Shopify website development.
Want to talk about how Fifteen can help you?
We design and build Shopify stores that are quick to load, easy for your team to manage, and set up to sell from day one. Custom themes, app, and system integrations, and migrations from other platforms, all from one UK team of Shopify website developers, designers, and marketers. We’re also proud to be a Shopify Partner.
Shopify web development services.
Shopify takes care of hosting, security, and checkout. Where most stores fall down is everything around that: a theme that looks like every other shop, slow pages loaded with apps, and product data that doesn’t match the stock system. That’s where our Shopify website development services come in.
- Custom Shopify theme design and development, built from your brand and your customers’ buying journey.
- Store setup: products, collections, payments, shipping, tax, and the apps you actually need.
- Integrations with your EPOS, ERP, CRM, accounts and stock systems.
- Custom Shopify development where an app doesn’t do the job.
- Migrations to Shopify from WooCommerce, Magento, and other platforms, with every old URL redirected.
- Speed, conversion, and SEO improvements on existing Shopify stores.
Is Shopify right for you?
Shopify suits most retailers who want a reliable store without managing hosting and updates. It’s less flexible when you need unusual pricing rules or deep custom functionality. Its B2B tools now come with every plan, but more complex trade setups need Shopify Plus. Costs also build up: app subscriptions, card processing fees, and an extra Shopify transaction fee if you use a payment provider other than Shopify Payments. If it’s not the right fit, we’ll tell you and recommend WooCommerce, Shopware, or a bespoke build instead. We build on all of them, so we’ve no reason to push one.
How we build your Shopify store.
We plan the store around your products and how your customers buy before anything is designed. A typical project runs like this:
- Discovery: your products, customers, margins, and the systems the shop needs to talk to.
- UX: product page, basket, and checkout journeys planned around how your customers buy.
- Design and build: a custom theme, or an adapted premium theme where that suits the budget, with only the apps you need.
- Testing: real devices and browsers, test orders end to end, speed checks.
- Launch: redirects, tracking (GA4 and e-commerce events) and Search Console checks.
- Growth: SEO, paid search, email, and conversion testing from the same team, if you want it.
Take a look at our work.
Every project tells a story, and we’re proud of the results we’ve helped our clients achieve.
Frequently asked questions.
How long does a Shopify build take?
A typical Shopify store can go from first conversation to launch in two to four weeks, including design, setup, the build, and test orders. Large catalogues, migrations, and integrations add time, and so does waiting on product data or feedback.
How much does a Shopify website cost?
There are two parts: the build and the running costs. The build depends on whether we adapt a premium theme or design a custom one, the size of your catalogue, any migration from another platform, and integrations with stock, EPOS, or accounts systems. Running costs are Shopify’s monthly plan, any paid apps, and card processing fees. If you use a payment provider other than Shopify Payments, Shopify adds its own transaction fee on top. We only add the apps you need, which keeps the monthly bill down. You’ll get a clear quote after a short scoping call.
Can you move our store to Shopify from WooCommerce or Magento?
Yes. We move products, customers, and order history (customers will need to set a new password, as passwords can’t be transferred), redirect every old URL to its new address, and check rankings in Search Console after launch. We’ll also tell you up front if anything you rely on now won’t work the same way on Shopify.
Do you build custom Shopify themes or use templates?
It depends on the store. A bought theme is quicker to start with, but it loads features you don’t use and looks like a lot of other shops. For most clients we build a custom theme around their products and customers, with sections their team can rearrange. If a premium theme does the job, we’ll customise that and put the budget elsewhere.
Can Shopify connect to our EPOS, ERP, or accounts software?
Usually, yes. Many systems have a Shopify app or connector. Where they don’t, we build the integration using Shopify’s APIs, so stock, orders, and customer data stay in sync.
Shopify or WooCommerce: Which is better?
Shopify is simpler to run because hosting, security, and checkout are handled for you, in return for a monthly plan. WooCommerce is free to use and gives you more control, but you look after hosting and updates, and you pay your chosen payment provider’s transaction fees plus any premium plugins. We build both, so we’ll recommend whichever suits your products, team, and budget.
Can you improve our existing Shopify store?
Yes. We start with an audit of speed, apps, SEO, and the checkout journey, then prioritise the changes most likely to increase sales.
Is Shopify a CMS, and can it run headless?
Yes, Shopify is a CMS built for ecommerce: you manage products, collections, pages, and blog posts from one dashboard. It isn’t headless by default. Shopify gives you a full store front end, but its APIs let you run it headless, with a custom front end on top of Shopify’s checkout and back office. It suits a small number of large or content-heavy stores. Most don’t need it.