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Shopify Development

Custom Shopify theme development, Liquid templating, and feature work, from targeted component builds to complete theme overhauls.

What is it?

What is Shopify Development?

Shopify Development covers every piece of custom technical work your store requires that sits outside a standard theme's capabilities. We specialize in Liquid, Shopify's templating language, and write clean, maintainable code that integrates with the platform correctly rather than fighting against it. Whether you need a new section building from a Figma design, a metafield-powered feature implementing, a third-party script integrating cleanly, or your entire theme refactoring for performance, our developers work entirely within Shopify's ecosystem and adhere to Online Store 2.0 architecture standards.

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What's included.

Everything in this service

Theme Customization

Modifications to your existing Shopify theme: adjusting layouts, updating styles, adding logic to sections, configuring schema settings, and implementing design changes without breaking existing functionality.

Custom Sections

New Liquid sections and blocks built to exact specifications, with schema settings that allow your team to control content, layout, and visibility without touching code.

Liquid Templating

Custom templates for products, collections, pages, customers, and orders. Advanced Liquid logic for conditional display, metafield rendering, and dynamic content.

Feature Development

Bespoke features that do not exist in any app: custom wishlist logic, bundle builders, cross-sell engines, loyalty integrations, and anything else your store requires.

Performance Optimization

Core Web Vitals improvement, image delivery optimization, JavaScript deferral, font loading strategy, and render-blocking resource elimination. Measurable speed improvements guaranteed.

Code Review

Review and audit of existing theme code, identifying technical debt, security issues, deprecated Liquid usage, performance bottlenecks, and maintenance risks.

Why it matters

Why this matters for your store.

Shopify is a sophisticated platform with a specific technical architecture. Code written by developers who do not specialize in Shopify tends to create problems over time: performance degradation, conflicts with platform updates, inflexible implementations that require developer intervention for routine changes, and technical debt that compounds with every addition. We write Shopify code that works the way Shopify expects it to, section-based, schema-driven, and maintainable by non-developers where appropriate. That means lower ongoing costs and a more reliable store for your team to operate.

Our Approach

How we do it.

01

Requirements Scoping

A detailed technical brief produced from your requirements, covering functionality, design references, edge cases, and integration points. Agreed before any development begins.

02

Development on Staging

All development work done on a theme duplicate or development store, never on your live store. A preview link is shared so you can review work in progress.

03

QA & Review

Browser and device testing, functional QA, and a review session where you walk through the work and request any revisions.

04

Deployment

Managed deployment to your live store, with pre-deployment backup and a brief monitoring window post-launch to catch any environment-specific issues.

Questions

Common questions.

Do you build custom Shopify themes from scratch or only customize existing ones?
Both. Smaller stores usually get the fastest ROI from customizing a Dawn-based or premium theme. Brands with strong identity or custom UX often go full custom. We will recommend the right path on the discovery call rather than push you toward the bigger build.
Is your work Online Store 2.0 compatible?
Yes. Every section we build is OS 2.0 native: JSON templates, section groups, app blocks, and schema-driven settings. That means your marketing team can rearrange pages without a developer.
Can you work with Shopify Plus features like Functions and Hydrogen?
Yes. Shopify Functions (checkout customisations, discount logic, shipping rules), Scripts (legacy stores), and Hydrogen/Oxygen headless builds are all in scope.
Do you support our theme after the project ends?
Yes. Most clients move to a small monthly retainer covering bug fixes, theme updates, and minor feature work. One-off support is also available on an hourly basis.
Will my store be down while you deploy changes?
No. All work happens on a duplicate theme. Deploys are a single theme-swap with a backup taken seconds before. Zero downtime is the default.
How long does a typical Shopify development project take?
A custom section is 3 to 5 working days. A full theme customization is 4 to 8 weeks. A custom-built theme is 8 to 16 weeks. Timelines are quoted before kickoff, not estimated as we go.
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