Why Choose Shopify for Your E-commerce Brand?

Shopify combines website management and ecommerce functionality, giving businesses a platform to create and manage an online shop. Its themes, apps, and store management features allow you to adapt your website to your products and business needs.

 

A Platform that Can Adapt as your Business Grows

As your product range and business requirements change, your ecommerce website needs to keep pace. Shopify provides the tools to manage products and expand your online store using its features, themes and available apps.
Our Shopify web development services help you plan and develop a website around your current requirements, while also considering the functionality your business may need in the future.

A Consistent Shopping Experience across Devices

Customers use a range of devices to browse and buy, so your online shop should make it straightforward to explore products and move towards checkout.
Our Shopify web developers consider page layouts, navigation and the overall shopping journey when developing your website. UX design and conversion rate optimisation are also available to help you assess and improve the customer experience.

A website your Team can Manage

Shopify provides tools to manage products and run your online shop, so you don’t need a developer for every routine update.
We develop Shopify websites using bespoke themes and suitable third-party apps to meet your requirements, making it straightforward for your team to manage the store through Shopify’s administrative platform.

Shopify web development and design services

Our Shopify web developers work with you to turn your ideas, designs and business requirements into a functioning ecommerce website.
Our approach covers each stage of the project, from consultation and website planning through to development, launch and post-launch support.
You are involved throughout the process, with opportunities to review designs, provide feedback and approve the proposed website before development progresses.
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Initial Consultation & Discovery

The process begins by understanding your brand, products, business objectives and requirements for your Shopify website. This consultation establishes what you want the online shop to achieve and the goals we will work towards together.

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Research & Sitemap Development

Competitor research is carried out and a proposed sitemap is prepared for your review. This establishes the website’s page structure and provides a foundation for the design and development stages.

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Wireframes and Page Design

Initial page layouts are prepared to show how your Shopify website could look and how customers will navigate it.

The shopping journey is considered, including how visitors find products and progress towards checkout. You can review the proposed designs and provide feedback before moving forward.

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Shopify Website Development

Our Shopify web developers build your website using the approved designs and agreed functionality.

The development stage brings together the website’s layout, Shopify features and relevant theme customisation to create an online shop suited to your business and customers.

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Website Speed Optimisation

Once the designs are approved, our developers build your Shopify website to the agreed specification.

The development process brings together the approved layouts and functionality within Shopify, with testing throughout the build to identify and resolve any issues.

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Website Speed Optimisation

Website speed is an important consideration for ecommerce usability. As part of the process, website speed optimisation is optimised to help improve the user experience.

Agree and verify performance targets as part of the project.

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Testing and Launch

We test and review the website before launch to ensure it works as intended.

Once testing is complete and the website is ready to go live, your Shopify store is launched.

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Ongoing support

Post-launch support packages help you maintain and develop your Shopify website. Support can include design changes, website maintenance and adjustments as your business requirements evolve.

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Ongoing Shopify Website Support

Our Shopify web developers can assist with design updates, maintenance and technical adjustments after launch.
Whether you need to update your website’s design, change its functionality, or address a technical issue, Digital Next can support you in line with your agreed requirements.
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Shopify FAQs

What is Shopify?

Shopify is an e-commerce platform that allows businesses to create and manage online stores.
It provides tools to build a storefront, manage products, and run key areas of an e-commerce operation. Shopify can also be extended through themes, apps and other available functionality.

Why is Shopify popular?

Shopify brings website management and ecommerce functionality together in one platform. Its themes, apps, and store management tools let businesses adapt their websites to their needs.
Its suitability depends on your products, operational requirements and the functionality your website needs.

How can Shopify help in managing my inventory?

Shopify provides tools to manage products and track inventory through its store administration features. Available functionality depends on the store’s configuration, plan, and apps.

Can Shopify handle high traffic volumes during peak sales periods?

Shopify provides a hosted ecommerce platform, but an individual store’s performance also depends on its theme, apps, integrations and configuration.
Our Shopify web developers include website speed and testing in the development process. Confirm specific traffic capacity and performance commitments for each project.

Will my Shopify store be mobile-friendly?

Shopify supports responsive storefronts and themes designed to work across different screen sizes.
At Digital Next, responsive design is part of the website design process, so we design your storefront, navigation, and customer journey for different devices.
The final experience will depend on the theme, design, functionality and implementation used for the individual website.

Why should I work with a Shopify design and development team?

Shopify provides the underlying e-commerce platform, but businesses may still require specialist support with website structure, UX, visual design, development and ongoing improvements.
A Shopify design and development team can help bring these areas together and create a storefront around your brand and commercial requirements.
At Digital Next, our designers and developers work with clients throughout the process, from discovery and research through to design, development, launch and ongoing support.

Who should use Shopify?

Shopify can be used by businesses that want to create or grow an ecommerce operation.
It can be relevant to businesses at different stages, from those launching a new online store to established ecommerce businesses looking to redesign or further develop their website.
Whether Shopify suits your business depends on your products, customers, functionality requirements, and broader ecommerce objectives.
Our team can discuss your requirements before recommending an appropriate approach.
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Shopify Web Development Services for Your Business

Digital Next provides Shopify web development services for businesses looking to create a new online shop or improve an existing ecommerce website.
Our Shopify web developers work with you from initial planning and design through development, launch, and ongoing support, helping you build a website around your business and customer requirements.
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Create an Ecommerce Experience Around Your Customers

Discuss your Shopify website requirements with the team. Whether you are planning a new store or improving an existing website, the development work involved in your project can be explored together.