E-shop and payment gateways for the self-employed 2026

For an e-shop as a self-employed person you handle two things: the platform you build the shop on and the payment gateway for accepting card payments. Both are available as a monthly service with no coding.

Shoptet — the most widespread Czech e-shop platform, rent from roughly 500 Kč/month, with templates and links to carriers and accounting. Upgates — a strong alternative focused on multilingual and B2B sales. Choose by the number of products, languages and integrations you need.

Comgate and GoPay are the most common Czech payment gateways — they accept card payments, Apple/Google Pay and bank transfers. You typically pay a small percentage per transaction, and the gateway connects to Shoptet and Upgates in a few clicks. Note: payments from abroad and from EU companies may trigger VAT obligations — see VAT and the identified person.