How much does a made to order calculator cost on Shopify, and what should be included for the money?

A Shopify store costs $39 a month on the Basic plan with monthly billing, and a made to order calculator costs on top of that. For Inchy the figure is $0 for one live product, then $19.99 a month for t-shirts and team wear priced per item, and $99 a month for anything priced by size. The question is not whether that is cheap or dear. It is what has to be in it for the money, and what you are paying for if one of those things is missing.

How much does a made to order calculator cost on Shopify, and what should be included for the money?

Expect a flat monthly fee billed through Shopify, a free trial, and no fee per order. Inchy also has a Free plan with one product live. Inchy has a Free plan with one product live, then is $19.99 a month on the Team wear plan and $99 a month on the Made to measure plan, each with unlimited products and a 7-day free trial, plus a Custom plan on request. For that money the calculator should price from your own list, charge the same price at checkout on every Shopify plan, stop sizes you do not make, carry every choice to the order, and print what the workshop needs. If it does less, you pay the difference in time.

The three plans as published on the Inchy page.

What does the whole thing cost each month?

Two bills, both from Shopify. The store plan and the app charge appear on the same Shopify invoice, because apps with subscriptions are billed on their own 30 day cycle alongside the Shopify subscription, and Shopify says those charges are added to your next 30 day bill. There is nothing to set up with a card elsewhere.

So an awning shop on Shopify Basic with Inchy's Made to measure plan pays $39 plus $99 a month with monthly billing, or $29 plus $99 with Shopify's yearly billing. A print shop on Basic with the Team wear plan pays $39 plus $19.99. Shopify's card rates apply to every sale as usual; Inchy adds no fee per order, so a month with one awning and a month with forty cost the same for the app.

Why is the size-priced plan dearer than the per-item plan?

Because it does more work for every order. A t-shirt has a base price and a few extras: the logo, the text, the print, a bigger size. A made to measure awning has a price that depends on two numbers the shopper types, add-ons whose price depends on those numbers, limits that have to be checked before payment, a drawing that has to be redrawn, and a fabric sample flow. The Made to measure plan includes everything in Team wear plus the price grid, the drawing at the shopper's size, add-ons priced for the size, size limits, fabric samples, every look and style, and Bundle kits. How to sell made to measure awnings and charge the exact price for each size shows what that looks like on the page.

What should be included for the money?

Eight things. Check each one against any calculator you are paying for, including this one.

1. Price from your own list. A grid by width and projection, a price per square metre or per metre, or one price per item with extras. You should paste it from a spreadsheet, not type it cell by cell.
2. Checkout price match. The checkout must work the price out again from the same rules, on your Shopify plan, not only on Shopify Plus. Changing a line's price at checkout normally goes through Shopify's Cart Transform API, and Shopify's documentation says only development stores and Shopify Plus stores can use apps with its update operations. A calculator that shows a price the checkout cannot charge is not a calculator. Why checkout prices can differ from the product page explains it.
3. Size limits. Smallest and largest sizes per product, with a made to order message outside them, so you never take money for a size you cannot make.
4. Unlimited products. A shop with one awning and a shop with five hundred should pay the same.
5. No fee per order. A percentage of each sale is a tax on growth.
6. Workshop paperwork. A production sheet from Shopify's Print menu, order stages, and a daily work list, so the order does not have to be retyped. How to print a production sheet for made to order Shopify orders shows what that is worth.
7. Fits your theme. A theme app block for Online Store 2.0 themes that takes your theme's fonts and changes nothing in your theme files, so removing it leaves the theme as it was.
8. A trial. Long enough to put one real product on the page and order it yourself.

What is not in the monthly fee?

Your time to prepare the price list and the options, which is the same whichever tool you use, and the set-up if you would rather someone did it with you. Inchy's Custom plan covers set-up, brand styling and connections to other systems, on request, with no published price because the work differs from shop to shop. On the standard plans you can book a short call and send one price list before it.

There is also what the calculator is not for. Inchy prices awnings, outdoor shade, t-shirts and team wear. If your product is something else, start from the closest template or ask first whether it fits. Paying for a tool built for a different trade is the most expensive option of all.

How do I work out whether it pays?

Count the quotes. If your site says "contact us for a price" on a made to measure product, every one of those contacts is a sale you have to win twice: once when they ask and once when you reply. Set the monthly fee against the number of quotes you send in a month, the time each takes, and the share that go quiet before you answer. For most made to measure shops the fee is covered by one order a month that would otherwise have gone to a shop with a price on the page.

Questions and answers

Is there a fee per order or per product?

No. A flat monthly fee, unlimited products, billed by Shopify.

Do I need Shopify Plus?

No. Inchy works on every Shopify plan, and the checkout price is worked out again from your rules on all of them.

Can I change plans or cancel?

Yes. Billing goes through Shopify, and you change or cancel the plan in the app at any time. Shopify says uninstalling an app stops future billing cycles.

What does the trial include?

Everything in the plan for 7 days. Put a real product on the page with your own prices and order it.

What is the Custom plan?

Everything in Made to measure plus set-up of your products, a builder styled to your brand, connections to systems you already use, and a direct line to people who know made to measure. The price depends on the work, so it is on request.

Who makes Inchy?

InterioApp. We have priced and sold made to measure products since 2011, in our own shop first, and our quoting software and calculators are used by made to measure businesses in the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

Count last month's quote requests, put the eight items above against whatever you use now, and try one product on the trial. See Inchy and try the live builder. Start the 7-day free trial on the Shopify App Store.

Sources

• Shopify, Pricing: Basic $39 a month with monthly billing or $29 with yearly billing; Grow $105 or $79; Advanced $399 or $299; Plus from $2,300 a month; read on 1 November 2026.
• Shopify Help Center, App charges: recurring app charges billed on a 30 day cycle alongside the Shopify subscription and added to the next 30 day bill; uninstalling stops future billing cycles.
• Shopify.dev, Cart Transform Function API: only development stores or stores on a Shopify Plus plan can use apps with update operations.
• Shopify Partners, Theme app extensions: app blocks work with Online Store 2.0 themes and are removed from the theme when the app is uninstalled.
• Inchy website and Shopify App Store listing: Free plan with one product live, Team wear $19.99 a month, Made to measure $99 a month, Custom on request, 7-day free trial, plan contents, read on 1 November 2026.

Written with AI. Every figure is checked against the sources listed above.