{
  "$comment": "§New-2 Stage-2 extraction artifact for Shopify. This file is the evidence behind every Shopify number rendered anywhere on 0saas. If a field's confidence is not 'verified', the UI must render a link to the source, never a number.",
  "incumbent": "Shopify",
  "source_url": "https://www.shopify.com/pricing",
  "fetched_at": "2026-09-28",
  "extraction_method": "fetch official pricing page in-session (2026-09-17), extract plan cards + comparison table to strict JSON (no training-data recall)",
  "currency": "USD",
  "price_view_captured": "Yearly toggle view, 2026-09-28. The trial line, all four plan rates and both Basic rates (yearly and monthly) read verbatim from the plan cards and compare table.",
  "plans": [
    {
      "name": "No free tier",
      "price": null,
      "price_period": "3-day trial, then US$1/mo for 3 months",
      "highlights": [
        "No standing free plan printed on the page",
        "Trial leads straight into the paid ladder"
      ],
      "confidence": "verified"
    },
    {
      "name": "Basic (yearly)",
      "price": "US$29",
      "price_period": "/mo billed yearly",
      "highlights": [
        "Full-featured online store",
        "Unlimited products",
        "Card rates from 2.9% + 30¢",
        "Built-in AI assistant (Sidekick)"
      ],
      "confidence": "verified"
    },
    {
      "name": "Basic (monthly)",
      "price": "US$39",
      "price_period": "/mo billed monthly",
      "highlights": [
        "Same plan, no yearly commitment"
      ],
      "confidence": "verified"
    },
    {
      "name": "Grow",
      "price": "US$79",
      "price_period": "/mo billed yearly",
      "highlights": [
        "Up to 5 staff accounts",
        "Card rates from 2.7% + 30¢",
        "Up to 87% off shipping"
      ],
      "confidence": "verified"
    },
    {
      "name": "Advanced",
      "price": "US$299",
      "price_period": "/mo billed yearly",
      "highlights": [
        "Up to 15 staff accounts",
        "Live 3rd-party shipping rates",
        "Regional store tailoring"
      ],
      "confidence": "verified"
    }
  ],
  "free_tier_ceiling_for_displacement_brief": {
    "claim": "There is no free plan to stop at: the store itself is the paid product, from US$29 a month billed yearly — and the AI copy layer runs only inside it.",
    "confidence": "verified",
    "period_caveat": "The 'Try 3 days free, then $1/month for 3 months' line is the page's own promo copy as printed; we quote it verbatim and price the ladder, not the promo."
  },
  "field_confidence": {
    "free_tier_limit": "verified",
    "paid_tier_price": "verified",
    "per_feature_checkmarks": "unconfirmed"
  },
  "receipts": [],
  "next_check_due": "2026-10-28"
}