Development
Sonance
Product tools for a global audio brand
Shopify development with theme changes and product tools for an international store.
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Shopify development
Shopify development that can be updated without losing your customisations
I do Shopify development for stores that have outgrown what the theme editor can do: theme customisations, integrations and app cleanup. With 16 years of web development behind me, I build the changes so the theme can still be updated afterwards, and so you know exactly what changed where.
- I usually reply the same day
- Written estimate before work starts
Shopify development
Shopify theme development
I customise existing themes and build from scratch. When building from scratch I stay on Online Store 2.0 sections, so the store's own people can rearrange things without asking a developer.
The most important thing about a theme customisation is that it does not block future updates. So I put changes in sections and snippets rather than core files, and document what changed where.
Typical Shopify jobs
- Customising product pages, collection pages and cart beyond what the editor allows.
- Cleaning up apps that cost subscription and load time without being used.
- Integrations with ERP and inventory: e-conomic, Business Central, Uniconta and similar.
- Shipping setup with parcel shops and pickup points directly in checkout.
- Checkout extensions and Shopify Functions on the Plus plan.
- Moving stores from WooCommerce or Magento to Shopify.
Integrations
Most of my Shopify projects are about making the store talk to the rest of the business: orders to the accounting system, stock numbers the other way, and product data from a PIM.
I build the integrations with error handling, so an order does not vanish because a system was down for twenty minutes. That is where home-grown integrations most often fail.
What you get
Concrete deliverables, not a report of recommendations someone else has to find time for.
- A theme on Online Store 2.0
Section-based, so the store's own people can rearrange content without a developer on the line.
- Customisations that survive updates
Changes placed in sections and snippets, so the theme can be updated without the work being lost.
- An app review
What each app contributes, what it costs in milliseconds and subscription, and what the alternative would be.
- Documented integrations
ERP, inventory and shipping connections with error handling and a description of how to monitor them.
The work in practice
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Joule
A new AED brand on Shopify
A Shopify site with a custom theme and visual product story for Joule's new AED.
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How it works
Four steps. You know what happens when, and you can stop after any of them.
- 01
We walk through the job
A 20-30 minute call where you describe what needs to be built or repaired. I ask about platform, access and deadline, and tell you honestly if the job sits outside what I am good at.
- 02
Review of your code
Small jobs get a price after a short clarification. If a larger existing project needs a technical review first, we agree the price and scope of that review before I open the code.
- 03
Written quote with a clear scope
You get a firm agreement on what is included, what is not, and when it will be ready. If the scope changes along the way, we deal with it openly instead of letting it drift.
- 04
Delivery in your own setup
I work in your own repository and your own hosting and deliver in pieces you can see and approve. When we are done, you have the code, the access and documentation that makes you independent of me.
Brands I've worked with
Frequently asked questions
- What does Shopify development cost?
- It is determined by the size of the job, whether other systems need integrating, and how much has already been built on top of the theme. Send a description of the task, we clarify the details briefly, and you get a fixed price. I reply the same day.
- What does a Shopify developer do?
- Writes the code beyond the theme editor's reach: Liquid customisations, custom sections, private apps and integrations with ERP, inventory and shipping. In short, everything from small theme fixes to full store builds.
- Do you help Shopify stores across the country?
- Yes. The store lives in the cloud, so I work as often for webshops in Aarhus, Odense and Aalborg as in Copenhagen. Everything happens remotely through a staff account with the necessary permissions.
- Can you build a Shopify app?
- Private apps for a specific store, yes. Public app store apps with billing and support across a thousand merchants are a different product, and for that you need a team.
- Do you work with Shopify Plus?
- Yes. Plus gives access to checkout extensions and Shopify Functions, and that is where the most interesting customisations live, particularly around discount logic and shipping rules.
- Can you move a WooCommerce store to Shopify?
- Yes. The critical parts are the product URLs and the historical orders. The URL structure differs between the two platforms, so without a proper redirect plan you lose the organic traffic on product pages.
- My store has become slow. Can you find the cause?
- Yes, that is a classic job. It is usually apps inserting scripts into the critical loading path, and a review quickly shows which cost the most and what can be built into the theme instead.