Shopify Development Services
Shopify is a hosted e-commerce platform: hosting, security updates and checkout are handled by Shopify, so you can focus on products and customers. Our Shopify development services cover everything needed to launch a shop that looks like your brand and works for your business, or to improve the one you already have.
We set up and customise your theme, configure products, payments and delivery, connect the apps and systems you use, and train your team to run the store. Shopify is one of the platforms in our website development services, and we work with Shopify and Shopify Plus stores.
Looking for a Shopify Developer in the UK?
Shopify suits small brands and large retailers alike: you can start with a ready-made theme and grow without moving platform. Many store owners set up the basics themselves. A Shopify development agency is worth it when you want a store built around your brand and processes, set up correctly from the start:
- Your theme is customised to your brand: layout, colours, fonts and page templates that suit your products, with changes to the theme code where the editor cannot do what you need.
- Products, collections, variants and filters are set up so customers can find the right item quickly.
- Payments, delivery rates, taxes and order emails are configured and tested before the first real order.
- Apps are chosen for what you actually need, so the store does not slow down or collect monthly fees for features nobody uses.
- Your team learns how to add products, run discounts and process orders on their own.
Tell us about your Shopify project and we will come back with the options that suit it
Why Choose VOLL as Your Shopify Development Agency
VOLL Digital Agency has been building websites since 2008. On a Shopify project you work with one team: a business analyst and project manager, a designer, developers and, if you need them, SEO and advertising specialists.
We explain the choices in plain terms: which theme to start from, which apps are worth paying for, and when a custom feature is better than an app. You own the store, the content and the accounts. After launch we can look after the store and grow its traffic with Shopify SEO; support is paid separately. If you are still comparing platforms, our guide What is Shopify and how does it work explains the basics.
What Our Shopify Development Covers
Our studio takes a comprehensive approach. That’s why you can order all the services for creating and promoting an online shop from us:
- Store planning: catalogue structure, page templates and the customer journey from product page to checkout;
- Theme selection and Shopify theme development: customising a theme from the Shopify Theme Store or building custom sections in Liquid, Shopify’s template language;
- Design of the key pages: home page, collections, product pages, basket and content pages, with wireframes and clickable prototypes in Figma;
- Set-up of products, variants, payments, delivery, taxes and notifications, and integrations with your CRM, stock or delivery systems;
- Migration to Shopify from another platform, with products, customers and redirects from old URLs moved across;
- Optional extras, quoted separately: product and page copy, SEO and paid advertising. For a custom build on another platform, see our ecommerce website development page.
Our Shopify Development Process
Each stage ends with something you can review and approve before the next one starts:
Brief and Discovery. We discuss your products, customers, plans and the systems the store must connect to, and agree the scope.
Research. We review your market and the stores of your main competitors: how they present products, what they offer at checkout, where their traffic comes from. We use tools such as Ahrefs and Semrush, and your Google Analytics data if you already sell online.
Structure and prototypes. We plan the catalogue structure, page templates and checkout journey and show them as wireframes and a clickable prototype in Figma.
Design. Page layouts in your brand colours and fonts, for desktop and mobile.
Development and set-up: theme customisation, products and collections, payments, delivery, apps and integrations. Google Analytics 4 is connected; detailed ecommerce tracking in Google Tag Manager is available as an extra.
Content and SEO basics: page titles and descriptions, image alt text and redirects from your old store if you are moving to Shopify. Product copy and ongoing SEO can be added as separate work.
Testing, training and launch. We place test orders, check the store on phones and desktops, show your team how to manage it and launch.
How Much Shopify Development Costs
Setting up a Shopify theme and configuring your shop at a basic level costs from £1,600. A custom Shopify build starts from £3,400 and costs more as the scope grows. The price depends on how much the theme needs to change, the number of products and page templates, the apps and integrations, and whether you are moving products and customers from another platform. We confirm the final price after a short Discovery stage, with a line-item estimate, so you can see what each part costs.
Your Shopify plan, paid themes and app subscriptions are paid to Shopify and app developers directly. Content writing, large data migrations and paid licences are quoted separately.
Hire a Shopify Development Agency for Your Store
Tell us what you sell, whether you already have a store, and what you would like to change. We will look at the scope, tell you what the work is likely to cost and which plan and apps make sense, and answer your questions.
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