How Shopify fees work in Austria
Selling on Shopify in Austria means three separate costs eat into every order, and it is easy to under-count them. This calculator brings them together so you see real profit per unit, not just the headline margin on your product.
- Subscription: a fixed monthly plan fee, spread across the orders you actually take.
- Payment processing: a percentage of each sale plus a small fixed fee, charged by Shopify Payments or your gateway.
- Third-party transaction fee: an extra Shopify charge that only applies if you don’t use Shopify Payments.
On top of those sit your product cost, shipping and advertising; the calculator subtracts all of them to give net profit, margin, break-even price and the maximum you can spend on ads per order before you lose money.
Shopify plan pricing in Austria (EUR)
Shopify bills Basic, Grow and Advanced in euros, monthly or annually; annual billing lowers the effective monthly fee, for example from 32 € to 24 € on Basic. Plus is quoted separately from roughly 2,100 € a month regardless of store currency.
Rates last verified 2026-08-05. Shopify occasionally adjusts pricing, so always confirm against the official Austria pricing page before committing.
Austrian payment methods
Shopify Payments in Austria supports the local methods Austrian shoppers expect. Each is selectable in the calculator’s advanced options:
- Standard card (Visa / Mastercard)
- American Express: Amex costs 3.5% on Basic against 2% for a standard card, one of the wider Amex gaps in Europe.
- International card: Cards issued outside Austria cost the same as Amex on every plan.
- EPS bank transfer: Austria's bank-transfer scheme costs a flat 1.75% + 0.25 € on every plan, cheaper than a standard card on Basic.
Shopify Payments rates in Austria fall with plan: 2% + 0.25 € on Basic, 1.9% + 0.25 € on Grow and 1.7% + 0.25 € on Advanced for standard online cards. Amex and international cards cost considerably more, up to 3.5% on Basic. EPS, the Austrian bank-transfer scheme, is priced at a flat 1.75% + 0.25 € regardless of plan, which makes it cheaper than a standard card on Basic. Other listed methods (Bancontact, iDEAL, BLIK, TWINT) simply mirror the standard card rate.
Third-party gateway fees
If you use an external payment provider instead of Shopify Payments, Shopify adds a transaction fee on top of whatever your gateway charges: 2% on Basic, falling to 0.2% on Plus. Switch the calculator’s payment method to “Third-party provider” to enter your gateway’s own rate and see the combined cost.
For most Austrian merchants, using Shopify Payments removes this fee entirely and is the cheaper route unless a specific gateway gives you a materially better processing rate.
USt considerations
Austria's standard USt rate is 20%. Storefront prices are shown gross to consumers, so divide a 120 € selling price by 1.2 for the 100 € net figure. Sellers shipping into Austria from elsewhere in the EU charge Austrian USt once EU-wide cross-border sales pass the 10,000 € OSS threshold.
This tool works in net (USt-exclusive) terms. If your listed prices include USt at 20%, convert to net before entering them so your margin reflects money you actually keep.
How this calculator works
Every figure is traceable to a formula:
- Processing fee = Price × rate% + fixed fee
- Plan allocation = Monthly plan fee ÷ Monthly order volume
- Break-even price = (fixed costs + fixed fee) ÷ (1 − variable fee rate)
- Max ad spend = profit per order before advertising is deducted
USt is excluded throughout. The price-sensitivity table re-runs the full model at ±10/20/30% of your price so you can see how margin moves before you discount or raise prices.
Frequently asked questions
Basic costs 32 € a month, or 24 € billed annually, and carries the highest rates: 2% + 0.25 € per online card payment plus a 2% surcharge if you skip Shopify Payments. Grow (1.9%) and Advanced (1.7%) charge less per transaction, so the higher subscriptions pay for themselves once volume is there. Run your own order count through the advanced options to see where the lines cross.
A card issued outside Austria or an Amex costs 3.5% on Basic against 2% for a standard card, a 1.5 point premium that persists on Advanced (3.2% against 1.7%). Stores with a big share of foreign shoppers should model orders at the international rate, or the margin picture flatters itself.
Yes. EPS costs a flat 1.75% + 0.25 € on every plan, which undercuts the 2% standard card rate on Basic. It is a familiar payment path for Austrian shoppers paying by bank transfer, and on the entry plan it is the cheapest processing option Shopify publishes for the market.
The standard rate is 20%, and storefront prices include it. Divide a 120 € selling price by 1.2 to get the 100 € taxable base. Selling into Austria from another EU country only triggers Austrian USt once your EU-wide distance sales pass the 10,000 € OSS threshold.
Using an external gateway instead of Shopify Payments adds 2% on Basic, 1% on Grow, 0.6% on Advanced and 0.2% on Plus, on top of the gateway's own charges. For most Austrian stores Shopify Payments stays the cheaper route.
Sources
- Shopify Austria pricing
- Shopify Help Center, Shopify Payments in Austria
