A Shopify development agency measured on conversion rate, not mockups

Hiring a Shopify development agency typically costs $5,000 to $75,000 for a custom build, depending on complexity, and enterprise Shopify Plus projects can go higher. Ongoing development retainers start at $3,000/month. Ranges are typical industry figures for context — your exact quote depends on scope, integrations and timeline. Every project is quoted as fixed scope before work begins, so there is no hourly meter and no surprise invoices, and you get a project plan within 48 hours of the discovery call.

Shopify development agency cost is set by scope far more than by rates. The biggest drivers are how much of the theme is custom, how many integrations need building (ERPs, 3PLs and custom APIs each get their own line in the quote), whether a migration is involved, and whether the store runs on Shopify Plus. That spread is why most custom builds land anywhere from $5,000 to $75,000. Phasing the build or deferring an integration is usually the cleanest way to bring a quote down without cutting QA.

A Shopify build takes 3 to 6 weeks for most custom themes. Full migrations and Shopify Plus projects usually run 8 to 16 weeks depending on how many integrations are in scope. You get a milestone schedule up front and a staging store you can open at any time, so progress is something you watch rather than something you are told about. The timeline is fixed in the same quote as the price and moves only if you change scope.

Hire a freelance Shopify developer for small, well-defined tasks: one section, one bug, a template tweak. Hire a Shopify development agency when a failed build or a botched migration would cost real revenue — you get a senior developer plus design, dedicated QA, a named project lead and support after launch instead of a single point of failure. The agency premium buys redundancy and documentation. If your store is your main revenue channel, that redundancy is what you are paying for.

Match the agency to the job before comparing prices: theme rebuilds, replatforms and custom apps lean on different skills. On the call, ask who writes the code and how senior they are, whether you get a staging link during the build, whether the quote is fixed scope or hourly, and what is documented at handover. Read reviews for patterns rather than stars and call two references. Then hire the team whose diagnosis mentions your analytics, Core Web Vitals and product pages instead of a stock rebuild pitch.

A Shopify dev agency is worth it when the build has to hold up under real traffic and real money, not when you need a section swapped. Below a certain scale, targeted speed work, stronger product pages and conversion testing usually return more than a full custom theme. We say so on the scoping call when that is the honest answer, and scope the smaller job instead. A fixed-scope quote lets you compare what each option costs before committing.

A Shopify developer agency owns the code, the integrations and what happens after launch; a design studio typically owns the visuals and hands the build to somebody else. The seam between those two is where most projects lose time and money. We cover both — bring your own Figma files or have our team design the store — but either way one team is accountable for the store being fast, tested and maintainable, not only for how it looks.

Migrating to Shopify without losing SEO is a process rather than a promise: we export every indexed URL, map 301 redirects one to one, preserve titles, metadata and structured data, and verify Search Console after cutover. We replatform from WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, Wix, Squarespace and WordPress, with products, customers, order history and reviews reconciled against the source before the old store goes dark. You see the redirect map before cutover, not after it.

We build custom Shopify apps, public and private, on current Shopify APIs, for functionality off-the-shelf apps cannot cover cleanly: rule-based bundles, B2B catalogues and pricing, ERP and 3PL sync, and subscription flows that do not fit a standard app's model. Shopify app development services are scoped and quoted exactly like everything else here — fixed scope, agreed before work starts. We are equally willing to remove apps that cost more in load time than they return.

Partly. Which of Shopify's native B2B features you get depends on your plan, and the full set — company accounts, customer-specific catalogs, price lists and payment terms — is what our Shopify Plus development agency page covers. On standard Shopify, wholesale can also run on a custom app or private integration: rule-based pricing, a gated wholesale catalog and ERP sync for stock and orders. That holds up at modest volume. Once wholesale becomes a real channel, native B2B is usually the cleaner long-term home, and the scoping call is where we compare the two.

Speed on a Shopify store is built in rather than added later: we hold a Core Web Vitals performance budget on every template and target a sub-one-second LCP on builds. In practice that means no page-builder bloat, no script-tag graveyard left by abandoned apps, and images and fonts handled properly instead of delegated to a plugin. Fast stores convert better and rank better, and speed is checked at QA rather than assumed.

Shopify web development and theme development overlap heavily and we handle both: storefront design, template architecture, front-end build and Core Web Vitals work. If your project is mainly storefront design and page speed, our Shopify web development agency page covers that scope in more detail. If it is a theme rebuild, a migration, a custom app or Shopify Plus work, this is the right page. The scoping call establishes which one you need before anything is quoted.

For a Shopify website development agency, full-service should mean one team is accountable from scoping through to post-launch support: design, Liquid development, app and API integration, migration, QA, analytics setup and ongoing performance work. In practice it often means several subcontractors and a project manager relaying messages between them. Ask who writes the code and who you call when checkout breaks. Here you work with a dedicated project lead plus the senior developer on your build.

We are a Shopify growth agency and a development team in the same building, and that changes what gets built: the people who would later run your paid media and conversion work sit in the scoping call, so tracking, landing page architecture and product page structure are designed for the traffic you intend to buy. Development, CRO and paid media stay separate engagements and you can hire any one alone — but a build that ignores acquisition usually needs redoing.

You own the code, the store and every account involved. Everything is built inside your own Shopify organization, documented at handover, and written so your in-house team or the next agency you hire can extend it. We do not use proprietary frameworks that force you to come back to us for future changes. The most common reason a rebuild gets quoted twice is undocumented code from a previous developer, so documentation is a deliverable rather than a favor.

Yes. Inheriting a store is a normal starting point, and the first step is a technical review of the theme, apps and integrations as they stand: what is custom, what has been patched, which uninstalled apps left code behind, and what nobody documented. From that we tell you whether the existing code is worth building on or whether a rebuild is cheaper in the long run, then quote the chosen path as fixed scope. You get documentation of what we found either way, so the store stops depending on whoever built it last.

Shopify design and development agency reviews are most useful read for patterns rather than scores: what reviewers say about scope changes, communication during the build, and what happened after launch. Check the Shopify Partner Directory listing, then ask the agency for two references you can call, ideally including one project that went sideways, and ask what they did about it. Testimonials on an agency's own page are the weakest evidence available to you.

After launch every build ships with a support window, and most brands stay on a retainer for new features, integrations, fixes and ongoing speed work, starting at $3,000/month. Launch is the start of the store's life, not the end of the project: apps get added, campaigns need new landing pages, and Core Web Vitals drift when nobody watches them. There is no lock-in on the retainer — it continues because your roadmap does.

The scoping call takes 30 minutes and costs nothing. We ask what the store needs to do that it cannot do today, look at your current theme, apps and Core Web Vitals, and talk through integrations and any planned migration. You leave with a view on whether you need a rebuild, a replatform or a smaller fix, and within 48 hours you get a fixed-scope quote and project plan. There is no pitch and no obligation, and if the right move is to spend nothing yet, we tell you.

No. A link to your store and a rough sense of what is not working is enough to start, because working out the scope is the point of the call. If you have Figma files, a feature list, an app inventory or a migration deadline, bring them, since they sharpen the quote. Brands without designs can have our team handle design as part of the build, and the fixed-scope quote that follows spells out exactly what is and is not included.

Yes. We focus exclusively on Shopify and Shopify Plus, so our themes, apps, and integrations are built specifically for the platform.

Most custom builds start around $5,000 and scale with complexity. Ongoing development retainers start at $3,000/month. You get a fixed quote before any work begins.

Yes. We build for Core Web Vitals and clean, semantic markup, so your store loads fast and stays search-friendly out of the box.

Yes. Most builds are quoted as fixed-scope projects so you know the cost upfront. Ongoing work runs on a flexible monthly retainer.

Yes. We build from your Figma or design files, or our team can handle design too. Either way you get a pixel-perfect, conversion-focused build.

Yes. We migrate from WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, and others to Shopify or Shopify Plus, with no lost data, products, or SEO.

Yes. We build for DTC Shopify and Shopify Plus brands across the US, UK, and other English-speaking markets.

Senior developers on every build, clean and maintainable code, conversion and speed engineered in, full QA, and post-launch support, with fixed-scope quotes.

We build to accessibility best practices (semantic markup, contrast, keyboard navigation) and can run an accessibility audit on your existing store to identify and fix issues.

You work with a dedicated project lead plus the senior developer on your build, with a live staging store and clear milestones so you always know the status.

Yes — we have experienced Shopify Hydrogen developers for headless builds where performance and custom UX matter. For most stores, a well-built Online Store 2.0 theme is faster to ship and easier to maintain, and we'll recommend whichever fits your roadmap.