Global
Everyone
No matter where they live, business owners can reach shoppers anywhere, helping them compete on the global stage.
Our world is flat
We’ve simplified what was once an incredibly complex process so all business owners can access foreign markets, make international sales, and create an impact beyond their borders. We help them navigate details like payments, taxes, shipping, and fulfillment, increasing economic resiliency and their likelihood to scale.
The power to scale
Small business owners around the world are proving how starting a global business is within everyone’s reach.
The future is borderless commerce
The exports of businesses on Shopify are growing at seven times the global average.
- Export growth of businesses on Shopify
- Global export growth
Modern consumerism rerouted globally
Businesses on Shopify in emerging economic regions benefit from a major advantage: over 95% of their export sales went to advanced economies in 2019, compared to less than 65% for the global average.
- Exports to advanced economies
- Domestic sales
- Exports to emerging economies
2019 exports from emerging economies
Kathy Tan in Malaysia is among over 14,700 Shopify Partners who helped businesses in other countries in 2019, proving that geography is no longer a barrier.
Independent doesn’t mean alone
We connect business owners with Shopify Partners who help them market and sell more goods across borders. The number of merchant-to-partner connections through Shopify has never been higher. Together, they are changing the way consumers everywhere buy, sell, and think about the availability of goods. Now, business owners can reach far beyond their own town, city, state, or country. There’s no limit to how far they can go.
Borderless collaborations
By connecting more businesses with Shopify Partners, we’re collectively rewriting the global rules of exchange and commerce. Power now resides in the hands of the many, not the few.
“The global economy is slowing [and] world trade is contracting... Entrepreneurship needs to be unleashed, and barriers to innovation, productivity, and competitiveness eliminated.”
Chief Economist at Deloitte Canada
