- Short answer
- In the UK, Basic is £19/month billed yearly (£25 paid monthly); Shopify Payments online standard card rate on Basic is 2% + 25p.
- Yearly billing
- The yearly price is a per-month figure; Shopify charges the full year upfront.
- VAT
- No Shopify page we read says whether UK plan prices include VAT; its terms say fees exclude applicable taxes.
- New-store offer
- 3 days free, then £1 a month for 3 months on most plans, as of October 2026.
- UK–EU cards
- Shopify classes card payments between the UK and the EU as international, charged at the international rate.
- Starter plan
- Not available to new stores, per the Shopify Help Center.
What does each Shopify plan cost in pounds?
Shopify's UK pricing page compares four plans in pounds. In the UK, Basic costs £19 a month if you pay yearly and £25 a month if you pay monthly, as read on October 10, 2026.
Shopify plan prices in the UK (GBP per month)
| Plan | Pay monthly | Pay yearly (per month) |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | £25 | £19 |
| Grow | £65 | £49 |
| Advanced | £344 | £259 |
| Plus | Starts at £1,800 | Not listed on the yearly row |
Source: Shopify's UK pricing page, read October 10, 2026.
Yearly billing is cheaper per month on Basic, Grow and Advanced: in the UK, Grow drops from £65 to £49 a month and Advanced from £344 to £259. It is still a per-month figure — annual billing charges the full year upfront. The plan cards open on the yearly price, so the first number you see is not the month-by-month cost.
Plus has no fixed price: the UK page's yearly row carries prices for Basic, Grow and Advanced only, and the page says Plus starts at £1,800 a month — the per-month price Shopify's Help Center lists for a 3-year term. The UK page lists POS Pro as an add-on at £69 a month per location on Basic, Grow and Advanced; the Plus column of the POS Pro row reads “Includes 20 locations”.
Shopify's Help Center says the Starter plan isn't available to new stores; where the Starter plan stands today is covered separately.
Apps, a theme and a domain are not counted on this page; the hidden costs most merchants miss are broken down in US dollars.
What card and transaction fees do UK stores pay?
With Shopify Payments, a UK store on Basic pays 2% + 25p on each online payment by standard card, and the percentage falls with each plan above it. These are the UK rates only: Shopify Payments sets card rates per country as well as per plan.
Shopify Payments and third-party fees in the UK, by plan
| Plan | Online standard card rate (Shopify Payments) | Transaction fee (third-party provider instead) |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | 2% + 25p | 2% |
| Grow | 1.7% + 25p | 1% |
| Advanced | 1.5% + 25p | 0.6% |
| Plus | 1.3% + 25p | 0.2% |
Source: Shopify's UK pricing page, read October 10, 2026.
The two fee columns are two different setups, not one total: Shopify says third-party transaction fees may apply when you use a third-party payment provider instead of Shopify Payments.
Amex is priced separately: 3.1% + 25p online on Basic in the UK. Card payments between the UK and the EU are another case: Shopify classifies these transactions as international and charges the current international rate for your region. What Amex and international cards cost on Shopify Payments is a separate answer.
Do the UK Shopify prices include VAT?
No Shopify page we read says whether the prices on its UK pricing page include VAT, or names a VAT rate for the subscription of a store in the UK — as of October 10, 2026, that covers the UK pricing page, the Help Center pages on pricing, paying bills and taxes on Shopify bills, and the Terms of Service.
What Shopify does publish is general: its Terms of Service state that all fees are exclusive of applicable taxes, and that taxes Shopify charges are calculated at the rates that apply to the billing address you provide. The clause names neither the UK nor VAT.
So check the total on your first Shopify bill before you fix a budget on the pricing-page figure, and keep your billing address accurate.
One charge does carry a published UK rule: on Shopify Payments processing fees, a 0% tax rate, termed a reverse charge, applies in the United Kingdom — stated for processing fees only, not for the subscription. How Shopify taxes its own fees has its own answer.
What do you actually pay when you start a UK store?
As of October 2026, Shopify's UK pricing page says a new store starts with a free 3-day trial, no credit card required; after it, most plans cost £1 a month for the first 3 months, then switch to standard monthly pricing. That £1 is a promotional rate on a normal plan, not a plan of its own.
The free trial lets you test plans including Basic, Grow and Advanced, and the pricing page says there are no setup fees on any plan.
A UK store can pay its subscription in pounds: Shopify lists the United Kingdom (GBP) among the countries where local currency billing is available on all plans — for the Plus plan, to new merchants. Changing your billing currency is a separate question.
On a monthly plan you receive a bill every 30 days, so a month with 31 days can bring two; on an annual plan you still receive a monthly bill, which might include other types of charges.
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