Shopify alternative for marketplaces

A Shopify alternative for multi-vendor marketplaces.

Shopify is excellent for selling your own products. A marketplace, where other sellers list and get paid, is a different job: Shopify's own terms say it is not a marketplace, and a multi-vendor app has to be added on top. This page is for owners at that point. If you sell only your own products, Shopify is the better fit, and this page isn't for you.

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Last checked: 23 October 2026. Facts about other products come from their own websites; the sources are listed at the end of this page.

Why owners look elsewhere

What sends people looking for a Shopify alternative.

Built for one sellerShopify's terms say its services are not a marketplace and that you are the seller or merchant of record for all sales. [1]

Payments for others are excludedThe Shopify Payments terms don't allow acting as a payment intermediary or aggregator on behalf of third parties. [2]

An app on top of the planSellers, commission and payouts come from a multi-vendor app at $15 to $399 a month; Webkul's Stripe Connect payouts are another $10 a month. [3]

A fee on other gatewaysShopify adds 2% on Basic (1% on Grow, 0.6% on Advanced) to each sale paid through a payment provider other than Shopify Payments. [4]

The options

5 alternatives to Shopify, and who each one suits.

Year one means what a working site costs in its first year, from each product's own prices. Hosting for self-hosted software depends on the host you choose, so it is left out.

Yclas

A hosted marketplace platform: a cart across sellers, a commission on every sale, seller payouts with or without Stripe Connect, bookings, auctions and offers, with AI built in.

Year one	$1,788 on Marketplace ($149 a month)
Good for	Owners who want a full marketplace without a developer, a server or a fee on their sales.

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Shopify + Webkul Multi Vendor Marketplace

A Shopify app that adds sellers, storefronts and commission to your store: $15 a month for 3 sellers up to $60 for unlimited ones; Stripe Connect payouts $10 a month more, PayPal payouts included. [3]

Year one	About $1,188 (Shopify Basic billed yearly, Webkul Pro, Stripe Connect)
Good for	A Shopify store that wants to add a few outside sellers and keep its theme and apps.

Shopify + Shipturtle

A Shopify multi-vendor app priced by orders: $49 a month up to 1,000 orders, up to $399; payouts through PayPal and Stripe. [5]

Year one	About $936 (Shopify Basic billed yearly, Shipturtle Business)
Good for	A Shopify store with many orders from a handful of vendors.

CS-Cart Multi-Vendor

A licence for multi-vendor shop software on your own server, with paid add-ons for bookings, offers and auctions, against a hosted marketplace with one monthly price.

Year one	About $3,060
Good for	You run a large online shop with many vendors and need warehouses, gift certificates, reward points or B2B price groups.

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Sharetribe

A hosted marketplace engine billed by usage, where carts, coupons and languages need custom code, against a hosted marketplace with them built in.

Year one	From $2,388 + usage
Good for	You want to design your own transaction flows, step by step, for a marketplace that works unlike any other.

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Switching

Moving products from Shopify

Shopify exports products as a CSV file, and Yclas imports CSV.

In Shopify, export your products (and your vendors' products) as a CSV file.
Start a free trial and open Move your site to Yclas, then choose CSV.
Match the columns, check the dry run (a preview with any errors, nothing is saved yet), then import.

Products become listings with their categories, prices and photos from their web addresses. Sellers create their accounts and connect their own Stripe account, or you pay them their balance by PayPal or bank transfer. You can undo the latest import within 7 days.

When to stay with Shopify

You sell only your own products: Shopify is built for exactly that.
You work with other Shopify brands: Shopify Collective lets Shopify stores sell each other's products.
Your store depends on Shopify apps, its point of sale or its sales channels.
You only add a few outside sellers to a store that is mostly yours.

Questions

Questions people ask

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Can Shopify be a multi-vendor marketplace?

Only with an app. Shopify's terms say its services are not a marketplace and that you are the merchant of record for every sale; multi-vendor apps add sellers, commission and payouts on top, from $15 to $399 a month.

What does a Shopify marketplace cost?

With Shopify Basic billed yearly ($29 a month), the Webkul app's unlimited-seller plan ($60 a month) and its Stripe Connect payouts ($10 a month), about $1,188 a year, before Shopify's fee on sales through other payment providers.

What is Shopify Collective?

A way for Shopify stores to sell each other's products. Both stores need Shopify Payments and the same country and currency, so it doesn't open your store to sellers who aren't on Shopify.

How are sellers paid on Yclas?

Through Stripe Connect, with each sale split at checkout and held until delivery if you want, or buyers pay you and each seller withdraws their balance, less your commission, by PayPal or bank transfer.

Sources

Checked on 23 October 2026. Prices change: the vendor's own page is always the latest word. If something here is out of date, tell us and we'll fix it.

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