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0 pointsduskwuff5y ago0 comments

No, you've misunderstood the situation here.

OP is not "paying for a platform" on Shopify -- they are not a customer of Shopify running a store. OP is a Shopify partner offering a service to Shopify's clients, through Shopify's own web site, and is expected to pay Shopify a cut of their profits in exchange for being featured this way. This is a standard practice for this type of partnership.

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doikor5y ago

> expected to pay Shopify a cut of their profits

A cut of the profits would be really nice actually. A cut of revenue is a totally different beast.

boringg5y ago

True that! Though then you would get into games of companies hiding profit to avoid paying.

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