Websites built on Shopify are outstanding. They are simple, look great, integrate with everything and help small businesses reach their goals. And we are Shopify experts.
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Harness Shopify to grow your business
Shopify is a commerce platform that allows business owners to easily set up an online store in order to sell their products. It’s a great tool for small business owners as it includes the ability to keep track of product inventory, set up payment + shipping options, customise a storefront and integrate third party ‘apps’ with your business. We like to recommend Shopify if you’re a business that sells physical products as it’s an all-in-one commerce platform, which means that you can start, grow and manage the business all on Shopify.
However, with Shopify being such a rich ecosystem, Lumos Marketing can help manage your Shopify storefront for you so that you can take care of the more important stuff of running an e-commerce business.
How to know if you should use Shopify?
Shopify is the perfect all-in-one commerce platform as it’s a SaaS (software as a service) and encompasses multiple moving pieces such as marketing, web design, payment processing so that you can operate on a professional level. We recommend Shopify if you:
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Why Shopify?
Essential
Easy to use
Shopify accounts for nearly 20 percent of the eCommerce website market and powers 3.5 million stores. The thing that makes it so popular is its ease of use for merchants, fully integrating everything from inventory management, to shipping and payments. Some of the other things we love are:
- Clean, user interface in the back end
- No coding required
- Very quick set up
- 247 support and help centre
Compared with some of the other ecommerce platforms online, Shopify is considered the most user-friendly for merchants.
Seamless
So many integrations
Shopify has an App Store that comes with 4000 different, Shopify tested and approved apps, that integrate your online store with the rest of the internet. Some of these apps are paid but a lot of them are free.
Some of our favourite integrations are:
- Shipstation (for connecting to your Shipping Carriers and displaying live results)
- Yotpo (for reviews collection and display)
- ReCharge (for subscriptions)
- Smile (Rewards program)
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Shopify FAQs
What exactly is Shopify?
In short, Shopify is an online selling platform based on a monthly subscription service. It is popular due to its low startup cost and really easy to use interface. It can get small business owners set up and ready to sell and ship within minutes.
It is one of the most popular tools and platforms people use to power their online store and grow their business.
How much does Shopify cost?
Shopify has 5 pricing plans for small business owners to choose from. To start off with, there is the option of a 14-day free trial to see if the Shopify platform works for you.
Then there is:
Shopify Lite – $9usd/month
Basic Shopify – $29usd/month
Shopify – $79usd/month
Advanced Shopify – $299usd/month
Shopify Plus – from $2,000usd/month
In addition to that, if you would like to include additional apps and integrations to your Shopify website these can incur additional costs on your end as well.
Who provides Shopify support?
Lumos Marketing has experience in overall website issues and understands that many bugs can come from a lot of places including your server or hosting, domain setup, plugins and themes. Once the problem has been diagnosed, specific support can then be reached, for example through the Shopify software support team or through their documentation.
Should I use Shopify for my Ecommerce store?
Definitely! That’s what Shopify was built for, being an all-in-one commerce platform where business owners can easily set up, grow and maintain their e-commerce platform all in one day. Shopify even has plenty of apps and third-party integrations which can help modify your website – many of them free to use!
Why should you be my Shopify website provider?
Lumos Marketing specialises in website development and has worked on hundreds of websites over the last decade. We not only help you build a Shopify website but are happy to maintain and keep the site up to date for you on an ongoing basis. We are also website conversion experts – meaning we understand how layout impacts performance and get the look and feel just right for you so that your website is the perfect mix of looking great and performing well.
What is the difference between Shopify developers?
When it comes to Shopify Websites Perth, there are so many different options available and they all come at completely different price points. Here are a few things to check if you are confused about pricing and why there are so many differences between services:
- Are they building the site from scratch or using trusted Shopify themes?
- Are they writing the copy?
- Are they doing the graphic design and imagery sourcing?
- Is the website being designed in Perth or overseas?
- Is the website unique to your business or are they just copying their work from an existing site?
- Will there be any conversion techniques built into the site?
- Does the site include basic SEO?
- Are they providing training or DIY instructions for ongoing maintenance?
- What is the ongoing support like?
These questions should help you position everyone on a scale in terms of what you are paying for and why there are discrepancies between pricing.
