Shopify is a fully hosted e-commerce platform, which means that website hosting is included as part of the platform. When a business or individual creates a Shopify store, they are essentially creating a website that is hosted on Shopify's servers. This eliminates the need for the store owner to manage their own web hosting, which can be a complex and time-consuming process.
By providing website hosting as part of its platform, Shopify ensures that its users have a reliable and secure hosting environment for their online store. Shopify also takes care of software updates, security patches, and other technical aspects of hosting, which allows store owners to focus on managing their products, customers, and marketing.
While Shopify does offer a range of hosting plans and options, all plans include website hosting as part of the service. This makes it easy for anyone to create an online store without having to worry about the technical details of hosting and server management.