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New Zealand's local Shopify list is short, so a shortlist comes together fast. The real work is checking each candidate properly rather than wading through hundreds, and that's an advantage if you use it.
As of October 2026 the directory counts 19 Shopify experts in New Zealand: 18 agencies and one freelancer. Store setup and Shopify development each appear on 18 of the 19 profiles, and consulting on 14, so the local list leans towards building and advising.
Fewer of them list design, written content or tax work. If your project depends on those, plan to look further down the listing as well.
Read three profiles below, then send each the same short brief, with your GST registration status, and compare what comes back.
A Scandinavian Shopify agency based in Barcelona and Aarhus, working exclusively with Shopify to design, build, and scale high-performing Shopify stores. We're an award-winning agency that does everything from migrations to conversion rate optimization and custom theme designs.
Former founder of PushOwl, the Shopify web push notification platform used by 50,000+ brands (acquired by Brevo). IIT Jodhpur alumnus and ex-Microsoft engineer. I help Shopify merchants deploy OpenClaw, an open-source AI assistant platform, on their own infrastructure. For $250, I will set up OpenClaw on a VPS, connect it to your Shopify store via API keys, and walk you through managing it yourself.
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Versatile growth marketer and Shopify expert with over 15 years of experience across eCommerce. Proven success in scaling D2C brands through CRO, acquisition strategy, and full-funnel optimisation. Deep experience owning and evolving Shopify ecosystems, leading platform-wide upgrades and integrations that drive performance, compliance, and customer insight.
With over 13 years of experience on Shopify, Hatch are a certified Shopify Plus Partner, delivering beautifully engineered ecommerce experiences for a wide range of global clients, across various industries. How we help Shopify and Shopify Plus businesses: Considered visual and UX design Custom Shopify development App integrations Growth retainer services Ongoing store maintenance Ecommerce strategy
I help Shopify and Shopify Plus brands increase revenue by fixing the highest-leverage parts of the funnel. Product pages, cart experience, checkout flow (within platform limits), site speed, and UX. Why clients work with me: I’m not “design-only” or “dev-only.” I combine CRO analysis, UI/UX design, and performance-first implementation - so changes aren’t just “prettier.” They ship cleanly, load fast, and can be measured in GA4. My approach: Audit → prioritized roadmap → implementation → measurement Core services: CRO & UX audits (GA4 funnels, heatmaps, session recordings) PDP/collection/cart optimization (conversion + theme architecture) Speed & Core Web Vitals improvements (render-blocking cleanup, image strategy, JS reduction) Custom theme development (Figma → Shopify, modular Liquid/JSON) Shopify migrations (staged rollout, SEO preservation, QA + rollback plan) Technical stack: Shopify/Shopify Plus, Liquid, Hydrogen, JavaScript (ES6+), GA4, A/B testing tools, Figma. No page-builder bloat. No app stacking. No fragile workarounds - just clean code your team can maintain. Send your store URL + goals — I’ll reply with the highest-impact opportunities and the key risks to address first.
About Bean Ninjas Bean Ninjas is an accounting and bookkeeping partner for growing Shopify businesses, with a strong focus on inventory-based brands. We work with product-based eCommerce businesses that need reliable financial reporting, clean reconciliations, and greater clarity around cost of goods sold and inventory movements. Our approach is practical and system-focused. We help merchants move from reactive bookkeeping to structured, consistent financial processes that support growth. What We Do We support Shopify merchants with: Monthly bookkeeping and financial reporting Shopify and multi-channel reconciliation (Shopify, Amazon, wholesale) Integration and reconciliation using tools such as A2X Inventory-related accounting within QuickBooks Online and Xero Cleanup of historical discrepancies and adjustment entries Improving clarity around COGS and gross margin reporting Support for businesses using inventory systems such as Finale and similar tools While we are not a full inventory management consultancy, we understand the accounting impact of inventory decisions and work closely with clients to improve data accuracy and reporting clarity. Our Team Our team includes experienced accountants and bookkeepers with deep knowledge of: Shopify ecosystems QuickBooks Online (Advanced ProAdvisor) Xero (Platinum Partner) A2X integrations Inventory accounting principles (including average cost methodologies) We specialize in helping product-based businesses maintain clean books as inventory complexity increases. The Projects We Specialize In Ongoing bookkeeping for inventory-based Shopify brands Financial cleanup and system setup & stabilization projects Multi-channel sales reconciliation Inventory accounting support and adjustments Process improvement for month-end close Our ideal clients are growing product-based Shopify businesses that want structured, dependable financial reporting as they scale.
For brands that demand ✦ extraordinary experiences. Bedford Lane designs and builds high performance Shopify experiences for ambitious commerce brands. Strategy, design, and engineering working as one.
I help DTC brands ($5M-$100M) break through growth plateaus by diagnosing what's limiting scale - usually they're driving traffic that doesn't convert, customer experience has friction, or teams are misaligned - then building the execution discipline to make growth predictable.
Shopify Plus Developer for Growing & Global Brands I've spent the last 5+ years in the weeds of Shopify — not just writing Liquid, but figuring out how commerce actually scales. As a Shopify Select Partner, I've helped brands migrate messy legacy systems onto Shopify Plus, built custom middleware to connect ERPs with storefronts, and shipped apps and Functions that off-the-shelf solutions just can't handle. A few examples of what that's looked like in practice: cutting load times from 7-10 seconds down to under 2 for a jewellery brand doing a WooCommerce migration, and getting a Shark Tank India-featured ethnic wear brand to 65% faster load times with an 80% jump in mobile engagement. Where I can help: Complex migrations — moving high-volume stores to Shopify Plus without losing SEO rankings or data integrity along the way Custom app development — private apps built around your actual business logic, not whatever an app store happens to offer Performance engineering — getting heavy Plus stores down to sub-2-second loads, even under Black Friday-level traffic If your tech stack feels more like a bottleneck than an asset right now, that's usually a sign something in the architecture needs rethinking — happy to take a look.
At OnlyGrowth, we help Shopify and Shopify Plus brands grow through strategic website design and development. We partner with brands to plan, design, and develop high-performing ecommerce experiences, including full website redesigns, custom Shopify theme development, and conversion-focused landing pages built to support acquisition, retention, and long-term customer value. While our core offering is web design and development, we bring a deep growth background to every project. We analyze customer behavior, heatmaps, and data to identify friction points, uncover opportunities, and continuously improve how shoppers move through the store.
Eighteen agencies, one freelancer. That ratio shapes everything else here. If you want a solo specialist based in New Zealand, there is exactly one profile to look at; everyone else is an agency.
Build skills are close to universal. 18 of the 19 list Store Setup & Management and 18 list Shopify Development, so finding Shopify developers in NZ is rarely the hard part. Consulting & Strategy follows at 14, ahead of Marketing & Growth at 12. The local list is stronger on building and advising than on running marketing month to month.
The thin spots. Design, UX & Branding appears on 9 profiles, Copywriting & Content on 5, and Finance, Taxes & Compliance on just 1. A project that leans on brand work or product writing may need a second supplier.
Place and language. Auckland comes up more than any other city on these profiles. All 19 list English, and German and Hindi appear once each.
How the list continues. After the New Zealand profiles, the listing moves on to experts outside the country who take on Australian and New Zealand clients. With a local pool this size, that second group is part of your real choice rather than an afterthought.
Filling the gaps. If you need design or product writing that the local list is thin on, the experts further down include Australian profiles among others. Ask any of them for a New Zealand store they have worked on, and agree on NZD quotes before you compare.
Only 11 of the 19 New Zealand profiles show a starting price, so read these tiles as a signal rather than a rate card. Dollar figures are USD from the October 2026 directory, with profiles at zero set aside, and each marks where that expert's pricing starts, not what your store will cost.
Middle half
The central half of the 11 NZ starting prices
Median
Barely above the bottom of that middle band
Top quarter of listed prices
The highest quarter of the 11 listed prices
A low, tight midpoint. The median is $100 and the lower edge of the middle half is $95, so several New Zealand experts start at about the same point. That's the price of a small job, not a sign that a full store costs a few hundred dollars.
Fixed scopes. With 18 agencies and one freelancer on the local list, most quotes will come from agencies. Ask for a fixed scope with a price against each extra, so a $100 entry point doesn't drift into an open-ended retainer.
What the brief needs. Your store link or current platform, product count, whether you sell in person, your GST registration status, and the date you need to be live.
Four settings decide whether a New Zealand store launches cleanly. None is complicated, which is exactly why they get rushed.
Getting paid in NZD. Shopify Payments works for New Zealand-based stores and settles in NZ dollars. Switch it on early and run a real payment through it before launch, since phone-based card taking depends on it.
GST sits with Basic Tax. Shopify Tax doesn't cover New Zealand. GST goes through Shopify's Basic Tax service instead, which asks for a tax registration number, so the expert will need yours. If you aren't registered yet, that's a question for your accountant before it becomes a setting for your expert.
Counter and market-day sales. Shopify's hardware store sells POS kit directly to New Zealand merchants. Stores on Shopify Payments can also take cards on a phone with Tap to Pay for iPhone and Android through Shopify POS, which suits a market stall or pop-up that doesn't want a fixed terminal.
English throughout. Admin screens and checkout are in English, which means no translation layer for local customers.
Questions to expect. A good expert raises these unprompted: whether you sell in person as well as online, whether Australian customers matter to you, and where your GST registration stands.
On a list this short, every gap shows: design appears on fewer than half the profiles, and tax work on one.
18 of the 19 New Zealand profiles
Also 18 of 19, level with set-up
14, more common here than marketing
12 list it, so check capacity for ongoing work
Listed on 9 NZ profiles
Only 5, so plan who writes your product pages
As of October 2026 the local list holds one freelancer and 18 agencies. If a freelancer suits your job, look at that profile first, then at the experts further down the listing who work with New Zealand merchants. When you need design, development and marketing under one roof, an agency is the simpler buy.
Judge on work, not passport. An agency based across the Tasman can do excellent New Zealand work, but ask for a New Zealand store it has set up, confirm it will quote in NZD, and check it understands that your payouts and GST registration are New Zealand ones. A local agency is easier to meet when POS is involved.
Yes, provided they have done it already. Ask what they would change: pricing in Australian dollars, shipping rates across the Tasman, how returns will work, and what the checkout looks like to an Australian shopper. If the answer is only a theme demo, keep looking.
Who will actually do the work, by name, and whether those people stay on the project; with 18 agencies on the local list, ask how many other launches the team is running alongside yours. Then confirm the quote is in NZD, that your GST number and Shopify Payments account sit under your business, and what support looks like in the first month. If an agency promises flexibility, get it in writing.
No. Auckland is the city that comes up most on local profiles, but Shopify projects run remotely and a store elsewhere in the country gets the same work over video calls. Location only matters when someone needs to be in the shop, for example setting up POS hardware and training staff at the counter.
