What does Shopify itself cost?

Shopify plans start from about £25 a month, paid to Shopify directly. When you pay with Shopify Payments there is no extra transaction fee on top of the card rate. We never mark the plan up or take a cut, and we build in a free development store, so your plan only starts when you are ready to launch.

Shopify or a WordPress website?

If selling products online is the main job, Shopify. If you sell a service and want a few things to buy or book, a WordPress website usually fits better and costs less to run. Tell us what you sell and we will say which, honestly.

How long does it take?

A theme launch is ready in about two weeks and a custom build in about four. Migrations depend on how many products, customers and orders are moving. The biggest variable is usually product photos and descriptions, so the sooner those are ready, the sooner you launch.

Will I be able to run it myself?

Yes. Every store comes with a handover call and a short guide covering products, orders, discounts and page edits. If you would rather we kept on top of it, ongoing support is £60/mo with an hour of work included each month.

You do. The store is set up under your own Shopify account, with your own payment details, from day one. The theme work we do is yours to keep, and you can change who helps you with it at any time.

Can you move my Etsy or WooCommerce shop across?

Yes. We move your products, customers and, where the platform allows, past orders, then redirect every old product and page address so customers and Google land in the right place. We plan the switchover so the old shop keeps trading until the new one is ready.

Shopify design & build · Salisbury

A Shopify store built to sell.

We set up, design and build Shopify stores for UK retailers — from a ready-made theme to a fully custom storefront — and move you over from Etsy, Wix or WooCommerce keeping your products and protecting your Google rankings.

Theme launch£600
Custom buildfrom £1,200
Migrationfrom £800

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Already on Shopify? We look after existing stores too.

Aldwick Distillery — a demo store we designed and built on Shopify.

Prices

Three ways to get on Shopify.

Starting fresh, moving from another platform, or after something fully your own. The price is agreed before we start.

Theme launch

£600

Ready in about two weeks

Premium Shopify theme chosen and installed
Your colours, fonts and logo applied
Up to 50 products imported and organised
Shopify Payments and tax set up
Shipping zones and rates set up
Domain connected and secure
Basic on-page SEO

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Best fit for most

Custom build

from £1,200

Ready in about four weeks

Everything in Theme launch
Homepage designed around your brand
Bespoke product page layout
Custom theme sections, built in Liquid
All your products imported
Reviews, upsell and loyalty apps set up
Google Analytics 4 and Meta Pixel

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Migration

from £800

WooCommerce · Wix · Etsy · BigCommerce

Products and customers moved across
Order history imported where possible
Redirects from every old page, so Google follows
Catalogue tidied and re-categorised
New theme, or a custom build on top
Switchover planned for minimal downtime

Start your brief

Every store is built in a private development store and you approve it before anything goes live. A handover call and a short guide come with it, so you can add products and edit pages yourself. Your Shopify plan (from £25/mo) is paid to Shopify directly — we never mark it up or take a cut. How you pay: 50% before work begins and the balance on completion. Smaller jobs and setup fees may be invoiced in full when you accept; your quote shows which. No VAT is added.

Why Shopify

Built for selling things.

For a service business we build on WordPress. When your main job is selling products, Shopify does the heavy lifting out of the box, without a stack of plugins to keep alive.

Payments on day one. Cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay through Shopify Payments, with no separate gateway to set up.
Stock that keeps count. Variants, collections and stock levels are built in.
Sell in more places. The same products on your site, Instagram, Google Shopping and an in-person till.
Card security handled. Shopify looks after PCI compliance, so you don’t have to.

London Dry Gin £34.95

Sloe Gin £28.95

Spiced Orange Gin £36.95

Wild Elderflower Gin £36.95

The Aldwick range as a shop shelf: products, photos, prices and stock all managed in Shopify.

Already on Shopify?

We look after existing stores too.

One-off

Fixes and tweaks

Something’s broken, the layout isn’t right on phones, or you want a new section. Send us the details and we quote it before we start.

From £70/hr · quoted per job

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Monthly

Ongoing support

Product updates, banner changes, app troubleshooting, speed work and priority support, with an hour of work included each month. Anything bigger is quoted separately.

£60/mo · rolling

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Custom

New features

A product configurator, a trade area, click-and-collect, or a link to a system you already use. Scoped and quoted before we start.

Quoted per project

Tell us what you need

Questions

Straight answers.

What does Shopify itself cost?: Shopify plans start from about £25 a month, paid to Shopify directly. When you pay with Shopify Payments there is no extra transaction fee on top of the card rate. We never mark the plan up or take a cut, and we build in a free development store, so your plan only starts when you are ready to launch.
Shopify or a WordPress website?: If selling products online is the main job, Shopify. If you sell a service and want a few things to buy or book, a WordPress website usually fits better and costs less to run. Tell us what you sell and we will say which, honestly.
How long does it take?: A theme launch is ready in about two weeks and a custom build in about four. Migrations depend on how many products, customers and orders are moving. The biggest variable is usually product photos and descriptions, so the sooner those are ready, the sooner you launch.
Will I be able to run it myself?: Yes. Every store comes with a handover call and a short guide covering products, orders, discounts and page edits. If you would rather we kept on top of it, ongoing support is £60/mo with an hour of work included each month.
Who owns the store?: You do. The store is set up under your own Shopify account, with your own payment details, from day one. The theme work we do is yours to keep, and you can change who helps you with it at any time.
Can you move my Etsy or WooCommerce shop across?: Yes. We move your products, customers and, where the platform allows, past orders, then redirect every old product and page address so customers and Google land in the right place. We plan the switchover so the old shop keeps trading until the new one is ready.

Also useful

Branding

Logo £150 · identity £350

A logo and identity that the store, packaging and social posts can all share.

See branding

AI website chatbot

£150 setup, then £25/mo

Answers questions about delivery, returns and opening hours, and passes on anything it can’t.

See AI website chatbot

Local SEO & reviews

From £95/mo

If you also have a shop or showroom, we keep your Google Business Profile up to date.

See Local SEO & reviews

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Tell us what you’re selling.

A new store, a move from another platform, or help with the one you have — describe it and we’ll come back with a fixed price.

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