Courses & workshops
Shopify course
Shopify is easy to use until you need something that is not on the first screen. Then it suddenly gets hard to know whether what you are looking for even exists.
- Same-day reply
- Fixed price
- No lock-in
- In your own store
- Products and collections
- Campaigns and discounts
- Reports people use
Service
Shopify course
The content
- Products and variants without making a mess of inventory, and how to work on many at once.
- Automated collections, which save a lot of time and which few people use.
- The theme editor: what you can change yourself and where the line is before a developer is needed.
- Discounts and campaigns, including the traps that hand out double discounts by accident.
- The reports that actually say something, and the many that do not.
Deliverables
What you get
Concrete deliverables, not a report of recommendations someone else has to find time for.
- Training in your store
With your own products, collections and theme. Not a demo store with three t-shirts.
- Time-saving workflows
Bulk editing, automated collections and the shortcuts few people discover on their own.
- The edge of the theme editor
What you can change yourselves and when a developer is needed. It saves a fair amount of frustration.
- A cleanup list
Something always surfaces: apps nobody uses, overlapping collections, settings that no longer fit.
Process
How it works
Four steps. You know what happens when, and you can stop after any of them.
- 01
Your tasks up front
I ask for two or three concrete tasks people spend time on every week, then build the day around those instead of using my own examples from someone else's industry.
- 02
Morning: the technical part
Short and concrete. Not a talk about what the technology is, everyone has heard that, but how to actually get something usable out of it.
- 03
Afternoon: hands on
People work on their own tasks while I move around the room. That is where it sticks. I have never seen anyone change habits from watching a screen all day.
- 04
Material you keep
A follow-up document with what we built, including what ended up working. New colleagues can catch up later without sitting through the same walkthrough again.
Who does the work
I am the person you will be working with
My name is Mikkel and I have been building for the web since 2010. There is no project manager in between, and you will not get a junior on the job because the senior was busy. What you agree is what gets built, and I am the one building it.
Day to day I am a partner at Bigum&Co, and I have worked on more than 400 projects across ecommerce, pharma, construction and the public sector. Call or write — I usually reply the same day, and I will say straight away if the job is not a fit.
- Experience
- 16 yrs
- Projects
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0
- Reply time
- Same day
In depth
Shopify course
Shopify is easy until it is not
It is one of Shopify's real strengths that you can get going without help. You can create products, set up payments and have a store live in an afternoon. That is why so many people do.
The limit shows up later, and it is not obvious. You want a collection that updates itself. You want free shipping over a threshold, but not on bulky items. You want a different order on the variants. All things Shopify can do, where the button simply is not where you are looking.
That is what the day is about. Not how to create a product, but the thirty percent of the system people never reach because they do not know it exists. Automated collections alone save most stores several hours a month.
And the other direction: what Shopify cannot do without code. There are limits, particularly in checkout, and it is useful to know them before spending a week hunting for a setting that does not exist.
Reviews
What people say about me
Mikkel Tschentscher is my lifeline when something is urgent and nobody else can work it out.
Torben Wiese(translated from Danish) Mikkel is a man after my own heart. Executes at lightning speed, has an eye for detail and is always there when you need him. It does not get better than that.
Tini Owild(translated from Danish) He is simply a pro. Highly competent and precise, brings good input, and is a huge support.
Carsten Johan Thessen(translated from Danish)
Services
Why me
- 16 years of experience
I have built for the web since 2010 and seen most of the ways a project can come off the rails. It makes the estimates more honest.
- 400+ projects
Across ecommerce, pharma, construction and the public sector. Chances are I have seen something close to your job before.
- You talk to the person coding
No project manager in between, and no junior on the job because the senior was busy. What you agree is what gets built.
Brands I have worked with
A selection. Some freelance, some through agencies, some across several years.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
- Is it for new or experienced users?
- Both, but not on the same day. I ask about the level beforehand and build the day around it. Mixed groups rarely work.
- Can you help clean things up afterwards?
- Yes. A day like this almost always produces a list of things that should change. I can take that on as a separate job.
- Is it for new or experienced users?
- Both, but not on the same day. I ask about the level beforehand and build the day around it. Mixed groups rarely work.
- Can you help clean up afterwards?
- Yes. A day like this almost always produces a list. I can take it on as a separate job, or you can work through it yourselves with the guide.
- Does it cover marketing?
- Only what lives inside Shopify: discounts, campaigns, feeds and the built-in reports. Running ads is not my field.