Shopify theme customisation for your brand
We start from a high-quality, fast theme and adapt it to your brand identity, product photography and merchandising needs, or design a custom theme when your brand needs something distinctive.
Launch a fast, mobile-first Shopify store set up for Indian payments, shipping and taxes, ready to sell from day one.
Shopify store development covers everything needed to take a brand from product catalogue to a store that is ready to take orders: theme selection or customisation, product and collection structure, payments, shipping, taxes, apps, analytics and launch.
It suits D2C founders launching their first online store, offline retailers and manufacturers moving into ecommerce, and brands leaving marketplaces or older platforms for a store they control. Whether you need a complete Shopify store setup or an experienced Shopify developer to take an existing store further, the work follows the same launch-ready checklist. Shopify handles hosting, security and checkout reliability, so your team can focus on products and marketing.
Selling in India brings specific requirements: UPI and card payments through gateways such as Razorpay, PayU or Cashfree, cash-on-delivery rules, pincode serviceability, courier aggregators such as Shiprocket, GST-compliant invoices and WhatsApp order updates. We set these up as part of the build rather than leaving them for later.
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We start from a high-quality, fast theme and adapt it to your brand identity, product photography and merchandising needs, or design a custom theme when your brand needs something distinctive.
Razorpay, PayU, Cashfree or PhonePe, configured for UPI, cards, net banking and wallets, with cash-on-delivery rules such as order-value limits and pincode restrictions.
Shipping zones and rates, pincode serviceability checks and courier aggregator integration so orders flow to fulfilment automatically and customers receive tracking updates.
Clear pricing, delivery estimates, size guides, reviews, trust badges and sticky add-to-cart on mobile, the details that help shoppers decide and reduce drop-off.
Clean collection and product URLs, unique titles and descriptions, product structured data, compressed images and a lean app stack so the store stays fast.
GA4 ecommerce events, Meta Pixel with Conversions API and a Google Merchant Center feed, so your performance marketing has accurate data from the first order.
Moving from WooCommerce, Magento or a custom platform? We migrate products, customers and order history where possible, and map old URLs with 301 redirects to protect search traffic.
Typically 1 week
Catalogue, pricing, payments, shipping, taxes and required integrations documented in a store plan.
Typically 1–3 weeks
Theme selection or design, homepage, collection and product page layouts reviewed with you.
Typically 2–4 weeks
Theme customisation, product import, payments, shipping, GST, apps and tracking.
Typically 1 week
Test orders across payment methods, COD and shipping zones, mobile QA and speed checks.
1–2 days
Go-live, domain connection, staff training on orders, returns and inventory.
Ongoing
Optional ongoing support, conversion optimisation and performance marketing.
A well-chosen premium theme, customised with your brand, sections and content, suits most new stores. It launches faster, costs less and stays easy for your team to edit. A fully custom theme makes sense when your brand needs a distinctive experience, your product pages need unusual layouts or features, or performance on a heavily customised theme has become a problem.
Many brands start with a customised theme, prove demand and move to a custom theme once they know exactly what their customers respond to. We will recommend the approach that fits your stage rather than the most expensive option.
Before we call a store ready, we check that these essentials are in place and tested with real orders.
Festive sales and influencer campaigns can bring sudden spikes in traffic. Shopify handles hosting capacity, but the store still needs preparation: fast-loading landing pages for the campaign, discount rules tested in advance, inventory levels checked, courier pickup capacity confirmed and customer support ready for a surge in queries. We run through a pre-sale checklist with every client before major campaigns, so the store is not the weak link on the busiest day of the year.
Watch the checkout closely. Review abandoned checkouts every few days, reply to early customer questions quickly and add missing information to product pages. Ask your first customers for reviews, test your returns process with a real return and compare orders in Shopify with those reported in GA4 and your ad platforms. These early habits make every later marketing rupee more effective. For choosing between platforms, see our Shopify vs WooCommerce guide.
Shopify store builds are usually fixed-price projects quoted after a short discovery call, based on theme approach (customised or custom-built), catalogue size and integrations. Shopify subscription and paid app fees are billed by Shopify and app vendors directly to you.
A store built on a customised theme typically takes 4–6 weeks. A custom-designed theme or complex integrations can take 8–12 weeks. Product data being ready on time is the biggest factor.
Shopify supports Indian gateways including Razorpay, PayU, Cashfree and PhonePe, covering UPI, cards, net banking and wallets. We help you choose based on fees, settlement times and the payment methods your customers prefer.
Yes. We configure COD with rules such as maximum order value and serviceable pincodes, and can add OTP or WhatsApp confirmation for COD orders to reduce returns.
Yes. We configure tax settings and a GST invoicing app so invoices include your GSTIN, HSN codes and the correct tax split. Please confirm tax treatment with your accountant.
Shopify is usually faster to launch and needs less maintenance; WooCommerce offers more control and lower platform fees but needs more upkeep. We recommend based on your catalogue, team and growth plans.
Yes. The Shopify account is registered in your name, and you own your products, customers and order data.
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