Freshline vs. Shopify
See why food businesses on Freshline save hundreds of hours and thousands in costs per year with built-in perishables features.
See why food businesses on Freshline save hundreds of hours and thousands in costs per year with built-in perishables features.
By specializing in perishables e-commerce, Freshline offers a far superior experience for butchers, farmers, and wholesale food suppliers. Once you examine the cost of third-party apps, long setup needed, and less than ideal workarounds for perishables, it's easy to see why food businesses choose Freshline.
Built from the ground up to help farmers, retailers, and wholesalers succeed in a digital-first world.
Built as a generalized solution that doesn't cater to the specific needs of perishables suppliers. Works well for shelf-stable goods with no date/location restrictions, but not for perishable goods.
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No need for reliance on third-party apps to address core functionality needed for perishables. Access perishables-specific tools to help you run more efficiently.
Users need to install multiple third-party apps with variable monthly fees, installation, support - all at a cost of poor user experience.
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Easily accomodate for catch weight or edit orders without dealing with manual charges, refunds, or customer complaints.
Suppliers have no easy way to sell items by weight or edit orders - often forcing suppliers to overcharge or undercharge customers.
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Create as many shipping, pickup, or local delivery locations with specific rules on cutoff times, service dates, or product availability.
Has no functionality to set up specific delivery or pickup areas. No method to create order cut offs, lead times, or specific delivery dates for specific zones or products.
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Set up products, shipping, and payments in minutes without needing a web developer with a template store set up in minutes.
Requires significant technical setup and know-how before you can start selling. Often requires a developer to build out your store which can be extremely time consuming and costly.
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Build and export the perfect picklist based on product, order, service zones, or customer attributes - ensuring it maps perfectly to the way you run your operations.
Has no functionality to build or export a custom pick list. Suppliers often need to tag individual items or export to Excel to organize their deliveries.
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Check out a detailed comparison of Shopify and Freshline, highlighting important features and tools used by food businesses.
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Online Storefront |
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| Pre-order items Bulk apply date schedules by product lines or specific items. dates. |
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| Customize date availabiilty by product Adjust availability schedules by items. |
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| Manual order creation | ||
| Wholesale pricing and availability Offer chefs and restaurant customers with a wholesale ordering platform. |
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| Sales and Operations Analytics | ||
Operations |
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| Sell and reconcile items by weight Sell by weight and adjust items up until the end of delivery. |
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| Automated picklists Generate by zone, order, product, and more. |
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| Customizable picklists Generate custom picklists by whichever fields you use. |
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| Unlimited delivery zones Custom minimums, dates, cutoffs, and availability. |
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| Unlimited pickup locations Curbside or store pickup with custom ordering rules. |
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| Freshline shipping 3rd party shipping with custom shipping rates. |
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Payments & support |
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| Online credit card processing |
2.5 - 2.9% + 30¢ USD
No extra surcharges |
2.4 - 2.9% + 30¢ USD Extra 2% on non-Shopify Pay |
| Custom pre-authorization multipliers for variable weights | ||
| Dedicated training and onboarding | ||
| Customer support | Fast, responsive & personalized | Slow & general |
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