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MediatopiaOurs

A dropshipping website designed, built and looked after for you by Mediatopia.

Who builds the shop
We design and build it for you, around your products and your brand
Price each month
£119 plus VATDropshipping website plan
If you pay for the year
No yearly price
Card fees
Taken on your own Stripe account, at Stripe's fee
Any extra fees
None from Mediatopia
To get started
£0 up front, 12 month minimum contract
How dropshipping works on it
Built in: AliExpress connected in the control panel now, Alibaba.com coming soon; prices and stock checked every six hours; paid orders sent to the supplier with tracking back
What is included
Design and buildHostingYour domainBusiness emailSupplier connectionSupport
For UK shops
A UK company, billed in pounds

Source: mediatopia.co.uk, read 4 November 2026

Shopify

An online shop you rent by the month. Shopify looks after the hosting and the card payments, and you build the shop yourself using one of its designs.

Who builds the shop
You build it yourself, using one of its designs
Price each month
£25Basic plan
If you pay for the year
£19 a month
Card fees
2% + 25p online (standard cards), on Shopify Payments
Any extra fees
2% on Basic if you use another payment provider
To get started
3 days free, then £1 a month for 3 months on most plans
How dropshipping works on it
Through apps from the Shopify App Store, which lists DSers and CJdropshipping under dropshipping
What is included
HostingCard payments
For UK shops
Prices in pounds on its UK page; VAT invoicing among the plan features

Source: shopify.com · apps.shopify.com, read 4 November 2026

WooCommerce

Free software that adds a shop to a WordPress website. You pay for your own hosting and any extras.

Who builds the shop
You build it yourself on WordPress, or pay someone to
Price each month
£0WooCommerce plan
If you pay for the year
£0 a month
Card fees
1.5% + 25p on WooPayments for UK cards (international cards 2% more), plus VAT on the fee
Any extra fees
None from WooCommerce
To get started
Free software; hosting from $25 to $350 a month for most shops, by its own estimate
How dropshipping works on it
Through plugins, such as DSers' WooCommerce plugin
What is included
The shop software
For UK shops
WooPayments has its own UK fees in pounds; hosting and extension prices are shown in dollars

Source: woocommerce.com · woocommerce.com, read 4 November 2026

Squarespace

A website builder known for its designs. All four of its plans let you sell products.

Who builds the shop
You build it yourself, using one of its designs
Price each month
£28.80 including VATCore plan
If you pay for the year
£20.40 a month
Card fees
2% + 25p on Squarespace Payments for UK personal cards (business cards and Amex 3% + 25p)
Any extra fees
None on Core (Basic adds 2% on shop sales)
To get started
14 days free, no card needed
How dropshipping works on it
Through Squarespace Extensions, which name Spocket and Syncee for dropshipping; DSers works with it too
What is included
HostingCard payments
For UK shops
Prices in pounds; its pricing page shows them with VAT added

Source: squarespace.com, read 4 November 2026

Wix

A website builder where you drag and drop the pieces into place. Its paid plans include an online shop.

Who builds the shop
You build it yourself, by dragging and dropping
Price each month
Not shown monthly
If you pay for the year
£16 a month
Card fees
2.1% + 20p on Wix Payments (UK cards; Amex 3.1% + 20p)
Any extra fees
None stated on its plans page
To get started
A free plan to build on, and a full refund within 14 days of your first paid plan
How dropshipping works on it
Modalyst, which Wix calls its native dropshipping app; DSers works with Wix too
What is included
HostingCard payments
For UK shops
Prices in pounds, plus VAT, shown for yearly plans only; UK card fees in pounds

Source: wix.com · wix.com · support.wix.com, read 4 November 2026

BigCommerce

An online shop you rent by the month, aimed at shops that are already selling a lot. Its plans are priced by how much you sell in a year.

Who builds the shop
You build it yourself, using one of its designs
Price each month
$39Core plan
If you pay for the year
$29 a month
Card fees
No UK card rate published; no BigCommerce fee with Stripe, PayPal and the others it builds in
Any extra fees
2% on Core through a payment provider it does not build in
To get started
15 days free, no card needed
How dropshipping works on it
Through apps in its app store, including Avasam (UK suppliers), Spocket and Syncee
What is included
HostingCard payments
For UK shops
Prices in US dollars, plus VAT, even on its .co.uk site

Source: bigcommerce.co.uk · bigcommerce.co.uk, read 4 November 2026

What is included in the price

Seven things a dropshipping shop needs. Which ones are included?

A tick means the company's own website says it is included in the price. Card payments are ticked where the company takes the payments itself. With Mediatopia, payments go into your own Stripe account, which Mediatopia sets up when it builds your shop.

Design and build
Hosting
Card payments
Connection to suppliers
Your web address
Business email
Support
MediatopiaOurs4 of 7
Design and buildincluded
Hostingincluded
Card paymentsnot in the plan
Connection to suppliersnot in the plan
Your web addressnot in the plan
Business emailincluded
Supportincluded
Shopify2 of 7
Design and buildnot in the plan
Hostingincluded
Card paymentsincluded
Connection to suppliersnot in the plan
Your web addressnot in the plan
Business emailnot in the plan
Supportnot in the plan
WooCommerce0 of 7
Design and buildnot in the plan
Hostingnot in the plan
Card paymentsnot in the plan
Connection to suppliersnot in the plan
Your web addressnot in the plan
Business emailnot in the plan
Supportnot in the plan
Squarespace2 of 7
Design and buildnot in the plan
Hostingincluded
Card paymentsincluded
Connection to suppliersnot in the plan
Your web addressnot in the plan
Business emailnot in the plan
Supportnot in the plan
Wix2 of 7
Design and buildnot in the plan
Hostingincluded
Card paymentsincluded
Connection to suppliersnot in the plan
Your web addressnot in the plan
Business emailnot in the plan
Supportnot in the plan
BigCommerce2 of 7
Design and buildnot in the plan
Hostingincluded
Card paymentsincluded
Connection to suppliersnot in the plan
Your web addressnot in the plan
Business emailnot in the plan
Supportnot in the plan

What a shop really costs each month

What each one really costs once you add everything a dropshipping shop needs.

The price a shop website advertises is only part of what you pay. To take orders, a shop on Shopify, WooCommerce or Wix also needs an app to connect it to AliExpress, a business email address and a web address, and someone has to build it. Move the sliders to your size of shop and each bar adds it all up, with the cost for the first year underneath.

Who is going to build your shop?

The shop website The AliExpress app Email and web address Card fees The web designer

Prices are from each company's own website, checked on 4 November 2026, before VAT. The AliExpress app is DSers at $19.90 a month. The email is Google Workspace at £5.90 a month for one email address. The web address is a .co.uk from IONOS at £10 a year. Dollar prices are turned into pounds at $1 to £0.74, the European Central Bank's rate that day.

MediatopiaOurs
£0

First year £0 £119 a month plus VAT, which includes the design and build, hosting, the connection to AliExpress, your web address, email and support. Card fees are Stripe's, 1.5% + 20p for standard UK cards. Mediatopia · Stripe

Shopify Basic
£0

First year £0 £25 a month (£19 if you pay for the year), plus the DSers app, email and a web address. Card fees are 2% + 25p. Shopify

Shopify Grow
£0

First year £0 £65 a month (£49 if you pay for the year), plus the DSers app, email and a web address. Card fees are 1.7% + 25p. Shopify

WooCommerce
£0

First year £0 The software is free, so the price here is hosting at $25 a month, the lowest figure WooCommerce's own website gives ($25 to $350). Plus the DSers app, email and a web address. Card fees are 1.5% + 25p. WooCommerce

Squarespace Core
£0

First year £0 £24 a month before VAT (£17 if you pay for the year), plus the DSers app and a web address. Core includes one Google Workspace email address free for the first year. Card fees are 2% + 25p on UK personal cards. Squarespace · Squarespace fees

Wix Core
£0

First year £0 £16 a month before VAT, paid for the year, which is the only way Wix shows its prices. Core is its cheapest plan that takes payments. Plus the DSers app, email and a web address. Card fees are 2.1% + 20p. Wix · Wix fees

BigCommerce isn't included, because it doesn't publish its card fees for UK shops. Your own time isn't counted for any of them. Shopify's UK website doesn't say whether its prices include VAT, so they are shown as it states them.

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