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Shopify, the cloud-based, multi-channel platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses, has reported a 90 per cent increase in revenues for 2016.
GMV rose 99 per cent to US$15.4 billion, figures which “speak to the enormous opportunity in retail right now and our strategic position within it,” according to CFO Russ Jones.
Total revenue for the full year reached $389.3 million, compared with $205.2 million in 2015. Within this, subscription solutions revenue grew 68 per cent to $188.6 million and merchant solutions revenue grew 115 per cent to $200.7 million.
But it still recorded a net loss of $35.4 million, almost double the $18.8 million of 2015.
Merchants can use Shopify software to design, set up, and manage their stores across multiple sales channels, including web, mobile, social media, marketplaces and physical retail locations. Shopify powers 377,500 merchants in some 175 countries. Its clients include Tesla, Nestle, GE, Red Bull and Kylie Cosmetics.
“Our work at Shopify is to help entrepreneurs thrive in a space that’s changing all the time, and we did our job especially well this past holiday season,” stated Tobi Lütke, founder and CEO of Shopify. “That eight of our 10 top sellers over the Black Friday Cyber Monday weekend were merchants that had upgraded from lower-priced plans reminds us that today’s startups become tomorrow’s superstars, at a velocity that appears to be increasing all the time. As the engine powering the growth of these merchants, Shopify has an opportunity that stretches years into the future.”
For the full year 2017, Shopify currently expects revenues in the range of $580 million to $600 million and an operating loss in the range of $73 million to $77 million.
