Shopify Ecom FAQ

Payment pending means the money hasn't arrived yet — and Shopify's pages name different actions that might be blocked.

It depends on your country and tax number — and Shopify taxes your subscription and your Shopify Payments fees under separate rules.

Shopify blocks a named list of countries and regions; Shopify Payments covers 40 countries and regions — everywhere else needs a third-party gateway.

If your carrier isn't on Shopify's list, you buy the label through your own account, an app, or another carrier — not through Shopify Shipping.

Shopify publishes no timeframe for the account review itself on the pages we read — only up to 24 hours to check documents you upload.

Yes — UPS, FedEx, USPS, Canada Post and Australia Post connect on Advanced and Plus; Grow adds it for a fee or annual billing; other plans cannot.

Only if you already manage hreflang yourself — Shopify warns that turning the automatic tags off otherwise can hurt your SEO.

Yes — since 23 June 2026 for new B2B stores and existing ones with no active or scheduled discounts; codes stack on catalog prices.

Yes — Shopify Payments issues one to US sellers past $20,000 in more than 200 transactions; some states set it lower.

No — when you edit an unfulfilled DDP order Shopify calculates no duty or tax on custom items; Managed Markets blocks them.

Yes — within your theme's own settings, but gift_card.liquid can't be a JSON template, so it has no drag-and-drop sections.

Yes, and it is free — but if you typed a store name at signup, Shopify counts that as one of your two changes, leaving one.