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Average size(in MB) of a shop in shopify by images and text
Hello! Thanks for your question about the average size (in MB) of a shop in Shopify by images and text. The most useful sources I found to answer your question are Shopify help pages and Shopify Features pages. The short version is that the average size of a shop in Shopify is 1000 MB without text. There were no specific numbers or information that could be found for the rate of changes. Below you will find a deep dive of my findings.
METHODOLOGY
I searched for "image size and text in Shopify" but was able to only located information about images (less than 20MB) size up to 4472px by 4472px, or 20 megapixels. For the text part, I found information about font size but I didn't include these as they are not relevant to the request. As far as the number of products per shop, "Shopify" advertises that this can be unlimited but a look at their "themes" showed us that certain themes are best suited to a specific number of products. The number of images per product could be up to 50 if we showcase only one product per page. For the rate of changes: how many items are changed per unit of time (day or week or month) I wasn't able to locate a specific number or information. I also came across information about selling digital products on Shopify. According to their website, as long as the digital files are 5GB, one can upload as much as one can- even 10,000 files. This article provides the recommended image sizes for some themes (Alchemy, Canopy, Expression, Masonry, Showcase, Symmetry).
DIRECT FINDINGS
The Shopify pricing source starts by featuring unlimited products and storage. The "Theme" source shows that a theme choice is influenced by the number of products. "Image sizes" source helps to determine the size of the files to upload and, source shows the limit of products per page. The links on the digital store example can be used as another example of storage capacity. I included the "90 best Shopify websites" and the "page size checker" to show how these could be used to check the competition.
As previously mentioned, the precise number of products per Shopify shop is listed as unlimited. However, certain shop themes cater to different product counts and stylistically showcase them in one way or another. Despite this, the shop standard is 50 products per page with 50 images. In the case of images, you can choose to have as many as 50 images per product but this would result in only 1 product being show per page. It's noted that a fair amount of the "90 best Shopify websites" or Shopify theme examples showcase product counts of under 30 per page.
Product images can be any size up to 4472px by 4472px, or 20 megapixels. Product images need to have a file size smaller than 20 MB to upload to Shopify. One is able to show any number of products one likes, as long as it does not exceed Shopify's limit of 50 products per page.
The average size of a shop in Shopify by image and text is at least 1000 MB without any text. This calculation is obtained from these facts: 1. One can upload 50 products or images on a page in Shopify. 2. Assuming each image file is 20MB the 50 files will equal to 1000MB. The maximum file size is 5 GB to upload. I tested the 10 best "Shopify" sites and the average was approximately 1.74 KB per page.
CONCLUSION
To wrap it up, the average size of a shop in Shopify is 1000 MB without text. There were no specific numbers or information for the rate of changes. Thanks for using Wonder! Please let us know if we can help with anything else!