How much does it cost to build a Shopify site?

Shopify is an e-commerce website development platform that offers tools to build an elegant e-commerce store for retail business owners. Based on my past experience in building e-commerce store development on Shopify at WebClues Infotech I am going to share the cost to build Shopify site.

First things first we need to decide the size of the Shopify site we need to build. Shopify offers multiple subscription services based on your requirement ranging from $ - $ per month. So depending on the need you need to choose the best plan available.

Once you are familiar with the details of each plan and have chosen the best one suitable for your requirement the next step is to find out the time it will take professional developers to build that Shopify site.

How do find out the time to develop a Shopify site?

1. Number and Complexity of the Feature to be developed

The number of features in your e-commerce website is the most important driving factor that will define the timeline of e-commerce website development. While building an e-commerce website on Shopify you might get most features required in the e-commerce website in-built in the platform or else you can integrate third-party apps and APIs for certain functionality.

2. Structure Design

E-commerce website development is a complicated affair so this complication mostly lies in designing a simple and effective website structure. The structure design might consume some time to decide based on the site of the website.

3. Theme Selection

There are inbuilt Shopify themes for e-commerce websites or you can integrate third-party themes to your Shopify based on the most suitable options for you. The theme might fulfill most of your requirements in an e-commerce website or you might need to make some changes to it depending on the final requirement.

4. Developers Experience

The developer's experience is directly proportional to the time it will take to develop a Shopify website and the per hour development cost.

The average Shopify developer in developing countries would charge around $ - $ per hour.

5. Apps Integration

There is a whole library of third-party apps that can be integrated with the Shopify store. The most common one is third-party payment apps for ease of payment to the users.

Cost to build a Shopify site

Consideration of the above parameters will derive a cost approximation to build an e-commerce store on Shopify as $5K - $K. The cost is derived based on the above parameters as well as my e-commerce development experience at WebClues Infotech.