WordPress is that Shopify is an online tool/service, while WordPress is a standalone software that you need to install yourself.
To use Shopify, all you have to do is go to Shopify.com and sign up for an account. Once that’s done, you just need to go through a quick setup and your eCommerce store will be up and running.
To use WordPress as your eCommerce platform, on the other hand, requires many more steps:
First, you need to purchase a domain and a web hosting account where you can install the default version of WordPress.
1.You need to choose a theme for your website plus a handful of plugins to take care of things like SEO, social media integration, and other things.
2.After that, you need a plugin like WooCommerce to provide you with all the eCommerce features (the ones that are not built into WordPress out of the box).
3. Finally, you need to go through the process of setting up your eCommerce store (store details, payment gateway integrations, products, etc.). Those can take a while of their own as well.
And last but not least, with Shopify, you also get support, meaning that should you ever encounter any issues with the platform, you can simply contact the support team, and they will (probably) sort it out.
With WordPress, there is no support, per se.
Think of it this way, Shopify is like going to IKEA, buying a table off the shelf, and then just assembling it at home. WordPress is like going to the hardware store, buying planks, nails, glue, tools, and then coming home and building the table yourself.
