Is Cardel an alternative to Shopify or Tertulia?

Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Shopify or Tertulia when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Shopify and Tertulia are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Shopify or Tertulia?

Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Shopify or Tertulia for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.

How much does Cardel cost compared with Shopify and Tertulia?

You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Shopify and Tertulia set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.

How do I switch from Shopify or Tertulia to Cardel?

Start with Build Your Site, set up your home, and bring your work over at your own pace. You do not have to move everything on day one.

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ShopifyvsTertulia

Shopify is the commerce platform: storefront, checkout, inventory, POS, email, and inbox. Tertulia builds an author website from an ISBN, with a list, events, and direct book sales.

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How Shopify and Tertulia compare

Shopify is what you use when the store is the business. World-class checkout, inventory and shipping, taxes, POS, thousands of apps, Shopify Email, Shopify Inbox, and a theme store make it the standard for merchants of every size. It scales from one product to a warehouse without changing platforms.

Tertulia for Authors is a website built around the books. Enter an ISBN or ASIN and it imports the covers, descriptions, reviews, and buy links, then adds a blog, an events calendar, and a mailing list. Pro adds direct sales and newsletters. That is real strength. If the site should come from the catalog instead of a blank page, Tertulia is built for exactly that.

Where they are different

Choose Shopify when you sell products at volume and need inventory, shipping, tax, and apps.

Choose Tertulia when the center of the work is the book catalog: imported pages, retailer links, events, a reader magnet, and direct ebook, audiobook, print, and merchandise sales with no Tertulia commission.

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What's on Shopify and Tertulia

A check means that capability is available. Shopify and Tertulia are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.

Site and brand

Workspace site
Shopify: Included
Tertulia: Included
Custom domain
Shopify: Included
Tertulia: Included
Theme and fonts
Shopify: Included
Tertulia: Included

Public content

Blog
Shopify: Included
Tertulia: Included
Reader engagement
Shopify: Included
Tertulia: Included
Showcase pages
Shopify: Included
Tertulia: Included
Shop pages
Shopify: Included
Tertulia: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Shopify: Included
Tertulia: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Shopify: Included
Tertulia: Included
Marketing emails
Shopify: Included
Tertulia: Included
Campaign workflows
Shopify: Included
Tertulia: Not included

Messaging

Built-in chat
Shopify: Included
Tertulia: Not included
Messaging Center
Shopify: Included
Tertulia: Not included

Commerce

Shop payments
Shopify: Included
Tertulia: Included
Orders and fulfillment
Shopify: Included
Tertulia: Included

Team

Admin users
Shopify: Included
Tertulia: Not included

Feature comparison for Shopify and Tertulia
Feature	Shopify	Tertulia
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Included
Reader engagement	Included	Included
Showcase pages	Included	Included
Shop pages	Included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not included
Messaging
Built-in chat	Included	Not included
Messaging Center	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Not included

* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Shopify or Tertulia, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Shopify or Tertulia may add or remove features that are not shown here.