With over 200 hours researching and testing 15 of the best platforms for selling art online, our team has shortlisted the top picks for every type of artist, from beginners listing their first print to established painters building a serious collector base. Shopify is our number one choice for long-term growth, giving artists full control over their brand, pricing, and customer relationships. But the right platform depends heavily on where you are in your art business journey.

In this guide, I’ll walk you through the pricing, commission structures, and real drawbacks of each platform so you can find the right fit, whether you’re selling originals, prints, or digital work.

Art Storefronts is easily one of the best solutions I’ve seen for artists looking for a way to connect with clients, elevate their brand, and increase revenue in the digital age. The trouble is the company isn’t particularly transparent with its pricing.

Your Shopify URL is more than just an web address — it’s part of your brand and a big part of your SEO. Whether you’re rebranding your store, improving SEO or making your URL match your products, changing your Shopify URL can be a big win.

But this needs to be done carefully. A mistake can break links, lose traffic and harm your search rankings. In this guide I’ll take you through the process of changing your Shopify URL safely.

As a seasoned web developer and Shopify expert with over 10 years of experience, I have helped countless businesses rebrand and optimize their online stores for better SEO and user experience.

With my deep understanding of Shopify’s platform and SEO best practices (I have a Shopify SEO app available on the app store), you can trust that the advice provided here is grounded in real-world knowledge and proven strategies, ensuring your URL change is seamless and successful.

Shopify and Bluehost take fundamentally different approaches to ecommerce.

One is an all-in-one platform built for selling online, the other is a web host you pair with WordPress and WooCommerce to build a store from the ground up. I’ve spent considerable time analyzing both options to help you figure out which makes sense for your business.

As a result of our testing, Shopify is the stronger choice for most ecommerce-focused businesses. It handles hosting, checkout, payments, and security under one roof, so you can focus on selling rather than managing infrastructure.

Bluehost, paired with WooCommerce, is better suited for people who want deep control over their WordPress stack and are comfortable handling more of the technical work themselves.

At Ecomm.Design, we don’t just write about ecommerce platforms — we work with them daily. We curate some of the best-designed ecommerce stores on the internet, and we’ve built and improved online stores across Shopify, Squarespace, and Wix ourselves.

So, when we compare these three platforms, it’s not just about features or pricing — we look at how each platform performs visually, how flexible they are for real-world store design, and what designers and developers need to create standout ecommerce experiences.

I’ve reviewed more than 6,000 ecommerce websites for ecomm.design, and worked with brands on everything from platform strategy to store design. So when people ask me how much a Squarespace website really costs, I’ve got the receipts.

Short answer? It depends.

Longer answer? It depends a lot more than most blog posts or pricing pages tell you.

Squarespace makes it easy to think it’s $12/month and you’re off to the races. But if you’re building an ecommerce business — not just a portfolio — there’s more to factor in.

Let’s break it down.

What is Stan Store? At a glance, it might seem like just another link-in-bio tool; that’s what I thought before I started experimenting with the platform myself. However, Stan Store is a little more comprehensive than most of the monetization tools I’ve seen for content creators.

Stan Store is a focused monetization tool for creators who want to sell digital products, courses, and coaching directly from their social media bio, and it’s fast to set up. It won’t replace a full ecommerce platform, but with 0% transaction fees, built-in email marketing, and the new AutoDM feature, it punches above its weight for digital-only sellers. Not ideal if you need physical product support or advanced customization.

Primarily, it allows you to create a store page where you can sell digital products to your social media profiles. However, you can also use Stan Store to create and sell unlimited courses, promote subscriptions, design email campaigns, and more.