Ecommerce cost calculator — WoBooks vs Shopify vs Daraz

It estimates your annual platform cost on three options: a WoBooks Commerce subscription (plus any per-order fee listed on your plan), Shopify Basic (subscription + ~2% non-Shopify-Payments transaction fee in Pakistan since Shopify Payments isn't available locally), and Daraz (5–25% commission per sale depending on category, with no subscription). The math is your monthly sales × 12, converted to US dollars at the rate you enter — verify your own contract rates. The calculator does not include payment-gateway fees (JazzCash, Easypaisa, Safepay) because these apply roughly equally on every platform and would cancel out.

Shopify Payments is Shopify's bundled payment processor and is only available in selected countries (US, UK, Canada, Australia, EU, etc.). Pakistan is not on Shopify's supported-country list as of 2026, so Pakistani Shopify merchants pay Shopify's non-Shopify-Payments transaction fee (typically 2% on Basic) on top of whatever their payment processor (Safepay, PayFast, JazzCash gateway) charges them. The calculator defaults to 2% for Pakistani sellers — verify your specific Shopify contract.

We focus this calculator on the three most-common comparisons Pakistani sellers run. Wix Business Basic ($28/mo) and Squarespace Commerce ($28/mo) cost similarly to Shopify with weaker Pakistani payment-gateway support — see /compare/wix and /compare/squarespace for side-by-sides. WordPress + WooCommerce is technically free but adds hosting (~PKR 3,000–15,000/yr), themes, plugins, and developer time — typically PKR 30,000–80,000 in year one. See /compare/wordpress for the realistic all-in.

For most Pakistani sellers — no, not entirely. The right model is usually "use both" — Daraz for new-customer discovery (where its audience advantage matters), and your own WoBooks site for repeat customers, where you keep the customer relationship instead of paying a marketplace cut on every order. How many repeat buyers switch depends on your products and your offer — your own order history shows it week by week. The smart move is to use Daraz to acquire customers, then convert them to your WoBooks store with a printed insert in their package or a follow-up WhatsApp. See /compare/daraz for the full take.

Shopify Basic at $29/mo is Shopify's public list price as of 2026; the 2% transaction fee is the non-Shopify-Payments rate published in Shopify's pricing pages for unsupported countries. Daraz commission varies significantly by category and seller tier — the 15% default is a mid-range estimate; verify your specific rate in Daraz Seller Center. Both platforms can change their pricing at any time; this tool is updated periodically but always verify against the platform's current published rates.

No — and intentionally. JazzCash, Easypaisa, and Safepay all charge standard merchant fees (typically 1–2.5% depending on method) and these fees apply roughly equally on WoBooks, Shopify, and Daraz. Including them on every column would just add the same number to each total without changing the relative comparison. The calculator focuses on the costs that differ by platform — subscription, transaction fee, commission.

Every WoBooks store starts with a free 7-day trial. After that, WoBooks Commerce has three plans sized by monthly orders and products: Starter ($15/month) handles up to 500 orders and 100 products, Growth ($35/month) up to 5,000 orders and 500 products with the POS and accounting reports, and Scale ($75/month) has no order or product cap and adds priority support. The calculator recommends the plan that fits your monthly orders — see /pricing for the full breakdown.

WoBooks Commerce includes the website, ecommerce, accounting, AI Companion (owner-side AI) and Brain (customer-side AI chat on your website) from Starter, and the POS from Growth. Shopify relies on separate apps for accounting (QuickBooks ~$30/mo), POS (Shopify POS Pro ~$89/mo) and AI customer service (such as Intercom Fin, billed per resolution). Daraz is a marketplace listing — you don't get a website, accounting, POS, or AI at all. See Companion and Brain for the AI breakdown.