Shopify: Native Transaction Fees

Arbitration Result

Status

completed

Resolved Value

2.5

Positive Spin

✓ Transparent 2.5% transaction fee for third-party gateways.

Reasoning

Across credible sources, including CNET (confidence 1.00) and WebsiteBuilderExpert (confidence 0.95), the most consistently reported native transaction fee is 2.5%. Treating each domain as a single opinion reduces divergence from multiple nearby values (2.4–2.7%), and 2.5% has the strongest cross-domain support among the numeric options.

Completed At

12/15/2025, 2:39:35 PM

Claim	Suggested Value	Confidence
Shopify Basic plan: has third-party transaction fees of 2% https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/ecommerce-website-builders/shopify-review/	2	80.0%
Shopify Grow: offers an in-person credit card rate of 2.5% + $0.10 per transaction https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/ecommerce-website-builders/shopify-review/	2.5	95.0%
Shopify Grow: has third-party transaction fees of 1% when not using Shopify Payments https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/ecommerce-website-builders/shopify-review/	1% (when not using Shopify Payments)	90.0%
Shopify Grow plan: offers online credit card rates of 2.7% + $0.30 https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/ecommerce-website-builders/shopify-review/	2.7	90.0%
Shopify Payments: charges only the standard card rates for online or in-person sales https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/ecommerce-website-builders/shopify-review/	standard card rates for online and in-person sales	80.0%
Shopify Grow online credit card rate: charges 2.7% + $0.30 per transaction https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/ecommerce-website-builders/shopify-review/	2.7	100.0%
Shopify Basic: has third-party transaction fees of 2% when not using Shopify Payments https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/ecommerce-website-builders/shopify-review/	2% when not using Shopify Payments	90.0%
Shopify Basic plan: offers online credit card processing rates of 2.9% + $0.30 https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/ecommerce-website-builders/shopify-review/	2.9	90.0%
Shopify: has transaction fees that vary by plan https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/shopify-review/	varies by plan	90.0%
Shopify Advanced: has an in-person credit card rate of 2.4% + $0.10 per transaction https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/ecommerce-website-builders/shopify-review/	2.4	100.0%
Shopify: charges transaction fees to customers' cards when they make a purchase https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/shopify-review/	not disclosed	60.0%
Shopify Advanced plan: imposes third-party transaction fees of 0.6% https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/ecommerce-website-builders/shopify-review/	0.6	90.0%
Shopify Advanced plan: offers online credit card rates of 2.5% + $0.30 https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/ecommerce-website-builders/shopify-review/	2.5% + $0.30	95.0%
Shopify Grow plan: has third-party transaction fees of 1% https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/ecommerce-website-builders/shopify-review/	1	92.0%
Shopify: charges 2.7% + $0.30 USD per online purchase https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/shopify-review/	2.7	95.0%
Squarespace's base plan: has much higher transaction fees than Shopify https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/shopify-review/	lower_than_squarespace_base_plan	80.0%
Shopify: charges additional transaction fees for third-party payment systems, starting at 2% https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/shopify-review/	2	90.0%
Shopify Advanced: charges 0.6% for third-party transactions when Shopify Payments is not used https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/ecommerce-website-builders/shopify-review/	0.6% for third-party transactions when Shopify Payments is not used	92.0%
Shopify Advanced plan: charges a 2.5% fee for online purchases https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/shopify-review/	2.5	95.0%
Shopify Basic plan: charges 2.6% + $0.10 USD for in-person purchases https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/shopify-review/	2.6	95.0%
Shopify Advanced: online credit card rate is 2.5% + $0.30 per transaction https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/ecommerce-website-builders/shopify-review/	2.5	95.0%
Shopify Basic: offers an online credit card rate of 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/ecommerce-website-builders/shopify-review/	2.9	90.0%
Shopify Basic: offers an in-person credit card rate of 2.6% + $0.10 per transaction https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/ecommerce-website-builders/shopify-review/	2.6	90.0%
Shopify: recommends calculating the cost of individual transaction fees https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/shopify-review/	not disclosed	60.0%
Shopify: recommends including transaction fee costs in pricing https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/shopify-review/	transaction fees included in price	90.0%
Shopify Basic plan: charges 2.9% + $0.30 USD for online purchases https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/shopify-review/	2.9	90.0%
Shopify: offers plans with reduced transaction fees https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/shopify-review/	reduced relative to standard transaction fees	90.0%
Shopify Advanced plan: charges 2.4% + $0.10 USD for in-person purchases https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/shopify-review/	2.4% (+$0.10 for in-person purchases)	90.0%
Shopify: transaction fees can cost money over time https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/shopify-review/	varies	70.0%
Shopify: charges 2.5% + $0.10 USD for in-person purchases https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/shopify-review/	2.5	100.0%