Shopify: how much profit is left after fees?
On Shopify you pay a monthly plan and a fee on every card payment. Each looks small, but together with shipping, ads and returns they decide whether an order makes money. The free Shop-Check works it out from one typical product and tells you the three things worth changing first.
Shopify is already selected. You only answer one question and enter one product.
What typically eats the margin on Shopify
Example: Basic plan in Germany, an order of €30.00 and 100 orders a month.
- The monthly plan
- Basic costs €32.00 a month (€24.00 a month if you pay yearly). With 100 orders that is €0.32 per order – on top of every other fee. With few orders it weighs much more.
- Card fees on every payment
- Shopify Payments takes 1.6% + €0.25 per online card payment on Basic in Germany (Austria: 2% + €0.25). On a €30.00 order that is €0.73.
- Cards from abroad
- Cards issued in another country cost 3.1% + €0.25 on Basic – about twice the domestic rate. If many buyers come from abroad, calculate with this rate.
- Other payment providers
- If you take payments through a provider other than Shopify Payments, Shopify adds its own transaction fee: 2% on Basic, 1% on Grow, 0.6% on Advanced. The provider's own fee comes on top.
- Apps, ads, shipping and returns
- These are not Shopify fees, and they are different in every shop. They often cost more than the fees. That is why the Shop-Check asks for them instead of guessing.
Fee numbers: Shopify's official pricing pages, checked on October 21, 2026. The Shopify calculator has the full tables for Germany, Austria and the UK. In the Shop-Check the payment fee starts as an example value of 2.9% – replace it with your own rate.
What the Shop-Check does for a Shopify shop
- You say what matters most to you and enter one typical product: price, purchase price, shipping, ads and returns.
- You see what is left per order and per month, and which cost takes the biggest share.
- You get at most three next steps, sorted by what they are worth. Each one opens the matching tool with your numbers already filled in.
Free, no sign-up and no shop connection. Your numbers stay in your browser, and every formula is explained.
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