How Much Does Shopify Really Cost Per Month?
Shopify’s own pricing page, read September 2, 2026: Basic $25/mo, Grow $65/mo. Here is the verified floor, and the costs nobody can publish a price for.
Marketplace to Shopify
Etsy Seller Fees Explained: The Whole Stack, One Sale
Etsy’s fees look small one at a time. Here is every fee Etsy publishes, added up on one $46 order, read from Etsy’s own page on August 26, 2026.
Etsy vs Shopify Fees: What Selling Actually Costs
Etsy takes 6.5% per sale. Shopify charges a flat monthly fee. The answer is a break-even, not a winner, and here is the math with assumptions shown.
Rewriting Marketplace Listings as Product Pages
Your listing copy was written inside a marketplace that answered half the buyer’s questions for you. On your own store nothing answers them. Here is the rewrite.
Should You Open a Store Before You Leave the Marketplace?
Almost always yes, but not for the reason people give. A new store cannot be tested against an established marketplace, so measure something else.
The Honest Case for Staying on Etsy
This site is paid when sellers leave, and this page argues against that. Four seller profiles for whom leaving now is the expensive mistake.
How Long to Replace Etsy Income With Your Own Website
No honest page can date this for you. Here is what the timeline is actually made of, and the three numbers in your own Etsy account that decide it.
Running Your Own Store vs Etsy: The Daily Difference
What actually changes day to day when you leave Etsy for your own store, from order handling to where your traffic comes from.
Migration Readiness Checklist: Are You Ready to Leave?
A practical checklist to score your migration readiness across revenue, traffic, margin, operations and how much risk you can absorb.
How Much Revenue Before You Leave Etsy? No Fixed Number
There’s no revenue number that says leave Etsy. Here’s the framework of fees, margin, traffic source and list size that actually decides it.
Etsy Shop Suspended? What Happens to Your Business Next
A suspended Etsy shop freezes your listings and payouts fast. Here’s what you keep access to, Etsy’s own appeal steps, and the real risk to plan for.
Migrating From Etsy Too Early: Mistakes That Break Shops
Migrating from Etsy too early has symptoms you can check. Five tests to run in your own Etsy stats, what breaks first, and what a ready store looks like.
Marketplace Dependency Risk: Score Your Exposure
Measure marketplace dependency risk as a seller with six inputs you can compute today, plus the difference between being dependent and being fragile.
Products That Only Sell on Etsy: Test Your Category
Some products stop selling the moment the marketplace stops introducing them. A demand-origin test, four category archetypes, and what transfers.
7 Signs You Should Start Your Own Ecommerce Website
Seven measurable signs you are ready to leave a marketplace for your own store, plus the six signals that feel decisive and predict nothing.