Can I import my Shopify products?

Yes. Export the product CSV from Shopify and import it into Tiny Shops; titles, photos, prices and variants come across, and you can keep both stores live during the switch. There is no live sync with Shopify: the import is a one-time copy, and afterwards you manage the catalog in Tiny Shops or in Google Sheets.

Which payment methods work in a Tiny Shops store?

Cards and wallets through Stripe, Razorpay or Midtrans (GoPay and QRIS); Apple Pay and Google Pay through Telegram’s native checkout; Telegram Stars; TON, USDC and other crypto; and bank transfer, invoice or cash on delivery with no provider connected. Payments settle in 100+ currencies to your own accounts, and Tiny Shops takes no cut.

Do I need a theme or apps?

No. The storefront ships with collections, filters, a promo strip and your own colours and logo, and cashback, referrals, promo codes, broadcast campaigns, win-back automations and analytics are part of every plan rather than separate apps.

Can buyers outside Telegram use the store?

The storefront is a Telegram Mini App, so buyers open it inside Telegram, signed in and with nothing to install. If you need a public website for shoppers who do not use Telegram, keep your Shopify store for them and run Tiny Shops for your Telegram audience.

The Shopify alternativebuilt inside Telegram.

Shopify is a website that needs traffic. Telegram is where your buyer already is. Tiny Shops is a true Mini App storefront inside Telegram, not a bot that lists product commands: fast setup, native checkout and built-in growth tools, with 0% platform fees.

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0% platform fees
No theme or app stack
Free until 100 contacts

A Tiny Shops storefront with collections and card checkout, open as a Mini App inside Telegram

Why a Telegram store instead of a Shopify site

A Shopify store is a destination: you build it, then you buy or earn the traffic to reach it. A Telegram store opens one tap from the channel, group or chat where your buyers already spend their day.

The buyer is already here

Telegram passed a billion monthly active users in 2025. A Tiny Shops store opens as a Mini App inside the app they already have running, signed in, with nothing to install and no account to create.

Native checkout, no redirect

Buyers browse, add to cart and pay in the same window. Telegram already holds their payment method, so Apple Pay and Google Pay are one confirmation away, and Telegram Stars need no card at all.

No theme, no app stack

The storefront, cart, checkout, order alerts, customer list, cashback, referrals, promo codes, broadcasts and analytics are one product. There is no theme to buy and no app subscriptions to stack on top of the plan.

Priced by contacts, not by sales

Tiny Shops charges 0% platform fees and adds no fee for using a third-party payment provider. Plans scale with the number of contacts in your store, products are unlimited, and a store is free until it reaches 100 contacts.

Who Tiny Shops is for, and who it is not for

An honest fit check. Tiny Shops replaces a Shopify store for sellers whose customers are in Telegram. It does not replace a public website.

Tiny Shops is a fit if

Your customers find you through a Telegram channel, group, bot or community, and a web store is a detour for them.
You sell physical goods and want card, wallet, Apple Pay and Google Pay checkout inside Telegram, with order alerts in the chat and manual options such as cash on delivery.
You are paying a monthly plan plus apps for a store that most of your buyers reach from a Telegram link anyway.
You want cashback, referrals, promo codes, broadcasts and win-backs included rather than installed.

Look elsewhere if

You need a public website that ranks in Google and takes orders from people who have never opened Telegram. Tiny Shops storefronts are built to open inside Telegram.
You depend on a specific Shopify app or theme, or on a live sync with Shopify. Tiny Shops imports your product CSV; it does not connect to a Shopify store or keep the two in sync.
You need the platform to host digital files and deliver downloads automatically. You can sell digital goods and deliver them in the chat after payment, but Tiny Shops does not host files.

Tiny Shops vs Shopify, line by line

Shopify figures are the ones its pricing page served us in the EU, in euros, with the date. We did not verify US-dollar prices and do not print them.

Shopify prices were read from the EU pricing page at shopify.com/pricing on 2026-09-09 and are quoted in euros because that is the page we verified; US-dollar prices were not checked. Tiny Shops prices are from tiny-shops.com/pricing on the same date.
Criterion	Tiny Shops	Shopify	Source
Monthly subscription	Free until 100 contacts. Then Starter $9.99/mo, Pro from $29/mo, Scale from $79/mo; annual billing about 20% cheaper. Unlimited products on every plan.	Basic €29/mo, or €22/mo billed annually. Grow €82/mo. Advanced €384/mo.	shopify.com/pricing, EU pricing page, read 2026-09-09.
Platform fee per sale	0%. No commission, no transaction fee and no surcharge for using a third-party payment provider.	2% extra per sale when you use a third-party payment provider instead of Shopify Payments.	EU pricing page, 2026-09-09. The 2% is on top of the provider’s own rate.
Card processing	Only what your payment provider charges (Stripe, Razorpay or Midtrans), or Telegram’s native card checkout with Apple Pay and Google Pay. Tiny Shops adds nothing.	Online card rate 1.9% + €0.25 on Basic with Shopify Payments.	EU pricing page, 2026-09-09.
Where the buyer pays	Inside Telegram, in a Mini App on your own bot. Nothing to install, no account to create.	On your website’s checkout page, in a browser.	How each product works; not a price claim.
Themes and apps	Included: storefront with collections and filters, cart, checkout, cashback, referrals, promo codes, broadcasts, win-back automations and analytics.	A theme store and an app store; paid themes and app subscriptions are priced separately.	Shopify’s model. Individual theme and app prices were not checked.
Catalog	Manual, Google Sheets sync, or a CSV import from Shopify or Etsy with photos, prices and variants. Keep both stores live during the switch.	Manual entry and CSV import in the admin.	Shopify’s standard catalog tools; not a price claim. Tiny Shops has no live Shopify sync.

How to move from Shopify to Telegram in three steps

Keep both stores live during the switch. The import is a copy, not a move, so nothing on Shopify changes.

Export your products from Shopify

Download the product CSV from your Shopify admin. Tiny Shops imports the titles, photos, prices and variants from that file, so you are not retyping the catalog.

Create the store on your bot

Open Tiny Shops in Telegram and authorize. Paste a token from @BotFather or use a managed bot, pick the Stripe template for card checkout, and import the CSV. Connect Stripe, Razorpay or Midtrans, or take bank transfer, invoice and cash on delivery with no provider at all.

Point your Telegram audience at it

Pin the shop to your channel, add it to your bio and drop the link into posts and DMs. Orders arrive as Telegram alerts, buyers earn cashback from the first order, and your Shopify site keeps running until you decide to close it.

What a Tiny Shops store costs next to Shopify

Pricing is keyed to the number of contacts in your shop, never to your sales. Products are unlimited on every plan, there are no transaction fees and no third-party-provider surcharge, and annual billing is about 20% cheaper per month. A store doing €2,000 a month in card sales through a third-party provider on Shopify Basic pays €29 in subscription plus €40 in the 2% third-party fee before the provider’s own rate; on Tiny Shops the platform side of that is $0 until you pass 100 contacts, and never a percentage of sales.

Starter

Free

then $9.99/mo after 100 contacts

Includes 1,000 contacts
+$5 per extra 1,000
1 store

Pro

Scale

$79/mo

Includes 25,000 contacts
+$8 per extra 5,000
Up to 10 stores

See the full pricing table

Shopify alternative FAQ

Yes, for sellers whose customers are on Telegram. Tiny Shops turns a Telegram bot into a Mini App storefront with a product grid, cart and native checkout, and charges 0% platform fees. It is not a website builder: the store opens inside Telegram, where a Shopify store opens in a browser.

On the EU pricing page we read on 2026-09-09, Shopify Basic is €29 a month, or €22 billed annually, with an online card rate of 1.9% + €0.25 and a 2% extra fee per sale when you use a third-party payment provider; Grow is €82 and Advanced €384 a month. Tiny Shops is free until 100 contacts, then $9.99 a month on Starter, from $29 on Pro and from $79 on Scale, with 0% platform fees, no third-party-provider fee and unlimited products.

If Shopify is not the tool you are leaving, one of these is closer.

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Pay-per-view in the Telegram chatSell one photo or one video for Stars inside the thread. A different job from a Shopify-style catalog.

Open your Telegram store beside your Shopify site.

Import the CSV, share the link, keep both live. Free until 100 contacts, 0% platform fees after.

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