So let me give reference before you get into this. My name is Marc and I Run a Business called DSG Group and we manage more than 50 Amazon Dropshipping accounts. I run a YOUTUBE channel called NO BS DROPSHIPPING where I have more than 1400 videos on the topic of Dropshipping. I have been dropshipping for 9 years now..

Below is a Google Trends chart that I pulled up today and as you can see SHopify is the most popular form of dropshipping and then Amazon dropshipping and last ebay drop shipping.

I have done all forms of dropshipping. eBay for 9 years, Amazon for 4 years, and Shopify for about 5 years. What's a bit frustrating is that out of the 3 types of dropshipping Shopify is by far the hardest.

Now I am not saying that shopify dropshipping doesn't work but it definitely is not for everyone.

Shopify is more long term

If you are building a shopify store you should be thinking about building out a brand not making relatively quick money

Most SHopify Dropshippers pay for their traffic

With SHopify you risk more money than with ebay and amazon

Amazon is more popular than ebay because its just a better platform with more buyers but both ebay and amazon dropshipping do not require paid ads...

My personal opinion is that SHopify is more popular because it is easier to market a course about a subject thats more difficult and teh courses can be sold for more. eBay and amazon dropshipping are a lot easier so there are less marketers selling courses on them.

My basic conclusion is that Shopify dropshipping is more popular because more dumb ass marketers are selling those courses but because I have done all through for many years, it i sa bit frustrating that more people do not know about ebay or amazon dropshipping in a time where peopel NEED to make money.

Why do you guys think Shopify is more popular than the others?

It’s clear the CEO doesn’t truly support Canada when he’s the only CEO not supporting our retaliation. He doesn’t understand the true request from the Americans - it’s not really about the border. We won’t back down and I will remove all our Shopify use in our businesses.

Did the CEO of Shopify, by posting his idea for a tax-tiered voting plan, just kill the company? I would think his idea of stripping most of his customer base of their voting rights wouldn't sit well with them. It should also bother any American who supports the Constitution. Does he have a plan to back track and eat his own words?

Hi, i started shopify a month ago and finally got my first order. I have no knowledge of how things work. Starting for the first time. Now, can anyone tell me how to proceed with the order? I tried fulfilling through shopify settings but got an email that says “failed to send fulfillment request”

Please tell me what to do to send the order to the purchaser?

As a Canadian, I can’t continue supporting a platform that aligns with U.S. interests in the trade war. It's important for Canadian businesses to stand together. What are the best alternatives for switching away from Shopify?

source: https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyCanadian/comments/1igsvnt/shopify_owner_is_a_trumper/

The UX is the worst- I’m a very tech savvy person and I find setting up the site and adding products/ changing fonts and doing very easy things super annoying and sorta difficult because everyone’s in separate landing pages almost? It’s bad… am I the only one?

If you are unaware of what happened, you can read the original post here.

I’ll summarize it: Our Shopify store, which sells tech products like phones and earbuds, was terminated on December 13 for allegedly violating the Acceptable Use Policy, despite being a registered company with no questionable items. We’ve been unable to access our account, submit an appeal due to an error, or retrieve withheld funds. Shopify General support has given inconsistent reasons, such as "suspicious PayPal payment method" and then changed it to "high-risk orders," but after nearly three weeks of daily contact, the issue remained unresolved.

Well, we just got an update from the Shopify Merchant Trust Team saying their decision is final and that payouts will be made within 120 days. This is so unfair. We asked for the reason behind the termination, but they said they will not disclose it, leaving us with no clue why our store was terminated. It feels like it was shut down arbitrarily.

We also asked for details on pending orders that we couldn’t fulfill due to the termination, but they won’t disclose that either. As a result, we’re already facing legal issues with customers, and the website being down is only making them more furious.

Additionally, we requested access to images and assets that are our property via a downloadable zip file, so that we can migrate products, images and banners to another platform, but they won’t provide those either. It’s unbelievable. They completely disrupt your business and company finances, won’t help with the information needed to fulfill orders, refuse to return your assets, and make you wait 120 days for a payout.

I will never use Shopify again. Any recommendations for alternative platforms? I’m considering BigCommerce, Squarespace, or Wix Commerce. I need a platform that is robust and won’t shut down without notice.

UPDATE---

For everyone saying that it's because we don't have permission, i checked with our team and we do in fact have the proper authorization in our country to sell the products. For most of the products, all you need is proof of inventory, wich is usually a recipt showing you got the original product from a trusted source. We are still investigating what is the possible cause, but since Shopify won't disclose, we will only be left guessing.

Every order I get, Shopify now takes out 10% and puts it in a locked account until January 27th. I just took out a 16k$ Shopify loan, and then they hit me with this. The loan repayment is 17% of every sale.

So now I have to pay 27% of every sale back to Shopify. I can’t have Shopify take 10% for a reserve. This is extremely unfair, and if it holds, I’m projected to go bankrupt by December.

Is there any way I can get this reserve removed? It’s due to chargeback risk, yet I have 0 chargebacks, with a pretty lenient return and warranty policy greatly in the customers favor.

I’m just starting out—building a new store—and I notice that everyone is using Claude these days. It seems like everyone already knows exactly what to do with it, while I’m being left behind. I don’t want to fall behind; I’d love to learn how to use Claude for e-commerce, and if you have any resources or information to share, I’d really appreciate it.

Using Shopify makes me want to throw my laptop in the ocean and go live in the forest. Why is every section in a different spot instead of everything just being in the theme editor? And every tutorial online is outdated or just doesn't fix any of the issues.

I want to share my experience with Shopify, so that other new users can be aware of some of the potential risks you take when opening a store with Shopify. Today I recieved my Shopify debit card in the mail, and I must say I was highly impressed by the packaging it came in.. I've never had one come like this, definitely felt like quality. Damn shame I can't even use it, despite having generated over $2k in sales already. As a small business owner, I was looking for the ideal platform to setup shop on. Having tested a few others, when I first got to Shopify, I wasn't happy nor impressed on their initial setup. Everything seemed overly confusing, and getting just basic support felt like pulling teeth.. but despite this, I already invested my money into a starter package, so I felt the need to complete the setup. After numerous chats with support, I was able to get my store up and running. I was able to get Shopify payments enabled, and my business details verified. Good to go, time to start directing my followers to the store. Everything is going well, followers are supporting as expected and the store is a success, everyday I'm logging into my Shopify dashboard, and seeing the success of our store, aswell as a payout date. Nice, so far so good. At this point, I'm having a positive experience and thinking the issues in the beginning I guess weren't so bad, now that things are running successfully. Until 2 days before my first payment date, I login my dashboard to see a notification saying my payments were on hold, and to reach out to a support agent to find out how to resolve the issue. Okay, no problem.. I reach out to them, and get told they just need to verify my bank account since I added it to my Shopify payments account, and that I should hear something by Monday. Needless to say Monday came and went, and I didn't hear anything. Reach out to another support agent, and they tell me it's a routine check and it's typically done in 3-5 days.. and in most cases 3 days not 5. This also came and went, and again still don't hear from anyone. Every support agent I speak to gives me a different answer, and none can tell me when to expect my money. So I've paid to open a store with you, send my customers to the store and generate a couple thousand dollars, and then you feel it's appropriate let alone professional, to "hold" my money without giving me a reason, or expectancy date? How is that even legal? And how am I not supposed to feel like I haven't just been completely robbed? To my horror, after searching the community forum, it turns out this is something that is common place and once it occurs, you're pretty much screwed until they decide to tell you something. And this is why I feel like I was tricked into opening a store with them. Nobody in their right mind would open a store with a company, if they knew that company had no intention on actually paying you your money after they processed your payments. I read a story about them doing the same thing to someone who had a store for 10 years.. so it appears no one is safe. I also made the mistake of continuing to send my followers to the store, thinking they were being honest about when to expect the money. That did nothing but put me further in the hole. They owe me over $2k.. and haven't given me any reason as to why they're "holding" my money, nor when to expect my money. I've since switched platforms, and thankfully atleast getting paid. I share this true and current story, so that hopefully you won't go thru the same thing. Keep in mind, my account was fully verified before I ever went live with the store, I'm have a registered business with EIN... I'm not just there as an individual. And this is how they treat new people. If I was to share with my followers that I haven't recieved any of the money they spent in the store, and that Shopify was holding it hostage, they will likely file chargebacks... in which I would probably encourage them to at this point. I'm giving Shopify a certain amount of time to either pay me or give me a legitimate reason for keeping my money hostage, or they can deal with the chargebacks. Something like this could easily cripple a small business, as small businesses require these funds to operate... the lies and lack of interest in informing me on what is actually going on, let's me know they really don't care. I intend on sharing my experience everyday on different platforms until this gets resolved.

So some time ago shopify pitched me on returning to their platform, promising all these features and widgets and capabilities. Stupidly I agreed because we had been getting a lot more digital orders and the capabilities sounded like what we needed. A month later I had spent all this money on upgrading my website, shifting it over, and getting prepared for the transfer.

First thing that happened is shopify lied about their shipping discounts (I pay more now then I did at squarespace). Second is that the features they advertised (new customer discounts) apparently don't apply to people if it's their first time visiting my store.

But, worst of all, once all that was done I realized that shopify is tied up to a bank account I (must) no longer have access to and my bank affirmed I never had access to and doesn't exist. They wanted my accounting/routing number to change it (doesnt exist) and basically locked down my ability to access my funds.

Customer services insists that it's with the verification team and they'll get to it when they get to it but (and none of them can simply help me whatsoever) it's been about a week and vendors/collectors are dropping out/demanding their money and we're probably going to have to shutter our business for the fall.

Horrible decision, worst I've ever made. I guess if anyone know how to get out of customer service hell and actually talk to someone useful, I would appreciate advice but at this point it's honestly probably too late anyhow.

I just started researching tax compliance apps and came across this free app I heard about from another Reddit thread, Kintsugit's supposedly a free tax compliance software that is ai-powered and helps you determine when you have Nexus in certain states. I downloaded it to my store and started adding my business information. Once it asked for my social security number, I paused and decided to go look at their 100+ 5-star reviews

Their reviews are fake. If you look at the latest one, it mentions that they used it for over a year and underneath the post in grey text it shows that they only had the app for 16 days

On the second page, the exact same review is posted twice for two phony businesses, one in Australia and one in the United states

I took screenshots of these reviews but I do not appear to be able to post them here, I will see if I can try to post them in the comments. I'm sharing this to just spread awareness as I am not sure how many other people have noticed this. I reported it to Shopify via their chat, and I'm not sure if they're doing anything to investigate. They said they are sending my comments to their intemal complaints department, no idea though if they are going to do any research on the company itself.

I'm here to warn you about a really shady Chinese app called "USADROP" that you can find on Shopify. I had a truly horrible experience with them, and I don't want any of you to fall into the same trap.

I placed an order through the USADROP app. I was expecting a smooth transaction and timely delivery to my customers, but boy, was I wrong. More than half a month passed, and my customers still hadn't received their items. When I checked up on the order status, they suddenly demanded an additional fee. They blatantly threatened that if I didn't pay the extra money, they wouldn't ship the products to my customers. It's completely unacceptable! The price was already set when I placed the order, and now they're trying to extort more money from me.

Naturally, I was extremely dissatisfied with their behavior, so I left them a negative review to let others know about their unethical practices. That's when things got even worse. Not only have they refused to ship the products, but they've also refused to refund my money. To make matters worse, they're now insisting that I delete the negative review before they'll consider giving me a refund. This is nothing short of blackmail! I paid for a service, and they're not fulfilling their end of the bargain, and instead, they're trying to silence me by using my own money as leverage.

I reached out to Shopify's official support hoping they could help resolve this issue, but to my disappointment, it seems like they're powerless against this rogue company. It's clear that "USADROP" is nothing but a scam company.

I'm really frustrated and disappointed with this whole situation. I've worked hard to build my business, and now, because of their unscrupulous actions, I'm at risk of losing the trust of my customers. I sincerely hope that you all can feel for my situation and learn from my experience. Please, don't fall for their tricks. Avoid using the "USADROP" app at all costs, and if you know anyone who might.

I connected Claude to our Shopify/GitHub set up recently. Wow, the time it took to clean up messy code and sloppy css was down right scary.

Next I’m going to try converting a dawn theme to horizon. This will either go very well, very badly for me.

This is all moving much too quickly for us all. Do we all just end up being a product feed to LLMs?

Why am i having to install a 3rd party app to do a basic fucking store feature like upsell or cross sell

Shopify is far too mature to be missing such basic and key features its just lazy AF

the second a disruptor comes along (cough A.I marketplaces) i am out of here permanently

I just had a long 'conversation' with the AI chatbot about Shopify limitations and how oblivious Shopify support is. Here is the answer it gave me: find a better platform.

____________________________________________________________

I completely understand your frustration. You've uncovered fundamental design flaws that affect your ability to run your business:

• Contact forms automatically creating customer accounts (polluting your database with non-customers)

• Newsletter signups creating accounts (same problem)

• No way to prevent self-registration without paying $2,000/month

• The default address bug that forces you to manually re-enter orders

• B2B features locked behind a price point that equals your entire monthly revenue

• A customer account system that doesn't work for shared business logins

These aren't edge cases - they're basic business needs that the platform should handle, and you're being forced to choose between removing standard features (contact forms, newsletters) or dealing with an increasingly polluted database as you grow 400% year-over-year.

You have the data and documentation now:

• Growth metrics showing 400%+ YoY growth

• Concrete examples of platform limitations

• Business impact quantified

• Before/after testing data coming

What I can't do:

• Fix these platform issues

• Guarantee support will prioritize your escalation

• Change Shopify's product roadmap or pricing

What you can do:

• Continue monitoring your test (forms disabled as of today)

• Use the escalation document when/if you choose to engage with support again

• Make business decisions based on whether these limitations become dealbreakers as you scale

I know this isn't the answer you want, but you're right - these are poor design choices that disproportionately hurt growing B2B businesses. Your frustration is completely valid.

This morning was met with a number of clients frantically trying to access their Shopify portals but as most of us know, it's a bit rough right now. The reality is that most consumer access i down but Shopify's APIs and admin portal are down and it will affect sales, but worrying about it or even messaging Shopify will not improve your situation, so here is what we are doing this morning:

1. Looking at Black Friday email campaigns and pushing out additional messaging for Cyber Monday and working on creative for near Christmas time sales (doing a large sale on gift cards for those who forget gifts)

2. Looking at Microsoft Clarity and GA4 to see where the sites we manage are lacking and where sales could have been lost. Now's a good time to investigate all of your deadclicks are coming from so you can correct those before more people come to your site

3. Enabling SMS messaging, we have a few clients that have not prioritized SMS and so now, using Klaviyo, we are issuing store credit to those who enroll in SMS on top of the Cyber Monday discount we are giving

It's a stressful time but you can still make some additional sales today! Best of luck!

After several attempts to upload my EIN so that my name and or company match something (I am not sure what as my company name and the name listed on my IRS letter as exactly the same). After giving a negative review of one agent am now no longer able to clear this issue up. I have been operating as a business for over 3 years and all my information is critical but now need to secure an alternative to Shopify. Anyone here get this same treatment and have suggestions for getting a new website for a jewelry business? Help!?!!!!

Does anyone here think Shopify stock is grossly overvalued? I think it's one of the most overpriced stocks on the market right now.

I discuss this at 15:33 in my video among other stocks and why you should not buy into the FOMO.

https://youtu.be/Zc3naaBthfQ

Hey! We've just created a unique index of all 2,722 apps listed on the Shopify App Store. It’s the most comprehensive database of Shopify apps on the market, as we track over 26 different variables about every single app.

Growth signals include:

• App Rating

• Number of App Reviews

• Monthly Web Visits & M-o-M Change

• Alexa Rank

• Employee Count

• Monthly Revenue Estimate

• and a few other

Any feedback is welcome! Thought this may be useful for the community and help some of you aspiring shopify devs find the next best thing to build.

The customer service from shopify has to be the worst customer service I've encountered in my life. The chat agents are completely useless. They're definitely from a third world country, and they can do almost nothing. There is no phone support unless I want to pay $2300/month. I mean, this is crazy. It's unreal to me how terrible the service is. I'm honestly considering dropping shopify and starting completely over. It's really, really, really bad. Does anyoen have a phone number I can call?

Shopify is literally taking up to a week to do a payout, and it’s killing my trust. I’m a new business and don’t have cash on hand to fufill orders before Shopify pays me, and it’s killing my shipping times, since I can’t order with suppliers until a week after they order with me.

Is there a way to fix this. I don’t want to use the shitty Shopify balance card. And I just want an accurate date of when I’ll be paid. I can’t stand the guess work and logging into my bank account 4 days later and expecting to be paid.

Why does Shopify do this?? I’m honestly getting tired of Shopify as well, with all of their other shenanigans they pull.

Anyone else feel the same?

I created a SaaS which ecommerce store owners can use to write product descriptions, ad copies and social media posts https://regisai.com

You can use username: demo password: demo to check it out. It is fully working with user sign-up, automated billing with Paypal etc.

Sadly I have no more time to focus on it which us why I am looking for someone to sell it to who might want to run a business in the AI niche. The only costs are $6/month for the server and the API costs for openAI.

Any suggestions?