Shopify Payments in Poland

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Topic summary

A Polish merchant is advocating for Shopify to introduce Shopify Payments in Poland, citing the country’s substantial e-commerce opportunity:

Market Size & Potential:

  • 21 million e-commerce users (73% of internet users)
  • Market projected to reach $48 billion by 2028
  • ~23,000 Polish shops conduct cross-border sales
  • Only ~2,300 use Shopify (less than 10% market share), while competitor Shoper holds 45%

Core Problem:
Without Shopify Payments in Poland, merchants cannot use multi-currency pricing. They must create separate duplicate stores for each currency (USD, EUR, GBP, SEK, NOK, PLN, AUD, CAD), which is described as a “nightmare” to manage. Currency conversions at checkout deter customers and cause cart abandonment.

Additional Concern:
Another user notes that merchants don’t discover Shopify Payments unavailability until after store setup, and questions whether charging higher fees for not using an unavailable payment option is legal.

The original poster requests Shopify management review this data and consider launching Shopify Payments in Poland to capture more of this growing market. The discussion remains open with no official response indicated.

Summarized with AI on November 6. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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what’s even worse is that you can’t really know about the issue with Shopify payments until you set up your store… what a waist of time.

Is it even legal to charge higher sales fee for not choosing shopify payments when the option is not even available?

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