Cost and hiring — Shopify development

What a Shopify build costs, how to hire a developer or agency, migrating an existing store without losing traffic, when Shopify Plus earns its price, and keeping a store healthy after launch.

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Is Shopify Plus worth it?

Plus is justified by specific features and card rates at volume, not by ambition. Do the arithmetic before the demo.

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Keeping a Shopify store healthy after launch

Stores do not decay because the code breaks. They decay because the platform moves and nobody is scheduled to keep up.

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Migrating to Shopify without losing traffic

The redirect map is the project. Everything else is data entry with a deadline.

Cost and hiring 9 min read

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How to hire a Shopify developer or agency

The useful questions are about constraints and failure, not about portfolios. Ask what they refused to build.

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What a Shopify build really costs

Two numbers matter and teams usually budget only the first. The build is a project; the store is a subscription.

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