Sellerlane

Sellerlane vs Shopify

Shopify is excellent, mature global software. If your buyers pay with UPI and your books are in rupees, compare the India plan rates, third-party payment-provider fees, local gateway workflow and B2B plan gates directly.

Capability Sellerlane Shopify
Store currency One immutable store currency with ISO 0-, 2- and 3-decimal amounts; no currency conversion Local currencies and conversion are available through Markets
Extra transaction fees 0% on every plan 0.2–2% for third-party payment providers, depending on plan
UPI / Razorpay / PayU Native, first-class Via third-party gateway setup
Visual theme editor Included Included
Custom domain + managed SSL Included Included
Branded email from your domain Included (Growth+) Supported through Shopify Messaging
Marketing automation & segments Built in Built in; apps extend workflows
Product reviews Built in for the online store Shop reviews built in; partner apps extend online-store reviews
Loyalty & customer referrals Built in for personal purchases; deliberately isolated from company purchases Typically apps; Collabs covers creator affiliates
Bundles & offers Fixed bundles, Box builder and Frequently bought together built in Free first-party fixed bundles; apps/API for mix-and-match
Product subscriptions Not available yet Free first-party app and third-party apps
B2B wholesale Included with Sellerlane: company locations, catalogs, contextual prices, payment terms, credit limits, deposits, location credit, PO review, tax exemption, two buyer roles, RFQ and CSV import Native on current plans with plan-specific catalog, contextual-experience, deposit and payment-request limits Shopify B2B plan features
B2B cash on delivery Due on delivery is a location payment schedule: the invoice becomes due after full delivery and remains inside the credit limit Manual COD is supported. Published B2B terms use immediate payment, Net 7–90 or due on fulfillment; COD is a manual payment method Shopify B2B features
B2B invoice deposits Advanced module for Unlimited-credit locations; the percentage is charged against the full amount due Deposits and partial-payment requests are Plus-only Shopify B2B payment terms
B2B company store credit Advanced module: location-owned credit can pay checkout or the buyer’s invoice; the UI is one-tap, while the API can cap a partial application Company-location credit works at checkout and on invoices, but buyers cannot choose a partial amount and credit cannot fund a deposit Shopify B2B store credit
B2B order-history association Link eligible personal order history to a company location after a preview and fixed cutoff Can migrate a customer’s full eligible D2C order history to one company location, with documented exclusions Shopify customer and order migration
B2B variant availability Advanced module: include or exclude individual variants, products and collections, with rule provenance in the catalog Supported: variants can now be published or unpublished for individual catalogs as well as sales channels Shopify variant publishing
B2B discounts Personal / Company / Both scope, with company, location and location-group targets; eligible discounts stack on catalog prices Automatic discounts and codes can work with B2B catalog prices and can be targeted through supported B2B market or customer audiences Shopify B2B discounts
Markets (cross-border selling) Not available yet Native capabilities, with plan-specific limits
Back-in-stock alerts Built in Apps (extra cost)
AI semantic search Built in Apps (extra cost)
Video & 3D/AR media Built in Included
Digital products / events / gift cards Built in Gift cards built in; digital products and events commonly use apps
Customer self-service portal Built in for supported order actions Customer accounts built in; apps/extensions add workflows
Analytics Built in; report-by-report reconciliation status is published Mature native analytics and reports

Comparison is checked against the linked official Shopify documentation and may change. “Built in” describes a supported runtime capability, not identical data models or workflows. See our compatibility and scope contract for exact limitations, including selling plans, Markets, B2B, currencies, and parity evidence.

Shopify references: India pricing and transaction-fee rates, Subscriptions, Bundles, Shop reviews, and B2B.

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