J.Heloise review for Shop

March 25, 2026

Hating Shopify more and more every week. As a small business owner, it took WAY too long to set up, mostly bc built in visual design features aren't available -- even simple ones that competitor squarespace was offering freely years ago. Can't customize certain text or even link things further down the page without getting a web designer to spend hours on it. THEN, I'm now dealing with hidden fees. The billing page says "Next bill in 5 days or when your $200 usd threshold is reached. You have $194 remaining." Which sounds to me like either I owe $200 or I don't... even though I've paid my monthly bill, EVERY MONTH. Currently chatting with a bot to TRY to get an answer, a waste of 30 mins -- but Shopify won't let you talk w an actual human on the phone, so you're at the mercy of chatbots. Overall, the apps are a huge pain to set up, each one does a thing, but not exactly how you need it to.. Don't recommend any of this. In fact, I don't recommend websites at all, or the internet, or supporting any tech company. I hope the billionaire owner of Shopify is reborn as a frog in their next life. I hope all those billions get him that, it's precisely what he deserves for wasting our time & money in the ways I just described.