I’ve been a Shopify developer for over seven years, working with clients worldwide on everything from bespoke themes to platform migrations and custom app development. I regularly collaborate with Shopify Plus clients, delivering tailored solutions that meet diverse needs and budgets. I run my own independent studio in the UK, specialising in Shopify theme and custom app development. I thrive on projects that demand creativity and bespoke solutions, pushing boundaries to deliver the best results for my clients.
Find the Best Shopify Experts in France
If you want one freelancer for a French store, you have two to choose from. The other 36 Shopify experts in France listed on shopexperts as of October 2026 are agencies, with Paris named most often, then Bordeaux and Nantes.
All 38 work in French. Nearly all list store set-up and development, most add marketing, and about a third list finance, tax and compliance work, which matters once you sell beyond France and need VAT settings that hold up.
For a merchant, an agency-heavy market means proposals with a project lead and a phased plan more often than one person doing everything. Read the starting prices further down, then compare the profiles below and get quotes from two or three agencies on an identical brief.
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We specialise in working with Fashion, Beauty and Jewellery retailers - developing sites, crafting e-commerce strategies and CRO optimisation. Our clients have included The Couture Club LTK The Edit LDN Emello Ed Hardy Doll Beauty WAWWA RASCALS LOOPI & more!
Built by operators, backed by results. Enterprise-level Shopify solutions designed and optimized by eCommerce veterans who measure success in growth, conversions, and ROI - not just launches. We help fast-growing DTC brands squeeze more money out of their websites and future-proof their tech stacks through redesigns, ongoing conversion optimizations, and custom platform enhancements. https://sparky.us/ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Recent Projects: - HeyDude: Grew checkouts reached by 51% with bespoke Shopify theme in three months ahead of Holiday. Implemented SEO best practices to boost discoverability and site health - ' 47: Increased site speed by 300% with custom theme build, including custom Algolia Integration, & favorite teams concept to personalize shopping experience. - GHOST: Increased conversion rate by 7% with custom designed & built Shopify theme. Built custom award-winning loyalty program, mobile app, and GWP feature. - Rockets of Awesome: Led a Shopify Plus migration and built editable subscription bundles, reworked curation and box logic to empower merchandising, and delivered a custom quiz and box curator integrating Shopify, Awtomic, and Pitney Bowes. - Legends B2B: designed & build custom B2B website to drive wholesale growth leading to $9M in YoY revenue & 7.8% conversion rate. Improved wholesale efficiency: Faster bulk ordering, clearer inventory visibility, reduced manual ops - VENUS Fashion: Full scale migration, migrating products, customer data, and content into a streamlined Shopify Plus storefront with clear product structures. Unified tools and integrations into one ecosystem, reducing complexity and maintenance. - York Athletics: Designed and built a bespoke Shopify theme driving a 40% YoY conversion lift post-launch, sustained despite fewer promotions, plus a front-end solution for gendered SKUs without back-end impact.
function(), MALVI's Shopify branch, crafts high-performance, scalable commerce projects with forensic engineering, brand-led strategy, and zero fluff. As a Shopify-exclusive agency, we carry forward MALVI's award-winning DNA in design, strategy, and storytelling—so every function() project benefits from over a fifteen years of big-picture thinking and pixel-perfect rigor. Working with Shopify exclusively for over 9 years, function() has helped brands grow and expand, reach their intended audience and goals, and enjoy life-changing support from a stellar team. From Shopify Plus official case studies to emerging boutique stores, function() partners with ambitious teams at every stage of growth. We specialize in complex builds, replatforming, and long-term evolution—turning Shopify into a durable growth engine rather than a short-term solution. Our work is opinionated, data-informed, and execution-obsessed, with a hands-on approach embedded from strategy through launch and beyond. The promise: commerce experiences that scale cleanly, convert intentionally, and stand up to real-world demand.
Union Works is a small, senior team of Shopify developers specialising in custom app development. We build private, custom and public Shopify apps that power bespoke workflows, complex features and advanced business logic for growing merchants. Our team of four has been building on Shopify since 2016, with deep experience across the Shopify Admin API, Storefront API, Functions, webhooks, and Shopify POS. We regularly use apps as the backbone for tailored solutions, whether that’s extending checkout and POS behaviour, integrating third-party systems, or creating custom tools that don’t exist off-the-shelf. We focus on well-architected, maintainable solutions that fit neatly into a merchant’s existing stack. From internal tools and private apps to fully supported public apps, we’re comfortable handling complex requirements and translating them into reliable, scalable Shopify solutions.
Most agencies consider the job done when the task is finished. We consider the job done when your business grows. Backed by experience in building globally recognized apps and running our own e-commerce ventures, we offer a true merchant’s perspective. From pixel-perfect UX to proactive conversion optimization, we treat your project as our personal business card. A Genuine Business Ally: We don't just tick boxes. We align our goals with yours, ensuring that our work contributes directly to your bottom line. Built by Merchants, for Merchants: With experience running our own e-commerce projects and building global apps, we bring a practical, owner-centric perspective to your project. Proactive Optimization: We don’t wait for you to spot the gaps. We actively look for ways to improve UX and conversion rates while we work. Uncompromising Quality: We treat every pixel and line of code as a representation of our reputation. If it’s not perfect, it doesn’t leave our studio.
I’m a Shopify Developer specialising in Shopify Plus builds, custom apps, and high-performance storefronts. I help growing brands turn complex requirements into fast, scalable, conversion-focused solutions. I work hands-on with Liquid, JavaScript, and Tailwind CSS to create custom themes, build private Shopify apps, and extend Shopify beyond its out-of-the-box limits. I also provide reliable integration and ongoing support, ensuring stores stay fast, stable, and ready to scale. I’m used to working with established teams, tight timelines, and high-traffic environments where quality and performance matter. If you need a Shopify partner who understands both the technical depth and commercial impact, let’s build something together.
• 4+ years of exclusive Shopify development experience • Built and customized storefronts for 100+ brands • Long-term collaboration with one of the largest Shopify agencies in the DACH region (Eshop Guide), working on enterprise stores including New Balance • Long-term collaboration with a leading Shopify CRO agency (ConversionWise), supporting high-growth brands such as G FUEL • Developed Shopify apps, both bespoke client solutions as well as public apps published on the Shopify App Store
Who's based in France, and what they list
Mostly teams. Thirty-six of the 38 experts based in France are agencies. If you want a direct line to the person writing the code, the two freelancers are your local options.
Paris first, then Bordeaux and Nantes. Other profiles name a spread of cities and towns. Don't limit yourself to the nearest one; the work happens remotely either way, and the best fit for your catalogue may be at the other end of France.
French on every profile, English on most. All 38 list French and 33 list English, so five don't list English. That's no issue for a French founder and worth checking if your team or investors work in English. Five list Spanish; one lists Italian and one Turkish.
Marketing runs deep; tax is a real specialism. Store Setup & Management (38) and Shopify Development (33) lead, with Marketing & Growth close behind on 30. Consulting & Strategy (24), Design, UX & Branding (21) and Copywriting & Content (18) follow. Finance, Taxes & Compliance appears on 13 profiles: a workable shortlist if VAT and OSS settings are the hard part of your project.
Who appears after the French profiles. The listing puts experts based in France first; after them come experts located outside France who also take on European projects. Scroll there if neither French freelancer is free.
What does a Shopify expert in France charge?
Of the 38 experts based in France, only 11 publish a starting price, so read these figures as a sample, not a rate card. Figures are USD, taken in October 2026, and leave out any profile showing zero. A starting price is where an expert's projects begin; what you pay depends on your scope.
Typical band
$450 – $1,400
The middle half of the 11 French starting prices
Median
$600
The midpoint starting price among French profiles
Top quarter of listed prices
$1,400 – $50,000
The upper quarter of the 11 French prices
The middle half is narrow: three quarters of those 11 start at $450 or more, and half at $600 or more. Budget for a defined project rather than an hour's work.
French quotes move most with catalogue size, the number of languages and markets, custom design, and integrations with your accounting or warehouse tools. For a quote you can compare, send your product count, current platform, the countries you sell to, the languages you need and every system the store has to talk to.
French Shopify set-up: what a good expert checks first
Euro payouts through Shopify Payments. Shopify Payments covers stores based in France, paying out in euros, so card checkout doesn't need a third-party provider. Your expert should connect it before design sign-off, so test orders run through the real checkout.
Tax: decide before launch, not after. France follows Shopify's EU VAT set-up. Shopify Tax is on offer here, with Manual Tax as the fallback. The 13 May 2026 date matters too: only stores already collecting EU tax before then can use Basic Tax. If you plan to sell into other EU countries and declare through the Union One-Stop Shop, pick Shopify Tax from the start, since OSS doesn't work with Manual Tax in Shopify.
The declaration stays with you. Shopify does not handle EU VAT filing or payment. Agree with your accountant which reports they need from Shopify, and ask your expert to set the store up so those reports come out clean.
Boutiques and markets. Shopify sells POS hardware to French merchants through its own hardware store. For lighter set-ups, Shopify POS accepts Tap to Pay on iPhone and Android, provided Shopify Payments is switched on.
French throughout, plus funding. The admin and checkout both support French. Shopify Capital is available to eligible French businesses too.
Where France-based experts concentrate
Profiles can carry several categories. The useful reading is how far each one falls below the total of 38.
Store Setup & Management
On all 38 French profiles
Shopify Development
33 profiles; check who writes the code
Marketing & Growth
30 profiles, a strength of the French pool
Consulting & Strategy
24 profiles; ask for a written plan
Copywriting & Content
18 profiles; handy for French product copy
Finance, Taxes & Compliance
13 profiles; the shortlist for tax-heavy builds
Working with a French agency: questions to settle first
Some will, some won't, and each sets its own starting price. Say up front that the job is small and ask for a fixed price. A good agency will either quote it or point you to someone better suited, such as one of the two freelancers based in France or an expert from outside France further down the listing.
Yes, if two things are covered. Someone fluent must write or review every customer-facing word, from product pages and emails to checkout messages and policies, because machine-translated French reads as exactly that. And the expert should have configured EU VAT settings for a French business before. Ask for a French store they've launched and read it as a customer would.
Three live stores close to yours in catalogue size, with the scope they delivered on each. A named lead for your project, not just a sales contact. A written handover plan covering who owns the code, the theme files and the app accounts when the project ends. If an agency can only show a parent group's portfolio rather than stores it built itself, keep looking.
Many French-based experts list marketing alongside development, and one team for build and campaigns means fewer handovers. Check that the marketing is done by people who run accounts every day rather than resold, and ask which channels they manage now and for which kinds of store. Keep the ad accounts in your own name either way.
Treat each as its own market with its own prices, shipping and tax settings. A French agency's language skills carry over; the payment and tax set-up for each country doesn't automatically. Ask whether they've launched in either before. For a bigger cross-border push, international expansion experts specialise in it, and the Belgium and Switzerland pages list experts based there.








