Your Store, Engineered for Scale. At The Pages Media, we solve complex Shopify challenges the right way. We build with the platform, not against it. Whether it's Checkout Extensibility, custom integrations, or performance optimization, we bridge the gap between creative vision and technical execution while keeping you in the loop every step of the way. Why Brands Partner With Us: ROI-Positive Roadmapping: We prioritize your business goals over expensive custom code. We'll walk you through your options and make sure every decision adds value to the bottom line. Not just our invoice. Built the Shopify Way: With a Shopify Build Award winner developer leading the way, we build on the platform's native strengths. Leveraging technologies like the Online Store 2.0, Checkout Extensibility, and Cart Transform API so your store stays fast, upgradeable, and future-proof. A Boutique Experience, Not a Ticket Queue: You get a dedicated point of contact who actually knows your store. We're small on purpose. So communication stays direct, decisions stay fast, and nothing falls through the cracks. Scalable by Design: A core team backed by a vetted network of 100+ specialized Shopify developers through the ShopDev Alliance community. Your project gets the right people at the right time without big-agency overhead.
Shopify Custom Theme Development Experts
Most Shopify stores run on a Theme Store theme, and most of them should. A custom build starts to make sense when the theme is working against you: product types it can't display well, a design system it can't hold, or years of patches that break with every update.
Shopify custom theme development means building a theme around your catalogue and designs, usually from a Figma file, on Online Store 2.0 (Shopify's current theme architecture, where every page is made of editable sections). The finished theme should let your team change layouts and content in the theme editor without calling a developer.
It is not adjusting the theme you already have; that is theme customisation, a far smaller job. Nor is it the visual design itself. A designer produces the files, and the developer turns them into a working theme.
Compare portfolios and starting prices below, and ask each developer for a live store they built from someone else's designs.
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For the past six years, we've been obsessed with one thing: making websites so fast your customers don't even realize they're waiting. No generic plugins. No cookie-cutter checklists. Just bespoke, code-level work tailored to how your brand actually operates. What We Do We make your site feel instant. LCP, CLS, INP... the metrics Google cares about? We get them right. Custom lazy loading, surgical CSS, fonts and images that appear exactly when they should. Your marketing scripts and third-party apps get optimized without losing what makes them useful. Server-side work that cuts Time to First Byte so pages respond the moment someone clicks. Our Stack We work where speed matters most. Shopify (Plus), WordPress/WooCommerce, headless setups. Liquid, JavaScript (Vanilla, React, Next.js), PHP. Google Search Console, Lighthouse, GTmetrix, WebPageTest for the diagnostics that actually tell the truth. Who We Work With High-growth D2C brands and wellness companies where faster sites mean real revenue. Groomie, Purovitalis, our own brands like Noctara. If every millisecond affects your AOV and retention, we get it. Every project gets a 20-day optimization sprint. Intentional code, assets built for pure speed. Nothing extra, nothing missing.
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Hi from the Refactor Plus team 👋🏻 We're a Shopify development company delivering white-label services for agencies and building a suite of 15 public Shopify apps! 🙌🏻 We’re the go-to technical team when: You need a white-label partner to deliver top-notch quality Your brand has outgrown templates and plug-ins You’re scaling fast and need clean architecture, not technical debt 🙌🏻 We're experts in: Custom Shopify Theme development: Built for maximum performance (90-100 PageSpeed scores) and scalable architecture Tailored for enterprise-level needs: localisation, accessibility, multi-region, and complex UX Seamless migrations from other platforms - clean code, SEO-safe, and optimised for growth Shopify App development: Custom public and private apps (React.js + Node.js) Developing 15 public apps as our own products, designed for enterprise merchants Scalable, secure architecture aligned with the latest Shopify API standards and best practices Custom solutions: Integration of ERP, PIM, OMS, and WMS systems tailored to your Shopify Plus store Data migration and architecture planning for complex product catalogues and order history Custom workflows for fulfilment centres, inventory syncing, and multi-location logistics 🙌🏻 The Way We Work A dedicated project manager and tech lead are assigned to every project from day one We follow unified development standards and implement e-commerce benchmark functionality by default Clear reporting and transparent communication - you’re always informed, never chasing updates If you’re looking for a reliable technical partner to build, scale, or maintain your Shopify Plus presence, let’s talk!
I have over 6 years of Shopify Development experience. I've worked both as a freelancer as well as a full time employee. I've worked with both Shopify Plus agencies, and smaller agencies. I am looking to continue my career as a freelancer specializing in Conversion Rate Optimization and Shopify Development.
Soodo is a Shopify agency based in Singapore helping eCommerce brands launch, scale, and optimize their stores. Our team combines design, development, and conversion optimization to build fast, high-performing Shopify experiences. We specialize in new builds, migrations, store revamps, and CRO-driven improvements that turn traffic into sales.
YourStoreMatters: The Shopify Growth Agency for Ambitious Brands. We help established brands scale their revenue on Shopify and Shopify Plus. We don't just build stores; we build systems that sell. Our focus is simple: High-Converting Design + Automated Customer Retention. How We Help You Grow: Shopify Store Builds: We design fast, premium stores that are easy for your team to manage. No messy code, just a stable foundation for growth. Email & SMS Marketing: As Klaviyo Master Silver Partners, we turn your email list into a consistent revenue engine (usually 30%+ of total sales) using automated flows and segmentation. Subscriptions & Loyalty: We implement Recharge and Love Loyalty to turn one-time buyers into recurring subscribers. Pain-Free Migrations: We handle the complex move from Magento, WooCommerce, or older Shopify themes so you don't lose data or rankings. Why Merchants Trust Us: We operate as your long-term partner, not a one-off freelancer. We are obsessed with your ROI, your site speed, and your customer's experience. Our Certified Tech Stack: We are official experts in the tools that power modern ecommerce: Growth: Klaviyo, Omnisend Apps: Recharge, Judge.me, Loox, Shopify Flow Themes: Specialized in customizing premium themes like Horizon, Archetype & Out of the Sandbox Themes. VERIFIED PARTNER PROFILE: Shopify · Klaviyo Master Silver · Rebuy Bronze · Recharge · Trustpilot · Judgeme · LoyaltyLion · TextYess Elite
I’m a german Shopify developer with over 5 years of experience working on e-commerce projects. My work focuses on custom Shopify development, store optimization, automations, and SEO foundations. I build and customize themes and apps using Liquid, HTML, CSS, GraphQL and JavaScript, and I regularly work with Shopify Flow and n8n to automate workflows and connect external tools. Projects I’m especially proud of include custom Shopify theme builds, clean migrations from WooCommerce and Shopware, and automation setups that significantly reduced manual work for store owners. I value clean code, clear communication, and solutions that are easy to maintain and scale over time.
I’m a senior Shopify App developer with 8+ years of experience building and scaling both custom and public Shopify applications for small startups to enterprise level companies. I build Shopify applications using Laravel, React and Polaris, I have extensive knowledge of Shopify's APIs and the Shopify ecosystem. I have helped grow public shopify apps to over 7k installs and handling 350K daily webhooks. I bring 17 years of overall web development experience, with a strong focus on clean architecture, performance, and long-term maintainability, especially important for Shopify apps that need to pass review, scale reliably, and evolve with Shopify’s ecosystem.
We’re a London-based Shopify e-commerce agency partnering exclusively with luxury brands, enterprise clients, and ambitious D2C companies. Most agencies build stores. We build strategic advantages for clients who need measurable returns and are ready to leverage the power of Shopify as a platform and engine for growth. We approach every project as a business challenge first, a technical challenge second. Before designing or writing code, we immerse ourselves in your commercial objectives and customer behaviour, ensuring every decision ties to measurable outcomes. Our technical excellence in visual/UX design, bespoke theme development, complex app integrations, headless commerce, and merchant operations is paired with strategic ecommerce thinking that challenges assumptions. We work with brands that have ambitious growth targets and view e-commerce as a strategic asset. We measure success by your metrics: conversion rates, average order values, and customer lifetime value. If you’re ready for a conversation about your goals and how we can deliver them for your business.
With over 13 years of experience on Shopify, Hatch are a certified Shopify Plus Partner, delivering beautifully engineered ecommerce experiences for a wide range of global clients, across various industries. How we help Shopify and Shopify Plus businesses: Considered visual and UX design Custom Shopify development App integrations Growth retainer services Ongoing store maintenance Ecommerce strategy
How to hire a custom theme developer for Shopify
Custom Shopify theme development quotes are hard to compare, because each developer prices their own reading of the same design file. Remove the guesswork before you ask for numbers.
Finish the designs before you request quotes. Desktop and mobile layouts for the home page, a collection page, a product page, the cart and one content page give a developer something concrete to price. Unfinished designs get quoted as if the developer will fill the gaps, and they will, at build rates.
Ask for a Figma to Shopify build, not a portfolio. Plenty of attractive portfolio stores started as a purchased theme with new colours. Ask which projects began from another team's design file, then open those live stores on a phone and click through to checkout.
Look at the theme editor, not just the storefront. A good custom theme gives your team sections and blocks with sensible settings: a banner with image, heading and button fields, not a hard-coded image that needs a developer to change the text. Ask for a screen share of the editor on a past build.
Agree a performance target in writing. Custom code can be lean or bloated depending on the developer's habits. Ask how they'll measure Core Web Vitals, Google's scores for loading (LCP), responsiveness (INP) and layout stability (CLS), on product and collection templates before launch.
Red flags in a theme quote. No line for testing across devices and browsers. A private starter theme the developer won't let you see. Silence on accessibility, which is cheaper to build in than to retrofit. And any plan to edit a purchased theme's core files while calling the result custom.
When is Shopify theme development from scratch worth it?
A premium Theme Store theme costs $180–$500, once. A bespoke build costs $5,000–$30,000, and every future fix is yours to fund. That gap needs a specific reason.
Build from scratch when your products don't fit a standard product page (made-to-measure clothing, configurable furniture, kits assembled from many parts), your merchandising depends on layouts no theme offers, or you run a design system across other channels and every theme needs its styles overridden line by line. A theme buried under years of patches from different freelancers is often cheaper to replace than to keep repairing.
Extend a premium theme when the problem is one or two templates. Custom sections at $600–$3,000 each leave the rest of the theme intact, and updates stay manageable as long as the new code lives in its own section files. Most stores belong here — and a good developer will tell you so.
Either way, the handover decides whether you own the theme. Ask for:
- A Git repository in your company's account, connected through Shopify's GitHub integration or a documented deploy process
- Section and block schema (the settings definitions behind each section) with every setting labelled in plain language
- Short written documentation: what each section does and what not to touch
- An update path: who fixes the theme when Shopify changes something, and at what rate
How much does a custom Shopify theme cost?
Two typical market ranges for a build from approved designs, plus the entry prices developers list on shopexperts.
Full custom theme
$5,000 – $30,000
Bespoke build from approved designs
Custom sections
$600 – $3,000
Per section, with editor settings
Starting prices on shopexperts
$40 – $10,000
Median $475 across 82 developers
Template count moves the price most. Five templates and a dozen sections sit near the bottom of the full-build range; product configurators, several collection layouts, multiple languages and a large section library push toward the top. Theme and Liquid developers (Liquid is Shopify's templating language) typically charge $60–$150 an hour.
Every one of the 82 custom theme developers on shopexperts published a starting price in September 2026, and their $475 median sits below even the custom sections tile. Use it to spot who takes small theme jobs, and budget a full build against the market ranges.
Quotes compare fairly only on finished designs, so send approved desktop and mobile files with your request.
What goes into a custom theme build?
Most custom theme projects combine several of these:
Figma to Shopify builds
Approved designs turned into templates, sections and styles
Section and block libraries
Reusable sections with settings your team edits in the theme editor
Complex product pages
Configurators, variant logic and specs fed from metafields
Theme rebuilds
A heavily patched theme replaced with clean, documented code
Performance and accessibility
Fast templates and keyboard-friendly markup from the first commit
Handover and upkeep
Git repository, documentation and an agreed update path
Frequently asked questions about Shopify custom theme development
Most builds from approved designs take 4 to 12 weeks. The spread comes from template count, how many custom product features are involved, and how quickly your team signs off each stage. Content entry and app setup are often left out of the estimate, so ask whether the developer is loading products and pages or handing over an empty theme. Rushing usually means cutting device testing, which is where launch-week bugs come from.
The developer breaks the design into templates, sections and blocks, decides which elements your team should be able to edit, and builds each one in Liquid. Expect questions about states the designer didn't draw: empty collections, long product titles, sold-out variants, error messages. A Figma file that includes those states produces a cheaper, faster build. Pixel-perfect matching at every screen size is possible but costs extra, so agree which breakpoints matter.
Not automatically. A custom theme can drop features you don't use, which helps, but speed depends as much on image handling, fonts, third-party scripts and the apps you install afterwards. A careless custom build can be slower than a well-made Theme Store theme. Put a Core Web Vitals target in the contract and test the product page with your real apps installed, not an empty demo store.
Both are well represented. In September 2026, the 82 custom theme developers on shopexperts included 43 freelancers and 39 agencies, with 20 in the US, 14 in the UK and 7 in Canada. A freelancer suits finished designs and a contained scope. An agency suits projects that also need design, copy, migration or project management, and gives you continuity if one person leaves.
Yes, if it was built properly. Text, images, section order and most layout choices should be editable in the theme editor with no code. New section types, logic changes and anything that touches Liquid still need a developer, so many stores keep a small retainer or book a theme customisation specialist for later changes. Ask the developer to walk your team through the editor before final payment.
No. Custom themes work on every Shopify plan. Checkout is the exception, because it sits outside the theme entirely: you set its colours, fonts and logo in Shopify's checkout editor, and custom blocks inside the checkout steps are built as app extensions rather than theme code, which on those steps requires Plus. A theme developer who promises a fully custom checkout on a non-Plus store is describing something the platform doesn't allow.