How to Reduce Costs on Shopify

The first check is to ensure that you’re on the right Shopify plan. You might have a plan that is too high for you when you’re not using all the features. Look at the Shopify Basic Plans and check that you’re on the right plan for your usage.

In addition, this can be applied to the apps that you’re using. You might be paying for a premium app when your usage only really requires the free option. Therefore, you can cut costs by reducing the plans that you’re on.

In addition to checking that you’re subscribed to apps at the right level, be sure that you’re using all the apps. Some apps might have been installed and you’re paying for them but not using the features. You might also want to look at multi-purpose apps like Vitals and Sales Rocket. These can cut the cost of your app subscription, give you the same functions and perhaps even more.

Vitals for instance has 40 different functions that can be really good to help you grow your business.

Chargebacks can be a significant drain on your profitability and costing you more money. Therefore, you should look at using an app that can prevent chargebacks to your store. Some stores only experience about 5% chargebacks, but if these can be halved, you can make a significant difference to your profits.

In addition to chargebacks, you can improve your fraud protection through excellent fraud prevention apps.

Be sure that you’re making the most of your payment gateways. Many of them will charge based on the volume of transactions that you make on your website. If you have too many payment gateways on your website, you could receive higher transaction fees on your orders because you’re not hitting the higher usage levels that result in lower fees.

Therefore, it might be best to limit your payment gateways to just one or two options.