Sell meat online

Start, run, and grow your meat business

Get the training, tools, and support you need to build the meat business you’ve always wanted.

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How to sell meat online in just 5 steps

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Everything you need to sell meat

Free resources

Learn at your own pace with on-demand courses from Shopify Academy, and with other business owners on the Shopify Community forums. Find answers to your questions on the Shopify blog, or in our comprehensive guides.

Professional tools

Create an online meat store that reflects your unique brand with over 70 customizable and responsive themes. Efficiently manage your inventory and process customer orders all from one unified dashboard.

Smart marketing

Grab your customers’ attention with targeted marketing campaigns on social media and Google. Make sure customers can find your meat store by using Shopify’s built-in SEO tools and integrated blogging.

Award-winning support

Shopify support is available 24/7, no matter which plan you're on. You'll also have access to help docs, webinars, blog posts, and online courses to guide you along the way for your meat business encounters.

Explore your options

Apps that help you sell meat

Some popular apps other merchants use

  • Google & YouTube

    Google & YouTube

    By Shopify

    Reach shoppers and get discovered across Google.

    4.2(5320)

    Free to install

  • In Store Pickup Local Delivery

    In Store Pickup Local Delivery

    By LogBase

    Local delivery. Curbside pickup scheduler. Date time picker.

    4.9(309)

    14-day free trial

  • Price Per Unit

    Price Per Unit

    By App Attic

    Display the unit price of your products

    5(11)

    30-day free trial

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Learn more about selling meat

  • Meat is a highly perishable product, so you must set up adequate storage conditions first. You can upload photos of raw or cooked meat pictures and specify vital information like weight, type, portion, and type of processing to boost sales on your Shopify store. You will need to include dry ice when shipping your frozen meat to customers.

  • You can start selling meat on Shopify with a few clicks and take advantage of the platform’s free, flexible, and automatic carrier shipping rates. With Shopify’s app, you can send and receive orders seamlessly via your phone. Plus, there’s no limit to the kinds of meat you can sell on Shopify—as long as they're legal in your region.

  • Definitely! You can set up a virtual meat market on Shopify from a pool of over 80 professional themes and templates and with help from web design experts. Shopify also allows your customers to buy meat online and pick it up at your physical meat store. With Shopify’s website hosting prowess, your customers are sure to enjoy seamless navigation, aesthetic display, and airtight cybersecurity.

  • As a general rule of thumb, you should price meat by weight and you can easily do that with a scale. The type of meat will also determine its price; processed meat costs more than raw meat, and turkey will command a higher price than beef. The best practice for pricing meat is to analyze your competitors and calculate your costs using Shopify’s free profit margin calculator.

  • Butcher Box is an online subscription service that delivers meat and fish to customers using Shopify.

Powerful apps

Showcase your meat with professionally edited photos or build customer loyalty with rewards programs. With over 6000 options in the Shopify App Store, you can customize your store experience and test for success.

Sell everywhere

Sell your meat online, in-person, and wherever your customers are. Quickly accept payments, view sales, fulfill orders, and track inventory with the Shopify POS app—no matter where you sell.

Scalable pricing plans

For meat businesses at every stage and size

Show Plan Prices as Pay yearly (save 25%)* Subscription Rate

$1 for your first month

Basic

Most Popular

For solo entrepreneurs

Yearly subscription price $38 CAD per month

Card rates starting at

  • 2.9% + 30¢ CAD online
  • 2.7% + 0¢ CAD in person
  • 2% 3rd-party payment providers
$1 for your first month

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For small teams

Yearly subscription price $99 CAD per month

Card rates starting at

  • 2.7% + 30¢ CAD online
  • 2.6% + 0¢ CAD in person
  • 1% 3rd-party payment providers
$1 for your first month

Advanced

As your business scales

Yearly subscription price $389 CAD per month

Card rates starting at

  • 2.4% + 30¢ CAD online
  • 2.4% + 0¢ CAD in person
  • 0.6% 3rd-party payment providers

Start your meat business with Shopify today

Try Shopify free for 3 days, and explore all the tools and services you need to start, run, and grow your business.

Try Shopify free for 3 days, no credit card required. By entering your email, you agree to receive marketing emails from Shopify.

Discover how Shopify can help you do more with your business—no matter what you sell.