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.
Find the Best Shopify Experts in Portugal
MB WAY and Multibanco are the payment methods Shopify lists specifically for stores in Portugal, and both run through Shopify Payments, so neither needs a separate provider. Getting them live, with VAT set up and a Portuguese-language checkout, is the core of a Portuguese launch. That's where an expert earns the fee; the theme is the easy part.
As of October 2026, 12 Shopify experts in Portugal are listed on shopexperts: 8 agencies and 4 freelancers, in Lisbon, Porto, Braga and towns such as Coimbra and Funchal. All 12 offer store setup and management, 10 list Shopify development, and half list finance, tax and compliance work.
The Portuguese profiles appear first below. Pick two or three of them and send each the same short brief.
Top-rated Shopify experts in Portugal
I help smart DTC brands dramatically improve their bottom line through rigorous, data-driven experimentation across the customer journey. Helping 7, 8 and 9 figure brands scale profitably is what I excel at. I do this through 1) focusing on contribution margin as my north star metric, and 2) strategic A/B testing fueled by extensive customer research. Here's what one of my former clients had to say about me: Luka is a rare mix of strategic and hands-on — he doesn’t just talk about ideas, he executes them. During our time working together, he helped professionalise our marketing systems, improved conversion across key funnels, and consistently brought clarity to complex problems. What stood out most was his clarity of thought, detailed consumer and market analysis combined with a deep understanding of website performance. This translated into very significant performance gains on our website. We saw increased sales, conversion rates and customer retention. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Luka to any founder or leadership team looking for someone who delivers real results.
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10xGEO is a Shopify app that generates revenue from AI search. When buyers ask ChatGPT or Perplexity what to buy, we make sure it's our brands that get recommended and we tag every resulting Shopify order with its AI source so brands can see the exact ROI.
With Giveaway Ninja, we help top Shopify DTC brands turn giveaways into revenue. Since 2018, we’ve helped Shopify merchants launch contests that go beyond likes, tags, and vanity metrics. Our campaigns are built to capture email leads, reward purchases, increase AOV, drive referrals, and track the sales generated by each giveaway. Giveaway Ninja is behind over $3M in monthly giveaway-driven sales tracked, helping merchants turn contests into a real acquisition and retention channel. We can help you plan, launch, and optimize your giveaway campaign from start to finish, with 1-on-1 campaign reviews and custom setup support.
I've been a Shopify developer for nearly 15 years. I've grown with the platform and have handled some amazing clients and projects. I'm a full-stack developer and have the skillset to handle any issue; or help you plan and grow.
My accounting practice, MVP Bookkeeping, specializes in bookkeeping and accounting services tailored for eCommerce businesses. We help online retailers manage finances efficiently, providing insights on cash flow, inventory costs, and profitability. With expertise in digital commerce platforms and tax compliance, we empower eCommerce entrepreneurs to focus on growth while we handle the numbers. We offer a highly personalized accounting service with dedicated one-to-one support, to us you're not just a number! I take the time to understand your unique business needs, goals, and challenges, so I can provide tailored advice and hands-on guidance every step of the way. Whether you need help staying on top of your books, understanding your financials, or planning for growth, you’ll always have direct access to someone who genuinely cares about your success. We utilise the best tools in the industry such as Xero, A2X and Syft to ensure that you get accurate numbers that make sense!
With 17 years of experience as a Shopify partner, E-Commerce Manager, Linux Admin and Fullstack Developer for early and late stage venture capital, Tom's unbridled passion for product development, conversion rate optimization and design has meant he's managed eight figure inventories, and six figure daily sales volumes for multiple properties, working with Angel round independent investors, Y-Combinator start-ups, and well known brands such as Adam Calhoun's ACAL Clothing and Weavers Coffee
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I’m a Shopify-focused CRO and eCommerce specialist helping DTC brands improve performance through data-led optimisation and scalable site builds. I work across theme development, UX improvements, and structured A/B testing to increase conversion rate and AOV. My experience includes building and optimising Shopify storefronts, implementing custom sections in Liquid, and supporting experimentation across PDPs, landing pages, and checkout. Alongside development, I support brands with CRO strategy, identifying key drop-off points, prioritising test roadmaps, and delivering measurable improvements across the funnel. My core stack includes Shopify, GA4, Klaviyo, Hotjar, and testing tools such as Intelligems. I’m comfortable working independently or alongside internal teams and agencies to deliver fast, reliable improvements. Some of the more well known brands I’ve created and implemented CRO strategy for is 47 Skin, Ghost Fragrances and Private White VC to name a few.
A broad Portuguese list that works in English and Spanish
Eight agencies, four freelancers. The Portuguese list splits two to one in favour of agencies. Four freelancers on a list of 12 is a genuine choice for smaller or ongoing work, not a token option. Hand the freelancers defined jobs and the agencies anything that runs from build into marketing.
Broad skills for a short list. Store Setup & Management appears on all 12 profiles, Shopify Development on 10, Marketing & Growth on 8 and Consulting & Strategy on 7. Design, UX & Branding, Copywriting & Content and Finance, Taxes & Compliance are each listed by 6. Half the list offering tax and compliance work is useful for any store that sells across the EU and needs VAT handled properly.
English and Spanish on the profiles. All 12 list English and 10 list Spanish; two profiles add French and one adds Dutch. Portuguese isn't among the languages these profiles state, so if you need copy written in European Portuguese, ask each expert directly rather than assume.
Where they are. Lisbon, Porto and Braga come up most often, with other profiles in towns such as Coimbra, Maia and Funchal. A face-to-face kick-off is possible in the capital and in the north.
How the listing works. Experts based in Portugal come first. After them, the page moves on to experts from other countries who count European merchants among their clients.
Splitting the work between Portuguese and European experts
Twelve local profiles cover most Portuguese launches, but not every skill in depth.
Keep Portugal-specific work local. Switching on MB WAY and Multibanco, checking how VAT appears in euro prices and testing a Portuguese checkout go faster with someone who has done it for stores here. Ask for two live Portuguese stores and click through each checkout as far as the payment step.
Widen the search for capacity. If your project needs a designer, a copywriter and a developer at once, six local profiles in design and six in copy may not give you enough choice. The experts further down the listing add options; ask them for a store they've delivered in Portuguese.
Start with a paid test. Give a new agency a small Portugal-specific job first, such as enabling the local payment methods or auditing the tax settings. You'll see how it scopes, communicates and documents a job before you trust it with a full build.
What the brief needs. Product count, whether you sell only in Portugal or across Iberia, the payment methods you want at checkout, who files your VAT, and whether POS is in scope. POS changes the shopping list, because hardware for Portugal comes from third-party retailers.
Shopify in Portugal: payments, POS and VAT details to get right
Shopify Payments and local methods. Shopify Payments is open to Portuguese stores and pays out in euro. Shopify's documentation lists MB WAY and Multibanco as local payment methods available through it, so a good expert enables both and puts a test transaction through each before launch.
POS hardware is bought elsewhere. Shopify's hardware store doesn't ship to Portugal. Shopify's advice is to source supported POS devices through third-party retailers instead, so have your expert confirm each model is compatible before money changes hands. If POS isn't in scope yet, say so, and the expert can leave locations ready for later.
VAT is your filing, not Shopify's. Shopify does not file or remit EU VAT, so the expert's job is to make the store's settings match what your accountant reports. New stores can use Shopify Tax or enter rates through Manual Tax. If you report through the Union One-Stop Shop, Manual Tax won't do: OSS needs Shopify Tax, or Basic Tax, though Basic Tax is open only to stores set up to collect EU tax before 13 May 2026.
Portuguese from admin to checkout. Shopify offers Portuguese (Portugal) in the admin and at checkout, so your team and your customers can work in European Portuguese throughout. Ask your expert to check that checkout and notification wording reads as European rather than Brazilian Portuguese.
What Portugal's Shopify experts offer
Every category below is listed by at least half of the 12 experts based in Portugal.
Store Setup & Management
All 12: launches, settings, catalogue and upkeep
Shopify Development
10 of 12: theme code, custom sections and integrations
Marketing & Growth
8 of 12: acquisition, SEO and retention
Consulting & Strategy
7 of 12: audits, roadmaps and platform decisions
Finance, Taxes & Compliance
6 of 12: VAT configuration and EU tax settings
Design and copywriting
6 of 12 list each: brand, UX and site copy
Hiring Shopify experts in Portugal: your questions answered
For a small catalogue and standard settings, often yes: payments with MB WAY and Multibanco, VAT, a theme and a Portuguese checkout are configuration work. A solo freelancer struggles with breadth, meaning design, copy and marketing at once. If you need all three, hire an agency or pair a freelancer with a copywriter from the list. Four of the 12 experts based in Portugal are freelancers.
Ten of the 12 Portuguese profiles list Shopify Development, so the skills are there; whether a given expert has connected your particular system is another matter. Name the system in your brief, ask for a store where they built a similar connection, and agree who maintains it when either side updates. Integrations tend to break quietly, so ask how they'd monitor it.
Often, yes. Every expert based in Portugal lists English, so a brand run from the UK, Ireland or further afield can brief them directly. What a local expert adds is checkout knowledge: which local payment methods to switch on and how a European Portuguese store should read. Ask for a live Portuguese store they set up, and have a native reader check its checkout wording.
Often, yes. Ten of the 12 experts based in Portugal list Spanish, so an Iberian brand can keep one supplier for both stores. Check they've built for Spanish customers, not only Portuguese ones, and agree who writes the Spanish copy. Six list copywriting, so ask which languages that covers.
For most stores, yes. It pays out in euro and carries MB WAY and Multibanco, so the local methods don't need a separate provider. Add another payment provider only if you need a method Shopify Payments doesn't offer, and weigh that against a second set of payouts to reconcile every month.









