What drives the price
Three things set the figure: design effort, the number and complexity of integrations, and the state of your product data. A store with 40 well-maintained products, standard payment methods and a customised theme sits at the bottom of the range. Multiple languages, an ERP connection, configurators, or 5,000 products coming out of an ageing system move it up.
Our entry price is published on the pricing page. We work to a fixed price against a clearly drawn scope rather than an open hourly account — additions only arise when you widen the scope, and they are quoted before anyone starts.
- Not included: Shopify subscription, domain, photography, paid apps
- Included: setup, theme work, legal page wiring, test orders, handover
What you supply and what we take on
From you we need product data, images, copy and access to your payment and shipping providers. Everything else sits with us: store configuration, theme customisation, navigation, collections, payment and shipping rules, tax settings, email templates and the technical groundwork for SEO.
If the product copy does not exist yet, that is not a blocker but it is a distinct piece of work. We say so at the start rather than reporting it later as a delay.
Choosing a development partner
The useful questions are narrow ones. Who owns the code afterwards? Is the theme customised or bought and lightly dressed? Will the store be handed over so your team can run it, or does every change require a ticket? What happens to the account permissions when the engagement ends?
Our answers: you own it, the theme is built for your catalogue, handover includes training, and account ownership is yours from day one. If another agency answers differently, that difference is worth more than a portfolio page.
Apps: fewer than you think
Most stores launch with too many apps and pay for it in load time and monthly fees. A lot of what apps do is now native: metafields for extra product data, theme blocks for new sections, Functions for discount and shipping rules, Flow for internal automation.
We go through that list before recommending anything paid. Where an app genuinely earns its place — reviews, subscriptions, a specific ERP connector — we install it and measure what it costs in milliseconds.
The build in four weeks
Week one: structure, collections, navigation and page plan. Week two: theme customisation and product data import. Week three: payments, shipping, tax, legal pages and transactional email. Week four: test orders, speed, SEO foundations, handover.
The schedule holds when content arrives on time. The most common cause of slippage is missing product copy and imagery, which is why we ask for it in week one rather than week three.
After launch the store is yours
You receive ownership of the Shopify account, the theme source and a walkthrough that lets your team maintain products, pages and campaigns without us. No agency lock on the account, no dependency by design.
If you want ongoing support afterwards it exists as a separate retainer. If you do not, that is equally fine — a store you can run without us is the stated goal of the handover.
