The Cheapest Shopify Alternative for Nigerian Small Businesses

"Cheap" only means something once you know the full bill. Shopify's own pricing page understates what a Nigerian seller actually pays, because the sticker price assumes Shopify Payments — which doesn't operate in Nigeria at all.

What Shopify really costs here

Basic Shopify is billed in USD, so the price moves with the exchange rate every month. On top of that, a Nigerian merchant needs a separate gateway (Paystack or Flutterwave) layered on, since Shopify's own payment processing isn't an option — meaning two dashboards, two sets of fees, and Shopify's own "third-party gateway" surcharge on every sale, which some plans still apply even when the workaround is the only real option.

What actually makes a platform cheap

The real cost of an ecommerce platform is subscription plus transaction fee plus whatever you have to pay separately to make it work at all in your market. A platform that's $10 cheaper on paper but needs three paid apps to handle payments, delivery, and marketing isn't actually the cheaper option.

Where Bifixit is priced

Bifixit starts at $15/month with a free first month, a flat 3% per-order fee, and no separate payout fee. Naira payment collection is native — no second gateway, no currency-conversion guesswork. AI-generated marketing content and a lead-generation tool are built into the paid tiers rather than sold as separate apps, which is usually where the "cheap" platform ends up costing more in practice.

See the real pricing — no hidden gateway, no currency surprise.