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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'm a Shopify developer with years of hands-on experience building and scaling e-commerce stores — from custom theme development to conversion rate optimization and third-party integrations. I've worked with brands like Après Nail and through platforms like Storetasker, delivering solutions that look great and perform even better. I specialize in Liquid programming, frontend development, and UI/UX enhancement. Whether you need a full theme build, a tricky app integration, or a speed and SEO overhaul, I bring a detail-oriented approach that gets results — not just code. I leverage AI tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot throughout my workflow — drafting Liquid logic faster, QA-testing edge cases, and generating content-ready section structures. This means faster turnaround, fewer revisions, and more value for your budget. My background spans custom store builds, GA4 + GTM tracking setups, Klaviyo integrations, loyalty app configurations, A/B testing, and cross-functional collaboration with design and marketing teams. I treat every project like it's my own store on the line. I'm a Computer Software Engineering graduate and Growth Collective certified in Creative Website Design (Shopify). Let's build something that converts.
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Senior Shopify Developer with 10+ years of experience building, customizing, and optimizing Shopify and Shopify Plus stores. I specialize in theme development, Liquid, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, performance optimization, app integrations, and creating scalable eCommerce solutions tailored to business goals. I’ve worked across the full development lifecycle, from translating design concepts into responsive, high-performing storefronts to troubleshooting complex technical issues and improving conversion-focused user experiences. I’m also known for fast delivery, clean implementation, and reliable collaboration to deliver business-driven solutions on time.
At Slash Themes, we are a Shopify-focused commerce studio built to help ambitious brands launch, scale, and optimize high-performing storefronts with speed and precision. For over 7+ years, we’ve partnered with growing and enterprise merchants to architect Shopify and Shopify Plus experiences that are not only visually compelling but structurally built for scale. From complex replatforming projects to custom feature development, we create solutions that simplify operations, enhance customer journeys, and unlock new revenue opportunities. Our approach blends strategy, design, and deep technical expertise—covering custom theme development, custom app development, performance optimization, CRO, and data-driven enhancements. Every build is crafted with flexibility, speed, and long-term growth in mind, ensuring brands can evolve without limitations. More than a development team, we act as a dedicated Shopify partner—continuously refining, optimizing, and supporting the stores we build so our clients can focus on what matters most: growing their business. Core Shopify Services Shopify Store Setup & Configuration Shopify Theme Customization & Development Store Migration to Shopify (WooCommerce, Magento, etc.) Speed & Performance Optimization App Integration & Custom Functionality Bug Fixing & Troubleshooting Custom Design Implementation (Figma/PSD to Shopify) Ongoing Store Maintenance & Support ✦ With teams based in Germany and India, we support Shopify brands globally.
HAS MERIT is a studio crafting conversion-driven Shopify storefronts and building brands for ambitious companies. We design and develop polished sites that feel like real brands (not quick templates) and back them with brand identity systems that create lasting recognition. From strategy to branding to design to development, everything’s done in-house for a seamless process. We’re a great fit for brands seeking personalized brand design paired with thoughtful conversion strategy, without the agency fluff or freelance hit-or-miss. Building Digital Storefronts: Personalised Design - tailored layouts built to sell, not just look good. Custom Development - beyond just templates, crafted solutions for your brand. Conversion Optimisation - auditing and smarter UI/UX so you don’t leave money on the table. Brand & Identity Design - constructing a brand that stands out and connects. Seamless Integrations - payments, shipping, and tools connected without friction. We just helped an FMCG brand increase conversions by 56% and increased net sale by 86% within 30 days by tweaking their existing page. Female-founded by a designer/developer with experience across brands of all sizes, partnered with a commercial lead from top global CPGs and agencies, we blend design, strategy, and business insight to help brands stand out and scale. Our clients have been featured in Forbes, Vogue, Allure, mindbodygreen, Whole Foods and more
InsCoder is Hong Kong’s Shopify Platinum Partner, specializing in secure, scalable AI-powered e-commerce for leading brands.
Most Shopify stores appear great, but they often fail under the hood. I’ve spent 10 years ensuring that doesn't happen. From custom theme architecture to sophisticated API integrations (CRMs, fulfillment, and custom apps), I provide full-stack solutions that streamline your operations and maximize ROI. What I bring to your project: Precision Frontend: Custom-coded interfaces using React/Vue and Next.js for a lightning-fast, 'app-like' feel. Full-Stack Logic: Deep expertise in Liquid and Shopify APIs to automate your backend and sync your tech stack. Strategic Optimization: A relentless focus on SEO, site speed, and UX that drives actual sales. Whether you need a headless setup or a high-converting custom theme, I offer the agility of a boutique agency with the technical depth of an enterprise team.
Nine Commerce is a boutique Shopify development agency specializing in high-performance, conversion-focused ecommerce stores. We help DTC brands and marketing teams build fast, scalable Shopify experiences through expert theme development, UX optimization, custom integrations, and performance tuning. Clean builds. No fluff. Results-driven execution.

Shopify stores that earn their keep. I run Graftstudio, the technical and commercial lead for mid-market DTC brands on Shopify Plus. Brands bring me in when the store has outgrown the people who set it up. I find what it's costing, fix what the numbers say pays, and measure every change. In 15+ years I have partnered with over 160 brands that generate £80m in sales across their stores. Cult Gaia, Victoria Beckham, Gymshark, Seafolly and Ireland's largest salon group among them. I'm a Shopify Plus Partner, and three in four brands come back. I take on a small number of brands at a time, offering audits, fix sprints and fractional store ownership.
I'm Phil, founder of Candystore Studio, a Shopify studio. I've spent over 12 years building for the web and the last 6 on Shopify, including work for brands such as BrewDog, Hoodrich, Ooni and Vuse UK. Most of my work now is keeping Shopify stores working, secure and lean as brands do more themselves with AI tools and native Shopify features. Building a section with Sidekick or ChatGPT takes an afternoon. What takes the time is everything after: code that breaks on the next theme update, apps nobody remembers installing, scripts left behind by old apps, tracking that quietly stops. That is the part I take off your plate. In practice that means auditing what is installed and who has access, repairing and documenting AI-generated code, replacing single-job apps with native Shopify features or clean theme code, and monthly care for brands that want an expert watching the store. My core stack is Liquid and Online Store 2.0, JavaScript and TypeScript, and I work regularly with Klaviyo, Recharge, Rebuy, Algolia and Judge.me. When a project needs design or branding, Candystore's design team works alongside me. Every engagement starts with a fixed-price review and a written report you can act on with me or anyone else. Work happens on a duplicate theme and goes live only after your sign-off.
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.









