Shopify Student Discount: 4 Free Months for Eligible Schools

Shopify is offering a four-month free trial to students at qualifying educational institutions across North America.

This guide covers which schools qualify, how the trial works, and how to check eligibility and activate the offer.

How the student trial works

Students at qualifying schools get four free months of Shopify—that’s roughly one semester to dream up a business and build a store. Here’s how the trial works:

• Sign up with your school email address. Use the .edu (or equivalent) email associated with a qualifying institution to start your free trial. The four-month period applies automatically.
• Explore and build at no cost. Set up your store, add products, customize your theme, and configure settings during the free four-month period.
• Pay $1/month to start selling. To accept orders, activate Shopify’s $1/month trial any time within the four months. This triggers three additional months on top of the time already used.

After the trial period ends, standard Shopify pricing applies.

Check your eligibility

The offer is available to students at over 500 colleges and universities in the US and Canada. To check whether your school qualifies:

1. Search the qualifying schools list for your institution.
2. If your school appears, start your free trial using your school email address.
3. Don’t see your school? Send a request at [email protected].

How to activate your trial

Follow these steps to activate the four-month student trial:

1. Go to the free trial page and sign up with your .edu (or school-issued) email address.
2. The four-month free trial applies automatically when the email matches a qualifying institution.
3. When you’re ready to start selling, activate the $1/month trial to begin processing orders.