Shopify account payments

Topic summary

Main topic: how Shopify fees and payments work when running multiple stores or multiple suppliers.

  • A community reply states there is only one store per one Shopify subscription fee; separate stores require separate subscriptions.
  • The original poster plans several single‑product stores and asks if multiple AliExpress suppliers can be managed within a single store without technical issues.

Payment and fulfilment questions (unanswered):

  • If a cart contains items from different AliExpress dropshipping suppliers, how is the customer’s payment divided among supplier payments and the merchant’s share?
  • Will delivery logistics pose technical problems when items come from different suppliers?

Context/terms:

  • Dropshipping: products are fulfilled and shipped directly by third‑party suppliers after purchase.

Outcome: One clear answer on store-per-subscription. Follow‑up questions about multi‑supplier payments and fulfilment remain open; no resolution or action items yet.

Summarized with AI on December 24. AI used: gpt-5.

Paying Shopify Account - How many online stores can I build for the fee?
I want to have several single-product stores - do I need a separate Shopify account for each of them?

Hi @JanuszOlewicz !

You can only have one store per one Shopify subscription fee.

##- Thank you for your answer.
If I create one store and each product will be from a different supplier
from Aliexpress - will there be any technical problems with this and with
delivery and payments. Because if there are 3 products in the cart, each
from a different dropshipping supplier from Aliexpress, how will Shopify
divide the amount to be paid into payments to suppliers from Aliexpress and
my share from the sale?
Sincerely,
Janusz Olewicz -##