Shopify pricing in Ireland starts at €32 a month billed monthly, or €24 billed yearly, and Plus starts at €2,100. The card fee on each sale is the other part of the bill. The plans, the fees and the sums are in euro, taken from Shopify’s Irish pricing page, checked in October 2026.
How much does Shopify cost in Ireland?
Four plans, priced in euro. Pay yearly and every plan is 25% cheaper per month.
| Plan | Paid monthly | Paid yearly | Shopify says it’s for | Extra staff accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | €32 a month | €24 a month | Solo entrepreneurs | None |
| Grow | €92 a month | €69 a month | Small teams | 5 |
| Advanced | €384 a month | €289 a month | Global reach | 15 |
| Plus | From €2,100 a month | Complex businesses | Unlimited | |
Three things sit beside those four. POS Pro is an add-on at €79 a month per location for a proper shop counter; the basic point of sale for pop-ups and markets is included in every plan. Agentic is a €0 a month plan for selling inside AI chats, where you pay only when you make a sale. And the trial: three days free, then €1 a month for your first three months on any plan.
Shopify pricing per month vs per year
The yearly discount is real money once you’re trading.
- Basic costs €384 a year paid monthly or €288 paid yearly. You save €96.
- Grow is €1,104 or €828. You save €276.
- Advanced is €4,608 or €3,468. You save €1,140.
The catch is that yearly is paid up front. Start monthly, use the €1 trial months to find out whether the shop sells, and switch to yearly once it does.
Shopify fees explained, card rates and transaction fees
Every sale carries a card fee. If you use Shopify Payments, Shopify’s own processor, the rate depends on your plan and on the card. These are the Irish rates, all before VAT.
| Fee | Basic | Grow | Advanced | Plus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online, standard European card | 2% + €0.25 | 1.7% + €0.25 | 1.5% + €0.25 | 1.4% + €0.25 |
| Online, Amex or non-European card | 3.1% + €0.25 | 2.7% + €0.25 | 2.5% + €0.25 | 2.4% + €0.25 |
| In person (POS) | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| Klarna | 4.99% + €0.35 | 4.99% + €0.35 | 4.99% + €0.35 | 3.99% + €0.35 |
| Third-party transaction fee | 2% | 1% | 0.6% | 0.2% |
The last row is the one that catches people. If you take payments through Stripe, PayPal or another processor instead of Shopify Payments, you pay that processor’s fee and Shopify’s transaction fee on top.
Shopify’s help centre says third-party transaction fees “apply to all transactions processed through third-party and alternate payment gateways” even when Shopify Payments is activated. PayPal transactions are exempt if Shopify Payments is your primary provider.
How much does Shopify take from a €20 sale?
On Basic, with an Irish or other European card paid online, Shopify Payments takes 2% of €20, which is 40 cent, plus the 25 cent fixed fee. That’s 65 cent, or 3.25% of the sale. Add VAT at 23% on the fee and it’s 80 cent, 4%, if you can’t reclaim it.
On a €100 sale the same plan takes €2.25, about €2.77 with VAT. On Grow it’s €1.95. The fixed 25 cent is why small baskets are dearer in percentage terms: a €10 sale on Basic gives up 4.5% before VAT, a €100 sale 2.25%.
Now the comparison that decides how you take payments. Run that €100 sale through Stripe instead, on Basic. Stripe’s Irish rate is 1.5% + €0.25, so €1.75, and then Shopify adds its 2% transaction fee, €2. Total €3.75, against €2.25 through Shopify Payments. On Shopify, use Shopify Payments.
Which Shopify plan is worth it?
The plans are priced so that the card fee falls as the subscription rises. You can work out where the upgrade pays for itself.
Grow costs €60 a month more than Basic on monthly billing and cuts the online card rate by 0.3 points. Divide one by the other: you need about €20,000 a month in card sales before the lower rate covers the higher subscription (about €15,000 on yearly billing). Advanced is €292 a month more than Grow for 0.2 points less, which needs roughly €146,000 a month (€110,000 yearly).
So until you’re at those numbers, choose the plan for what it includes, not the fee. Grow adds five staff accounts and a 1% transaction fee, where Basic charges 2%. Advanced suits a shop that sells abroad.
Is VAT charged on Shopify in Ireland?
The card rates say “excl. VAT” on the pricing page, and the plan prices carry no VAT label. If your business is VAT registered you reclaim the VAT on the subscription and the fees in your return, so the sticker prices are your real cost. If you’re not registered, add 23% to every price.
The costs that aren’t on the pricing page
The subscription includes hosting and an SSL certificate. What it doesn’t include is where the real budget goes.
- Apps. Reviews, bundles, subscriptions, translation, upsells. Most are monthly, and they add up quickly.
- A theme. Free themes are fine to start. Paid themes are a one-off, and a designer to customise one is a project.
- A domain. Bought separately, renewed yearly.
- Hardware if you sell in person, and POS Pro at €79 a month per shop.
- Getting found. Shopify gives you a shop, not customers. That’s ads, or Shopify SEO, or both.
One thing works the other way. Shopify now pays 1% of your sales back as subscription credits, up to €4,000 on Basic, €6,000 on Grow and €8,000 on Advanced. A store doing €5,000 a month earns €50 a month back, which covers the €32 Basic plan.
What is the downside to Shopify?
Three, honestly. The fees never stop: a WordPress shop with WooCommerce pays for hosting and a developer, not a subscription, and Stripe’s 1.5% + €0.25 with no platform fee on top. The 25 cent fixed fee stings on cheap products. And you’re renting: your store lives on Shopify’s terms, your data exports as spreadsheets, and the apps you rely on can raise their prices. Our guide to whether WordPress is good for ecommerce is the other side of that argument.
Is Shopify still worth it in 2026?
For a product business that wants to be selling this week, yes. Shopify is one of the quickest ways to a working checkout, and the in-person rates are competitive with the card readers we compare in our guide to card payment fees in Ireland, and the €1 trial months make testing cheap. It’s also where TikTok Shop plugs in.
For a business whose website has to do more than sell, a content-heavy site, a service business with a small product line, or anything needing custom features, WordPress is often the better fit for cost and control. We build both.
Questions people ask about Shopify pricing
How much does Shopify really cost?
The plan plus the card fee plus apps. A small Irish store on Basic paying yearly is €24 a month, about €2.25 per €100 of sales, and whatever apps it adds.
How much does Shopify cost per month in Ireland?
€32 for Basic, €92 for Grow and €384 for Advanced paid monthly, or €24, €69 and €289 a month paid yearly. Plus starts at €2,100 a month. All before VAT.
Does Shopify have a free plan?
The Agentic plan is €0 a month for selling in AI channels, with fees only when you sell. For a normal online store the closest thing is the trial: three days free, then €1 a month for three months.
What is the Shopify transaction fee?
2% on Basic, 1% on Grow, 0.6% on Advanced and 0.2% on Plus, charged only when you use a payment provider other than Shopify Payments. Use Shopify Payments and it’s zero.
What does Shopify POS cost?
Casual in-person selling is included in every plan at 1.7% per card payment on Basic. POS Pro, for a full shop counter, is €79 a month per location.
Can I cancel Shopify at any time?
Monthly plans can be cancelled from your Shopify account. Shopify’s pricing page does not set out refund terms for yearly plans, so check them before you pay up front. Starting monthly lets you test the shop first.
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Sources
Sources: Shopify’s Irish pricing page and POS pricing page; Shopify’s help centre pages on Shopify Payments and on third-party payment providers; Stripe’s Irish pricing page. Checked October 2026. Prices change; check the pricing page before you commit.
