The CookieYes Shopify app now comes with a free plan that covers the consent essentials a store needs to stay compliant, including geo-targeted banners, automatic script blocking, consent logging and Google Consent Mode v2, within fair usage limits. There is no trial clock and no card required.
The app has also been rebuilt from the ground up for Shopify and now carries the Built for Shopify badge, Shopify's mark for apps that meet its highest standards for performance, design and integration. Consent management moves into your Shopify admin: no separate login, no second tab, and nothing to set up if you were already using the app. Merchants on the previous version were moved across automatically.
If you sell to visitors in the EU, UK, California or any of the other regions with consent laws, this is the shortest route we know to a compliant banner that keeps your ads and analytics running, at no cost to your store.
Key takeaways
- The CookieYes Shopify app has a free plan that covers the consent essentials, including geo-targeted banners, auto-blocking, consent logs and Consent Mode v2, within fair usage limits.
- No trial clock, no card required, and nothing to cancel if you were paying before.
- The app has been rebuilt for Shopify and now carries the Built for Shopify badge.
- Consent is managed inside the Shopify admin, with no separate CookieYes login.
- CookieYes is a Google Certified CMP and an IAB TCF Certified CMP.
- Installation is a few clicks in the Shopify admin plus one theme app embed toggle, with no code.
The free plan covers the essentials, not a stripped-down trial
On the free plan, all the essential features, including advanced ones such as geo-targeted banners, consent logs and Consent Mode v2 support, are included at no cost, within fair usage limits.
The reasoning is simple. A consent banner is a legal requirement for most stores, not a premium feature. Rebuilding the app for Shopify gave us the chance to reset pricing at the same time, and we would rather every Shopify merchant run consent properly than have smaller stores run nothing.
If you were paying for CookieYes through Shopify, that billing has been wound down and will not restart. There is nothing for you to cancel.
If you are comparing cookie apps on the App Store, check three things on each: what the free plan actually includes, whether it is Built for Shopify, and whether it is a Google-certified CMP.
What's included at no cost
CookieYes shows each visitor the banner their law requires, blocks trackers until they choose, and passes the decision to Google and to Shopify so your ads and analytics keep working. Every row below is included on the free plan, within fair usage limits.
| Feature | What it does on your store |
|---|
| Geo-targeted banners | Opt-in template for GDPR regions, opt-out template for US state laws, shown by visitor location |
| Blocking before consent | Cookie auto-blocking and iFrame blocking keep third-party trackers off until the visitor consents |
| Cookie scanning | Automatic detection on install, cookie information and auto-categorisation, with 5 scans a month |
| Consent log | Proof of every consent decision, with 5-year export, consent expiry settings and consent renewal |
| Google Consent Mode v2 | Consent signals sent to Google Ads, GA4 and Google Tag Manager, as a Google Certified CMP |
| Shopify customer privacy | Consent passed to Shopify's own customer privacy settings |
| Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track | Honours browser-level opt-out signals |
| Microsoft UET Consent Mode | Consent signals for Microsoft Advertising |
| Banner customisation | 3 pre-built layouts, custom content, preference centre, revisit consent button, live preview, automatic translation into 1 extra language |
| Unlimited impressions | No pageview cap on the banner, subject to the fair use policy |
| Certifications | Google Certified CMP, IAB TCF Certified CMP, WCAG accessibility certified, GDPR-compliant data storage |
| Support | Email and live chat support, plus help guides and videos |
The banner carries minimal CookieYes branding on the free plan. Beyond GDPR and CCPA, the app also covers regulations including LGPD, PIPEDA, POPIA, APPI, PDPA and the Swiss FADP.
Why a Shopify store needs a cookie banner that does more than look compliant
A cookie banner on a Shopify store has two jobs: satisfy the law that applies to each visitor, and keep your marketing data flowing for the visitors who say yes. Most free banners do the first badly and ignore the second.
The common failure modes we see on Shopify stores:
- One banner for everyone. EU visitors need opt-in consent before non-essential cookies load; California visitors need an opt-out. A single banner gets one of them wrong.
- Trackers that fire anyway. If Google Ads, Meta Pixel or a review app loads before the visitor chooses, the banner is decoration.
- Consent that never reaches Google. Without Consent Mode v2, Google Ads and GA4 cannot model the conversions you lose to declined consent, and EEA ad measurement features are restricted.
- No record. If a regulator or a customer asks what a visitor agreed to and when, you need a log, not a screenshot.
A consent management platform (CMP) fixes all four. The reason most stores never install one is cost and setup effort. With this release, the cost is gone and the setup is a few clicks.
What Built for Shopify means for your store
Built for Shopify is Shopify's own quality mark. Apps earn it by meeting Shopify's standards for performance, design and integration, and the badge shows on the app card in App Store search and category pages. For a merchant choosing between cookie apps, it is the quickest signal that an app will behave inside Shopify the way Shopify intends.
For the CookieYes app, the rebuild behind the badge means:
- Consent is managed in your Shopify admin, alongside everything else you run. No separate CookieYes login.
- The banner loads as a theme app embed, Shopify's supported way to add storefront scripts, so it follows Shopify's performance rules.
- The app follows Shopify's admin design patterns, so it looks and works like the rest of your store settings.
How to add the CookieYes cookie banner to your Shopify store
Installation takes a few minutes and needs no code or card.
- Open the Google Consent Mode checker on the Shopify App Store and click Install.
- Approve the permissions. The app reads your theme and store owner contact details only.
- In Online Store > Themes > Customize, open App embeds and switch on CookieYes GDPR Cookie Banner so the banner renders on your storefront.
- At setup, CookieYes auto-detects and categorises what cookies it finds; You can run 5 scans a month.
- Set the banner layout, colours and text to match your theme, then publish.
From then on, EU visitors see an opt-in banner, US visitors see the opt-out their state requires, trackers stay blocked until a choice is made, and every decision is logged. If you run Google Ads or GA4, Consent Mode v2 support is built in, so consent signals reach Google once it is enabled. You can confirm it is firing with the free Google Consent Mode checker.
The step-by-step guide with screenshots is in the Shopify cookie banner documentation.
