Do you have one or more sites under Shopify or even another e-commerce solution? Heard of Shopify plus but not sure if it's right for you? What are good reasons to upgrade to Shopify Plus ? Our Shopify expert answers you.
Good reasons to choose Shopify plus
Choose Shopify plus to lower your bills
Contrary to popular belief, of which there are many around Shopify, switching to Shopify plus can help you reduce your bills! Shopify plus costs a minimum of $2000/month though. So how is this possible?
What you need to know is that the Shopify plus license covers many costs that you already have! For example hosting (server) costs. If your servers are already costing you over $2,000/month, then switching to Shopify is already a saving.
If you are on an open source e-commerce solution, you may not pay for a license, although this is not true with Magento Enterprise and Magento 2, but you certainly have TMA (Third Party Application Maintenance). You can save almost all of your TMA with Shopify plus.
Indeed, software updates are done automatically. Result: your technical budget is 99% oriented towards functional evolutions. You can learn more about the real cost of a Shopify Plus project by consulting our dedicated article.
Very often, our customers realize a significant saving by switching to Shopify plus.
Your e-commerce site exceeds 150,000 € / month
Already on Shopify? Your turnover is constantly increasing and it will soon exceed €150,000 in turnover per month (about €1.8 million per year). Then it's time to switch to Shopify Plus.
€150,000/month is indeed the limit for switching between Shopify Advanced and Shopify Plus in terms of profitability.
By switching to Shopify plus, you will be guaranteed to keep the same level of invoicing from Shopify between 150,000 and 800,000 € of turnover per month.
You need certain Shopify Plus features
Shopify is very scalable thanks to the quality of its API but there are some limitations in Shopify that no longer exist in Shopify plus. Shopify Plus also has a few additional features that you might be interested in.
- API limits go from 2 requests per second to 4 requests per second.
- Ability to use “Script Editor” to edit scripts and customize each client's online experience
- The possibility of modifying the command tunnel
- A “Store B2B” function protected by password
- Access to the “Shopify Flow” app which automates certain processes on Shopify Plus
- Access to the “Launchpad” app which allows better management of marketing operations
- A warehouse limit increased from 9 to 20
- A limit of employees that goes from 15 to totally unlimited!
You have several international sites
If you manage several e-commerce sites, with several currencies and several languages, then Shopify plus and certainly the Shopify formula that suits you best.
Indeed, you can have up to 10 Shopify sites per Shopify plus account at no extra cost! Enough to consolidate your Shopify invoices and bring more simplicity to the management of your sites.
It is indeed possible to switch from one site to another more easily with Shopify Plus.
If you need more than 10 sites, you can always get new ones by asking the Shopify Plus team.
To have a tailor-made accompaniment
Switching to Shopify Plus also means benefiting from the “Merchant Success Program”, the Shopify Plus Facebook group and the Shopify plus academy. So many assets that allow you to discuss, exchange and train with other high-volume site managers. It also means working with a Shopify Plus Partner agency trained and expert in the solution.
The Shopify Plus academy , accessible from the list of Shopify plus applications, is there to help you grow your e-commerce site even more. It features use cases, tips, and guides for getting the most out of the Shopify Plus experience.
Shopify plus has thus been able to create a “club” of customers who can exchange freely with each other and be supported on their key account issues.
In short, switching to Shopify Plus also means being part of a global network of very high-level e-merchants. In good marketing we would say “top level worldwide merchants”.
So there are very good reasons to switch to Shopify if the conditions are met. If you are part of the target, this is an opportunity:
- To boost your site
- To save money
- To be part of a global network of e-merchants
Two things to know before permanently migrating to Shopify plus:
It is not possible to go back. Migration to Shopify plus is final. There's no downgrading to Shopify Advanced or another plan after upgrading to Shopify Plus.
Regarding the migration, this is only done on request from a Shopify Plus expert (contact us and we will take care of it with pleasure).
