- Business
- Shopify Inc. (SHOP.TO) operates as a leading global e-commerce platform that enables merchants to build online stores, manage point-of-sale systems, process payments and orders, and handle inventory and shipping worldwide; its core offerings include Shopify Basic, Shopify Advanced, and Shopify Plus for scalable enterprise solutions, Shopify POS for in-person retail integration, Shop Pay for accelerated one-click checkout, Shopify Payments for direct processing, Shopify Email and marketing automation tools, multichannel sales integrations with platforms like Amazon and social media, Shopify Shipping and Markets for international fulfillment, Shopify Capital for merchant financing, and an extensive App Store with over 16,000 third-party applications spanning marketing, analytics, inventory, and customer engagement categories such as Klaviyo and Printful. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the company serves over 5 million customers across industries from startups to global brands including Tesla, Nestle, and LVMH, with primary operations in North America (57% of 2024's $292.3 billion gross merchandise volume), Europe, Asia, and other regions through offices in cities like New York, Dublin, and Singapore. Recent developments include an expanded partnership with Global-e Online Ltd. in 2025 to enable Shop Pay's one-click checkout for international merchants, migration of all apps to React Native for cross-platform consistency, transition of its U.S. listing from NYSE to Nasdaq Global Select Market in March 2025 with inclusion in the Nasdaq-100 index in May, recognition of partners like Domaine as Platinum Tier in the redefined 2025 Partner Program, strong B2B growth exceeding 100% year-over-year and 42% international GMV expansion outside North America as of Q2 2025, and record-breaking $14.6 billion in Black Friday-Cyber Monday sales for merchants in late 2025 despite a brief service outage on Cyber Monday.