If you've tried to find out what bookkeeping costs for a Shopify store, you've probably run into one of two things: a firm that says "it depends" and asks you to book a call, or a price so low it doesn't seem to include much of anything. Neither of those answers is helpful. So here's the honest version.

The short answer: $400 to $3,000+ per month

That range is real and it's wide for a reason. A Shopify store doing $600K a year with one sales channel and simple inventory has very different needs than one doing $2.5M across three platforms with returns, chargebacks, multi-state sales tax, and payroll. The range reflects those differences — not markup.

What drives the price up

When a bookkeeper quotes you a price, they're estimating how long your books will take each month. These are the factors that drive that number:

Revenue volume

More revenue generally means more transactions, more payouts, more reconciliation. A store doing $3M has roughly 3–5× the transaction volume of one doing $600K — and that volume adds time every month.

Number of sales channels

A single Shopify store is relatively clean. Add Amazon, Etsy, wholesale, or a brick-and-mortar location and every channel needs its own reconciliation. Each platform handles payouts, refunds, and fees differently — and all of it has to be separated correctly or your financials are wrong.

Inventory

Product businesses are more complex than service businesses. If you're tracking cost of goods sold, managing purchase orders, and dealing with inventory adjustments, that adds meaningful time each month.

Payment processors

Shopify Payments, PayPal, Klarna, Afterpay, Amazon Pay — each one has its own payout schedule and fee structure. Each one has to reconcile to your bank. The more you have, the more work.

Sales tax complexity

If you're selling into multiple states and have nexus established, sales tax has to be tracked and recorded correctly. If you're using a tool like TaxJar or Avalara, the bookkeeper has to ensure those numbers flow correctly into your financials.

Cleanup history

If your books haven't been touched in a while — or have been done incorrectly — cleanup is typically priced separately, by the month of history that needs to be corrected. Expect $200–$450 per month of history depending on complexity.

What you should be getting for your money

Price only makes sense in context. Here's what a monthly bookkeeping engagement should include at minimum:

What to watch out for at the low end

Bookkeeping services priced under $200/month exist. Some are fine for very simple businesses. But for a Shopify store with real volume, here's what tends to get cut at that price:

• Shopify payout reconciliation is skipped or done incorrectly
• Sales tax is ignored or lumped into a single line item
• No CPA review — one person does the work and sends it out
• Communication is through a ticketing system, not a person
• Inventory and COGS are estimated rather than tracked

None of those problems show up until tax season — when your CPA finds $30,000 in misclassified expenses and you're looking at a cleanup bill that costs more than a year of proper bookkeeping would have.

How we price it

We price by revenue band and complexity tier. Every package includes A2X, dual CPA review, and monthly financial statements. We publish our full pricing table publicly because we think you should be able to evaluate whether we're the right fit before you get on a call.

The bottom line

For a Shopify or ecommerce store doing $500K–$3M in revenue, expect to pay $500–$2,500/month for quality bookkeeping. The price reflects complexity, not markup. The right question isn't "how do I find the cheapest option?" — it's "what am I actually getting for this, and what does it cost me if the books are wrong?"

If you want to know exactly where you'd fall in our pricing, the fastest answer is our pricing table. If you'd rather talk through your specific situation first, book a free 20-minute call and we'll tell you honestly.