Shopify has signed a strategic agreement with international commerce solutions provider, ESW, to provide “essential internet infrastructure” for enterprise brands wanting to scale globally on the platform.

In an interview with Forbes, Eric Eichmann, Chief Executive Officer at ESW said conversations with Shopify had been ongoing since 2024 and that it had “already transitioned some of our clients to Shopify on our solution already” including American beauty brand Tarte.

“By combining Shopify’s high-converting ecommerce platform with ESW’s robust cross-border capabilities, we’re enabling brands to scale internationally with truly localised experiences without forcing them to choose between flexibility and control,” Eichmann noted.

In the Forbes interview, Eichmann highlighted localised payment methods as one example of the benefits enterprise merchants will receive through the agreement.

“You want to make sure that you have the payment that covers the majority of companies that do business in that country. We do that within the markets. Shopify comes with some payments, but they don’t cover all the payments, so in many cases we actually complement their offerings by adding new payment mechanisms.”