Prebit vs Shopify — FAQs

Prebit Smart Checkout features cross-store user detection. When a customer enters their shipping and contact details on any store powered by Prebit, their information is automatically recognized and pre-filled when they visit any other store in the Prebit network. This frictionless 1-click checkout experience reduces cart abandonment and boosts overall store conversion rates by up to 40%.

Yes. Prebit costs ₹999/month all-in, including hosting, SSL, and Indian tax compliance tooling. Shopify's Basic plan is ₹2,400/month (inc. taxes) on monthly billing, and because Shopify Payments is unavailable in India, you also pay a 2% transaction fee on every order. A store doing ₹2 lakh/month in GMV would pay an additional ₹4,000/month in Shopify transaction fees alone.

No. Prebit does not charge any platform-level transaction fee. You only pay your payment gateway's standard processing fee (e.g., Razorpay's 2% + GST). Shopify charges an additional 0.5%–2% on top of the gateway fee unless you use Shopify Payments, which is not available in India.

Yes! Prebit offers 100% FREE assisted store migration. Our engineering team handles transferring all your products, variants, collection structures, customer data, and 301 URL redirects from Shopify with zero downtime. Most free migrations are completed in under 72 hours.

Yes. Razorpay is natively integrated into Prebit's checkout. No additional app or custom code is required. Shopify does not offer native Razorpay integration — Indian Shopify merchants must use third-party payment gateway apps, which often have additional fees.

No. As of 2025, Shopify Payments is not available in India. This means all Indian Shopify merchants pay the standard 2% transaction fee (Basic plan) on top of their chosen payment gateway's processing fee. This significantly increases the total cost per transaction compared to Prebit.

For most Indian D2C brands doing under ₹50 lakh/month in GMV, Prebit is the stronger choice purely on economics — no transaction fees, lower monthly cost, and native Indian payment integrations. Shopify makes more sense if you're already on the platform, have significant Shopify-specific theme/app investments, or need to sell globally in multiple currencies.

Yes. The Prebit Commerce Engine exposes a typed API and SDK that supports headless deployments. Shopify offers Shopify Hydrogen for headless, which is React-based with RSC support. Both platforms support headless; the difference is developer experience — Prebit's API is TypeScript-first and India-latency optimised.

Boron is Prebit's server-side rendering framework for web storefronts powered by Next.js. It handles SSR, streaming, and image optimisation specifically tuned for Indian network conditions (lower bandwidth, higher latency on 4G). It enables better Core Web Vitals scores than typical Shopify themes, which are client-heavy JavaScript bundles.

Krypton is Prebit's mobile application framework built on Expo and React Native. It allows developers and D2C brands to deploy native iOS and Android e-commerce mobile apps sharing core logic and APIs directly with their Prebit storefront.

The Bit engine is Prebit's template language for storefronts — analogous to Shopify's Liquid. Unlike Liquid, Bit is compiled (not interpreted at runtime), has a formal AST, and exposes a typed SDK for autocompletion in the Prebit code editor. Liquid is more mature with a larger community; Bit is more modern technically.

Prebit's infrastructure is designed to handle significant traffic spikes with atomic inventory reservation to prevent overselling. For enterprise-scale flash sales (millions of concurrent users), Shopify has more proven infrastructure. For most Indian D2C brands, Prebit's capacity is more than sufficient.

Yes. Prebit supports digital product types with protected asset delivery, signed expiring download links, download-count limits, and refund-triggered access revocation. Shopify requires a paid app (e.g., Sky Pilot or Filemonk) for digital product delivery — adding ₹1,500–₹4,000/month to your costs.

Both platforms offer abandoned cart email recovery. Prebit's is built-in with consent-aware two-stage sending (1hr and 24hr), recovery link, unsubscribe compliance, and campaign attribution. Shopify includes basic abandoned cart emails on all plans, with more advanced automation available through Shopify Email or paid marketing apps.

Prebit offers a free tier to get started. Shopify offers a 3-day free trial, then ₹20/month for the first 3 months, after which it jumps to full pricing.

Yes. Prebit natively includes GST-compliant invoicing with sequential invoice numbering, HSN/SAC codes, and GSTIN formatting out of the box. Shopify requires paid third-party apps (e.g., GST Invoice-Bill by Refrens) for GST-compliant invoicing in India.

Yes. Prebit supports custom domains with automatic SSL provisioning. You can connect any domain you own. This is included in the base plan with no additional cost.

Prebit provides a conversion funnel (sessions → product views → carts → checkout → paid orders), traffic analytics, customer analytics, and a Store Health dashboard. Shopify's analytics are more comprehensive with more built-in reports and third-party integrations (Google Analytics, Meta Pixel). For most early-stage brands, Prebit's analytics are sufficient.

Each Prebit plan supports one store. Multiple stores require separate subscriptions. Shopify also charges per store. For agencies managing many stores, both platforms have agency-specific pricing options.

Prebit is designed with a modern developer experience: TypeScript SDK, typed CLI, REST + structured APIs, the Next.js-powered Boron rendering framework with React Server Components, and the Bit template language with Monaco-based editor completions. Shopify's Liquid is more mature and has a larger community, but it's an older interpolation-based model. Shopify Hydrogen offers a modern React/RSC option. For developers comfortable with TypeScript and Next.js, Prebit's DX is more modern and familiar.

Yes. Prebit features a live sandboxed App Store supporting OAuth installation, scoped API access, webhooks, and extension blocks to safely extend your store capabilities without degrading speed.

Prebit supports native local pickup, local delivery, and direct integration with major Indian shipping carriers (Delhivery, Shiprocket). Shopify supports carrier-calculated shipping rates and has established integrations with major Indian carriers through its app store.

Prebit's current focus is India-first D2C, creator, and SMB stores. Shopify has a more mature dropshipping ecosystem (DSers, Oberlo-successors). If dropshipping is your primary model, Shopify or WooCommerce may have more established tooling at this stage.