// discoverworthy vs shopify

Shopify runs a store. We run the whole shop.

For a small shop: your online store, your counter and the weekly work that brings people in — articles, socials, a newsletter, enquiries — in one place. Free to start, no monthly fee until you want one.

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// a store, or the shop

A store sells. A shop needs more than that.

Shopify is a superb store, and you build the rest around it: an app for this, an add-on for that, and the writing left to you. We put the whole shop in one workspace.

Shopify

A store you build around

  • Excellent checkout, integrated card payments and hardware.
  • A monthly plan from day one; apps and full POS cost extra.
  • A huge app store — for everything the store doesn't do.
  • A blog and email tools. You write what goes in them.

DiscoverWorthy

The whole shop

  • An online shop, free to start — 2% + 30c a sale, card fees apply.
  • Till at the counter with Shop Premium, on the card terminal you already have.
  • Articles, socials and a newsletter, written for you — your products in articles on Preferred.
  • Enquiries, quotes, a free CRM, and sales posted to your books.

// side by side

The honest comparison.

Where Shopify wins, we say so — big catalogues, apps and integrated payments are its strength. For a small shop, the question is how much you have to add, and who does the work.

CapabilityShopifyDiscoverWorthy
Monthly fee to startMonthly planFree to start
Point of sale for the counterPOS Pro add-onWith Shop Premium
Card paymentsBuilt inYour own terminal
Big catalogues and an app storeIts strengthConnect Shopify
Picks the topics and writes the articlesYou do8–20 a month
Articles, social posts and newslettersYou write themWritten for you
Enquiries, quotes and a CRMVia appsBuilt in
Sales posted to your booksVia appsBuilt in
How it chargesPlan + apps + feesPer business

Based on Shopify's public site, September 2026. Shopify and its logo are trademarks of their owner; DiscoverWorthy is not affiliated with or endorsed by Shopify.

// big store? keep it

Keep your Shopify. We connect and fill it.

A large catalogue, apps you rely on, integrated payments at scale — stay on Shopify. It's built for that. Connect it, and we do the weekly work around it.

Connect

Your store stays in charge

  • Products, prices, stock, orders and customers sync in.
  • Changes keep flowing in as your store changes.
  • Nothing is written back unless you switch it on and approve it.

Fill

We do the weekly work

  • Topics picked and articles written in your voice.
  • Social posts and a newsletter from every piece.
  • Articles come ready to paste into your Shopify blog.

// pricing

Free to open. One price for the work.

The shop has no monthly fee until you want Premium. The weekly writing is one price per business, not per app.

Shop

Sell online, free to start

No monthly fee

2% + 30c per sale. Stripe card fees apply.

  • Products, stock, checkout and orders
  • Sales posted to your books

Shop Premium

Online and at the counter

A$49/mo

0% platform fee. Stripe card fees apply online.

  • Till for the counter — works offline, loyalty, split tender
  • Cards on your existing terminal via Linkly — your bank, your rates

Established

Your content, written and published for you

A$99/month
  • 8 articles a month in your voice, weekly
  • Social posts and newsletters from the same content
  • Works with our Shop or your Shopify store
Start free
Amount in AUD subject to applicable taxes.
Most Popular

Preferred

More content, more reach, competitor intel

A$149/month
  • Everything in Established, plus:
  • 20 articles a month
  • Competitor intelligence — see what they're found for
Start free
Amount in AUD subject to applicable taxes.

Questions about Shopify.

// the whole shop

Less to bolt on. More done for you.

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