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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

Bushy
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AgencyLondon, United KingdomFrom $1000
5.00(3 reviews)
shopexpertsscore
60

We help Impact-Led DTC Brands Optimise Revenue And Sales. We approach Marketing from a holistic perspective and use Conversion design & Direct-response advertising principles to drive performance every step of the funnel, from paid ads to email. Book A Free Audit.

Offered services
Marketing & Growth
Store Setup & Management
TPMGE
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AgencyParis, France
5.00(3 reviews)
shopexpertsscore
45

Spécialistes du SEO, UI et UX, TPMGE élabore des fonctionnalités sur mesure qui transformeront votre site en un levier de croissance ✚rentable. Pour y parvenir, nous mettons en œuvre des stratégies de SEO avancées et des pratiques de marketing digital efficaces

Offered services
Store Setup & Management
Shopify Development
Marketing & Growth
Copywriting & Content
Design, UX & Branding

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Volátika
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AgencyGranada, Spain
5.00(8 reviews)
shopexpertsscore
45

Agencia Shopify de Granada (España), especializada en diseño, desarrollo y optimización de tiendas online. Creamos eCommerce rápidos, escalables y orientados a vender más, ofreciendo un servicio cercano, estratégico y personalizado para impulsar tu marca.

Offered services
Store Setup & Management
Shopify Development
Marketing & Growth
Design, UX & Branding
Copywriting & Content
Consulting & Strategy
Finance, Taxes & Compliance
Hynek Kraus
HK
Theme DeveloperPrague, CzechiaFrom $700
Not yet rated
shopexpertsscore
35

I'm a Shopify developer and consultant. I build and grow Shopify stores end-to-end - new builds, migrations off legacy platforms, redesigns, and post-launch growth work like CRO and automation. Before consulting, I built and ran my own e-commerce brand to strong six-figure monthly revenue, then sold it so I approach stores as an operator who's had to make them profitable, not just as a developer who ships features. Stack: Shopify Liquid, Shopify Functions & Hydrogen, Next.js/Vercel for custom storefronts, and integrations with tools like Klaviyo, GA4, and Meta Conversions API. I also handle brand and UI design, having started out as a designer before moving into development. I work directly with clients on every project, bringing in specialists when a scope calls for it.

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AgencyGermanyFrom $2000
Not yet rated
shopexpertsscore
25

eBakery is a full-service e-commerce agency with a strong focus on Shopify and Shopify Plus. As an official Shopify Plus Partner, we support businesses in building, migrating, optimizing, and scaling professional Shopify stores. Our Shopify services include strategy and consulting, store development, Shopify Plus, custom solutions, theme development and customization, store migrations, performance optimization, SEO, and ongoing technical support. A particular strength of eBakery is the integration of Shopify with ERP and other business systems. Our team has extensive experience connecting e-commerce platforms with solutions such as Odoo and JTL, helping merchants create efficient and scalable processes across their entire e-commerce infrastructure. Beyond Shopify, eBakery also provides expertise in Shopware, Odoo, SEO, performance marketing, marketplaces, and e-commerce strategy. This allows us to approach Shopify projects from a holistic perspective rather than focusing solely on store development. We work with businesses of different sizes and requirements, from growing online retailers to companies with complex B2B, international, ERP, and Shopify Plus projects. Our goal is to combine technical expertise, e-commerce experience, and long-term strategic support to build solutions that can grow with our clients.

Velhoura
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AgencyBarcelona, SpainFrom $500
Not yet rated
shopexpertsscore
35

Velhoura es un estudio digital de Barcelona fundado por Oriol Gallart e Ian Monfil. Diseñamos, programamos y lanzamos. Trabajamos con negocios de Barcelona, del resto de España y de otros países, en remoto: Identidad de marca y logotipo Páginas web y tiendas online SEO y Google Ads Productos digitales a medida Con quien hablas es quien lo hace: no hay intermediarios entre tú y quien construye tu web. Publicamos precios orientativos y la primera conversación es sin compromiso. También tenemos productos propios, como Roady y Gym Tracker. Lo que aprendemos en ellos lo aplicamos en cada proyecto de nuestros clientes. Cuéntanos qué necesitas desde nuestra web.

Offered services
Store Setup & Management
O
AgencyUnited KingdomFrom $99
Not yet rated
shopexpertsscore
30

Obsession runs AI customers for Shopify stores. Each one shops your store the way a real customer does: it signs up, browses, leaves a basket and goes up to the payment step, then watches the inbox for 48 hours and hands back screenshots of everything it met. What stores bring us: - A checkout, cart or page that broke after a theme update or an app install - Ad clicks that don't turn into orders: we walk from the live ad's page to the payment step and show the step that loses the sale - Discount codes that don't apply - Welcome, abandoned basket and post-purchase emails that stopped sending After the fix, the same customer runs again, so you can see it's done. Stack: Shopify, real browsers on phone and desktop, and any email platform (Klaviyo, Omnisend, Shopify Email and others), because we read what actually lands in the inbox. Run by Obsession's two co-founders. useobsession.com

Francesco Sacchini
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Brand DesignerFlorence, ItalyFrom $1000
Not yet rated
shopexpertsscore
35

I take what a brand feels but can't quite show, and give it a body: a brand people recognise, a magazine, a clear website, renders that look like photos. From the first idea to the final file, you always talk to me. I'm an independent designer working between Tuscany and Milan with companies and agencies. I design visual identities, labels, catalogues, magazines and event graphics. I take brands online with custom websites and e-commerce, from design to launch. And I build in 3D what doesn't exist yet: interiors, displays and retail fixtures, with renders, photomontages and technical drawings for whoever makes them. On Shopify: Essere Bio · Online shop and social media — A Shopify store with pages designed from scratch, an English version and a Figma system for social carousels, for FUL Agency. Portfolio: francesac-design.it. For a project, write to [email protected].

Aaron Magee
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Front-End DeveloperGlasgow, United KingdomFrom $1000
Not yet rated
shopexpertsscore
40

Hello there! I’m Aaron, a Shopify developer with 10+ years of experience building custom Shopify themes, developing apps and improving existing stores. I'm also a Shopify Partner and the developer behind two published Shopify apps: Password Lock Products and Pages, and Upload Field: Forms and Products. I work with ecommerce businesses that need more than basic theme customisation. Whether it's building a custom Shopify theme, developing bespoke functionality, improving storefront performance or integrating external services, I can help turn complicated requirements into practical, maintainable solutions. What I can help with: Custom Shopify theme development using Liquid, JavaScript, HTML and CSS Shopify 2.0 theme development, rebuilds and migrations Figma to Shopify development and responsive implementation Shopify app development and custom storefront functionality Custom Shopify sections, templates, snippets and metafields Product, collection, cart and landing page customisation Shopify Plus development and advanced storefront requirements Shopify speed optimisation and Core Web Vitals improvements Theme performance audits, app bloat and unnecessary script clean-up API integrations and connecting Shopify with external services Klaviyo integrations, including custom forms and data connections AJAX carts, product bundles, custom forms and other bespoke features Ongoing Shopify development, maintenance and technical support Experience across different ecommerce businesses: I've worked with Shopify stores across a range of industries and business models, including campaign-led documentary releases, sustainable retail brands, product-heavy catalogues, fashion, lifestyle and subscription businesses. This includes everything from complete storefront builds and theme customisation to ongoing development, complex product requirements and improving existing ecommerce experiences. Examples of the work I handle: Building custom Shopify theme architecture using Liquid, JSON templates, sections, snippets and metafields. Turning Figma designs into responsive Shopify sections and templates with practical merchant controls. Improving product and collection pages for stores with more complex browsing and buying journeys. Reducing app bloat, improving script loading, implementing lazy loading and fixing layout stability issues. Developing custom Shopify functionality, including AJAX carts, bundles, forms and integrations. Connecting Shopify with external platforms and services, including Klaviyo. Supporting regular campaign, product, design and content updates for growing ecommerce stores. Tech stack and tools: Themes: Liquid, CSS, JavaScript, Shopify CLI Apps: React Router, TypeScript, Prisma, Shopify Functions, Polaris, hosted on Render Speed and accessibility checks with Lighthouse, and Klaviyo integrations Projects I’m proud of: Custom theme work for Original Duckhead, CREATORVC and Water Gardening Direct. The case studies are on idwithin.com. Upload Field: Forms & Products, a published Shopify app that lets customers upload files on product pages. I built it after a client needed it. Integrating with Klaviyo and other form builders. Password Lock Products & Pages, a live app that lets merchants password protect products and pages, including blocking purchases at checkout. idwithin.com itself, a working Shopify store that doubles as my portfolio, so you can test the cart, filters and search and anything else yourself! I’m also preparing this theme to be submitted for the Shopify Theme Store. How I work: I keep the process straightforward. You bring me the store, design or problem, and I'll work out the cleanest Shopify approach before building it in a way that's practical to maintain after launch. I'm comfortable working on existing themes, troubleshooting code written by others, developing new functionality or taking a project from Figma through to a finished Shopify storefront. I also understand that not every problem needs another paid app or an unnecessarily complicated solution. Sometimes the better option is a small, well-built piece of custom code. If you're looking for a Shopify developer who can work directly with your theme, understand the underlying code and help you build or improve your store, send me a message. Tell me what you're working on, or send me your store URL and explain what's slow, broken or needs improving. We can work out the best way forward.

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

Can one freelancer handle a full Shopify launch in Portugal?

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.

Can a Portuguese developer connect Shopify to my invoicing or ERP system?

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.

Is a Portuguese expert a good choice for a brand based outside Portugal?

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.

Can a Portuguese expert run my Spanish store too?

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.

Is Shopify Payments enough for a store in Portugal?

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.