# ShopBase review (2026): is it worth $17 a month, billed yearly?

> Hosted store builder for dropshipping and print on demand

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

ShopBase is a hosted ecommerce platform aimed at dropshipping, print-on-demand and white-label sellers. Each plan includes a store builder with themes, checkout, discount tools, abandoned-checkout recovery and AliExpress sourcing. The plans differ mainly in the fee charged on third-party payment providers, staff accounts and domains.

- **Category:** Online Store Builders
- **Made by:** ShopBase (since 2019)
- **Website:** https://www.shopbase.com
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a free plan, as there's only a 14-day trial.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 13, 2026, ShopBase is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $17 per month, billed yearly ($19 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 14-day free trial, no card required.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Basic | $17 per month, billed yearly ($19 billed monthly) | 5 additional staff accounts, 2 domains per store and a 2% fee on third-party payment providers. |
| Standard | $53 per month, billed yearly ($59 billed monthly) | 10 additional staff accounts, 10 domains per store and a 1% third-party payment provider fee. |
| Pro | $269 per month, billed yearly ($299 billed monthly) | 100 additional staff accounts, priority support and a 0.6% third-party payment provider fee. |
| Enterprise | $1,999 per month, billed monthly only | Six storefronts included, unlimited staff and domains, a 0.2% third-party payment provider fee and features for flash-sale traffic. |

Read from https://www.shopbase.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ShopBase before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **About 10% off with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Yearly plans cost $17, $53 and $269 a month instead of $19, $59 and $299 on Basic, Standard and Pro, paid annually. Enterprise has no yearly price. Source: https://www.shopbase.com/pricing

## Key features

- **Store builder and themes:** A drag-and-drop builder with themes and templates, free SSL and unlimited bandwidth on every plan.
- **Dropshipping sourcing:** Native AliExpress Connect for product sourcing and fulfillment, supplier integration by CSV, and tracking numbers that sync to PayPal.
- **Print on demand:** The vendor runs a sister print-on-demand platform, PrintBase, and promotes ShopBase as a storefront for it.
- **Sales and marketing tools:** Abandoned-checkout recovery, discount codes, upsell and cross-sell tools, unlimited contacts and fraud analysis.
- **Global selling:** Storefront translation, tax settings and a Global Markets feature for localized selling.
- **Mobile store management:** iOS and Android apps for managing a store from a phone.

## Good for

- Dropshippers who want sourcing built into the store
- Print-on-demand sellers using the vendor's own PrintBase
- Merchants running several storefronts under one account

## Worth knowing

- Third-party payment providers carry a platform fee of 2% on Basic, 1% on Standard, 0.6% on Pro and 0.2% on Enterprise, on top of the provider's own charges.
- Each extra storefront costs the plan's monthly price ($19 on Basic, $59 on Standard, $299 on Pro, $79 on Enterprise), with volume discounts through support.
- Enterprise is $1,999 a month with no yearly option, and a downgrade is possible only after 12 months.
- The pricing page shows a 14-day trial but no free plan.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. ShopBase is a hosted store builder aimed at dropshipping and print on demand, from $17 a month on yearly billing with a 14-day trial. Third-party payment providers carry a platform fee of up to 2%, and there's no free plan.

- **Value for money: B.** Basic is $17 a month billed yearly, inside the category's cheapest quarter. Extra storefronts each cost the plan's monthly price.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A 14-day trial with no card, and no free plan.
- **Features: C.** Store builder, dropshipping sourcing, print on demand, global selling and marketing tools. It leans on its own add-on products for some jobs.
- **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. You build the store and connect sourcing and payments.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web store builder with iOS and Android apps for managing the store, and links to AliExpress, PayPal and PrintBase. No desktop app.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ShopBase's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among online store builders

- ShopBase's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 60 of the 80 other online store builders we grade, and level with 13.
- It stands best on value for money (B, above 67 of 80) and worst on features (C, above 5).
- Its paid plans start at $17 a month, against a middle price of $29.25 for the category: 8 of the 44 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/online-stores

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace ShopBase you would be making checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.4 is higher than 60 of the 80 other online store builders we grade. It costs $204 a year.

- You could make: Templates: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you.
- You could not: Suppliers who ship each order for you.
- You could not: Printers that make and ship each order.
- You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, AliExpress, PayPal and PrintBase among them, and has an API.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

AliExpress, PayPal, PrintBase, PlusBase

**Tags:** Online store, Dropshipping, Print on demand, Templates, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Shopify](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shopify): Hosted commerce platform for online, in-person and social selling. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shopbase-vs-shopify)
- [WooCommerce](https://toolgpa.com/tools/woocommerce): Free, open-source store plugin for WordPress that you host yourself. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shopbase-vs-woocommerce)
- [BigCommerce](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bigcommerce): Hosted ecommerce platform with plans set by yearly sales. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-shopbase)
- [Shoplazza](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shoplazza): Hosted store builder with AI setup and multi-market selling. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shopbase-vs-shoplazza)
- [Ecwid](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ecwid): Online store you can add to any website or run as its own site. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ecwid-vs-shopbase)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://www.shopbase.com/pricing
- https://www.shopbase.com
- https://www.shopbase.com/about

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