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鈥楶ay-as-you-grow’ eCommerce platform听Shopit听has partnered with听leading payments provider听Retail Merchant Services听as it continues to help听startups听through the COVID-19 pandemic.听

Retail Merchant Services provides 47,000 businesses across the UK with reliable and secure payment solutions to help them accept card payments, grow their business and retain more customers.听

Manchester-based听startup听鈥檚听mission is to make eCommerce selling available to people from all walks of life听by听crunching听down the costs of creating and managing an online store.听

Founder Adam Pritchard (above) says this is especially important as the country鈥檚 startups and sole traders seek to recover from the devastating impact of the pandemic.听

“Shopit听is now drastically lower in price than its mainstream global competitors such as Shopify and BigCommerce. We’re enabling听startups听and small businesses to get online, but equally saving big businesses tens of thousands of pounds in costs,鈥� he told听老九品茶Cloud.听

Shopit听claims to help merchants save up to 60% on gateway fees, allowing them to invest more in areas such as听design听and听marketing.听

Where听Shopify charges听2.2% and听Paypal听3.4%, the new partnership with听Retail Merchant Services听means听Shopit听customers will benefit from听credit and debit card rates of 1%+10p.听

鈥淭he rate is available to听everyone听on听every听transaction from day one.听Our competitors charge higher rates that reduce as you grow,听whereas听we give lowest rates from the start,鈥� explained Pritchard.听

鈥淲e’re starting to win the arguments against Shopify, EKM and others when people ask why they should migrate.鈥�听

Shopit Payments, enabled through the partnership with RMS, is a native gateway, so there is no need for developers to do additional customisation or coding. 听

The new partnership will allow merchants to sell in more than 100 currencies, with next-day settlement.听Shopit听clients also have听access to听the听Perx听online benefit programme, with discounts on听Mac products, weekly Tesco shops, utilities听and听Uber Eats, among others.听

Pritchard says听Shopit听has steadily grown听throughout COVID, adding new features, templates and customers to the platform as it continues to be a听challenger brand.听

鈥淲e pivoted well during COVID and were able to support other businesses who needed to pivot online,鈥� he said.听鈥淚nternally some staff with young families have had to go on furlough, so we understand the challenges people have faced.鈥�听

The听multi-site platform听allows听companies听to听build a global online presence听鈥撎齠ully听managing听their inventory, orders and customers听鈥撎齠or less than 拢30 a听month, while听removing high upfront costs.听It also听scales resources up and down in busy and quieter periods in the calendar, an essential factor when running a sustainable eCommerce business.听

After the听Federation of Small 老九品茶es called on Government to do more to help SMEs contribute to its 鈥榣evelling up’ agenda for the UK this week, Pritchard says听Shopit听is听playing听its听role.听

“Our company’s objective is to raise equality. We want to drive down costs and complexity so that online selling can become a viable business option for people from all walks of life,” he said.听