Launch
A first store for a small US brand
- Theme built around your brand
- Catalog, variants and images loaded
- Stripe or PayPal, US sales tax, shipping
- Google Shopping and analytics
Fixed price, agreed in a signed BRD
Zoho Commerce partner in the USA · Los Angeles, CA
Zoho Commerce implementation partner for US online stores and B2B sellers
The storefront, the stockroom and the books, running on one system.
We’re certified Zoho Commerce consultants, led from our Glendale office in the Los Angeles area. We build your store, set up shipping, payments and US sales tax, move your products and customers over from Shopify, WooCommerce or Wix, and connect it to Zoho Inventory and Zoho Books. Then we train your team and stay on for support.
- Store, stock and accounting share one backend
- 0% transaction fee on every plan
- B2B price lists and quote requests built in
Advanced PartnerCertified Zoho Commerce consultants
You’ll talk to our senior team, not a call center.300+ projects · serving US clients since 2025
01Why Zoho Commerce
Why do US sellers who already run on Zoho pick Zoho Commerce?
Because the store isn’t a separate island. Zoho Commerce is built on top of Zoho Books and Zoho Inventory, so an order on your website is already a sales order, a stock movement and an invoice. Add no transaction fees, users included in every plan and B2B tools on Premium, and the case gets simple for small online stores and wholesalers. These are the six reasons we hear most.
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The order, the stock count and the invoice are the same record
Zoho Commerce runs on the same engine as Zoho Inventory and Zoho Books. When the two are connected, customers, items, taxes and orders stay in sync, and online orders turn into invoices without a connector app in the middle.
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No transaction fee on any plan
Zoho lists a 0% transaction fee on every Zoho Commerce plan. You still pay your payment provider’s card rate, like you would anywhere, but Zoho doesn’t take its own cut on top.
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Wholesale buyers get their own prices and can ask for a quote
On Premium and Plus, price lists mark prices up or down for a customer group, and buyers can send a request for quote from the store. You reply with a quote, they accept it in their customer portal, and it becomes a sales order.
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Your team logs in without per-seat surprises
Standard includes 2 users, Professional 5 and Premium 10. Someone else in the warehouse? Extra users are $2.50 a month on a yearly plan, so a new packer doesn’t force a plan change.
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Shipping rates come from the carrier, live at checkout
From Professional, live shipping rates quote the real carrier price from the box size and the address. Zoho Commerce connects to US carriers and shipping tools like UPS, USPS and EasyPost, and in-store pickup works on every plan.
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Abandoned carts get a second chance
Every plan tracks abandoned carts and lets you email the shopper what they left behind. Add coupons, a loyalty program and a Zoho Campaigns sync, and your repeat-order emails run from real purchase data.
02Follow one order
From first click to paid invoice: one Zoho Commerce order, line by line
Here’s a single order on a Zoho Commerce store we’d set up for a small US brand. A shopper finds a product on Google, leaves, comes back, pays, and gets a box two days later. Scroll and the receipt prints as it goes. Every line is something your team doesn’t have to retype.
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Tue · 9:12 PM
A shopper finds you on Google
Your catalog feeds Google Merchant Center, so the house blend shows up in Google Shopping. The shopper lands on the product page, picks a grind and adds two bags.
In Zoho Commerce: Integrations · Google Shopping
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Wed · 10:00 AM
They leave. The cart doesn’t.
The cart sits under Abandoned Carts with the shopper’s email. A reminder goes out with the items still in it, plus a first-order coupon we set up for exactly this moment.
In Zoho Commerce: Carts · Abandoned · Coupons
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Wed · 7:48 PM
Checkout quotes the real shipping and tax
Back on the site, the shopper sees a live UPS rate for the actual box and the sales tax for a Denver address. They pay by card through Stripe. Zoho adds no transaction fee.
In Zoho Commerce: Live shipping rates · Taxes · Stripe
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Wed · 7:48 PM
The order lands and the stock drops
The order shows up as a sales order with the stock reserved. Because the store runs on Zoho Inventory, the website, your wholesale portal and the warehouse all see the same count.
In Zoho Commerce: Orders · Items · Locations
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Thu · 11:20 AM
Packed, labeled, on its way
Someone in the warehouse picks the order, packs it and marks it shipped with the UPS tracking number. The shopper gets the shipping email and can follow the box from their account.
In Zoho Commerce: Orders · Shipments · Customer portal
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Thu · 11:21 AM
The books are already done
The invoice and payment are in Zoho Books, with the Colorado tax in the liability report. The shopper earns loyalty points and lands in Zoho Campaigns for the reorder email in three weeks.
In Zoho Books and Zoho Campaigns
03Try it · sample store
Style a Zoho Commerce store in four clicks
Zoho Commerce stores are built from themes you edit section by section: layout, brand colors and fonts. Pick a few below and watch the sample store change. Then flip it to wholesale and see what your B2B buyers would get: their own price list and a “Request a quote” button.
Trailhead CoffeeShopBrew guidesAccountCart · 0
Signed in as Café buyer · price list: Café wholesale (20% off) · net terms on request
Fresh roast, every Monday
Coffee worth getting up for
Shop the roast- House blend · 12 oz
$18.00$18.00Add to cart - Pour-over kettle
$64.00$64.00Add to cart - Stoneware mug set
$32.00$32.00Add to cart
Buying 50+ bags a month?Request a quote
Sample store and prices. In a real project we build your theme around your brand, and wholesale prices come from Zoho Commerce price lists on the Premium or Plus plan.
04Switching stores
Moving to Zoho Commerce from Shopify, WooCommerce or Wix
A Zoho Commerce migration moves the things your store can’t live without: products and variants, images, customers, open orders and the URLs Google already knows. Pick the platform you’re on to see where everything lands. We set up 301 redirects from your old product pages so search traffic follows you to the new store.
Moving from Shopify? See every Zoho migration →
| In Shopify | In Zoho Commerce |
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| Products & variants | Items & item variants |
| Collections | Categories & collections |
| Customers | Customers, with portal invites |
| Order history | Sales orders, open and closed |
| Discount codes | Coupons & automatic discounts |
| Shipping profiles | Shipping zones & live rates |
| Pages & blog posts | Pages & blogs |
| Product URLs | 301 redirects to the new pages |
Moving from WooCommerce? See every Zoho migration →
| In WooCommerce | In Zoho Commerce |
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| Simple & variable products | Items & item variants |
| Product categories & tags | Categories & filters |
| Customers | Customers |
| Orders | Sales orders |
| Coupons | Coupons |
| Plugins for stock & invoices | Built in, through Zoho Inventory & Books |
| Product URLs | 301 redirects to the new pages |
Moving from Wix or Squarespace? See every Zoho migration →
| In Wix or Squarespace | In Zoho Commerce |
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| Store products | Items with images & variants |
| Site pages | Theme pages, rebuilt section by section |
| Contacts & members | Customers & customer portal |
| Orders | Sales orders |
| Coupons | Coupons |
| Blog | Blogs |
| Old URLs | 301 redirects |
Moving from Spreadsheets + marketplace? See every Zoho migration →
| In spreadsheets + marketplace | In Zoho Commerce |
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| Product list & SKUs | Items with SKUs & stock on hand |
| Wholesale price sheet | Price lists by customer group |
| Emailed purchase orders | Quote requests & sales orders |
| Customer list | Customers with portal logins |
| Stock tab | Stock by location |
| Invoices in another app | Invoices in Zoho Books |
- 1Inventory of the old storeProducts, customers, orders, apps and every URL that ranks.
- 2Build and loadTheme, catalog and settings on a test store you can click through.
- 3Test ordersReal checkouts with tax, shipping and payment, before launch.
- 4Go liveDomain switch, redirects on, team trained on their own orders.
05Zoho Commerce pricing in the US
Zoho Commerce pricing: four plans, users included, no transaction fee
Zoho Commerce is priced per organization, and each plan includes a set number of users. Billed yearly in USD, Standard is $15 a month, Professional $49, Premium $79 and Plus $129. Billed monthly, they’re $19, $59, $99 and $159. Every plan lists a 0% transaction fee. Answer three questions and we’ll point you to a plan.
| Zoho Commerce plan | Billed yearly | Billed monthly | Users · items | Good for |
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 Standard | $15 | $19 | 2 · 500 | A first online store with a small catalog |
| Professional | $49 | $59 | 5 · 2,500 | Growing stores that ship nationwide and sell digital goods |
| Premium | $79 | $99 | 10 · 10,000 | B2B sellers and brands with wholesale accounts |
| Plus | $129 | $159 | 10 · 10,000 | Sellers who buy, count and pick stock in-house |
Zoho’s US list prices in USD, per organization per month, before tax. Extra users: $2.50 per user per month billed yearly, $3 billed monthly. Extra locations (Premium and up): $10 per location per month billed yearly, $12 billed monthly. Payment provider fees are separate. Building your store with us is quoted separately: one fixed price, written into a signed BRD before any products are loaded.
06Zoho Commerce vs Shopify and the rest
Zoho Commerce vs Shopify, BigCommerce, Wix and Squarespace
On subscription price alone, Zoho Commerce is the lower number at every tier we compared. The bigger difference is what comes attached: Zoho Commerce shares its backend with inventory and accounting, while the others usually need apps or a separate accounting tool to get there. Here are the published US prices, then our honest take on who should pick what.
| Store platform | Entry plan | Middle plan | Top published plan | Fees and limits |
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| Zoho Commerce | $15Standard, 2 users | $49Professional, 5 users | $129Plus, 10 users | 0% transaction fee on every plan. Shares one backend with Zoho Inventory and Books |
 Shopify | $29Basic | $79Grow | $299Advanced | Extra 2%, 1% or 0.6% per sale if you don’t use Shopify Payments. Shopify Plus is quote-based |
| BigCommerce | $29Standard | $79Plus | $299Pro | No transaction fee. Plans have yearly sales limits that move you up a tier |
| Wix | $29Core | VariesBusiness | $159Business Elite | Website builder first, store second. Monthly billing costs more |
| Squarespace | VariesCore | VariesPlus | $99Advanced | We confirm current Core and Plus prices on a call |
- Zoho Commerce$588
- Shopify$948
- BigCommerce$948
Same tier, same year: Zoho Commerce Professional is $360 less than Shopify Grow or BigCommerce Plus. On Shopify, using a payment provider other than Shopify Payments adds 1% of sales on Grow, on top of that.
The number that isn’t in this chart: inventory and accounting. On Zoho, Zoho Inventory and Zoho Books sit on the same backend as the store, and all three come in the Zoho One bundle.
When we recommend Zoho Commerce
- You already run on Zoho. If your CRM, books or stock live in Zoho, the store joins the same data instead of syncing through a connector.
- You sell to businesses as well as consumers. Price lists, quote requests and a customer portal all come with Premium.
- You want a predictable bill. No platform transaction fee, users included in the plan, and extra logins at $2.50 a month.
- Your catalog is in the hundreds or low thousands of items, and your team is small enough that one tool for orders, stock and invoices saves real hours.
- You’d like order data in Zoho CRM and email follow-up in Zoho Campaigns without writing your own integration.
Where Shopify is the better fit: we’re a Shopify Partner too, and we’ll tell you when it wins. If you’re a direct-to-consumer brand that lives on social selling, marketplaces and thousands of ready-made apps and themes, or you need retail POS hardware across many stores, Shopify is usually the stronger choice. See our Shopify services. A content-heavy site with a handful of products can also be happy on Wix or Squarespace, and a very large catalog may suit BigCommerce. Bring your catalog size and sales channels to the first call and we’ll name the platform we’d pick.
List prices in USD per month, billed yearly, as published by each vendor for the US. Payment processing rates are separate on every platform. Zoho, Shopify and the others reprice plans and add-ons often, so we re-check them against your order volume before you commit.
07Zoho Commerce integrations
What we plug into Zoho Commerce on a typical US build
The Zoho Commerce integrations we set up most are the Zoho apps first (Inventory, Books, CRM, Campaigns and SalesIQ), then payments, carriers and Google Shopping. Hover or tap a tile to see what moves between them. If something isn’t on the list, Zoho Commerce has webhooks and an API, and we build the bridge.
Zoho Commerce
Zoho InventoryStock levels, items and orders stay aligned across store and warehouse.
Zoho BooksOnline orders become invoices, with payments and sales tax recorded.
Zoho CRMStore customers and contacts sync to CRM for sales follow-up.
Zoho CampaignsCustomer, order and product data for segmented emails.
Zoho SalesIQLive chat on the storefront, so shoppers can ask before they buy.- Zoho POSIn-store and online sales share stock and product data.
StripeCard payments at checkout, recorded against the order.
PayPalPayPal as a checkout option next to cards.- UPS, USPS, EasyPostLive carrier rates at checkout and tracking after shipping.
- Google ShoppingYour catalog feeds Google Merchant Center for US shoppers.
- Analytics & pixelsGoogle Analytics, Meta Pixel and Zoho PageSense on every page.
Zoho MCPAn MCP server lets approved AI (now also called SI, super intelligence) assistants work with store data.
08Four ways in
Pick the Zoho Commerce project closest to yours
Every Zoho Commerce implementation gets its own scope and a fixed price in a signed BRD. Store projects we take on usually match one of these four. After launch, our Zoho Commerce consultants keep providing support and training, from new product drops to seasonal sales.
Replatform
Moving from Shopify, WooCommerce or Wix
- Products, customers and orders migrated
- 301 redirects for every ranking URL
- Test orders before the domain switch
- Zoho Commerce training for your team
Fixed price, agreed in a signed BRD
B2B portal
Wholesale ordering for distributors and makers
- Price lists by customer group
- Request-for-quote flow and approvals
- Customer portal with reorders
- Invoices and terms in Zoho Books
Fixed price, agreed in a signed BRD
Store + the rest of Zoho
One system from cart to cash
- Zoho Inventory, Books and CRM connected
- Zoho Campaigns flows and SalesIQ chat
- AI / SI assistants through Zoho MCP
- Custom modules, workflows and Deluge
Fixed price, agreed in a signed BRD
Want AI / SI in the mix? Zoho Commerce can connect to AI / SI assistants through its own MCP server. We set that up on Zoho MCP projects, with access limited to what each assistant should touch. Selling subscriptions instead of one-off orders? Zoho Billing is usually the better home for recurring plans.
09Before you switch
Straight answers about Zoho Commerce
Zoho Commerce pricing, Shopify comparisons, B2B selling and migration, answered plainly. Still weighing your own store or catalog? Show us your catalog on a discovery call and we’ll map it to Zoho Commerce. The first one is free.
What is Zoho Commerce?
Zoho Commerce is Zoho’s ecommerce platform for building and running an online store. It covers the storefront and themes, checkout, payments, shipping, US sales tax, coupons, abandoned carts, a customer portal and B2B tools like price lists and quote requests. It is built on top of Zoho Inventory and Zoho Books, so orders, stock and invoices share one backend.
How much does Zoho Commerce cost in the USA?
Zoho Commerce is priced per organization with users included. Billed yearly in USD, Standard is $15 a month (2 users), Professional $49 (5 users), Premium $79 (10 users) and Plus $129 (10 users). Billed monthly, the plans are $19, $59, $99 and $159. Extra users are $2.50 a month on a yearly plan. Launching your Zoho Commerce store with us is its own fixed price, written into a signed BRD.
Zoho Commerce vs Shopify: which is better?
It depends on how you sell. Zoho Commerce usually wins for small US stores and B2B sellers who want the store, inventory and accounting in one system with no platform transaction fee. Shopify is usually the better choice for direct-to-consumer brands that rely on its large app and theme marketplace, social and marketplace channels, or retail POS across many locations. We are a Shopify Partner as well as a Zoho Advanced Partner, so we recommend whichever fits.
Does Zoho Commerce charge transaction fees?
Zoho lists a 0% transaction fee on every Zoho Commerce plan. You still pay the normal processing rate of your payment provider, such as Stripe or PayPal, but Zoho does not add its own fee on each sale.
Can Zoho Commerce handle B2B and wholesale orders?
Yes. On the Premium and Plus plans you can set price lists for customer groups, accept requests for quote from your store and send quotes back, and buyers can review quotes, reorder and track orders in their customer portal. We often connect this to Zoho Books for invoices and payment terms.
Does Zoho Commerce work with Zoho Inventory and Zoho Books?
Yes, closely. Zoho Commerce is built on top of Zoho Books and Zoho Inventory, so when they are connected your customers, items, taxes and orders stay in sync, stock updates across channels and online orders become invoices in Zoho Books.
Can you migrate our store from Shopify, WooCommerce or Wix to Zoho Commerce?
Yes. Our Zoho Commerce migration moves products and variants, images, customers, order history, coupons and content, and we set up 301 redirects from your old URLs so search traffic follows. We run test orders on the new store before the domain switches over.
How long does Zoho Commerce setup take?
It depends on the size of your catalog, how much history moves across, and which integrations, B2B rules and custom design you need. The signed BRD puts a date on each step: catalog import, theme, payments and shipping, test orders and the domain switch, so you know your launch day before we start.
Is Zoho Commerce good for a small business?
Yes. Zoho Commerce for small business starts at $15 a month billed yearly with hosting, SSL, a custom domain, themes, coupons and abandoned cart tracking included. Most small US stores move up to Professional at $49 when they want live shipping rates and more automation.
Which payment and shipping options work with Zoho Commerce in the US?
For payments, the US setups we see most use Stripe for cards or PayPal. For shipping, Zoho Commerce connects to UPS, USPS and shipping tools like EasyPost, with live carrier rates at checkout from the Professional plan, plus local pickup.
Is Elite Tech Global also a Shopify partner?
Yes. We are a Shopify Partner as well as a certified Zoho Advanced Partner. If Shopify fits your business better than Zoho Commerce, we will tell you on the first call and can build it on Shopify instead.
Do you provide Zoho Commerce support and training after launch?
Yes. After launch our Zoho Commerce consultants provide ongoing support, help with new products, sales and theme changes, and Zoho Commerce training for new staff, online or on-site in Southern California.
Does Zoho Commerce track abandoned carts?
Yes. Abandoned cart tracking is included from the Standard plan at $15 a month billed yearly, along with coupons, themes, hosting and SSL, so you can see which shoppers left before checkout.
What is SI?
SI stands for super intelligence. In September 2026 a US executive order asked federal agencies to use “super intelligence” or “SI” in place of “artificial intelligence” in official communications. Most businesses still say AI, so we use both terms.
10How a Zoho Commerce project starts
Your Zoho Commerce store is planned on paper before it’s built
Four steps pin down what your store needs and what it costs, in writing, before we touch a theme. A simple new store is often scoped on the first call. Bigger jobs, like a replatform with thousands of products or a B2B portal tied to Zoho Inventory and Books, may need a paid scoping and BRD phase, and we’ll quote that up front.
Zoho Commerce builds run online for stores across the US, Canada and Latin America, and we come by in person around Los Angeles and Southern California for training.
- Discovery callWhat you sell, who buys it, and the platform you’re on today
- Store mappingCatalog, checkout, shipping, tax, B2B rules and where orders go next
- Scope & budgetThe plan that fits, what migrates and what gets connected, agreed openly
- BRD sign-off Our promiseEvery requirement in writing, at a fixed price, with a delivery schedule
From kick-off to launch day, the rest of the process is on one page. See how we work →
11Let’s talk
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Book a free consultation with Elite Tech Global. We review your Zoho, AWS, Shopify or WordPress setup, show where AI / SI agents can save time, and agree the next step. If we work together, every requirement and a fixed price go into a signed BRD before the build starts.
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