Pick the platform you're thinking about leaving (or evaluating) — we'll show you the real pricing difference and where each platform wins or loses. No marketing spin; numbers come from each company's public site.
Shopify is the global leader, but in India the $39/mo subscription plus 2% transaction fee gets expensive fast — and you still pay extra for SEO Manager, abandoned-cart, and most analytics apps.
Dukaan's free plan charges 5% of GMV — fine when you're starting out, but it scales painfully. A merchant doing ₹3L/mo on Dukaan pays ₹15,000/month in fees. On simplestores the same volume costs under ₹750.
Instamojo is a great payment gateway, but the bundled online store is shallow. The 5% + ₹3 transaction fee is double our cost, and the product-page is hard to customise. We give you Instamojo-grade payments via Razorpay + a real storefront.
Mystore is great if you only need a payment link with a thin catalogue page. It's free because Razorpay subsidises it from PG margin. The moment you need real merchandising — variants, A/B tests, SEO, abandoned-cart, bookings — you outgrow it.
Bik built a great WhatsApp engine but the store itself is a thin link page. Bik's Pro plan is ₹999/mo + WhatsApp campaign costs. simplestores ships a full storefront, MSG91 OTP, and WhatsApp templates at no monthly fee.
Amazon gives you traffic but takes 15–30% of every sale in referral + closing + shipping fees — and the customer belongs to Amazon, not you. simplestores gives you your own storefront, your own customer data and flat ₹2.5/order.
Flipkart commission + collection fee + fixed fee + shipping can cross 25% of order value in many categories. On simplestores, every order costs a flat ₹2.5 — your brand, your buyers, your margins.
Meesho's 0% commission comes with brutal price wars, forced discounts, return abuse and zero brand identity. simplestores turns resellers into brand owners — your own store, your prices, your customers.