Shopify services were temporarily interrupted as an outage at the e-commerce platform disrupted retailers on Cyber Monday, one of the busiest online shopping days of the entire year.

Thousands of Shopify users reported problems with the platform, hindering their ability to do business. Outage reports peaked at 11 a.m. EDT at around 4,000 before tapering off, according to Downdector , a website that tracks online outages.

Shopify said on its status page that users may experience issues logging in or accessing point-of-sale systems, the equipment used to process in-person transactions.

Merchants use Shopify's tech to build online stores, process payments, arrange shipping, manage inventory and handle other retail transactions, while the company also provides point-of-sales hardwar

See Full Page