Three Acres is a solo-run Shopify agency led by Brendan Quigley, specializing in high-impact eCommerce development, theme upgrades, and ongoing merchant support. With over eight years of hands-on experience building, optimizing, and maintaining Shopify stores, I’ve worked directly with merchants of all sizes to improve performance, streamline operations, and launch features that drive revenue. My work is deeply technical and strategy-driven: theme customization (OS 2.0), custom Liquid, metafields/metaobjects architecture, app integrations, performance optimization, advanced cart/checkout workflows, and data-driven problem-solving. I’ve supported merchants through full store builds, redesigns, migrations, CRO initiatives, membership-style retainers, and ongoing eCommerce operations.
Find the Best Shopify Experts in New Zealand
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.
Top-rated Shopify experts in New Zealand
Hey! I'm Kat. I've been working with Shopify since 2018, offering store set up, development, and eCommerce consulting services. I have products listed on both the Shopify Theme Store (Divide, Leap, Explore, Move, and Treat), and Shopify App Store (QuickSwatch), and am listed on the Shopify Partner directory. I primarily work with brands in the premium-to-luxury lifestyle space (think: fashion, accessories, food and drink, home, kids products) both in Australia and internationally. I'm a Shopify, Klaviyo, and Judge.me. partner. Whether you're a new brand looking for store set up, or a more established one wondering how you can improve your website (think conversions, integrations, and development support), feel free to reach out.
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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.
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!
Hey there, I’m Yoon, I have been in the Shopify ecosystem for 6 years – and I have worked with different industries, such as fashion, skincare, lifestyle brands, to build and optimize their Shopify stores. My focus is on creating fast, scalable Shopify stores that combine good performance and design.
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.
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
I’ve worked in e-commerce for over 15 years, specialising in Shopify-based growth, CRO, and international expansion for DTC brands. Leading e-commerce growth for established UK and international brands across beauty, wellness, and lifestyle My focus is on commercial performance, not surface-level design. I work hands-on across site architecture, conversion optimisation, analytics, and experimentation, often acting as a fractional Head of E-commerce or CRO lead for growing brands. I’m pragmatic, data-driven, and comfortable owning results end-to-end, from hypothesis through to implementation and measurement.
Full-Stack Media Buyer & Digital Marketing Consultant advising brands on scalable, data-driven growth strategies, with experience overseeing €100M+ in cumulative advertising spend. I specialize in paid media strategy and execution across Paid Social (Meta, TikTok) and Google Ads, partnering with leadership teams to design and optimize full-funnel media systems that align acquisition, conversion, and long-term revenue growth. Recent wins: Engineered a rapid turnaround of a loss-making e-commerce account, implementing a refined campaign framework that enabled profitable scaling from $40/day to $100/day within 24 hours, generating 5.43x ROAS Did $1.1m in top-line revenue on Black Friday by 1PM for an Athleisure brand with a 4.7x ROAS
Nineteen local profiles: who they are and what they cover
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.
What's the entry price for a Shopify expert in NZ?
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
$95 – $750
The central half of the 11 NZ starting prices
Median
$100
Barely above the bottom of that middle band
Top quarter of listed prices
$750 – $5,000
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.
Shopify in New Zealand: the settings a local expert gets right
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.
What New Zealand's 19 experts offer
On a list this short, every gap shows: design appears on fewer than half the profiles, and tax work on one.
Store Setup & Management
18 of the 19 New Zealand profiles
Shopify Development
Also 18 of 19, level with set-up
Consulting & Strategy
14, more common here than marketing
Marketing & Growth
12 list it, so check capacity for ongoing work
Design, UX & Branding
Listed on 9 NZ profiles
Copywriting & Content
Only 5, so plan who writes your product pages
Hiring a Shopify expert in New Zealand: your questions answered
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.