How much does your online store platform actually cost?
OrderMyGear, InkSoft, Chipply, and Shopify all charge differently: one-time licenses, monthly subscriptions, and platform fees that scale with sales. Enter the number of stores you run and total sales to compare all the platforms on one screen.
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| Platform | What you get | One-time costs | Cost per year | First year totalOrdered by cost |
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 | Grow plan, one store with each collection as a different online storeSee how PrintFlo connects Shopify to Printavo → | $0 | $1,260$105/month | $1,260Our pickSee the math
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 | Growth plan, up to 100 active stores | $999 | $3,768$314/month | $4,767See the math
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 | No monthly plan, unlimited stores | $1,000 | $8,7503.5% of sales | $9,750See the math
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 | Unlimited pop-up and company stores | $2,999 | $9,8753.95% of sales | $12,874See the math
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Estimates from each platform’s public pricing, July 2026. Card processing is excluded: it costs about the same everywhere.
How each online store platform charges
Shopify charges a flat subscription and takes nothing from sales on Shopify Payments. It's not built for online stores out of the box, but most print shops solve this by running each store as a collection inside one Shopify store so only one subscription is required. That is the default setup the toggle above compares, and it is how print shops use PrintFlo to close out each store as one consolidated, production-ready Printavo invoice.
OrderMyGear is built for team stores: rosters, close dates, and group ordering come standard. You pay a one-time license, then 3.95% of every pop-up store cart. Since that fee is based on sales, a shop selling $250,000 a year through pop-up stores pays about $9,875 in platform fees, every year. Pop-up stores host free while company stores cost an additional $119 to $199 per store per month in hosting fees. Many print shops use the PrintFlo integration to send OrderMyGear orders straight into Printavo instead of re-keying them.
Chipply is the cheapest way to start: no subscription, $1,000 to onboard, then 3.5% of products and decoration. Similar to OrderMyGear, your cost increases based on sales. So a shop selling $250,000 a year through Chipply pays about $8,750 in fees, every year. Both revenue-share platforms are inexpensive at low volume and expensive at high volume.
InkSoft flips the model: a flat $314 or $419 a month with no percentage of sales, plus the one-time cost of a license. The subscription includes a bundled designer and product catalog. However, card payments must run through InkSoft Payments, whose rate is not published.
Summary: Revenue-share platforms cost less when your store volume is small or seasonal, flat-fee platforms cost less as sales grow. Every $100,000 of sales costs $3,500 on Chipply and $3,950 on OrderMyGear, while costs stay constant with subscription pricing at $105/month on Shopify and $314/month on InkSoft.
Methodology and sources
Card processing (roughly 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction) costs about the same on all four platforms, so it is excluded from every total. Shopify Payments drops to 2.7% on Grow and 2.5% on Advanced, a small edge these totals do not count. One-time costs (licenses and onboarding) appear in the year-one total only. All figures below come from each vendor’s public pricing page.
| Platform | One-time | Monthly | Fee on sales | Stores |
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| Shopifyshopify.com/pricingchecked July 2026 | $0 | $39 to $399 per store (Basic, Grow, Advanced; billed monthly) | None with Shopify Payments | One per subscription, or team stores as collections in one store |
| OrderMyGearordermygear.com/pricingchecked July 2026 | $1,899 to $2,999 license | $0 pop-up store hosting | 3.95% of the cart total (pop-up stores) | Unlimited after the license |
| InkSoftinksoft.com/pricing-optionschecked July 2026 | $999 license (promos vary) | $314 (100 active stores) or $419 (unlimited) | None | 100 included, then $49/month per extra 50, or unlimited |
| Chipplychipply.com/pricingchecked July 2026 | $1,000 onboarding | $0 | 3.5% of products and decoration | Unlimited |
Shopify: Annual billing lowers the plans to $29, $79, and $299 per month.
Shopify: Shopify Plus (from $2,300/month) is priced by contract and is not modeled here.
OrderMyGear: Company store programs are hosted separately at $119 to $199 per store per month with 50 orders per month included; this calculator models pop-up team stores.
OrderMyGear: A single company store can also be licensed a la carte for $499.
OrderMyGear: Longtime OMG dealers may be on older negotiated revenue-share terms that differ from the public price list.
InkSoft: The license price has ranged from $499 to $1,499 with promotions, so it is adjustable in the assumptions.
InkSoft: InkSoft Payments is required and its card rate is not published. Processing is excluded from every column here, so that does not affect the totals.
Chipply: The 3.5% fee excludes taxes and fundraising amounts, so the modeled fee slightly overstates cost for fundraising-heavy stores.
Fees change, and negotiated or promotional pricing can differ from the public list. Verify with each vendor before you decide. Shopify, OrderMyGear, InkSoft, and Chipply are trademarks of their respective owners; PrintFlo is not affiliated with any of them.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Shopify cost?
$105 a month on the Grow plan for a store. Most print shops run each online store as a collection inside one Shopify store. Shopify takes no percentage of sales when you use Shopify Payments.
How much does OrderMyGear cost?
A one-time license ($1,899 for unlimited pop-up stores, up to $2,999 for everything) plus a 3.95% platform fee on every pop-up store cart. Pop-up stores host free; company stores add $119 (Standard) or $199 (Premium) per store per month in hosting. A shop selling $250,000 a year through pop-up stores pays about $9,875 a year in platform fees.
How much does InkSoft cost?
$314 a month for up to 100 active stores, or $419 a month for unlimited stores, plus a one-time license listed at $999. InkSoft takes no percentage of sales.
How much does Chipply cost?
$1,000 one time, then 3.5% of products and decoration on every order. There is no monthly subscription and stores are unlimited.
Does Shopify charge a platform fee on online stores?
No. On the Basic, Grow, and Advanced plans, Shopify charges a flat subscription ($39 to $399 a month, billed monthly) and takes no percentage of sales when you use Shopify Payments.
Do I need a separate Shopify store for every online store?
No. Most print shops run each online store as a collection inside one Shopify store, so it only costs one subscription. They use PrintFlo’s Campaigns to batch orders together into one production-ready Printavo invoice.
How accurate are these numbers?
Every figure comes from the platform’s public pricing page, checked in July 2026. Card processing is excluded because it costs about the same on all four platforms, and negotiated or promotional prices can differ from the public list. Verify with each vendor before you decide.