthly. At a certain volume, ownership pays off.

Discuss the switch View prices

Shopify today

$29 — $299

per month

On a yearly basis

$348 — $3.588

every year again, without ownership

Here after delivery

€5

hosting per month, maintenance optional

Indicative prices from Shopify (webshop platform with a subscription and transaction fees), checked on 31 August 2026. Basic to Advanced, plus card fees per transaction and the apps you install. Amounts in dollars, as published by Shopify. Always check current rates at shopify.com/pricing.

Comparing honestly

What Shopify does well

No platform is bad. Shopify has delivered a lot for webshops tired of the fixed cost and the stack of apps, and that deserves to be said.

Strengths

Reliable and scalable, even during peaks
A huge app store for almost any need
A checkout proven to convert well
Lots of people know it, so finding help is easy

Where it starts to pinch

Apps pile up

Five apps at ten to thirty a month add up fast. That cost comes back every month, even in months when you sell less.

Transaction fees on top of your payment provider

If you don't use Shopify Payments, a percentage gets added to every order. As revenue grows, that's a real bite.

Your process has to bend

Custom pricing deals, quotes, B2B rules or a link to your accounting often only work with workarounds.

Your data lives in their system

You can export it, but the logic you built up in apps and settings doesn't come with it.

What you get instead

A site that is yours

Built from scratch, in code, with no platform in between. That's not ideology, it's simply cheaper in the long run and faster to use.

01

You own it

Code, data and customer base are yours. No provider changing its price or terms tomorrow.

02

Pay via Mollie or Stripe

You pay your payment provider's cost, and nothing extra per order.

03

Custom features instead of apps

Whatever you need, I build it in. No subscription per feature, no apps getting in each other's way.

04

Integration with what you already use

Accounting, inventory or CRM: if there's an API, we connect it.

Switching discount

What it costs to switch

Coming from Shopify? Then 33% comes off the indicative price. Reason: your existing structure, copy and imagery give me a flying start.

Landing

€200

normally from €295

A one-pager that moves visitors toward the contact moment in one motion.

Turnaround 3 — 5 days

Website

€395

normally from €590

A full-featured website with service structure, portfolio, and self-management.

Turnaround 1.5 — 2.5 weeks

Webshop

€595

normally from €885

Your own webshop with full control over code, data, and payments.

Turnaround 2 — 3.5 weeks

Amounts exclude VAT and are rounded. After a thirty-minute intake you get a fixed price instead of an open end. The full overview is on the pricing page.

How the switch works

Without losing rankings

The order is always the same. That way no page and no search traffic gets lost during the switchover.

01

Thirty-minute intake

We look at your current site, what works and what you're missing. Then you get a fixed price with a timeline.
02

Inventory of your pages

Every existing page, article and product link goes on a list. That way nothing gets lost in the switch.
03

Building and writing

Design, structure and copy. You see working pages along the way, not static mockups.
04

Redirects and checks

Every old address points to the right new address. Metadata, sitemap and structure are checked before we go live.
05

Go-live and handover

We switch over at a quiet moment. You get access to everything, plus a short walkthrough of how to manage it.

Questions

Switching from Shopify

Can I transfer my products?

Yes. Products, variants, prices and images come across via an export. Customers and order history too, if you want to keep them.

What about my Shopify apps?

During intake we list which apps you actually use. Usually that's three or four, and I just build those features in directly.

Will the checkout still work as well?

The checkout is built short and distraction-free, with Mollie or Stripe. Payment methods like Bancontact, card and bank transfer are included.

From what volume does this pay off?

Add up your Shopify subscription, apps and transaction fees on a yearly basis. Above two thousand euros a year, an owned shop usually pays for itself within two years.