Setting Up Multi-Currency Support on Shopify

Expanding your Shopify store to serve international customers involves more than just shipping globally; it requires accommodating local currencies. Shopify’s multi-currency feature enables customers to browse products and checkout in their preferred currency, improving user experience and potentially increasing global sales.

Step 1: Enable Shopify Payments

Shopify Payments must be enabled to use the multi-currency feature. Here’s how to set it up:

• Go to your Shopify admin panel.
• Navigate to Settings > Payments.
• If Shopify Payments isn’t already activated, set it up by entering your banking information and details.

Step 2: Add Currencies

Once Shopify Payments is enabled, you can add multiple currencies:

• In the Shopify admin, go to Settings > Payments.
• Under Shopify Payments, click Manage.
• In the Currencies section, add the currencies you want to offer.

Step 3: Customize Currency Formatting

To customize how currencies appear on your store, edit your theme’s Liquid files:

<!-- Edit the format and style of the displayed currency -->
{{ amount | money_with_currency }}

This Liquid filter formats the price with the currency symbol at your storefront.

Step 4: Auto-Detect Customer Currency

To enhance user experience, automatically show prices in the customer’s local currency based on their IP address using JavaScript:

document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
  var currency = window.CurrencyByIP; // Assumes a script or Shopify app that detects currency based on IP
  Currency.convertAll('USD', currency);
});

Step 5: Adjust Currency Options

You may want to adjust how currency conversions are handled, including rounding policies:

• In the Shopify admin under Shopify Payments settings, find the Currency conversion section.
• Set your rounding rules to ensure prices in different currencies make sense (e.g., avoiding €0.99 converting to $1.34 instead of rounding to $1.35).