Sell mugs online

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How to sell mugs online in just 5 steps

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Everything you need to sell mugs

Free resources

Learn at your own pace with on-demand courses from Shopify Academy, and with other business owners on the Shopify Community forums. Find answers to your questions on the Shopify blog, or in our comprehensive guides.

Professional tools

Create an online mug store that reflects your unique brand with over 70 customizable and responsive themes. Efficiently manage your inventory and process customer orders all from one unified dashboard.

Smart marketing

Grab your customers’ attention with targeted marketing campaigns on social media and Google. Make sure customers can find your mug store by using Shopify’s built-in SEO tools and integrated blogging.

Award-winning support

Shopify support is available 24/7, no matter which plan you’re on. You’ll also have access to help docs, webinars, blog posts, and online courses to guide you along the way for your mug business encounters.

Explore your options

Apps that help you sell mugs

Some popular apps other merchants use

  • Google & YouTube

    Google & YouTube

    By Shopify

    Reach shoppers and get discovered across Google.

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    Free to install

  • Shopify Email

    Shopify Email

    By Shopify

    Email marketing made for commerce

    4.4(896)

    Free to install

  • Printify Print on Demand

    Printify Print on Demand

    By Printify

    Create and Sell Products, We Handle the Rest.

    4.2(1682)

    Free plan available

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Learn more about selling mugs

  • To sell mugs online, first decide whether to design mugs yourself, to dropship them, or to use a print-on-demand service. Whichever model you choose, you can create a Shopify store to sell your rocks and attract customers. You can set up a store in less than 30 minutes using any of Shopify's 80+ customizable themes. With high-definition images and well-written product descriptions, you can highlight the best features of your mugs.

  • You can sell rocks online by creating a Shopify-powered store. Shopify includes a built-in mobile commerce shopping cart, making your store accessible via any device. You can also integrate your store with over 100 payment gateways and different languages to receive payment from anywhere in the world. Shopify’s all-in-one marketing feature even makes it possible to sell on third-party websites.

  • Yes, you can sell mugs on Shopify. You can use Shopify to offer product variants to your customers, whether in size, design, or color. You can also use smart collections to automatically organize your products based on vendor, price, and inventory level. With Shopify, you can sell an unlimited number of products on your store with no additional charges.

  • When pricing your mugs, the size and design are key things to consider. You can use Shopify’s free profit margin calculator to ensure you’re not running a loss. It's also a good practice to check out the prices your competitors are charging.

  • One good example of an online mug store is Ember, a successful Shopify-powered store focused on selling mugs to consumers.

Powerful apps

Showcase your mugs with professionally edited photos or build customer loyalty with rewards programs. With over 6000 options in the Shopify App Store, you can customize your store experience and test for success.

Sell everywhere

Sell your mugs online, in-person, and wherever your customers are. Quickly accept payments, view sales, fulfill orders, and track inventory with the Shopify POS app—no matter where you sell.

Scalable pricing plans

For mug businesses at every stage and size

Show Plan Prices as Pay yearly (save 25%)* Subscription Rate

$1 for your first month

Basic

Most Popular

For solo entrepreneurs

Yearly subscription price $42 AUD per month

Card rates starting at

  • 1.75% + 30¢ AUD online
  • 1.95% + 0¢ AUD in person
  • 2% 3rd-party payment providers
$1 for your first month

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For small teams

Yearly subscription price $114 AUD per month

Card rates starting at

  • 1.6% + 30¢ AUD online
  • 1.85% + 0¢ AUD in person
  • 1% 3rd-party payment providers
$1 for your first month

Advanced

As your business scales

Yearly subscription price $431 AUD per month

Card rates starting at

  • 1.4% + 30¢ AUD online
  • 1.75% + 0¢ AUD in person
  • 0.6% 3rd-party payment providers

Start your mug business with Shopify today

Try Shopify free for 3 days, and explore all the tools and services you need to start, run, and grow your business.

Try Shopify free for 3 days, no credit card required. By entering your email, you agree to receive marketing emails from Shopify.

Discover how Shopify can help you do more with your business—no matter what you sell.