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QUANTM7 vs
Shopify

Same power. No monthly fees. No apps. Just 1% on completed sales.

£0

Monthly fees

vs Shopify's £25+/mo

1%

Platform fee

vs 0.5-2% + subscription

£0

App costs

vs £100-300/mo on Shopify

Free

B2B included

vs Plus at $2,000+/mo

Feature
QUANTM7
Shopify

Pricing

Monthly subscription fee
£0
From £25/mo (Basic)
Platform fee on sales
1%
0.5%-2% (+ subscription)
Payment processing (card fees)
Separate (your provider)
2% or use Shopify Payments
No sale - No charge
Free to build & design
14-day trial
No credit card to start

What's Included

B2B wholesale pricing
Plus only ($2,000+/mo)
Customer tier pricing
Plus only
NET payment terms (30/60/90 days)
Plus only
Subscriptions
App required ($49-99/mo)
Memberships
App required
Appointment bookings
App required
Gift cards
Higher plans only
Store credit
App required
Discount codes
Product templates (different layouts)
Custom theme code

Apps & Marketplace

Everything built-in
App marketplace
Not needed
8,000+ apps (extra cost)
Typical monthly app spend
£0
£100-300
App conflicts & performance issues
Not possible
Common
Feature requests built for free
Submit to marketplace

Global Selling

Multi-currency (150+ currencies)
Shopify Payments only
Live exchange rates
Manual or app required
Multi-language support
Markets (limited)
Automatic translations
Built-in (DeepL)
App required
Region-specific domains
Markets Plus only
Localized pricing per region
Markets

Products & Catalog

Unlimited products
Product variants
Unlimited
100 per product (3 options)
Linked variants (colour families)
Manual workaround
Catalogue mode (no pricing)
Custom dev
Low stock alerts (per product)
App required
Linked collections
Manual metafields

Shipping & Fulfillment

Multi-carrier shipping rates
Shipping label printing
BYOC (bring your own carrier)
API integration required
Returns portal
Built-in
App required
Order documents (invoices, pick lists)
App required
Multi-location inventory
Higher plans

Customers

Customer accounts
Customer segments
Higher plans
Wishlists
App required
Trade registration
Custom dev
Abandoned cart recovery
Higher plans

Performance & Technology

Blazing fast static pages
Hydrogen only (complex)
Mobile-first responsive
99.9% uptime SLA
Global CDN delivery
Page speed
Fast by default
Varies (apps slow down)
AI product enrichment (SEO)
App required

The bottom line

Shopify is powerful, but expensive. Between monthly subscriptions (£25-384/mo), apps (£100-300/mo), and platform fees (0.5-2%), most stores pay £150-700/mo before making a sale. QUANTM7 charges 1% on completed sales. No sale, no charge. All features included.