- Short answer
- Not in Horizon or Dawn: currency follows the country selector and the buyer's market; charging in it needs Shopify Payments or Adyen.
- Theme setting
- Horizon and Dawn: currency comes from the Country/region selector — no separate currency selector setting
- Currency codes in the list
- Hidden beside each country when all share one currency; the selector button still shows the current currency code
- No selector used
- IP address, or a market domain, subdomain or subfolder, picks the market; checkout restrictions can apply the shipping destination's currency
- Converter apps
- Some change only the displayed price; checkout can revert to your store's default currency
Is there a currency selector setting in Horizon or Dawn?
No. Both themes build their currency list from the countries you sell to, so the Country/region selector shows each country's currency code in its list, hidden when all share one currency. None of the Horizon or Dawn theme files or Help Center pages we checked on October 22, 2026 describes a separate currency selector.
If you sell in local currencies, then you need to have a country selector so that customers can select their local country or region and your store displays their local currency.
- Online Store
- Themes
- Edit theme
- Header
Turn on the Country/region selector in your theme editor; see how to add the language and country selectors.
How does Shopify pick the currency a customer sees?
Per Shopify's localization help, a customer is matched to a market by:
- their IP address on a first visit;
- a market-specific domain, subdomain or subfolder;
- a country they pick in your selector, saved for future visits.
Set currency in the market, not the theme: the market's currency is displayed, and it's the transaction currency when Shopify Payments or Adyen is your primary gateway. Coding with Jan's tutorial (uploaded November 2025) sets up a market:
At checkout, the shipping address can decide: with Shopify Payments or Adyen and one-page checkout, a checkout restriction switches physical-product orders to the shipping destination's currency.
Should you add a currency converter app instead?
Start with the country selector, not a converter app: Shopify warns that some converter apps display prices in a customer's chosen currency, but at checkout the currency reverts back to your store's default currency. And only stores with Shopify Payments or Adyen as the primary gateway can process payments in a customer's local currency.
- Shown and transacted in the market's currency with Shopify Payments or Adyen
- A checkout restriction can apply the shipping destination's currency
- Some revert to your default currency at checkout
- Accelerated checkout buttons might not be compatible
Shopify's limitations page recommends automatic redirection or a third-party geolocation app to show local prices.
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