How To Enable Multiple Currency in Shopify?
Hi, my name is Aras. I am currently an e-commerce intern at tio, so far my internship has been full of information. During the third week of my e-commerce internship at Tio I learned how to set up multi-currency in Shopify, and I’ll explain to you as much as I know.
Multi-currency is a feature that allows you to display prices in different currencies in your store. With so much international e-commerce, this feature is necessary for doing business on a global scale. As multi-currency becomes more widespread in global e-commerce, it’s important to understand how it all works.
How to add Multiple Currency in Shopify ?
There are two ways to add multiple currency to Shopify.
- Using an app.
- Edit the code.
The first way out of this is to download the “BEST Currency Converter” application from the Shopify store. The second way is that we can achieve the result by writing code via “Edit Code”, but my purpose is to make your work easier by showing you the easiest and most effortless way.
To enable Shopify’s own built-in multi-currency feature, we need to change currency formatting. To accomplish it, we require to find out our own currency. In order to set this feature up, you will need to make some changes to your currency formatting.
You’ll need to adjust your currency format in the Shopify admin area, specifically under
Settings> General> Store Currency.
When we enter the settings section of the application, we need to click on the “click here to see how” button. There are some steps that need to follow in order to change currency Scroll down to website and copy “ <span class=money> ” and “</span>”.
Then we go to the settings of Shopify, click on general settings, we click on Store Currency > Change Formatting in the store currency section.
We paste the code we copied (<span class=money>) in the application into the left side of the ‘amount’ article written in both HTML sections. We go to the application again and copy the second code(</span>) and paste it on the right side of the ‘amount’ and click the save button. We need to make sure we write the code correctly or the codes don’t work.
When we go back to the application screen, we see the requested tasks as a scratch, which means that we are doing all tasks correctly.
We can see currency options and we choose only five currencies because of the free edition.
After selecting the currencies, we finally click on the save button and complete enabling the multiple currency feature in Shopify.
Steps to change Multiple Currencies:
Settings > Payments.
Payments section, click Manage.
In the Countries/regions section, click Add country/region.
Click Add country/region.
*These steps show how to change regions and currencies.
In conclusion, there is a bunch of information on implementing multi-currency in Shopify. There are many apps for adding currencies that you can choose to use. In the long run, it can save you a lot of trouble and make the life of your customers easier. Best of all, it can grow your business internationally without so much extra work!
