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Who is their main competition?

In this the online store and retail POS space I'm aware there are other operators, but Shopify is the only one I can name.

Square I guess in the POS space?

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Some competitors:

Magento / Magento Go oscommerce woocommerce etsy squarespace prestashop opencart Wordpress has shopping chart as well.

There are a ton of existing POS providers for stores, more than one can name.

Magneto and OSCommerce are nowhere near competitors IMO, at least in terms of using them as a developer. I still get fever dreams about Magento...

In the hosted eCommerce space BigCommerce, Volusion, SquareSpace and Miva are some of the biggest competitors. Magento Go is/has been shut down, but other downloadable carts are now moving to a hosted model like PrestaShop and LemonStand. Self-hosted options also abound, many of them free (and open source), like WooCommerce, OpenCart and Magento.

Shopify's POS is more of an add-on for an online store, competing with the likes of Square, Lightspeed and Shopkeep.

I believe Vend just launched their online POS yesterday to compete more directly with Shopify. Previously, they were doing well with bricks and mortar stores.

For hosted online stores: BigCommerce, Volusion, Jumpseller, Bigcartel to name a few.

SquareSpace, Etsy, BigCartel, BigCommerce, Magento, Volusion, Goodsie, and many others. Heck, you can even run an online store from GoDaddy.

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