How-to· 5 min read· Updated Aug 10, 2026

How do I sell a small clothing collection online without a platform fee?

By Storzu·

Quick answer

For a boutique carrying tens rather than thousands of pieces, a flat monthly fee with no per-order commission usually beats a platform fee plus transaction cuts. Sizes and colors are unlimited on every plan including free. What you do not get: a large app ecosystem, multi-channel selling, or automated shipping rates — if you need those, use Shopify.

A boutique carrying forty pieces has a different economics problem from a brand carrying four thousand. The tooling is mostly built for the second one, and its pricing assumes you are it.

Where the money actually goes at low volume

At twenty orders a month, a platform subscription plus per-transaction fees is not a rounding error — it is a visible share of a small margin. A flat fee with no commission per order changes that arithmetic, and the fewer orders you have, the more it matters.

The reverse is also true and worth saying: at several hundred orders a month the platform fee stops mattering and the app ecosystem starts paying for itself. This page is not for that store.

Sizes and colors, without a cap

Apparel lives or dies on variants. Every plan including the free one supports unlimited size and color combinations, each with its own price and stock count, so a size that costs you more is priced accordingly rather than quietly sold at the cheapest option.

What you give up

  • No app ecosystem. What is in the product is what you get.
  • No multi-channel sync. Stock here does not update an Instagram Shop or a marketplace listing.
  • No live carrier rates or label printing. You set your own shipping charges.
  • No sales-tax calculation. Including nexus across states.

Those are the reasons a growing store eventually leaves, and none of them is a reason a small one cannot start here.

Getting paid

Card payments settle into your own Stripe or PayPal account on a paid plan. Storzu is not in the payment path and takes nothing per order.

Starting cost

Free covers 10 products and 30 orders a month with no card. Growth at $9.99 a month lifts it to 50 products with your own domain and card checkout — US pricing.

Frequently asked questions

Can I list sizes and colors?

Yes, and there is no cap on them at any plan level including Free. Each combination carries its own price and stock, so a size that costs more is priced correctly rather than sold at the base price.

How is this cheaper than Shopify?

There is no commission on an order at any plan level, and the paid tier starts at $9.99 a month. The saving is real at low volume, where a platform fee plus per-transaction cuts is most of your margin. At high volume the calculation reverses and Shopify's ecosystem earns its cost.

Does it calculate shipping rates?

Not automatically. You set your own shipping charges rather than pulling live carrier rates, and there is no printed-label integration. For a boutique shipping a handful of orders a day that is fine; for one shipping fifty it is not.

Can I sell on Instagram and a marketplace too?

Not through Storzu. There is no multi-channel sync, so inventory here does not update a marketplace listing. If selling the same stock across several channels is central to how you operate, that is a genuine reason to choose something else.

Does it handle sales tax?

No. Storzu does not calculate or remit US sales tax, including economic-nexus rules across states. That stays yours to manage.

How much can I list for free?

10 products and 30 orders a month, permanently, with unlimited sizes and colors on each. Growth is $9.99/month for 50 products, your own domain and card checkout.

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