Shopify Markets: Selling Internationally from India

Shopify Markets manages multi-country selling: localized currencies, duties, domains/subfolders, and market-specific catalogs. Start with UAE, US, UK if you export handicrafts, textiles, or Ayurveda.

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Markets combine with Shopify Payments or local gateways per region. Duties and taxes can be collected at checkout depending on configuration.

Shopify's ecosystem moves fast: Online Store 2.0, Checkout Extensibility, Markets, and B2B features change what "best practice" means each year. Treat this topic as part of your store's architecture—not a one-time checkbox.

Indian exporters benefit from INR base with USD/AED/GBP presentment. Shipping SLAs and customs docs must be clear on product pages.

Indian shoppers expect mobile-first UX, UPI and COD options, WhatsApp support, and GST-compliant invoicing. Any Shopify implementation that ignores these signals loses conversions even if the underlying code is technically correct.

Showing USD prices without landed cost clarity—customers abandon at surprise duties.

Theme Check, PageSpeed Insights, and Shopify's admin analytics exist to catch these issues before they cost revenue. Schedule quarterly reviews—especially before Diwali, Republic Day sales, and Black Friday/Cyber Monday if you sell globally.

1. Enable Markets in admin 2. Add target countries 3. Configure currency rounding 4. Translate key pages 5. Set international shipping rates 6. Test checkout per market

Document decisions in your theme README or Notion so future developers (or your future self) understand why settings were configured a certain way. ADSPOC delivers this documentation with every client handoff.