Amazon vs Shopify: Which Platform Is The Best For Your Business?

Shopify and Amazon are giants in the e-commerce world, but which one is better for your business?

Shopify and Amazon offer excellent e-commerce solutions, and both platforms are popular. By June 2019, Shopify had hosted 820,000 merchants. Amazon’s figures are less precise, but according to SellerApp, more than 2.5 million sellers have products listed on the e-commerce platform.

While both platforms offer potentially large exposure, the benefits and challenges of selling through them are unique, so businesses must choose the platform that works best for their needs, products and selling methods.

Shopify Advantages

Shopify is the cheapest, easiest, and most convenient way for someone who doesn’t want to deal with any code to set up a store and start selling right away. Go with Shopify if you’re non-tech, just starting out, selling standard items, want your own e-commerce store, and have outgrown a marketplace like eBay or Amazon.

1. Much better UX/UI… for the right customer

Shopify is very clear who its customers are and if you are the type of business that fits its customer profile you are going to love Shopify much more than any other self-hosted e-commerce platform as…