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title: "Shopify and Webflow take 2% of each sale on entry plans; Zoho Commerce takes 0%"
summary: "The platform's own fee per sale on the store plans of Shopify India, Webflow and Zoho Commerce, on top of a 2% gateway, and where the AI fits. As of September 2026."
url: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/building-ecommerce-store-no-code-ai
format: Note
desk: "AI in the enterprise"
published: 2025-07-15
facts_checked: 2026-09-30
author: TechBag (The TechBag Journal)
tags: ["e-commerce","no-code","Shopify","Webflow","Zoho Commerce","Bubble","Razorpay","transaction fees","Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules","DPDP","GST"]
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# Shopify and Webflow take 2% of each sale on entry plans; Zoho Commerce takes 0%

*The platform's own fee per sale on the store plans of Shopify India, Webflow and Zoho Commerce, on top of a 2% gateway, and where the AI fits. As of September 2026.*

Note · AI in the enterprise · By TechBag · Published 2025-07-15 · Facts checked 2026-09-30 · Canonical: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/building-ecommerce-store-no-code-ai

Building the store is no longer the hard part; the fee on every sale is. Shopify’s Basic plan in India and Webflow’s entry store plan both take 2% of each order on top of the payment gateway, while Zoho Commerce takes nothing on its paid plans.[1][2][3] The 2023 version of this piece asked whether a small business could build a store with no code and AI. In September 2026 the answer is yes on every platform named here. The useful question is what that store costs once it sells.

## The no-code and the AI are now included

Shopify lists Sidekick, its AI assistant for writing product copy, editing photos and setting up the store, as included on every plan.[1] Webflow sells AI as an add-on, US$20 a month for 2,000 credits billed yearly.[2] Bubble, which the original also recommended, is an app builder rather than a store: its Starter plan is US$29 a month billed yearly for the web, its pricing page lists no checkout, and payments arrive through plugins.[4] For a shop that wants a catalogue, a cart and a checkout, building one in Bubble means rebuilding what the store builders ship ready.

## The fee on each sale is the real price

**Figure: Two entry plans take 2% of every sale; Zoho Commerce and Webflow’s next tier take none**

*Platform fee per order, per cent of order value, on top of the payment gateway, September 2026*

Shopify Basic (₹1,499 a month)

2%

Webflow Ecommerce Standard (US$29)

2%

Shopify Grow (₹5,599)

1%

Webflow Ecommerce Plus (US$74)

0%

Zoho Commerce, paid plans

0%

|  | Value (%) |
| --- | --- |
| Shopify Basic (₹1,499 a month) | 2 |
| Webflow Ecommerce Standard (US$29) | 2 |
| Shopify Grow (₹5,599) | 1 |
| Webflow Ecommerce Plus (US$74) | 0 |
| Zoho Commerce, paid plans | 0 |

Source: Shopify India, Webflow and Zoho Commerce pricing pages · as of 30 September 2026 · Shopify’s fee applies with third-party gateways; Shopify Payments is not offered in India

TechBag countTechBag arithmetic, ₹5 lakh of sales a month on Shopify Basic

Shopify’s 2% is ₹10,000. Razorpay’s standard 2% is another ₹10,000, plus 18% GST on that fee, ₹1,800. With the ₹1,499 plan the month costs ₹23,299, or 4.7% of sales; the platform fee alone is 6.7 times the plan price. Prices billed yearly; plan GST not included.

## Which one, then

Our view: a first store with modest sales should start on the cheapest plan and move up on arithmetic, not on features. On Webflow the US$45 step from Standard to Plus pays for itself once monthly sales pass about US$2,250, because the 2% fee disappears. A business that already runs Zoho Books or Zoho CRM has a reason to test Zoho Commerce first. The AI is a reason to pick none of them; every one will write a product description.

**In India**, Shopify prints rupee prices; Webflow and Bubble bill in US dollars, so budget 18% GST on an INR invoice through a reseller. Razorpay charges 18% GST on its fee, not on the sale.[5] A store that owns its stock and sells online is an inventory e-commerce entity under the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, notified on 23 July 2020, and must run a grievance officer who acknowledges complaints within 48 hours.[6] The DPDP Rules, notified on 13 November 2025, bring consent and security duties over customer data from 13 May 2027.[7]

How we did this

Figures as of 30 September 2026

Fees and plan prices are from each vendor’s pricing page, billed yearly, excluding tax; Bubble’s price is from Axon Build’s check of Bubble’s plan documentation on 31 August 2026. The worked example assumes a Razorpay standard-plan gateway and no refunds. Zoho Commerce’s paid-plan prices did not render for us and are not charted. The original’s Gartner, Forrester and PwC figures were dropped: the Gartner number was a forecast, and we could not match the other two to dated studies. TechBag has no special arrangement with these vendors that we know of.

Spotted an error? Write to us; corrections are published at the foot of the piece.

Sources

1. [Shopify, Pricing (India): Basic ₹1,499, Grow ₹5,599 a month billed yearly; third-party fee 2% and 1%; Sidekick included](https://www.shopify.com/in/pricing) — undated page
2. [Webflow, Pricing: Ecommerce Standard US$29 (2% fee), Plus US$74 (0%) billed yearly; AI credits add-on US$20](https://webflow.com/pricing) — undated page
3. [Zoho Commerce, Pricing: 0% transaction fee on paid plans](https://www.zoho.com/commerce/pricing.html) — undated page
4. [Axon Build, Bubble pricing (prices checked against Bubble’s plan documentation)](https://axonbuild.com/blog/bubble-pricing/) — 13 September 2026
5. [Razorpay, Pricing (standard plan, 2% per domestic transaction; 18% GST on the fee)](https://razorpay.com/pricing/) — undated page
6. [HSA Advocates via Legal 500, The Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020](https://www.legal500.com/intelligence/india/consumer-protection/the-consumer-protection-e-commerce-rules-2020-hsa-advocates) — 17 September 2020
7. [DPDP Rules 2025, commencement timeline](https://legismith.com/dpdp-rules-2025-timeline/) — notified 13 November 2025

Related on TechBag: [Zoho Books](https://www.thetechbag.com/zoho/zoho-books) covers GST invoicing for a store’s orders; the [catalogue](https://www.thetechbag.com/browse-products) lists every product TechBag quotes in INR with GST.

**Disclosure.** TechBag is a software reseller: it earns a margin when a reader buys through it, including from vendors named here. The analysis is TechBag’s own; no vendor paid for or saw this piece before publication. Facts are labelled reported, TechBag count or our view.

Go deeper on TechBag

- [The catalogue](https://www.thetechbag.com/browse-products) — every product TechBag quotes in INR with GST
- [Zoho Books intel page](https://www.thetechbag.com/zoho/zoho-books) — GST invoicing and e-way bills for a store's orders