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Is Shopify a CMS System?

Last updated on October 1, 2022 @ 3:24 pm

Shopify is a Canadian e-commerce company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. It is also the name of its proprietary e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems. Shopify offers online retailers a suite of services “including payments, marketing, shipping and customer engagement tools to simplify the process of running an online store for small merchants.

What is Shopify?

How does Shopify work?

Shopify’s platform allows businesses to create an online store or sell through existing marketplaces such as Facebook or Amazon. Shopify also offers POS (point of sale) software that businesses can use in physical retail locations. The POS software syncs with businesses’ Shopify accounts, so that inventory and customer data can be managed in one place.

Shopify is a CMS?

Shopify is not a true CMS because it does not have all the features that a typical CMS has. For example, it does not have a way to manage users or create custom content types. However, it does offer some basic CMS features such as the ability to create pages and blog posts, and to add images, videos, and other media to those pages and posts.

PRO TIP: Shopify is not a CMS system. It is a platform for building online stores. If you are looking for a CMS system, you should look elsewhere.
Drew Clemente

Drew Clemente

Devops & Sysadmin engineer. I basically build infrastructure online.