Can I turn off my online store outside the January-March sales season?

[bririshparade]

Trying to decide if shopify is best product to use. We have very small amount of sales... It will always be Jan- March only. Is it possible to turn store OFF the rest of the year?

[Dirk · Accepted solution]

Hey, @bririshparade 

That is possible for you to do. You can simply run your store during its in-season months and then deactivate your store once you are no longer open. Should you decide to return to your Shopify store, you can reactivate the store again by selecting a plan again.

If there is anything else I can help you with, please let me know.

[bririshparade]

That's good to know. We don't have a shopify store yet... Trying to make
sure what is best company to use to make a store.

[Dirk]

If you don't mind me asking, what type of seasonal business do you run? What kind of products will you be selling?

[bririshparade]

This is a St. Patrick's Day Parade. We sell a flag, some tshirts, posters... mainly the flags sell. 

[bririshparade]

Dirk, I do have another question. Our website was created (NOT BY ME) in Drupal. I'm looking at shopify because it can be integrated into my site from what I understand. Is the smallest package the $29 one or is there something smaller we could start with? We had a total of 43 orders in our parade season this year. 

[Dirk]

Hey, @bririshparade 

We do offer a Shopify Lite plan that is just $9/month. However, that plan does not include an online store webpage that you can build and edit. The cheapest plan that includes an online store is that basic plan at $29/month.

If there is anything else I can help you with, please let me know.

[Gamerseo]

Maybe it is possible, but extremely not optimal from the SEO point of view. In our opinion, it is better to maintain such a store all year round and carry out constant marketing activities. There are other e-commerce platforms as well, so you don't need to be limited to shopify. For example, woocomerce is a great free wordpress plugin.