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 was founded in 2004 by Tobias Lütke, Daniel Weinand, and Scott Lake after attempting to open Snowdevil, an online store for snowboarding equipment. Shopify launched in 2006. Lütke, Weinand, and Lake spent $100,000 and transformed a section of their business into an online store that sold snowboarding equipment via the Shopify platform.
In 2016, Shopify had 377,500 merchants using its platform who made a total of $15.4 billion in gross merchandise volume.
Is Shopify Payment Available in UK?
Yes, Shopify Payments is available to merchants in the United Kingdom. To start using Shopify Payments, you need to:
- be a resident of the United Kingdom
- have a UK bank account
- be using the GBP currency on your shop
Conclusion
Yes, Shopify Payment is available in the UK. You will need to have a UK bank account and be using the GBP currency on your shop.