What is Shopify?

Shopify Inc. is a Canadian multinational e-commerce company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. It is also the name of its proprietary e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems. The platform allows end users to get an e commerce website up and running relatively quickly, in the example below Studio55 were able to have the client online within 5 working days from initial go with the project.

E Commerce on the Shopify Platform by Studio55

Our client, based in Belfast, Co.Antrim Northern Ireland required an e commerce platform to sell their products throughout the UK & Europe. Turnaround was tight from initial content they wanted to go LIVE with the website one week later. This is where the power can come from Shopify – in basic terms you can signup for an account – within the hour have a basic website up and running. Shopify host directly, with the only technical element for the user, pointing the DNS records on their domain to the shopify URL. Shopify itself has a series of base frameworks to allow you to choose from, or you can add your own bespoke framework, which is what Studio55 designed in this case. Although not as many options as the bigger platforms, like Woo Commerce or Magento it serves it’s clientele, with a quick turnaround time and no large upfront cost, the platform costs $29 per month.

If you have an e commerce project that you are interested in getting deployed on the Shopify platform, get in contact with Adam McGreevy at Studio55 today.