Your bill is the $39 base plan plus one charge for each usage category you exceed. Each category is a tier, not a per-unit rate, so the question is never "how much per page" but "which tier am I in". This article works through the arithmetic with real examples.
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The formula
Your bill = $39 base
+ pages tier charge
+ bundler tier charge
+ cart tier charge
Each tier charge is zero while you are inside the included allowance: 10 published pages, $1,000 of added bundle revenue, and 250 cart drawer orders per billing cycle.
Full tables in Atlas usage rates and tiers.
Worked example: a new store
A store in its first full month. It published 6 pages, has a bundle live that produced $400 of added revenue, and took 80 orders through the cart drawer.
Component | Usage | Tier | Charge |
Base plan | $39 | ||
Published pages | 6 | Base, up to 10 | Included |
Bundler revenue | $400 | Base, up to $1,000 | Included |
Cart orders | 80 | Base, up to 250 | Included |
Total | $39 |
Everything is within the included allowances, so the bill is the base plan alone. This is where most stores sit for their first few months.
Worked example: a growing store
A store testing several products. It published 18 pages, generated $6,400 of added bundle revenue, and took 700 cart drawer orders.
Component | Usage | Tier | Charge |
Base plan | $39 | ||
Published pages | 18 | Tier 2, up to 25 | $20 |
Bundler revenue | $6,400 | Tier 3, up to $10,000 | $35 |
Cart orders | 700 | Tier 2, up to 1,000 | $20 |
Total | $114 |
Note what this store got for its $75 of usage charges: $6,400 of added revenue from bundles alone.
Worked example: a busy store
A store running at scale. It published 40 pages, generated $28,000 of added bundle revenue, and took 4,200 cart drawer orders.
Component | Usage | Tier | Charge |
Base plan | $39 | ||
Published pages | 40 | Tier 3, up to 50 | $30 |
Bundler revenue | $28,000 | Tier 5, up to $35,000 | $110 |
Cart orders | 4,200 | Tier 4, up to 3,500 exceeded, so tier 5, up to 5,000 | $100 |
Total | $279 |
Where to see your current bill
Open Subscription, then the Usage & billing tab. It shows:
Current usagefor each categoryCurrent bill, based on current usageA breakdown:
Base plan,Atlas Pages ({tier}),Atlas Bundler ({tier}),Atlas Cart ({tier}), andTotalUsage History, listing past transactions
Each line shows either its tier or Included. The period is shown with a countdown such as (Resets in {count} days).
💡 Check this page mid-cycle rather than at the end. If you are one or two pages away from crossing into a higher tier, you can choose to wait until the next cycle to publish them.
The $600 figure on Shopify's approval screen
When you approve the Atlas subscription, Shopify shows a capped amount of $600. That is not a charge and not an estimate of your bill. It is the ceiling Shopify requires an app to declare before it can bill usage without asking you to approve every charge.
You are billed for what you actually use. The cap exists so Atlas cannot charge you more than $600 in a cycle without your explicit approval, and almost every store stays far below it.
Why your bill changed
Change | Cause |
Higher than last month | You crossed into a higher tier in one or more categories |
Lower than last month | You used less, and dropped back to a lower tier |
A charge appeared for the first time | You exceeded an allowance for the first time |
Higher despite publishing nothing new | Bundle revenue or cart orders grew, which is usually good news |
ℹ️ A rising bundler or cart charge means those features are earning more for you. A $35 bundler charge corresponds to somewhere between $5,000 and $10,000 of added revenue that cycle.
Why the numbers do not match your dashboard
Your billing cycle starts on the day you subscribed while your dashboard shows calendar ranges, excluded orders are left out of both, and bundler usage is added revenue rather than gross. All three are expected. See Why don't my Atlas revenue numbers match Shopify?