A shop you
control.
Pick Gax if you want to keep your data, choose how you get paid, and connect the tools your shop needs.
What that means on Gax.
No Gax transaction fee. We charge nothing per order, per sale or as a percentage, whichever supported provider you use. Your payment provider still charges you for taking the payment. That is their charge, not ours.
Your plan sets how many payment connections you get: one on the small shop plan, and more than one on the growing shop plan. The provider is chosen shop by shop from the ones we support, subject to that provider’s approval, and your shop shows how the setup is going and whether it is working. Whether you are approved, which product categories are allowed and what you pay all stay with the provider.
Shopify payment rules and fees
Can you use your own payment provider on Shopify?
Yes. On Shopify you can use an outside payment provider for all your card payments. You can also use one alongside Shopify Payments. The provider must work in your country and accept your type of business.
When you use one alongside Shopify Payments, Shopify allows one outside provider at a time. That option is not available if your store is set up as several businesses. On Shopify Plus it is early access you have to ask for; on other plans it is available.
Shopify's UK price list shows a third-party transaction fee that runs from 2% on Basic down to 0.2% on Plus. That fee is on top of what your provider charges you to take the payment. If you use the alongside setup, payments that Shopify Payments handles — including recovered card payments — cost its normal rate plus another 1.25%. Check the fees for your plan and for the way you take payments before you decide. Sources checked 12 November 2026.
Shopify: outside payment providers · using both together · UK pricing · countries supported
The practical differences.
| What matters | The Gax approach |
|---|---|
| Your domain and data | Your domain stays yours. So does your shop data. |
| Payments | Choose from the providers we support that accept your business, as your plan allows. |
| Phones and desktops | Use the shop and admin in a browser on your phone, tablet or desktop. |
| Connections | Connect the services you use. Extra connections are agreed and quoted before work starts, with clear permissions for any AI assistant working with your shop. |
| Moving | A checked move, starting with WooCommerce. |
| Price | Small shop: £19.99 a month + VAT, with £299 + VAT setup. Growing shop: £99 a month + VAT, with £999 + VAT setup. The plans differ in hosting, payment connections and the setup work included. No Gax transaction fee. Pricing |
Shopify can suit a business that fits its rules and wants a ready-made platform with a large app store. Gax is for shops that want more say over payments, data and the tools they connect.
Make the next change yours.
Choose Gax for connections built around your shop, a provider that fits your business, and a shop run and hosted by the team that builds it. Extra connections are quoted before work starts. Explore payment choice or see how the move works.
Gax is built, run and hosted by Revitt, with more than 15 years of hands-on ecommerce experience.
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