Shopify Plus – powerful SaaS solution for dynamic e-commerce projects
With its extensive out-of-the-box functionalities, Shopify Plus offers an excellent basis for individual and flexibly scalable e-commerce projects. At the same time, the SaaS solution minimizes the effort required for updates and maintenance of the system.
Shopify Plus: get to MVP quickly & scale flexibly
The e-commerce system Shopify Plus is Shopify’s enterprise solution. It is tailored to medium to large companies. The software-as-a-service offer provides companies with the opportunity to launch an online offering as an MVP in a very short time. Extensions and customizations can be realized through apps or connected as functional extensions via API.
- Cloud-native SaaS commerce solution
- High-performance & innovative
- Fast time-to-market
- Extensive commerce features for B2C, B2B and D2C
- Individual expansion options through apps & via API
- Large international ecosystem with 10,000+ apps
- Automatic updates & scaling
- Low & transparent total cost of ownership
Shopify Plus has powerful APIs so that the e-commerce system can be seamlessly connected to third-party systems such as PIM, ERP or CRM. Custom storefronts or front-end solutions can also be easily connected to Shopify Plus.
Our services as a Shopify Partner
As your partner for digitalization, basecom supports you all the way from consulting to the implementation of your e-commerce project. By providing technology-neutral consulting, we work with you to find the solution that best suits the challenges and requirements of your company. With the SaaS offer Shopify Plus, we offer you a commerce solution that offers a fast time-to-market, very good performance, scalability, and low maintenance costs.
Migration & Replatforming
Your current e-commerce platform is reaching its limits? High infrastructure costs, long release cycles, or increasing maintenance requirements are typical reasons for switching platforms.
basecom manages your migration to Shopify Plus – from planning through go-live. With extensive replatforming experience across platforms like Magento, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, and Salesforce Commerce Cloud, we know what it takes to get it right: protecting your data, preserving SEO rankings, and keeping business disruption to a minimum. Beyond Shopify itself, we bring proven expertise in integrating adjacent systems such as ERP, PIM, and CRM, so your entire tech stack works seamlessly from day one.
Whether a phased migration, big-bang launch, or running both systems in parallel: the right approach depends on your data volume, system dependencies, and timeline. We work that out with you before a single line of code is written.
Individual extensions, apps & integration
Shopify Plus offers the possibility to expand and extend the functionality of the out-of-the-box system with apps and individual extensions. As a Shopify agency, we support you beyond the configuration of the system, by developing individual frontends (web, app, etc.), individual extensions and apps and integrations with third-party systems (PIM, ERP, CMS, CRM).
The advantages of Shopify Plus at a glance:
As a cloud solution, Shopify Plus is outstandingly scalable, reliable and at the same time very user-friendly. With Shopify Plus, a new online shop can be set up very quickly, so that your online offer can be realised as an MVP with a time-to-market of a few months. Since updates are automatically applied, there is very little effort for maintenance and servicing of the system.
Shopify offers an attractive licensing model with the Shopify Plus plan, which includes both the extensive standard functionalities of Shopify Plus and cloud hosting at an entry-level price of $2,000/month. As requirements and sales volumes grow, a variable fee option takes effect that adapts to the needs of the project.
Shopify Plus has a very large international ecosystem and provides more than 10,000 of its own apps and third-party apps in its app store, allowing the shop system to be expanded with additional functionalities. Additional sales channels or logistics services, for example, can be easily connected.
With the headless commerce stack Hydrogen, Shopify Plus offers a powerful toolbox for the development of individual storefronts that are optimized for Shopify Plus. Hydrogen is based on the open source framework Remix. With templates mapped to Shopify APIs, pre-built components, hooks and utilities, Hydrogen makes custom frontend development easier & faster. For Hydrogen frontends, Shopify provides the global hosting solution Oxygen for free.
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FAQs Shopify Plus
Shopify Plus is Shopify's enterprise-grade cloud commerce platform, designed for mid-sized to large businesses in B2C, B2B, and D2C. As a fully managed SaaS solution, Shopify handles hosting, updates, and infrastructure, letting merchants focus on growth. Key strengths include rapid time-to-market, excellent scalability during peak traffic, and a transparent starting price of $2,000/month including cloud hosting.
The core difference lies in operational responsibility and customization depth. Shopify Plus is a fully managed SaaS platform where updates, hosting, and scaling are handled automatically. Open-source systems like Shopware or Magento allow deeper customization of business logic and can be self-hosted, but require significantly more development and operational effort. For highly complex, custom processes or strict hosting requirements, those systems may be the better fit. basecom advises on the right choice based on your specific needs.
With Shopify Plus, a fully functional online store can be launched as an MVP within a few months, significantly faster than most open-source or headless solutions. The out-of-the-box features cover all core commerce processes, requiring minimal custom development from day one. Custom frontends, app integrations, and third-party system connections (ERP, PIM, CRM) can be added incrementally without disrupting live operations.
Shopify Plus provides powerful REST and GraphQL APIs for seamless integration with ERP systems (e.g., SAP), PIM solutions (e.g., Akeneo), and CRM platforms. The App Store offers more than 10,000 integrations for common third-party systems. For more complex requirements, we develop custom middleware and connector layers as a Shopify partner to ensure reliable bidirectional data exchange.
Yes. Shopify Plus includes native B2B features via "B2B on Shopify": company profiles with roles and permissions, customer-specific pricing, payment terms, and self-service order portals. For projects with highly custom B2B processes such as complex approval workflows, configurable products, or deep ERP integration, these features can reach their limits. basecom has successfully delivered B2B Shopify projects, including the Avesco store, and brings hands-on experience with both the platform's strengths and its boundaries.
Hydrogen is Shopify's headless framework built on Remix and React, designed to accelerate custom storefront development for Shopify Plus. Pre-built components and API bindings significantly reduce development effort compared to a fully custom frontend. A headless approach makes sense when there are specific performance requirements, a highly customized UX concept, or multi-channel distribution needs. Shopify provides Oxygen, a free global hosting solution specifically for Hydrogen storefronts.
Shopify Plus starts at $2,000/month, including cloud hosting and merchant success support. A variable pricing model applies as revenue grows. Total cost of ownership also includes third-party app fees, custom development costs, and integration work. Compared to on-premises solutions, hosting infrastructure and update overhead are eliminated entirely, which structurally reduces ongoing operational costs.
As a Shopify Plus Partner, basecom supports the full project lifecycle: from technology-neutral consulting and custom storefront development (including Hydrogen frontends) to third-party system integration with ERP, PIM, and CRM platforms. Reference projects like the Avesco B2B store and the Amazone fan shop demonstrate the range of Shopify implementations delivered. As part of the GROW Digital Group, basecom has access to a network of over 600 digital experts.
Shopify Plus excels for projects requiring fast time-to-market, high scalability at manageable operating costs, and a proven SaaS ecosystem, typically in B2C, D2C, and B2B scenarios with standardized processes. For projects with highly complex custom business logic, strict self-hosting requirements, or the need for deep core modifications, we recommend alternatives such as Shopware, commercetools, Spryker, or Pimcore depending on the context. The right fit is determined through a thorough requirements analysis.
Shopify Plus natively supports integration with social media channels, online marketplaces, and physical point-of-sale systems via Shopify POS. For international expansion, Shopify Markets provides a built-in toolset for multilingual, multi-currency operations and local customizations across more than 150 countries. Traffic peaks such as during flash sales are handled through automatic cloud infrastructure scaling with a guaranteed uptime of 99.99%.