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Does Shopify Make a Profit?

Last updated on October 1, 2022 @ 6:12 pm

Shopify is a Canadian e-commerce company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. It is also the name of its proprietary e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems. Shopify offers online retailers a suite of services “including payments, marketing, shipping and customer engagement” tools.

PRO TIP: Shopify is a great platform for ecommerce businesses, but it’s important to remember that it is a platform – not a retailer. This means that while Shopify does take a small percentage of each sale as a fee, it does not make a profit on the actual goods or services being sold. This is something to keep in mind when budgeting for your Shopify store.

Shopify was founded in 2004 by Tobias Lütke, Daniel Weinand, and Scott Lake. Lütke, a German citizen, originally came to Canada to sell snowboards. He was frustrated by the existing eCommerce products at the time, so he decided to build his own.

Shopify does not make a profit. The company has been unprofitable for years, with losses totaling $373 million from 2013 to 2016. In 2017, Shopify had its first profitable year, earning $10 million in net income. This was largely due to an increase in revenue, which grew by 68% to $893 million.

While Shopify may not be profitable yet, the company is growing rapidly and has a strong base of loyal customers. In the long run, this could lead to profitability as the company scales up its operations.

Drew Clemente

Drew Clemente

Devops & Sysadmin engineer. I basically build infrastructure online.