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Managing DU Postpaid Business Plans

In the fast-paced business world of the MENA region, staying connected and managing your expenses efficiently is crucial. For UAE businesses, DU’s postpaid plans are a popular choice, offering flexibility, convenience, and reliability. But are you making the most out of your DU postpaid business plan? In this comprehensive tutorial, we will walk you through the essentials of managing your DU postpaid plan, from balance checks to optimizing your usage. Whether you’re a startup or an established enterprise, this guide is your key to cost-effective communication and seamless operations.

Understanding DU Postpaid Business Plans

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Before diving into the nitty-gritty details, let’s start with a brief overview of DU’s postpaid business plans. These plans offer businesses a range of options, with varying data and talk-time allowances to suit your specific needs. They also come with exciting add-ons, such as international calling and data roaming packages. The flexibility of postpaid plans means you can adjust your services as your business grows.

Checking Your DU Postpaid Business Plan Balance The first step to managing your DU postpaid plan effectively is keeping a close eye on your balance. No one likes the surprise of an unexpectedly high bill. Here’s how you can check your balance:

Online Account: DU provides a user-friendly online portal where you can log in and access your account details, including your balance. This is a convenient and immediate way to check your usage.

DU Mobile App: Download the DU mobile app for a quick and easy way to check your balance and usage. The app is available for both iOS and Android devices.

Text Message: You can also check your balance by sending a text message with a specific code. DU customer support can provide you with the exact code for this service.

Customer Service Hotline: Alternatively, you can simply call DU’s customer service hotline and inquire about your balance.

Managing Your Usage

Now that you know how to check your balance, it’s time to learn how to manage your usage efficiently to avoid any unwelcome surprises on your bill. Here are some key tips:

Set Usage Alerts: DU allows you to set usage alerts. You can choose to receive notifications when you reach a certain data or talk-time limit. This helps you stay in control of your consumption.

Analyze Usage Trends: Regularly review your usage trends. Look for patterns to understand when and where your data and talk-time is being utilized the most. This can help you optimize your plan accordingly.

Opt for Data Packages: If your business relies heavily on data, consider opting for data packages. DU offers various data bundles, allowing you to get the most value out of your plan.

International Calling and Roaming

For businesses with international operations or clients, DU offers add-ons for international calling and data roaming. These add-ons are designed to make international communication more affordable and convenient. Here’s what you need to know:

International Calling: DU provides international calling packages tailored to different regions. These packages can significantly reduce your international calling costs, making it easier to stay connected with clients and partners worldwide.

Data Roaming: When your business takes you abroad, DU’s data roaming packages ensure that you can stay connected without breaking the bank. These packages offer data at reasonable rates, helping you avoid exorbitant roaming charges.

Bill Payment and Payment Methods

Managing your DU postpaid plan also involves handling your bills efficiently. DU offers various methods for bill payment:

Online Payments: You can easily pay your bill online through the DU website or app. This is a hassle-free way to settle your dues.

Auto-Pay: Set up auto-payments to ensure that your bills are paid on time every month. This is a convenient option for busy business owners.

Payment Centers: DU has numerous payment centers across the UAE where you can pay your bills in person.

Bank Payments: You can also pay your DU bill through most major banks in the UAE. Contact your bank to inquire about their bill payment services.

DU Customer Support

DU’s customer support is there to assist you with any questions or concerns you may have about your postpaid plan. You can reach out to them through various channels:

Hotline: DU’s customer service hotline is available 24/7, making it convenient for you to get assistance at any time.

Online Chat: If you prefer online communication, DU offers a live chat option on their website.

Email: You can also send your inquiries or concerns via email. DU’s customer support typically responds within a reasonable timeframe.

Managing your DU postpaid business plan doesn’t have to be a daunting task. With the right knowledge and tools, you can keep your communication costs in check, stay connected internationally, and ensure your bills are paid promptly. By regularly checking your balance, monitoring your usage, and taking advantage of DU’s additional services, you can make the most of your postpaid plan while saving your business valuable resources.

So, whether you’re a small startup or a large corporation, remember that DU’s postpaid business plans are designed to meet your specific needs. Take the time to explore the DU website, use the mobile app, and reach out to their customer support when you need assistance. With DU, your business communication will be smoother, more cost-effective, and more efficient.

Now, it’s over to you! Start managing your DU postpaid business plan effectively today, and watch your business thrive in the vibrant landscape of the MENA region.

If you have any questions or need further assistance, feel free to reach out to DU’s dedicated customer support team. They are ready to help you navigate your DU postpaid journey with ease.

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From “The New York Times,” I’m Michael Barbaro. This is “The Daily.”

Today, ever since the discovery that whales produce songs, scientists have been trying to find a way to decipher their lyrics. After 60 years, they may have finally done it. My colleague, Carl Zimmer, explains.

It’s Friday, May 24.

I have to say, after many years of working with you on everything from the pandemic to —

— CRISPR DNA technology, that it turns out your interests are even more varied than I had thought, and they include whales.

They do indeed.

And why? What is it about the whale that captures your imagination?

I don’t think I’ve ever met anybody who is not fascinated by whales. I mean, these are mammals like us, and they’re swimming around in the water. They have brains that are much bigger than ours. They can live maybe 200 years. These are incredible animals, and animals that we still don’t really understand.

Right. Well, it is this majestic creature that brings us together today, Carl, because you have been reporting on a big breakthrough in our understanding of how it is that whales communicate. But I think in order for that breakthrough to make sense, I think we’re going to have to start with what we have known up until now about how whales interact. So tell us about that.

Well, people knew that whales and dolphins traveled together in groups, but up until the 1960s, we didn’t really know that whales actually made any sounds at all. It was actually sort of an accident that we came across it. The American military was developing sophisticated microphones to put underwater. They wanted to listen for Russian submarines.

As one does. But there was an engineer in Bermuda, and he started hearing some weird stuff.

[WHALE SOUNDS]

And he wondered maybe if he was actually listening to whales.

What made him wonder if it was whales, of all things?

Well, this sound did not sound like something geological.

It didn’t sound like some underwater landslide or something like that. This sounded like a living animal making some kind of call. It has these incredible deep tones that rise up into these strange, almost falsetto type notes.

It was incredibly loud. And so it would have to be some really big animal. And so with humpback whales swimming around Bermuda, this engineer thought, well, maybe these are humpback whales.

And so he gets in touch with a husband and wife team of whale biologists, Roger and Katy Payne, and plays these recordings to them. And they’re pretty convinced that they’re hearing whales, too. And then they go on to go out and confirm that by putting microphones in the water, chasing after groups of whales and confirming, yes, indeed, that these sounds are coming from these humpback whales.

So once these scientists confirm in their minds that these are the sounds of a whale, what happens with this discovery?

Well, Roger and Katy Payne and their colleagues are astonished that this species of whale is swimming around singing all the time for hours on end. And it’s so inspirational to them that they actually help to produce a record that they release “The Song of the Humpback Whale” in 1970.

And so this is being sold in record stores, you know, along with Jimi Hendrix and Rolling Stones. And it is a huge hit.

Yeah, it sells like two million copies.

Well, at the time, it was a huge cultural event. This record, this became almost like an anthem of the environmental movement. And it led, for whales in particular, to a lot of protections for them because now people could appreciate that whales were a lot more marvelous and mysterious than they maybe had appreciated before.

And so you have legislation, like the Marine Mammal Act. The United States just agrees just to stop killing whales. It stops its whaling industry. And so you could argue that the discovery of these whale songs in Bermuda led to at least some species of whales escaping extinction.

Well, beyond the cultural impact of this discovery, which is quite meaningful, I wonder whether scientists and marine biologists are figuring out what these whale songs are actually communicating.

So the Paynes create a whole branch of science, the study of whale songs. It turns out that pretty much every species of whale that we know of sings in some way or another. And it turns out that within a species, different groups of whales in different parts of the world may sing with a different dialect. But the big question of what these whales are singing, what do these songs mean, that remains elusive into the 21st century. And things don’t really change until scientists decide to take a new look at the problem in a new way.

And what is that new way?

So in 2020, a group of whale biologists, including Roger Payne, come together with computer scientists from MIT. Instead of humpback whales, which were the whales where whale songs are first discovered, these scientists decide to study sperm whales in the Caribbean. And humpback whales and sperm whales have very, very different songs. So if you’re used to humpback whales with their crazy high and low singing voices —

Right, those best-selling sounds.

— those are rockin’ tunes of the humpback whales, that’s not what sperm whales do. Sperm whales have a totally different way of communicating with each other. And I actually have some recordings that were provided by the scientists who have been doing this research. And so we can take a listen to some of them.

Wow, It’s like a rhythmic clicking.

These are a group of sperm whales swimming together, communicating.

So whale biologists knew already that there was some structure to this sound. Those clicks that you hear, they come in little pulses. And each of those pulses is known as a coda. And whale biologists had given names to these different codas. So, for example, they call one coda, one plus one plus three —

— which is basically click, click, click, click, click, or four plus three, where you have four clicks in a row and a pause and then three clicks in a row.

Right. And the question would seem to be, is this decipherable communication, or is this just whale gibberish?

Well, this is where the computer scientists were able to come in and to help out. The whale biologists who were listening to the codas from the sperm whales in the Caribbean, they had identified about 21 types. And then that would seem to be about it.

But then, an MIT computer science graduate student named Prajusha Sharma was given the job of listening to them again.

And what does she hear?

In a way, it’s not so much what she heard, but what she saw.

Because when scientists record whale songs, you can look at it kind of like if you’re looking at an audio of a recording of your podcast, you will see the little squiggles of your voice.

And so whale biologists would just look at that ticker of whale songs going across the screen and try to compare them. And Sharma said, I don’t like this. I just — this is not how I look at data. And so what she decided to do is she decided to kind of just visualize the data differently. And essentially, she just kind of flipped these images on their side and saw something totally new.

And what she saw was that sperm whales were singing a whole bunch of things that nobody had actually been hearing.

One thing that she discovered was that you could have a whale that was producing a coda over and over and over again, but it was actually playing with it. It was actually stretching out the coda,

[CLICKING] So to get a little bit longer and a little bit longer, a little bit longer.

And then get shorter and shorter and shorter again. They could play with their codas in a way that nobody knew before. And she also started to see that a whale might throw in an extra click at the end of a coda. So it would be repeating a coda over and over again and then boom, add an extra one right at the end. What they would call an ornamentation. So now, you have yet another signal that these whales are using.

And if we just look at what the sperm whales are capable of producing in terms of different codas, we go from just 21 types that they had found in the Caribbean before to 156. So what the scientists are saying is that what we might be looking at is what they call a sperm whale phonetic alphabet.

Yeah, that’s a pretty big deal because the only species that we know of for sure that has a phonetic alphabet —

— is us, exactly. So the reason that we can use language is because we can make a huge range of sounds by just doing little things with our mouths. A little change in our lips can change a bah to a dah. And so we are able to produce a set of phonetic sounds. And we put those sounds together to make words.

So now, we have sperm whales, which have at least 150 of these different versions of sounds that they make just by making little adjustments to the existing way that they make sounds. And so you can make a chart of their phonetic alphabet, just like you make a chart of the human phonetic alphabet.

So then, that raises the question, do they combine their phonetic alphabet into words? Do they combine their words into sentences? In other words, do sperm whales have a language of their own?

Right. Are they talking to each other, really talking to each other?

If we could really show that whales had language on par with humans, that would be like finding intelligent life on another planet.

We’ll be right back.

So, Carl, how should we think about this phonetic alphabet and whether sperm whales are actually using it to talk to each other?

The scientists on this project are really careful to say that these results do not definitively prove what these sperm whale sounds are. There are a handful of possibilities here in terms of what this study could mean. And one of them is that the whales really are using full-blown language.

What they might be talking about, we don’t know. I mean, perhaps they like to talk about their travels over hundreds and thousands of miles. Maybe they’re talking about, you know, the giant squid that they caught last night. Maybe they’re gossiping about each other.

And you have to remember, sperm whales are incredibly social animals. They have relationships that last for decades. And they live in groups that are in clans of thousands of whales. I mean, imagine the opportunities for gossip.

These are all at least imaginable now. But it’s also possible that they are communicating with each other, but in a way that isn’t language as we know it. You know, maybe these sounds that they’re producing don’t add up to sentences. There’s no verb there. There’s no noun. There’s no structure to it in terms of how we think of language.

But maybe they’re still conveying information to each other. Maybe they’re somehow giving out who they are and what group they belong to. But it’s not in the form of language that we think of.

Right. Maybe it’s more kind of caveman like as in whale to whale, look, there, food.

It’s possible. But, you know, other species have evolved in other directions. And so you have to put yourself in the place of a sperm whale. You know, so think about this. They are communicating in the water. And actually, like sending sounds through water is a completely different experience than through the air like we do.

So a sperm whale might be communicating to the whale right next to it a few yards away, but it might be communicating with whales miles away, hundreds of miles away. They’re in the dark a lot of the time, so they don’t even see the whales right next to them. So it’s just this constant sound that they’re making because they’re in this dark water.

So we might want to imagine that such a species would talk the way we do, but there are just so many reasons to expect that whatever they’re communicating might be just profoundly different, so different that it’s actually hard for us to imagine. And so we need to really, you know, let ourselves be open to lots of possibilities.

And one possibility that some scientists have raised is that maybe language is just the wrong model to think about. Maybe we need to think about music. You know, maybe this strange typewriter, clickety clack is actually not like a Morse code message, but is actually a real song. It’s a kind of music that doesn’t necessarily convey information the way conversation does, but it brings the whales together.

In humans, like, when we humans sing together in choruses, it can be a very emotional experience. It’s a socially bonding experience, but it’s not really like the specific words that we’re singing that bring us together when we’re singing. It’s sharing the music together.

But at a certain point, we stop singing in the chorus, and we start asking each other questions like, hey, what are you doing for dinner? How are you going to get home? There’s a lot of traffic on the BQE. So we are really drawn to the possibility that whales are communicating in that same kind of a mode.

We’re exchanging information. We’re seeking out each other’s well-being and emotional state. And we’re building something together.

And I think that happens because, I mean, language is so fundamental to us as human beings. I mean, it’s like every moment of our waking life depends on language. We are talking to ourselves if we’re not talking to other people.

In our sleep, we dream, and there are words in our dreams. And we’re just stewing in language. And so it’s really, really hard for us to understand how other species might have a really complex communication system with hundreds of different little units of sound that they can use and they can deploy. And to think anything other than, well, they must be talking about traffic on the BQE. Like —

— we’re very human-centric. And we have to resist that.

So what we end up having here is a genuine breakthrough in our understanding of how whales interact. And that seems worth celebrating in and of itself. But it really kind of doubles as a lesson in humility for us humans when it comes to appreciating the idea that there are lots of non-human ways in which language can exist.

That’s right. Humility is always a good idea when we’re thinking about other animals.

So what now happens in this realm of research? And how is it that these scientists, these marine biologists and these computer scientists are going to try to figure out what exactly this alphabet amounts to and how it’s being used?

So what’s going to happen now is a real sea change in gathering data from whales.

So to speak.

So these scientists are now deploying a new generation of undersea microphones. They’re using drones to follow these whales. And what they want to do is they want to be recording sounds from the ocean where these whales live 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And so the hope is that instead of getting, say, a few 100 codas each year on recording, these scientists want to get several hundred million every year, maybe billions of codas every year.

And once you get that much data from whales, then you can start to do some really amazing stuff with artificial intelligence. So these scientists hope that they can use the same kind of artificial intelligence that is behind things like ChatGPT or these artificial intelligence systems that are able to take recordings of people talking and transcribing them into text. They want to use that on the whale communication.

They want to just grind through vast amounts of data, and maybe they will discover more phonetic letters in this alphabet. Who knows? Maybe they will actually find bigger structures, structures that could correspond to language.

If you go really far down this route of possibilities, the hope is that you would understand what sperm whales are saying to each other so well that you could actually create artificial sperm whale communication, and you could play it underwater. You could talk to the sperm whales. And they would talk back. They would react somehow in a way that you had predicted. If that happens, then maybe, indeed, sperm whales have something like language as we understand it.

And the only way we’re going to figure that out is if we figure out not just how they talk to themselves, but how we can perhaps talk to them, which, given everything we’ve been talking about here, Carl, is a little bit ironic because it’s pretty human-centric.

That’s right. This experiment could fail. It’s possible that sperm whales don’t do anything like language as we know it. Maybe they’re doing something that we can’t even imagine yet. But if sperm whales really are using codas in something like language, we are going to have to enter the conversation to really understand it.

Well, Carl, thank you very much. We appreciate it.

Thank you. Sorry. Can I say that again? My voice got really high all of a sudden.

A little bit like a whale’s. Ooh.

Yeah, exactly. Woot. Woot.

Thank yoooo. No. Thank you.

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Ever since the discovery of whale songs almost 60 years ago, scientists have been trying to decipher the lyrics.

But sperm whales don’t produce the eerie melodies sung by humpback whales, sounds that became a sensation in the 1960s. Instead, sperm whales rattle off clicks that sound like a cross between Morse code and a creaking door. Carl Zimmer, a science reporter, explains why it’s possible that the whales are communicating in a complex language.

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Shopify Kosten 2023: Welcher Shopify-Plan ist der beste?

Wenn auch du darüber nachdenkst, Shopify für dein Unternehmen zu nutzen, fragst du dich wahrscheinlich, welcher Tarif für dich in Frage kommt. Und das durchaus zurecht, da die Shopify Kosten und Funktionen je nach Plan sehr unterschiedlich sein können.

Jeder Plan bietet unterschiedliche Funktionen. So kann es durchaus eine Herausforderung sein, herauszufinden, was du brauchst und was nicht. Und wenn du den günstigsten Tarif wählen möchtest, musst du über den Grundpreis hinausschauen und berechnen, wie sich die verschiedenen Transaktionsraten auf dein Endergebnis auswirken werden.

Das ist aber längst noch nicht alles. 

Bei der Betrachtung der Shopify Preise musst du auch zusätzliche Kosten und Variablen berücksichtigen, wie z. B. Shopify Apps , das Shopify POS-System und Shopify Payments.

Was musst du also wissen, um den für dich passenden Shopify-Preisplan auszuwählen? Dieser Leitfaden befasst sich mit den 5 Shopify-Preismodellen und einigen wichtigen Gebühren bei Shopify, die es zu beachten gilt.

Shopify Pricing: Was kostet Shopify?

Welche Shopify-Pläne gibt es und w as kostet Shopify pro Monat? Im Wesentlichen gibt es 5 Shopify-Preispläne, aus denen du wählen kannst. Hierbei unterscheiden sich die Shopify Kosten pro Monat teilweise deutlich:

• Shopify Lite: 9 US-Dollar / Monat plus 2,4 % und 30 ¢ pro Transaktion. Mit diesem Shopify-Plan kannst du Zahlungen online und persönlich entgegennehmen. Allerdings erhältst du keine E-Commerce-Website.
• Basic Shopify: 29 US-Dollar / Monat plus 2,9 % und 30 ¢ pro Transaktion. Der Basic-Plan von Shopify ist der Einstiegsplan der Plattform und bietet eine E-Commerce-Website und die wichtigsten Funktionen.
• Shopify: 79 US-Dollar / Monat plus 2,6 % und 30 ¢ pro Transaktion. Dies ist das Hauptangebot von Shopify, das einige zusätzliche Funktionen im Vergleich zum Basic-Plan von Shopify bietet. Wir werden diesen Plan im weiteren Verlauf dieses Artikels als „Shopify (regulär)“ bezeichnen.
• Shopify Advanced: 299 US-Dollar / Monat plus 2,4 % und 30 ¢ pro Transaktion. Dieser Shopify-Preisplan entspricht weitgehend dem Standardplan mit einigen wichtigen zusätzlichen Funktionen.
• Shopify Plus: +2.000 US-Dollar / Monat plus Transaktionsgebühren. Dies ist die E-Commerce-Lösung für große Unternehmen von Shopify. Die Shopify Plus Preise variieren je nach Anforderungen, beginnen jedoch bei 2.000 US-Dollar/Monat.

Erwähnenswert ist auch, dass Shopify eine kostenlose 14-Tage-Testversion anbietet, mit der du völlig risikolos herausfinden kannst, welche Funktionen und Gebühren für dein Business sinnvoll sind.

Shopify Kosten: Welcher Shopify-Plan eignet sich am besten für mich

Wenn du überlegst, welcher Plan für dich am besten geeignet ist , solltest du zunächst die auf der Preisseite von Shopify dargestellte Funktionsliste verwenden.

Zunächst wirst du dich vielleicht fragen, warum Shopify Lite und Shopify Plus nicht in der Tabelle aufgeführt sind. Kurz gesagt haben diese beiden Pläne sehr spezifische Anwendungsfälle und sind nicht wie die anderen drei Pläne.

Wenn du genau hinschaust, wirst du feststellen, dass es nur ein paar wesentliche Unterschiede zwischen den 3 Haupt-Plänen von Shopify gibt.

In der Abbildung unten haben wir die beiden Hauptunterschiede zwischen den Shopify-Preisplänen hervorgehoben: Berichtsfunktionen und Transaktionsgebühren.

Abgesehen von den Reporting-Tools und den Transaktionsgebühren gibt es auch ein paar geringfügige Unterschiede bei der Anzahl der verfügbaren Mitarbeiterkonten und Inventarstandorte sowie bei den angebotenen Funktionen für den Versand und globalen Verkauf.

Es lohnt sich auf jeden Fall, die verschiedenen Funktionen der einzelnen Tarife abzuwägen. Wenn du jedoch den günstigsten Shopify-Plan für dein Unternehmen wählen möchtest, solltest du den Transaktionsgebühren von Shopify die größte Aufmerksamkeit schenken.

Im nächsten Schritt wollen wir einen genaueren Blick auf die einzelnen Shopify Tarife werfen.

1. Shopify Lite

Preis für Shopify Lite: 9 US-Dollar / Monat plus 2,4 % und 30 ¢ pro Transaktion.

Shopify Lite ist nicht wie die drei Hauptpläne von Shopify, da hier keine E-Commerce-Website enthalten ist. Stattdessen bietet es nur die wichtigsten Vertriebsfunktionen von Shopify, z. B. die Möglichkeit, Zahlungen entgegenzunehmen und Inventarbestände zu verwalten.

Die Abbildung unten zeigt die Kernfunktionen von Shopify Lite:

Keine E-Commerce-Website? Ja, du hast richtig gehört. Warum also Shopify Lite verwenden?

Shopify Lite ist eine gute Wahl für alle, die keine E-Commerce-Website benötigen, aber gern persönlich oder online verkaufen möchten.

Wenn du zum Beispiel einen Marktstand betreibst, könntest du Shopify Lite verwenden, um Kreditkartenzahlungen entgegenzunehmen. Du kannst Shopify Lite auch verwenden, um anpassbare „Jetzt kaufen“-Buttons zu einer bestehenden Website hinzuzufügen und über Social-Media-Kanäle zu verkaufen (z. B. über einen Facebook-Shop oder Messenger).

2. Basic Shopify

Preis für Basic Shopify: 29 US-Dollar / Monat plus 2,9 % und 30 ¢ pro Transaktion.

Der Basic-Plan von Shopify ist das Einstiegsangebot der Plattform. Bei der Betrachtung von Shopify Lite vs. Basic ist der wichtigste Unterschied, dass Shopify Basic eine vollwertige E-Commerce-Website bietet.

Wenn du nun eine E-Commerce-Website wünscht, solltest du dich dann für den Basic-Plan von Shopify entscheiden oder ein Upgrade auf Shopify (regulär) oder Shopify Advanced durchführen?

Hierbei solltest du zunächst die wichtigsten Unterschiede bei den Funktionen betrachten:

• Benötigst du zwei oder weniger Mitarbeiterkonten?
• Sind vier Inventarstandorte genug?
• Kannst du auf ein professionelles und fortschrittliches Reporting verzichten?
• Kannst du auf die Anzeige der tatsächlich berechneten Versandkosten im Checkout verzichten?
• Möchtest du vorerst nur in einem Land verkaufen?

Wenn du alle diese Fragen mit „Ja“ beantwortet hast, ist Basic Shopify das Richtige für dich! 

... es sei denn, dein Shop macht mehr als 16.333 US-Dollar Umsatz pro Monat.  

An diesem Punkt bedeutet der Unterschied von 0,3 % Transaktionsgebühr zwischen Basic Shopify und Shopify (regulär), dass du mit der Entscheidung für Shopify (regulär) bares Geld sparen wirst.

3. Shopify (regulär)

Preis für Shopify: 79 US-Dollar / Monat plus 2,6 % und 30 ¢ pro Transaktion.

Shopify (regulär) bietet gegenüber dem Basic Shopify-Plan ein paar zusätzliche Funktionen. Anhand der folgenden Fragen kannst du feststellen, ob dieser Plan für dich geeignet ist:

• Benötigst du 3 bis 5 Mitarbeiterkonten?
• Benötigst du 5 Inventarstandorte?
• Sind die professionellen Berichte ausreichend? Kannst du auf die erweiterte Berichterstellung verzichten?
• Kannst du darauf verzichten, real berechnete Versandgebühren im Checkout anzuzeigen?
• Möchtest du weltweit verkaufen ?
• Planst du beim internationalen Verkauf Produkte zu den gleichen Preisen zu verkaufen?

Wenn du alle diese Fragen mit „Ja“ beantwortet hast, solltest du dich für Shopify (regulär) anmelden!

… es sei denn, dein Business erzielt einen Umsatz von mehr als 110.000 US-Dollar pro Monat. 

Zu diesem Zeitpunkt machen die 0,2 % Unterschied bei den Transaktionsgebühren ein Upgrade auf Shopify Advanced rentabel.

4. Shopify Advanced

Preis für Shopify Advanced: 299 US-Dollar / Monat plus 2,4 % und 30 ¢ pro Transaktion.

Betrachten wir nun die wichtigsten Unterschiede in den Funktionen zwischen Shopify (regulär) und Shopify Advanced. Benötigst du folgende Funktionen?

• 6 bis 15 Mitarbeiterkonten?
• Bis zu 8 Inventarstandorte?
• Zugriff auf erweiterte Berichtsfunktionen?
• Möchtest du real kalkulierte Versandkosten im Checkout anzeigen?
• Möchtest du Produkte im Rahmen des internationalen Verkaufs zu unterschiedlichen Preisen anbieten?

Wenn sich das ganz nach dir anhört, könnte der Shopify Advanced-Plan die beste Lösung für dein Business sein.

5. Shopify Plus

Shopify Plus: +2.000 US-Dollar / Monat plus Transaktionsgebühren.

Shopify Plus ist die Unternehmenslösung der Plattform und kostet ab 2.000 US-Dollar pro Monat. Shopify beschreibt sein Plus-Angebot wie folgt: „Für komplexere, umsatzstärkere Geschäftsstrukturen passen sich unsere variable Gebührenoption Ihren Anforderungen an.“ 

Um mehr über deine speziellen Preisanforderungen herauszufinden, solltest du mit einem Shopify Plus-Experten sprechen.

Shopify Plus-Händler erhalten Zugang zu zusätzlichen Vorteilen, wie z. B. niedrigere Transaktionsgebühren, einen eigenen Launch Engineer und die Möglichkeit, kritische Aspekte deiner Website, wie z. B. die Kaufabwicklung, anzupassen.

Wenn du dich für Shopify Plus entscheidest, stehen dir darüber hinaus viele zusätzliche Funktionen zur Verfügung, darunter:

• Shopify Launchpad  – Das Automatisierungstool von Shopify zum Ausführen von Werbeaktionen und Verkäufen
• Shopify Flow  – Mit der Backend-Automatisierungsplattform von Shopify kannst du benutzerdefinierte Workflows einrichten und verwalten, um sich wiederholende Aufgaben zu automatisieren.
• Shopify Plus Wholesale , mit dem du eine Großhandels-Storefront erstellen kannst, das eine Erweiterung deines bestehenden Shops ist. Auf diese Weise kannst du deine Einzelhandels-, B2C- und B2B-Verkäufe über ein integriertes Dashboard verwalten.
• Omnichannel-Commerce-Funktionen , mit denen du einzigartige Kundenbeziehungen über viele Touchpoints hinweg online verwalten kannst.
• Die Fähigkeit, mehrere internationale Onlineshops zu erstellen und zu optimieren.

Nun wollen wir uns einige andere wichtige Überlegungen zu den Shopify Kosten anschauen.

Shopify Payments

Preis für Shopify Payments: Vermeide 2 %, 1 %, 0,5 % bzw. 0,15 % Transaktionsgebühren bei Shopify Basic, Shopify (regulär), Shopify Advanced und Shopify Plus .

Shopify Payments ist die plattformeigene Zahlungslösung, die ein müheloses Annehmen von Kreditkartenzahlungen ermöglicht.

Es gibt zwei Möglichkeiten, Kreditkartenzahlungen über Shopify zu verarbeiten: Du kannst einen Drittanbieter oder Shopify Payments verwenden.

Hier sind die Fakten: Wenn du Shopify Payments nicht verwendest, wird dir eine zusätzliche Transaktionsgebühr für die Verwendung eines externen Zahlungsanbieters berechnet. Diese Transaktionsgebühren gestalten sich wie folgt:

• Basic Shopify – 2 %
• Shopify (regulär) – 1 %
• Shopify Advanced – 0,5 %

Aus diesem Grund ist es finanziell sinnvoll, Shopify Payments zu nutzen.

Shopify Apps

Preise für Shopify Apps: Abhängig von den verwendeten Apps – die meisten Apps verlangen eine geringe monatliche Gebühr.

Im Shopify App Store finden sich mehr als 6.000 Apps, mit denen du die Funktionalität deiner Website erweitern und anpassen kannst.

Mit DSers kannst du beispielsweise Dropshipping-Produkte in deinem Shop auswählen und verkaufen . Es gibt auch viele Apps, die dich bei folgenden Aufgabenbereichen unterstützen können:

• Steigerung der Conversions
• Verbesserung des Suchmaschinen-Rankings
• Umsatzsteigerung in den sozialen Medien
• Effizienteres Fulfillment 

Bedenke aber, dass die Preispläne von Shopify die Kosten für diese Apps von Drittanbietern nicht abdecken. Und wahrscheinlich wirst du einige ausgewählte davon für deinen Shop verwenden wollen.

Wie gestalten sich die Preise von Shopify-Apps? Es hängt von der App ab, aber die meisten verlangen eine monatlich wiederkehrende Gebühr.

Es ist nicht ungewöhnlich, dass einzelne Shops jeden Monat Hunderte von Euro für Apps ausgeben. Es lohnt sich also, diese Gebühren bei der Betrachtung deiner potenziellen Shopify Kosten zu berücksichtigen.

Shopify Point of Sale (POS)

Preis für Shopify POS : 89 US-Dollar / Monat zuzüglich Hardwarekosten.

Alle Shopify-Pläne (einschließlich Shopify Lite) kommen mit ziemlich umfassenden POS-Funktionen. 

Alternativ kannst du aber auch das POS-Add-on von Shopify für 89 US-Dollar pro Monat erwerben, um auf zusätzliche POS-Funktionen zuzugreifen. 

Berücksichtige hierbei auch die Shopify POS-Hardware, die du eventuell kaufen musst.

Shopify Domains

Preis für Shopify Domains : 9 US-Dollar / Jahr.

Wenn du dich bei Shopify anmeldest, erhältst du eine kostenlose Domain „www.shopname.myshopify.com“. Wahrscheinlich wirst du jedoch auf einen benutzerdefinierten Domainnamen upgraden wollen.

Dazu kannst du eine Domain von einem Drittanbieter wie GoDaddy oder Strato kaufen oder dir ab 9 US-Dollar pro Jahr einen Domainnamen bei Shopify Domains sichern.

Shopify Email

Preis für Shopify E-Mail: Versende 2.500 kostenlose E-Mails pro Monat und zahle dann 1 US-Dollar für jeweils 1.000 weitere E-Mails.

E-Mail-Marketing ist ein wesentlicher Aspekt des E-Commerce-Verkaufs. Aus diesem Grund ist es auch erwähnenswert, dass Shopify einen E-Mail-Service anbietet.

Benutzer können sich dafür entscheiden, Shopify Email anstelle eines externen Dienstes wie MailChimp oder Active Campaign zu verwenden.

Mit Shopify Email kannst du bis zu 2.500 E-Mails pro Monat kostenlos versenden. Danach zahlst du 1 US-Dollar für jeweils 1.000 weitere E-Mails – das sind 0,001 Dollar pro E-Mail.

Shopify Rabatte

Preisgestaltung Shopify Rabatte: 10 % Rabatt bei Zahlung für 1 Jahr im Voraus und 20 % Rabatt bei Zahlung für 2 Jahre im Voraus. Darüber hinaus bieten Jahrespläne Zugriff auf zusätzliche Funktionen.

Du kannst von erheblichen Shopify-Rabatten profitieren, wenn du dich für den Jahresplan von Shopify entscheidest und dein Abonnement jährlich oder alle zwei Jahre bezahlst. 

Diese jährlichen Preisnachlässe werden auf der Preisseite von Shopify nicht beworben. Du kannst damit aber wie folgt sparen:

• 10 %, wenn du ein Jahr im Voraus bezahlst
• 20 %, wenn du 2 Jahre im Voraus bezahlst

Wenn du dich z. B. für Shopify (regulär) zu 79 US-Dollar pro Monat entscheidest, sparst du 94,80 US-Dollar, wenn du 1 Jahr im Voraus zahlst, und 186,60 US-Dollar, wenn du 2 Jahre im Voraus zahlst.

Nicht schlecht, oder?

Shopify Kosten: Unser Fazit

Wie teuer ist Shopify und welcher Shopify-Plan ist der richtige für mich?

Die Auswahl eines Shopify-Plans muss nicht kompliziert oder zeitaufwendig sein. Hier ist ein komprimierter Fahrplan, der dir bei der Auswahl deine Shopify-Plans helfen sollte:

• Beginne mit der Bewertung der Funktionen, die in jedem Shopify-Preisplan verfügbar sind. Der für dich am besten geeignete Plan wird von den von dir benötigten Funktionen abhängen.
• Berücksichtige die Transaktionsgebühren von Shopify. Wenn du weniger als 16.333 US-Dollar pro Monat an Umsatz generierst, ist Shopify Basic die wirtschaftlichste Wahl. Über diesen Betrag hinaus ist es sinnvoll, Shopify (regulär) in Betracht zu ziehen.
• Berücksichtige zusätzliche Shopify Kosten, wie App-Abonnements, Domain-Gebühren und Shopify Gebühren für den E-Mail-Service der Plattform.
• Denke daran, dass du mit Shopify Payments zusätzliche Transaktionsgebühren vermeiden kannst. Außerdem kannst du mit dem Jahresplan von Shopify 10 % sparen.

Zu guter Letzt sei gesagt, dass du dir nicht allzu große Sorgen über die Wahl des perfekten Shopify-Tarifs machen solltest. Bei Bedarf kannst du deinen Tarif jederzeit ändern.

Melde dich für die kostenlose Testversion von Shopify an, um die Plattform live zu erleben.

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