Sell school supplies online

Start, run, and grow your school supply business

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

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Everything you need to sell school supplies

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 school supply 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 school supply 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 school supply business encounters.

Learn more about selling school supplies

  • It's easy to start selling school supplies through your own online store, whether you're looking to sell backpacks, pencils or notebooks, or selling specific supplies and textbooks for college and university classes. Shopify online stores allow you to set up your store in minutes, with more than 80 mobile-friendly website templates — no design or coding education required.

  • You can sell school supplies directly to students, schools or other educational institutions online through your Shopify store. Shopify has thousands of apps to help you customize the shopping, checkout and delivery experience for your customers.

  • Yes, you can sell a range of school supplies through your Shopify ecommerce store.

  • School supply prices vary from a few cents for a pencil to thousands of dollars for a desk, depending on the product and use. Consult Shopify's profit margin calculator to come up with prices that work for you.

Powerful apps

Showcase your school supplies 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 school supplies 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 school supply businesses at every stage and size

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

$1/month for first 3 months

Basic

Most Popular

For solo entrepreneurs

Yearly subscription price $29 USD per month

Card rates starting at

  • 2.7% + $0.30 NZD online
  • 2% + $0.00 NZD in person
  • 2% 3rd-party payment providers
$1/month for first 3 months

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For small teams

Yearly subscription price $79 USD per month

Card rates starting at

  • 2.5% + $0.30 NZD online
  • 1.85% + $0.00 NZD in person
  • 1% 3rd-party payment providers
$1/month for first 3 months

Advanced

As your business scales

Yearly subscription price $299 USD per month

Card rates starting at

  • 2.4% + $0.30 NZD online
  • 1.7% + $0.00 NZD in person
  • 0.6% 3rd-party payment providers

Start your school supply 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.