Commerce platform on published plans plus transaction fees tied to the payment method.
Venduris Fairness Score
67/100Ordinary market practice. Manageable with preparation.
Evidence basis
Reviewed September 2026
Our reading and the vendor's differ
On one category the vendor's declaration implies a materially different score from ours. Both figures are shown below so you can judge the gap yourself.
Each category carries the weight set out in the methodology.
Vendor-reported. The vendor submitted a declaration covering published list pricing and discount structure. Reviewed against public terms but not independently verified against customer contracts.
Vendor-reported: 93/100
The vendor's own rating for published list pricing and discount structure, broadly in line with what public terms show.
Shopify renews automatically with a notice window a buyer has to track themselves, and downgrades are limited mid-term.
Vendor-reported: 84/100
Submitted by the vendor through the structured declaration form.
Shopify has no stated increase policy, though observed moves have stayed within a broadly consistent range.
Vendor-reported: 55/100
Submitted by the vendor through the structured declaration form.
Shopify holds close to list for the plans most buyers sit on, so there is little room to negotiate at this size.
Vendor-reported: 50/100
Submitted by the vendor through the structured declaration form.
Observed from customer contracts and renewal correspondence covering AI usage, data and model terms in the signed agreement. Based on paperwork supplied by three or more buyers, cross checked against the vendor's published terms.
Vendor-reported: 74/100
Submitted by the vendor through the structured declaration form.
A gap this size stays published. We do not average the two.
How to read this: the overall figure is a weighted average of the five categories, and one evidence basis applies to the whole card rather than category by category. The vendor completed the full declaration and its own figures are recorded next to ours, category by category. Participation does not move a vendor up the table, and where the two readings disagree both stay published.
Taking part does not raise a score. It changes what we can show our working against.
This score measures commercial treatment at renewal, not product quality. A vendor can be excellent and still price hard.
Venduris tracks your renewal dates, notice windows, and price movements so none of this arrives as a surprise.