# ShopFactory review (2026): is it worth $249? > Windows store builder sold as a one-time license, hosted anywhere Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. ShopFactory is ecommerce software installed on a Windows PC, where you design a store offline and publish it to ShopFactory's servers or to any host you choose. It is sold for a single up-front fee with no sales commissions. Optional cloud apps are included free for the first 12 months. - **Category:** Online Store Builders - **Made by:** 3D3.COM Pty Ltd - **Website:** https://www.shopfactory.com - **Runs on:** Windows - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you use a Mac or want to edit your store from a browser or phone. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, ShopFactory is a paid product, starting at $249 one-time license. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | ShopFactory license | $249 one-time | Store builder and cart for up to 10,000 products; premium apps are free for 12 months, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. | Read from https://www.shopfactory.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ShopFactory before buying. ## Key features - **Offline store design:** Build and organize the catalog on your own Windows PC, then publish to ShopFactory's servers or to your own hosting provider. - **No sales fees:** The vendor says it takes no commission on sales and charges no bandwidth or transaction fees. - **Payment gateways:** More than 50 payment processors are listed, including PayPal, Stripe, Mollie, WorldPay and Authorize.Net. - **Multilingual and multi-currency:** Stores can sell in several languages and currencies, and one license can build unlimited shops. - **Digital items, tickets and services:** Besides physical goods, the software lists support for selling digital items, event tickets and services. - **AI content and Zapier:** AI tools generate product content, and Zapier connects the store to more than 1,500 other tools. ## Good for - Small business owners who prefer a one-time fee - Sellers who want to choose their own hosting - Merchants selling in several languages ## Worth knowing - The builder runs on Windows PCs only; the store files live on your own computer. - Premium apps such as order management, loyalty and AI are free only for 12 months, then optional monthly fees. - The license covers up to 10,000 products per store. - The $249 price was read on the homepage from India and was not confirmed from the US. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. ShopFactory is software you install on a Windows PC to design a store offline, then publish it to their servers or your own host, for $249 once and no sales commission. That's a fair price against an online-store category that charges monthly. But it only runs on Windows, the store lives on your own computer, and the order management, loyalty and AI apps are free for 12 months only. - **Value for money: A.** $249 once is less than a year of this category's middle subscription at $29 a month, and the vendor says it takes no commission. Hosting is a separate cost if you pick your own, and the price was read from India, not the US. - **Free plan and trial: F.** Nothing is free: no free plan and no trial. A 30-day money-back guarantee is the only way out, and that is not a trial. - **Features: C.** Catalog, 50-plus payment processors, several languages and currencies, digital items and tickets. The gaps are in the listing: a 10,000-product limit per store, and order management and loyalty are paid apps after the first 12 months. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You design in a desktop program, set up payment gateways and pick where to publish, so there is a learning curve. - **Platforms and integrations: D.** Windows only, with the store files kept on that one PC. There is no Mac, phone or browser version. It does list Zapier and the main payment gateways. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ShopFactory'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 - ShopFactory's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 15 of the 80 other online store builders we grade, and level with 13. - It stands best on value for money (A, above 78 of 80) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/online-stores ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace ShopFactory 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. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 52 of the 80 other online store builders grade higher. It costs $249, paid once. - You could make: Digital downloads and templates: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. - You could not: A real app for Windows. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: It plugs into other products, PayPal, Stripe and Mollie among them. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with PayPal, Stripe, Mollie, WorldPay, Authorize.Net, Zapier **Tags:** Online store, One-time purchase, Digital downloads, AI features, Templates ## Alternatives - [OpenCart](https://toolgpa.com/tools/opencart): Free open-source shopping cart you host yourself. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/opencart-vs-shopfactory) - [Zen Cart](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zen-cart): Free open-source PHP shopping cart you host yourself. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shopfactory-vs-zen-cart) - [X-Cart](https://toolgpa.com/tools/x-cart): Ecommerce platform now sold to auto parts and powersports sellers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shopfactory-vs-x-cart) - [CS-Cart](https://toolgpa.com/tools/cs-cart): Self-hosted store and multi-vendor marketplace software. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cs-cart-vs-shopfactory) - [ShopSite](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shopsite): Licensed shopping cart software sold through hosting partners. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shopfactory-vs-shopsite) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.shopfactory.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/shopfactory Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).