Feature Set:  

Shopify Professional gives you the opportunity to sell up to 2,500 products, but doesn’t support selling downloadable goods. One standout feature is their simple and easy to use real-time statistics, allowing you to see exactly what’s going on with your eCommerce site, from traffic to sales.

Ease of Setup:  

Shopify is all based online, so there is no software to download and install to your computer. However, if you plan on designing your site yourself, you will need to download their free stand-alone application, Vision.

Ease of Use:  

Navigating and using Shopify should be no problem for beginners. But some of the advanced customizing is more complex.

Managing your store is easy with intuitive drag-and-drop functions. You can also track your inventory using Shopify, and even keep track of weights and prices.

Fraud Protection:  

Shopify is PCI certified through ScanAlert to guarantee safety of your sites information. They are also PCI DSS compliant and utilize a Secure Socket Layer (SSL).

Help/Documentation:  

Shopify has the typical FAQs sections and email support. You can also check out tutorials and detailed guides in the Shopify Help Wiki or look for support from the Shopify community forum.

Shopify Professional is a reasonable eCommerce solution with web hosting and site building. They do charge a 1.0% transaction fee, which can add up, but there is no setup fee. For a more full-featured eCommerce solution we suggest comparing our higher ranked eCommerce software. Please see our top 3 products: goEmerchant, Volusion and CoreCommerce.