If you need to take a break from selling on Shopify, or if you’re making major changes to your store, you can pause it temporarily. This will keep your store online and accessible to visitors, but it will disable the checkout. This means that customers will be able to browse your products and learn more about your store, but they won’t be able to make any purchases.

To pause your Shopify store, follow these steps:
  1. Log in to your Shopify admin.
  2. Click Settings.
  3. Click Plan.
  4. Click Deactivate store.
  5. Select the Pause and Build plan.
  6. Review the plan details and click Switch to Pause and Build.

Once you’ve switched to the Pause and Build plan, your store will be paused. You can still access your Shopify admin and edit your products or online store, but customers won’t be able to make any purchases.

To switch back to a paid plan and resume selling, follow these steps:
  1. Log in to your Shopify admin.
  2. Click Settings.
  3. Click Plan.
  4. Click Change plan.
  5. Select the plan you want to switch to.
  6. Review the plan details and click Switch plan.
Once you’ve switched to a paid plan, your store will be reactivated and customers will be able to make purchases again.

Here are some additional tips for pausing your Shopify store:

  • Communicate with your customers. Let your customers know that your store is paused and when it will be reopened. You can do this by sending out an email blast, posting a message on your social media pages, or adding a banner to your website.
  • Update your shipping settings. If you’re pausing your store for a long period of time, you may want to update your shipping settings so that customers can’t place orders. To do this, go to Settings > Shipping and delivery and disable all of your shipping methods.
  • Fulfill any outstanding orders. Before you pause your store, make sure to fulfill all of your outstanding orders. Otherwise, your customers will be disappointed and may not return to your store when you reopen.