- Short answer
- Yes — Shopify's requirements for selling in multiple languages start at Basic; Lite and Starter, two tiers below it, are closed to new stores.
- Lite and Starter
- Both closed to new stores; an existing Lite store has no online store to translate.
- Languages per plan
- Up to 20 languages on Basic, Grow, Shopify or Advanced; up to 30 on Shopify Plus, including a Plus trial.
- Below Basic
- Shopify's requirements for selling in multiple languages name no plan below Basic.
- Translate & Adapt
- Free; auto-translates 8 languages in 12 listed countries or where Translate now shows, 2 elsewhere.
- As of
- Shopify Help Center pages and the Translate & Adapt listing, read October 12, 2026.
What's New Since Publication: Updated since publication · 1 change
- Shopify moved its language requirements and raised the auto-translation capShopify split its localization help page: the requirements for selling in multiple languages now sit on their own page, which states the plan requirement as a language ceiling per plan (20 on Basic through Advanced, 30 on Plus) and no longer carries the lines "Your store is on the Basic plan or higher" or "Available on all plans except the Lite plan". Separately, per its October 9, 2026 changelog, Translate & Adapt can auto-translate up to 8 languages in 12 listed countries or wherever the app shows Translate now; in other countries the cap stays at 2. The answer — Basic or higher — is unchanged.
Which Shopify plan lets you sell in more than one language?
Basic or higher. The first requirement Shopify lists "To sell in multiple languages" is the plan itself:
Your store's plan supports the number of languages that you want to sell in. You can sell in up to 20 languages on the Basic, Grow, Shopify, or Advanced plan.
The ceiling by plan: up to 20 languages from a single store on the Basic, Grow, Shopify, or Advanced plan, and up to 30 languages on the Shopify Plus plan, including during a Shopify Plus trial.
Basic is the lowest plan that list names; as of October 12, 2026, the requirements page gives no language allowance for any plan below it.
Are the Lite and Starter plans still open to new stores?
No. Lite is closed: its help page says "The Lite plan isn't available to new stores", and that Lite is for selling without maintaining an online store — so an existing Lite store has no online store to translate.
Starter is closed the same way — its help page states the Starter plan isn't available to new stores, as of October 12, 2026.
Do you need a paid app on top of the Shopify plan?
No. Translate & Adapt is Shopify's own app, listed as Free.
Its listing still says you can "auto-translate up to two languages for free, and manually add as many translations as you wish", but the help center now sets the automatic cap by country: up to 8 languages in 12 listed countries, or wherever the app shows Translate now, and up to 2 elsewhere. Either cap is on automatic translation only; 20 or 30 is the plan's ceiling, not the app's.
The requirements list also asks for a compatible theme, a language selector, language-specific URLs (subfolders or subdomains), and Translate & Adapt or a compatible third-party translation app — or translations imported directly into Shopify. How far Translate & Adapt reaches past its automatic-translation cap is covered in how many languages you actually get.
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