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Five decisions to make before building a Shopify store

Plan product data, operations and customer journeys before choosing a theme. A practical starting checklist.

1. Define the job of the store

Choosing a theme should not be the first decision. Define your customers, products and target markets. Opening a new channel, migrating an existing store and preparing for international sales are different projects. Write down what success means so design and integration decisions have a clear purpose.

2. Prepare the product data

Missing product information slows a project when it appears during design. Prepare titles, descriptions, images, variants and collections together. Size and colour options must make sense to shoppers and match your inventory system.

  • Use consistent product and variant names.
  • Check image quality and usage rights.
  • Organise collections around customer needs.

3. Plan beyond the payment

Payment is not the end of the journey. Identify owners and systems for shipping, returns, stock updates and customer communication. Test the integration plan against a real order scenario: where does the order arrive, who prepares it and how does the customer receive updates?

4. Simplify mobile shopping

Map the route from category to product, variant selection and cart. Show delivery, returns and payment information where customers make decisions. Every unused app and unnecessary interface element adds maintenance work. Ask which customer need a feature serves before adding it.

5. Launch with a checklist

Plan the domain, redirects, measurement and test orders. When migrating, map important indexed URLs before launch. Validate a reliable core journey before adding more features.

  • Test product selection and the cart on mobile.
  • Verify shipping, tax and payment settings for your business.
  • Check important URLs, emails and measurement events.
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Discuss your project scope
What does a Shopify setup include?

Depending on scope: store and collection structure, product data, theme adaptation, payment and shipping settings, and core measurement. Paid themes, apps, subscriptions and external integrations are clarified separately in the proposal.

What happens to SEO and orders during migration?

We plan important URLs and redirects, transferable product and customer data, and order operations. Migration limits depend on the source system; unchanged search rankings cannot be guaranteed.

Can we support wholesale or customer-specific pricing?

We first define company registration, price lists, minimum orders and company purchasing needs. Shopify plans, native capabilities and apps are assessed before recommending a solution and its recurring costs.

How is the project priced?

Page and language counts, product data, design and integrations determine scope. Setup and development are considered separately from ongoing services. Media spend, platform subscriptions, paid themes and apps are third-party costs to clarify separately in the proposal.

When can we start and finish?

Timing depends on content readiness, catalogue size, migration, integrations and approval cycles. Discovery produces a phased plan with dependencies. We establish a realistic scope before committing to a delivery date.

How are accounts, code and support handled?

Access to stores, domains and ad accounts, code handover, documentation and maintenance responsibilities should be agreed in writing in the proposal. Post-launch support and further development need a separate scope, duration and pricing arrangement.

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