Shopify store setup & developmentA store that sells while you are busy making the product.
Shopify makes it easy to open a store and surprisingly easy to open one that does not sell. We set up the parts that decide whether a visitor buys: clear product pages, a checkout with no surprises, shipping that is calculated correctly, and the abandoned-cart emails most stores forget. Then we hand you a store you can run yourself.
/ In plain terms
What does a Shopify developer do?
A Shopify developer sets up and customises an online store on Shopify: choosing and adapting the theme, building product and collection pages, configuring payments, shipping and taxes, connecting apps for email, reviews and subscriptions, and making the store fast on a phone. A good one leaves the owner able to add products and run sales without help.
/ Not ready to book a call?
Get a free teardown of your website first.
Send us your address and we email you the three changes we would make first. Specific, free, no pitch attached.
/ The tell
Find the sentence that describes your week.
The things you would already have noticed if this applied to you.
- You sell on Instagram or WhatsApp and take orders by hand.
- Your store gets visitors but very few of them buy.
- The theme looks like every other store and does not fit your brand.
- Shipping or tax settings are wrong and you lose money on some orders.
- You are moving from Etsy, WooCommerce or another platform and do not want to lose products or customers.
/ What lands in your hands
What you actually receive.
Concrete things, not a statement of intent. This is what is included in this service.
Store setup
Shopify plan, domain, payments, shipping zones, taxes and legal pages configured correctly for where you sell.
Theme and design
A theme chosen and customised to your brand, with custom sections where the standard ones fall short.
Product and collection pages
Products added or imported with photos, variants and descriptions written to answer buyers' questions before they ask.
Apps that earn their keep
Abandoned-cart emails, reviews, and subscriptions or bundles if you need them, without stacking apps that slow the store down.
Speed and search basics
Image sizes, page speed on mobile, product titles and descriptions set up so the store can be found on Google.
Handover
A walkthrough of adding products, running a discount and fulfilling an order, so you can run it day to day.
/ Proof
Work you can open, not a promise.
We do not have a public Shopify case study on this site yet. Our team builds custom Shopify themes and sections, and we are happy to walk you through store work on a call.
/ How it runs
Four stages. No surprises.
2 to 4 weeks for a new store. You get a fixed timeline and a fixed price in writing before any code is written.
- 01
Plan
Week 1What you sell, where you ship and how you take orders today, turned into a setup plan and a product list.
- 02
Design and products
Weeks 1 to 2Theme customised to your brand and products loaded, on a password-protected store you can browse.
- 03
Payments, shipping and apps
Weeks 2 to 3Checkout, shipping, taxes and apps configured, then test orders placed end to end.
- 04
Launch
Weeks 3 to 4The store goes live on your domain, and we stay on hand for the first orders.
/ Before you buy
Shopify, WooCommerce or selling on social?
Where you sell shapes how much work you do per order.
| Criteria | Instagram / WhatsApp orders | WooCommerce | Shopify |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taking payment | Manual | Automatic | Automatic |
| Running it | Every order by hand | You maintain WordPress and plugins | Shopify maintains the platform |
| Right when | You are testing a product | You already run WordPress | You want to sell without managing servers |
/ The awkward questions
The ones you were going to ask anyway.
Answered here so you do not have to spend a call on them.
Shopify Stores FAQ · reviewed
How much does it cost to set up a Shopify store?
It depends on how many products you have, how much the theme needs customising, and which apps and integrations you need. Shopify's own monthly plan and any paid apps are separate. You get a fixed price after a free call.
Can you move my store from Etsy, WooCommerce or another platform?
Yes. We migrate products, images and customer records where the platform allows it, and redirect old product URLs so you keep the search traffic they earned.
Can you fix or improve my existing Shopify store?
Yes. Common jobs are speeding up a slow store, redesigning product pages, fixing shipping or tax settings, and setting up abandoned-cart emails.
Will I be able to manage the store myself?
Yes. Adding products, changing prices, running discounts and fulfilling orders all happen in Shopify's admin, and we walk you through each one before launch.
Can my store connect to my other tools?
Yes. Orders can flow into your accounting software, CRM or email marketing automatically. See our business automation service.
/ Notes from the foundry
Further reading
/ Same team, different problem
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