Shopify is great globally. In Turkey it costs you revenue % + manual VAT tax.
Shopify's revenue cut, EN-only support, and manual VAT / e-invoice compliance pile cost onto Turkish stores. Karum gives you a Turkish panel, native iyzico + PayTR, certified e-invoice, and 12+ marketplaces — at a flat monthly fee.
Karum's four clear edges over Shopify.
The Turkish e-commerce essentials — VAT, e-invoice, marketplaces, KVKK — are out-of-the-box on Karum, plugin + manual on Shopify.
Shopify Plus 0.15-2.0%; Karum 0%. At ₺1M monthly that's ₺18-240k/year saved.
Trendyol, Hepsiburada, N11, Amazon TR, Çiçeksepeti, Pazarama and more — separate app each on Shopify.
Karum native (Logo / Foriba / İzibiz). Shopify has none — you wire it manually.
Karum: Istanbul + Ankara DC. Shopify: US/EU — KVKK transfer is a compliance risk.
19 lines — Karum vs. Shopify (Turkey).
Measurable features that drive Turkish-store operations. Global-only features aren't compared.
| Feature | Karum | Shopify |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue commission | 0% (sabit aylık) | 0.15-2.0% |
| Add-on app purchases | 0 ₺ ek satın | Aylık plugin |
| Panel language | Türkçe panel | Türkçe yarım |
| Support language | Türkçe canlı | EN chat |
| Turkish VAT automation | Native KDV %1/8/18/20 | Manuel |
| e-Invoice integration | Logo / Foriba / İzibiz | No |
| e-Archive integration | Yes | No |
| KVKK data residency | İstanbul + Ankara | AB / ABD |
| Trendyol native | Yes | Limited |
| Hepsiburada native | Yes | Limited |
| N11 native | Yes | No |
| Amazon TR native | Yes | Limited |
| Marketplace stock sync | < 200 ms | App sürelerine bağlı |
| iyzico payments | Native | App |
| PayTR payments | Native | App |
| Local carrier integration | 6 entegrasyon dahil | App / custom |
| Theme language | TR-first + schema | EN-first |
| Storefront LCP | 1.2s LCP | 2.5-4s LCP |
| Total cost (TCO) | −52% TCO | Plan + app + ciro % |
From Shopify to Karum in four lossless steps.
We pull your Shopify Admin API + theme into Karum. Migration 7-14 days; store stays live, DNS flips at cutover in 5-10 minutes.
Discovery + plan
We audit your existing store — SKU count, customizations, integrations, theme structure. Then write a cutover plan.
Data extraction
Catalog, customers, orders, coupons, subscriptions, reviews — Karum CLI reads from legacy APIs and normalizes them. Onboarding team supervises.
Import to Karum
Data lands in Karum, marketplaces connect, theme is ported to the schema-driven editor. Validated in a staging store.
Go-live
Final delta sync, DNS flip, 301 redirects — zero-downtime cutover. Onboarding team on standby for the first week.
Auto-migrated data
Karum CLI reads the Shopify Admin API and theme; all core data transfers losslessly. The onboarding team handles edge cases.
Atlas Moda: from Shopify to Karum — ₺412,000/yr commission saved.
On Shopify Plus we paid 0.30% revenue commission, manually CSV-exported for the accountant, and ran a separate paid app for Trendyol. After Karum, all of that is automatic. Average ₺412k/yr saved — and we picked up Turkish support along the way.
- Shopify revenue commission 0.30% → 0% (₺412k/yr saved)
- Manual VAT CSV → automated e-invoice (Foriba certified)
- Trendyol app ₺8,500/yr → native and included on Karum
- Turkish support + WhatsApp channel — no more 4-hour EN chat queues
What you wonder before migrating.
The first 8 questions buyers ask — answered by our onboarding team.
Your first sale this week. Setup in 5 minutes.
Our onboarding team runs the process. Data migration, product mapping, and channel connection included — first sale on average in 3–7 days.