I was told this site is similar to Etsy. Ok, but where are the shops? I want to support small businesses. This is VERY confusing. Thanks
Hi there, @Arlow_6 !
Welcome to the Community! Definitely a great place to gather some input regarding anything about the platform!
Shopify is a platform that helps business owners run and manage their stores. Here is a help document that provides an overview on what we do as an ecommerce site.
Based on what you have mentioned however, you can benefit from downloading the Shop App. Customers can use the Shop app to track their orders, explore stores and products, make purchases in the app using Shop Pay , and manage their Shop Pay Installments payments.
The Shop App helps customers find stores to shop from that are within 31 miles or 50 kilometers of the location of their device as well.