Shopify
Shopify is a subscription-based software that allows anyone to set up an online store and sell their products. Shopify store owners can also sell in physical locations using Shopify POS, a point-of-sale app and accompanying hardware.
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Shopify is a subscription-based software that allows anyone to set up an online store and sell their products. Shopify store owners can also sell in physical locations using Shopify POS, a point-of-sale app and accompanying hardware.
Categories: Ecommerce
Quick facts
Detection methodology for Ecommerce
E-commerce platforms expose themselves through cart/checkout JavaScript, payment-form snippets and platform-specific cookies. Shopify's `window.Shopify` plus `cdn.shopify.com` URLs; WooCommerce's `wc-cart-fragments` script and `/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/` assets; Magento's `/pub/static/version*/` paths and `X-Magento-*` headers. The app/extension layer on top (Klaviyo, ReCharge, Loox, Yoast for WooCommerce) is enumerated separately from the asset URLs each one ships.
How we detect Shopify
Each signal alone is rarely conclusive — Sourcemap Explorer cross-references all of them and weights by confidence. You can reproduce any of these checks yourself in Chrome DevTools.
Server-side fingerprint: the response header reveals the technology behind the page. Visible in DevTools → Network → response headers.
x-shopid:
x-shopify-stage:
Cookies set by the platform. Visible in DevTools → Application → Cookies.
_shopify_essential_
_shopify_s
_shopify_sa_p
_shopify_sa_t
_shopify_y
<meta> tag injected into the document. Visible by viewing the page source.
<meta name="shopify-checkout-api-token" content="">
<meta name="shopify-digital-wallet" content="">
Window-level global the technology installs on page. Reproducible by typing the path into the DevTools console.
window.SHOPIFY_API_BASE_URL
window.Shopify
window.ShopifyAPI
window.ShopifyAnalytics
window.ShopifyCustomer
window.goaffproShopifyStVariableFix
window.shopifyAccessUrl
FAQ
How do I check if a website is using Shopify?
Open the page in Chrome, click the Sourcemap Explorer toolbar icon, and read the Stack tab. The popup matches Shopify's fingerprint signals (response headers, asset URL prefixes, runtime globals, sourcemap paths) and flags it whenever any combination is found. The same checks can be reproduced manually in DevTools — see the "How we detect" section above.
What Shopify version can Sourcemap Explorer detect?
Shopify ships as a hosted ecommerce rather than a bundled npm package, so version-specific detection isn't always possible. Where the platform leaks a version in response headers (`X-Powered-By`, `Server`, generator meta tags) we surface it; otherwise we report presence only.
Is Shopify a SaaS or self-hosted?
Shopify is offered as a hosted SaaS product. Detection runs against the JavaScript SDK or asset-URL fingerprints the platform ships into pages.
How much does Shopify cost?
Shopify's pricing model is documented as: low, recurring. Detection is independent of the pricing tier — Sourcemap Explorer flags the technology by its fingerprints, regardless of which paid plan a site is on. See the official site for the current pricing page.
Where can I read more about Shopify?
Official site: https://shopify.com. For Sourcemap Explorer's detection guide, see the deep-dive link below or the related guides in the cross-link section.
Keep reading on Sourcemap Explorer
Practical guides
Detection deep dives
Alternative tools
Want the deep dive?
We have a longer guide for Shopify that walks through the exact detection signals, version extraction tricks and FAQs.
Detected by Sourcemap Explorer
Open the popup on any page running Shopifyand you'll see the exact version pulled from the bundled package.json when sourcemaps are exposed.