Shopify developer for Vancouver businesses

An existing theme is a useful starting point when its layouts suit your catalogue. Customising it keeps the initial setup lighter and makes later theme updates simpler. A custom theme gives you more room to shape an unusual product catalogue and a distinct brand, although later layout changes need development work.

The store structure is another choice. One store can serve several countries through markets, with local-currency prices, translations and international domains. Separate stores suit you when countries need different catalogues or teams, or payouts in different currencies. A headless storefront suits content-led brands or unusual buying flows, but you give up the theme editor and some apps that add features through a theme may not work.

Checkout and payment choices need attention too. Shopify runs checkout; apps that change its information, shipping and payment steps are limited to Shopify Plus. Third-party gateways carry an extra Shopify transaction fee, so compare the total cost per order when choosing one. You talk directly to the people designing and building your store, and we discuss these trade-offs with you.

The GST or HST rate charged depends on the place of supply, such as where goods are delivered. We configure the store’s tax settings for the markets you sell in, using your delivery and tax requirements.

If you publish commercial content for Quebec, it needs to be in French. We set up French-language commercial pages for that market.

For commercial email, consent, sender identification and an unsubscribe mechanism need to be part of the setup. We include those fields and controls in the email sign-up and message flow.

These materials help us understand the store and its catalogue.

• Your Shopify account and planSet these up in your business’s name and billing.
• Your product sheetInclude titles, descriptions, prices, SKUs, barcodes, weights, options and stock per location.
• Payment and policy detailsGather business and bank details, plus shipping, returns, privacy and terms policies. Review generated templates before use.
• Your toolsList current and planned apps, including what each one needs to do.
• Migration exportsGather product, customer and order exports, plus URLs that bring traffic and sales.

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  Inconsistent product data

  Agree how staff will use tags, product types and vendors. Automated collections and filters read these fields, so inconsistent entries can hide products or put them in the wrong place.

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  Unnecessary apps

  Check what the theme already does before installing another app. Apps can add scripts and subscriptions; check theme files for leftover code after removal.

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  Placeholder content

  Replace demo content, placeholder policies and default notification wording before launch.