WooCommerce alternatives in India

On top of the plan, Dukaan takes a service fee on each platform order that falls as you move up a plan and is capped per order, plus separate gateway, shipping and messaging charges. Subscription fees are non refundable with no pro rated refunds, and the current Diwali yearly prices end on 15 November 2026 and do not renew automatically.

GST is charged on Shopify fees unless you add a GSTIN, and that exemption only applies to invoices issued afterwards; refunds are not guaranteed and are only considered within 7 days of a monthly invoice or 30 days of an annual one. The trap is the per-order fee Shopify adds when you use a third party gateway, which every Indian store must do, plus a dollar-capped fee once marketplace orders pass 50 a month.

Annual billing saves about a sixth on Venture and above, but Starter costs the same either way, and subscription charges are non-refundable, though switching plans turns unused time into credit. There is no free plan or free trial for direct sign-ups, and Venture, Business and Unlimited prices went up from March 2, 2026.

Every order also carries a percentage transaction fee (lower on Enterprise), and all prices exclude taxes. You can cancel any time, but the vendor gives no refund for the unused part of a prepaid term, and the Platinum price is only a starting floor with extra charges possible.

Plans auto upgrade when trailing twelve month GMV crosses the tier cap, the Scale plan adds an overage on sales above its monthly cap, and orders through payment providers outside the embedded list carry a separate percentage fee on Core, Growth and Scale. The master services agreement says fees are not refunded on cancellation, pro rata or otherwise.

The cheapest Starter micro store is sold only on an annual plan and is limited to one user and 25 products. Extra users, extra inventory locations and paid Jumpstart onboarding packages are charged on top of the plan, and Zoho's refund policy gives a full refund in the first month on monthly plans or the first 45 days on annual plans.