Loud vs Shopify for Musicians
Shopify is a store: it's the right tool when merch is a real business. Loud is a musician's website and link in bio, from their music, that keep themselves up to date. Many artists use both.
Features
| Feature | Loud | Shopify |
|---|---|---|
| Your music | ||
| Your releases on the site | From your music: search one of your songs | You add each one by hand |
| A new release appears by itself | Yes, on the website and the link in bio | No |
| A page for every release | Made for you, with every platform | You build each page |
| Pre-save button | Yes, with your distributor's link | A link you add |
| YouTube videos | Update themselves with your channel | Embeds you add |
| Website and link in bio | ||
| Website | Yes | Yes, built around the store |
| Link in bio | Included, with the same music and shows | A page you build |
| Designs | Templates made for artists | Store themes, free and paid |
| Your own domain | Pro | Every plan |
| Free plan | No, 14 days free | No, 3 days free, then US$1 a month for 3 months |
| Fans, shows and selling | ||
| Fan sign-up | Email and city, on every page | Sign-up forms |
| Fans by city | Yes, counted for you | From customers' addresses |
| Emails to fans | Tour: 5,000 a month | Email campaigns, unlimited contacts |
| Tour dates with Tickets | Yes, your ticket links | With an app |
| Sell merch | No, link your store | The whole point: inventory, shipping, payments |
| Sales reports | No | 200+ reports |
Price
Loud
- Pro: US$5 a month, or US$48 a year
- Tour: US$15 a month, or US$144 a year, with emails to fans and team members
- 14 days free on both
Shopify
- Basic: US$19 a month billed yearly, US$25 monthly
- Grow: US$49 a month billed yearly, US$65 monthly
- Advanced: US$299 a month billed yearly, US$399 monthly
- Plus payment fees on each sale
They do different jobs: Shopify from US$19 a month to sell merch, Loud from US$5 a month for the website and link in bio. Put your Shopify store's link on your Loud pages.
Where Loud wins
- You don't build it: search one of your songs and your website and link in bio are made from your music.
- Every release shows up by itself, on both pages, with its own page and every platform.
- Your shows, videos and fan sign-up in the same place, without a store around them.
Where Shopify wins
- Selling: products, inventory, shipping, taxes and payments.
- Email campaigns to every customer.
- Reports on every sale.
- Thousands of apps.
Which one is for you
Loud is for the artist's website and link in bio: music, videos, shows and fans, kept current with every release.
Shopify is for artists whose merch is a real business, with stock to ship and sales to track.
Questions
Should a musician use Shopify for their website?
If merch is most of what you do online, yes. If your website is mostly music, videos and shows, a musician website is simpler, and you can link your Shopify store from it.
Can I use Loud and Shopify together?
Yes. Add your store as a link and it shows on your website menu and your link in bio.
Can I sell merch on Loud?
Not on Loud itself. Add a link to your store and it shows on your website and link in bio.
Checked on November 11, 2026, on each tool's own pages. Sources: shopify.com/pricing