How Shopify fees work in Netherlands
Selling on Shopify in Netherlands 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 Netherlands (EUR)
Shopify prices Basic, Grow and Advanced identically in euros across the euro area, so the Netherlands matches Germany, France, Ireland and Belgium: annual billing brings the effective monthly cost down by roughly a quarter. Plus is quoted individually from €2,100/month.
Rates last verified 2026-08-05. Shopify occasionally adjusts pricing, so always confirm against the official Netherlands pricing page before committing.
Dutch payment methods
Shopify Payments in Netherlands supports the local methods Dutch shoppers expect. Each is selectable in the calculator’s advanced options:
- Standard card (Visa / Mastercard)
- American Express: Amex runs about 1.1 points above the standard card rate on every plan.
- International card: Cards issued outside the EU are charged at the same rate as American Express on each plan.
The Netherlands shares the continental European Shopify Payments rate with Germany and France: 2.1% + €0.30 on Basic for a standard card, 1.8% on Grow and 1.6% on Advanced, with Amex and non-EU cards around 1.1 points higher. iDEAL is available through Shopify Payments and dominates Dutch checkouts, but a reliably confirmed per-plan iDEAL rate could not be sourced, so we leave it out rather than print a wrong number; check Settings > Payments in your admin for the current figure. The card rates themselves are well-corroborated but the Dutch pricing page geo-gates exact local figures, so confirm before quoting.
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 Dutch merchants, using Shopify Payments removes this fee entirely and is the cheaper route unless a specific gateway gives you a materially better processing rate.
BTW considerations
Dutch standard VAT (BTW) is 21%, with a 9% reduced rate for specific goods and services. The KOR small-business scheme lets you skip charging BTW while annual turnover stays under €20,000, at the cost of losing the right to reclaim BTW on your expenses. Storefront prices are normally BTW-inclusive, so divide the gross price by 1.21 for the net figure.
This tool works in net (BTW-exclusive) terms. If your listed prices include BTW at 21%, 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
BTW 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 is €24/month billed annually or €32/month billed monthly, the same euro pricing Shopify uses across the euro area. It has the highest card rate (2.1% + €0.30) and the full 2% external provider fee; Grow (1.8%) and Advanced (1.6%) improve the per-order cost as volume grows.
iDEAL runs through Shopify Payments and is the most-used checkout method for Dutch shoppers, but Shopify does not publish a rate we could confirm, so check your own admin for the exact figure rather than trusting a guess. International (non-EU) cards are corroborated at roughly 3.2% on Basic, 2.9% on Grow and 2.7% on Advanced, plus €0.30.
Standard BTW is 21%. Under the KOR scheme you charge no BTW while turnover stays below €20,000 a year. Otherwise storefront prices are usually BTW-inclusive, so divide by 1.21 for your net revenue.
Using a payment provider other than Shopify Payments (Mollie included) adds Shopify's own fee on top: 2% on Basic, 1% on Grow, 0.6% on Advanced and 0.2% on Plus. It disappears once you switch to Shopify Payments.
By roughly a quarter: Basic goes from €32 to €24/month, Grow from €92 to €69, and Advanced from €384 to €289. Spread either fee across your real monthly order volume in the advanced options before comparing plans.
Sources
- Shopify Netherlands pricing
- Business.gov.nl, VAT
