XLSX · Excel · Shop and fulfilment

The cost of an online shop over 3 years: Shopify or WooCommerce

A total cost calculator over 36 months: subscription, payments, apps and plugins, hosting, implementation, maintenance and team time. With the point at which the platforms cost the same.

Who it is for: Manufacturers planning a B2C shop for their brand or a change of platform.

XLSX · Excel

What is in the file

XLSXThe cost of an online shop over 3 years

The subscription is the smaller part of a shop’s cost. The calculator works out the cost of both platforms over three years on your sales and shows the monthly sales above which one becomes cheaper. You choose the platform on numbers, not on the contractor’s opinion.

Parameters
Orders per month, average basket value, growth in years 2 and 3, Shopify plan and billing, payment method, share of premium cards, the team’s hourly rate, the shop budget as a % of sales.
Price list
Shopify Basic, Grow and Advanced plans (monthly and annual), Shopify Payments commissions and the fee for an external gateway, a payment gateway for WooCommerce. Everything is editable.
Costs
One-off, monthly and annual items and team hours for both platforms, with free rows.
36 months
Sales and cost month by month with a cumulative chart.
Result
Cost over 3 years, the share of commissions, cost as a % of sales and per order, cost in later years, the sales level that fits the budget, the break-even point, a comparison of Shopify plans at your sales.
Comparison
Qualitative differences (security, maintenance, flexibility, foreign markets).
“What next” and “Contact” (Izabela). No macros.