I have over five years of experience in web development using technologies such as Shopify, Angular, Node.js, JavaScript, React, Vue, MongoDB, MySQL, and PHP. My journey with Shopify started when I joined Hey Carson, now known as 'Shop Experts', successfully completing their trial period. I have gained significant experience in Shopify development. I've worked in complex tasks such as integrating Shopify apps, Shopify Admin API, custom design development, apps extensions development, theme development and much more. Over the past few years, I've acquired what I believe is a solid understanding of Shopify development, which helps me deliver high-quality solutions to the clients I've worked with.
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Shopify Performance & Front-end Developer | 10+ Years Building Fast, Custom Stores I’ve spent over 10 years building, customizing, and speeding up Shopify stores for brands of all sizes. I build custom themes and apps, fix slow pages, improve how a store looks and works on desktop and mobile, and handle Shopify Plus checkout customization with Functions. I care about work that is reliable on launch day and still holds up months later, so I stay available after delivery. Proud father of Radost. What I do Custom themes, apps, and front-end features, built to fit your store Shopify Plus Functions and checkout customization CRO & Speed optimization and Core Web Vitals, including advanced CLS fixes UX improvements that make your products easier to find and buy, on desktop and mobile What sets me apart Reliability. Good development doesn’t end at launch, so I stay available for support, improvements, and fast problem-solving. Clients get one person who knows their store and answers quickly, before and after delivery. Free Store Quick Look Send me your store link and within 3 business days I’ll send a one-page summary covering: Your biggest speed problem, explained in plain language A first look at your apps: how many are installed, what looks wrong, and which ones could be replaced with custom theme code Three things on your mobile shopping path that I would fix first, each with a screenshot It’s free, there’s no commitment, and I change nothing on your store. If you’d like the issues fixed, we go ahead step by step: I confirm the scope, and you approve each step. I take a limited number each week, for established stores. Canvas services (new Shopify feature) Canvas store-build sprint For new launches and smaller merchants who want a custom store fast. Kickoff call to define your brand, products, audience, and goals AI-assisted design direction: I write the brief and guide Sidekick in Canvas, then refine the result with direct edits and QA Responsive QA on mobile, tablet, and desktop, covering product, collection, cart, and checkout flows Core Web Vitals and layout shift check before launch Launch, walkthrough, and a post-launch support window of 14 days Working with me Whether it’s a full store build, advanced customization, a Canvas build, or performance tuning, you get clear communication, consistent quality, and dependable support. Not sure where to start? Send me your store link for a free Quick Look.
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What a Shop Pay Shopify expert actually fixes
Merchants call an expert when the Shop Pay button is missing, when Installments won't activate, or when an account gets suspended and nobody can say why.
Getting Shopify Payments live. Shop Pay rides on Shopify Payments. A store that processes cards only through a third-party gateway can't offer it the standard way, so the first job is often activating Shopify Payments with the right business details and payout currency.
Installments eligibility. Installments needs Shopify Payments and Shop Pay both active, a business entity in the US, Puerto Rico, Canada or the UK, and a payout currency that matches. An expert audits those conditions first, then the storefront issues that can get an account suspended.
Financing messages. Shopify publishes an approved messaging toolkit for Installments. A careful expert uses that wording on the storefront instead of improvising claims about interest or approval, and removes old banners quoting order limits that no longer apply.
Installments at the counter. Retailers can offer Shop Pay Installments on Shopify POS from app version 8.4.0. That means checking the version on every device and writing staff a short note on how to use Shop Pay Installments at the till.
Checkout review. Experts look at where Shop Pay appears for returning buyers and what else on the checkout competes with it. On a heavily customised checkout, that's where a Shop Pay developer earns the fee. On a default checkout, it's usually a settings review.
How to choose a Shop Pay expert
Seven profiles is a short list, and that's fine. Shop Pay work is narrow: you want someone who knows the eligibility rules without looking them up, not a generalist offering to optimise your checkout.
Notice the first questions they ask. A specialist asks where your business entity is registered and which currency you're paid out in. Those two answers settle most Installments questions before any work starts.
Ask what gets an account suspended. They should name the conditions quickly: a password-protected store, a primary language other than English, B2B selling, or regulated and prohibited products.
Red flags. A promised conversion lift, financing copy written from scratch rather than from Shopify's approved messaging, or advice to move off Shopify Payments to fix Shop Pay. Without Shopify Payments, the standard Shop Pay setup isn't available.
Start with a paid audit. Ask for a written check of Shopify Payments status, every Installments condition and each place the site mentions financing. If it turns up a registration or payout-currency mismatch, you learn that before paying for any build.
Six of the seven are freelancers, which suits audit-sized work. If the job grows into checkout customisation, ask to see a checkout they've changed before.
Shop Pay setup rules that depend on where you trade
No Shopify Payments, no Shop Pay. Shop Pay is included with Shopify Payments and processed at your Shopify Payments rates, with no separate fee. Take Shopify Payments away and Shop Pay goes with it.
Installments covers three markets. The business entity has to sit in the United States or Puerto Rico and be paid out in USD, in Canada in CAD, or in the UK in GBP. Shopify Payments and Shop Pay must both be active first.
The order limits have changed. Shopify's help centre now gives Installments order values of $35 to $30,000 USD in the US, including discounts, shipping and taxes, $35 to $30,000 CAD in Canada and £50 to £30,000 in the UK. Earlier figures are out of date, so check any banner or product-page message that quotes them.
Storefront conditions can trigger a suspension. The financing partner can suspend Installments if the store is password-protected, its primary language isn't English, it sells in a currency other than USD, CAD or GBP, or it sells B2B, gambling, financial services, or regulated or prohibited products. A good expert reviews these before launch.
How payouts work. On an Installments order you receive full payment within one to three business days, minus the Installments fee, and the financing partner collects the instalments from your customer.
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Shop Pay work on these profiles
Payment settings and theme edits needn't go to two different people here: six of these seven Shop Pay profiles cover Shopify development, and six cover store setup.
Shopify Payments activation
Switching on the processor Shop Pay depends on
Installments eligibility audit
Entity, payout currency, language and product checks
Approved financing messages
Installments wording taken from Shopify's approved toolkit
Installments on POS
Counter rollout on POS app 8.4.0 or later
Checkout troubleshooting
Two of the seven list technical support and maintenance
Shop Pay and Installments: what merchants ask
Usually you don't have to. Any merchant using Shopify Payments gets Shop Pay automatically. If it isn't appearing at checkout, confirm first that Shopify Payments is active and that the store isn't processing cards only through a third-party gateway. If both check out and Shop Pay is still missing, that's the point to bring in an expert.
Activate Shopify Payments and Shop Pay first. Then confirm the business entity is in the US or Puerto Rico, Canada or the UK, with a payout currency that matches, and that the storefront is English-language and not password-protected. Once you're eligible, add financing messages using Shopify's approved wording rather than your own.
Shop Pay itself has no separate fee: transactions are processed at your Shopify Payments rates. Installments works differently. A merchant fee applies to each Installments order and comes off before payout, while customers pay between 0% and 36% APR depending on the plan. We couldn't find the rate published on Shopify's Installments pages, so confirm it in your admin before you promote financing.
Shopify's FAQ says you receive full payment for the order within one to three business days, excluding the Installments fee. The financing partner then collects the instalments from your customer, so your cash flow looks like a normal card sale rather than a payment plan.
Yes, on Shopify POS app version 8.4.0 or later. Check every device before launch day, since one tablet on an old version is enough to confuse staff at the counter. Give the team a one-page note covering when to offer it, and keep the same approved wording you use online.
Settings cover most stores. Shop Pay and Installments are configured in the admin, and financing messages come from Shopify's approved toolkit. A Shop Pay developer earns their fee when checkout customisations are involved, or when a theme needs custom placement of financing messages. Six of the seven profiles here list Shopify development, so both kinds of help are available.





