Store setup
From empty account to first product: every step named the way the Shopify admin actually names it.
Shopify, for the UK
Set up your UK store properly.
Cleared for launch: VAT, payments and postage included.
Shopify guides for UK merchants: VAT registration, UK payment methods, Royal Mail and courier shipping, and pricing in pounds.
What you will find here
The parts US tutorials skip are the parts that decide whether a UK store runs smoothly. Each guide cites Shopify's own documentation with the date it was checked, and HMRC for anything tax-shaped.
Tax notes sourced from HMRC
Prices in £, dated
VAT & registration
What the obligations are, when registration becomes relevant, and where HMRC states the figures. Orientation, never tax advice.
Payments
Shopify Payments in the UK, cards, wallets and the per-order fees, laid out in pounds, with sources.
Delivery
Royal Mail, Evri and the courier options small stores actually use, plus returns done properly.
Themes & apps
Judged with their monthly fees added up: £9 apps stack faster than stores grow.
The full bill
Subscription, transaction fees, apps, theme and postage in one honest sum. No revenue promises, ever.
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