Shopify Lite Review: How It Works and When You Should Be Using It
Vladimir Gubarev
Сo-Founder at Stellar Soft, CIO at LGFG Fashion House | E-commerce and SaaS driven solution architect
The Shopify Lite plan is inexpensive and allows you to create a simple online store in minutes.
However, for $9/month, it's tempting to look at Shopify Lite and consider implementing it into your store. Not only that, but we'll dive deeper into what benefits the Shopify Lite plan can have for your business and whether or not you might want to consider using Shopify Lite for one side of your business - alongside the regular Shopify pricing plan for the other side. With all e-commerce platforms, you often have to sift through many features thrown at you.
Shopify Lite At a Glance
As mentioned earlier, the Shopify Lite plan sells for $9 monthly.
The main difference between Shopify Lite and other plans is that you don't get a full-fledged online store with a shopping cart. Rather, the Shopify Lite plan integrates with an existing website or social media page. Whereas a regular Shopify store will force you to create a completely separate website in addition to this blog.
Social Media Selling
One of the reasons you might consider the Shopify Lite plan is if you're only trying to sell on Facebook and nothing else. With Shopify Lite, you are provided with a fully integrated Facebook store.
What's great about this feature is that all the products already included in your Shopify Lite plan can be synced to the Facebook store. What's more, Shopify's Facebook integration includes a beautiful checkout module right inside Facebook. This is a solid, customisable Facebook store with sync tools.
Better Customer Support Through Facebook Messenger With The Shopify Lite Plan
Since most of the Shopify Lite plan includes selling on Facebook, it makes sense for customer support to be done through Facebook as well.
If you've used the Facebook Messenger app, you know that it's a reliable tool for communicating with friends without leaving Facebook. For example, a customer may see that you are selling a bike on your Facebook page. Facebook Messenger sends you a notification when such a message arrives. The Messenger app allows you to reply with whatever information you have, and then you can also send product information from your online store. Once the chat conversation is over, the customer has the option to purchase the product directly from the Facebook Messenger chat window.
And…save the best for last: Facebook Messenger will send delivery updates, tracking codes, and a View Order button so your customers know exactly when they can expect to receive the product.
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Shopify Lite Review: It's For Previously Built Websites
Besides selling via Facebook, the Shopify Buy button is the main feature of Shopify Lite.
In essence, the Buy button should be used when you already have a successful branded website. You're saying, "I don't want to create a brand new website, but I would like to sell some products on the site I have now." And this is great!
Shopify Lite Review: It's For Accepting Credit Cards On-the-go
If you want to sell your product in person, Shopify Lite can be a good solution for you.
In short, you get the functionality necessary for an online store, as well as a card reader. This makes sense for companies going to trade or craft shows since you're probably selling online at some point and also trying to make some money on the go. What's great is that your inventory is tracked across all channels and you can sync products directly from your Shopify store.
Shopify Lite Review: It's For Sending Invoices
The final reason you should consider Shopify Lite is if your company primarily handles bulk, phone or custom orders. The process includes drawing up an individual invoice.
Is The Shopify Lite Plan Right for You?
There are several reasons why you might choose the Shopify Lite plan.
Overall, the Shopify Lite plan makes sense in certain situations.