Shopify App Development Company

Shopify is a fully hosted eCommerce platform that handles checkout, payments, inventory management, and shipping logistics out of the box. Miracuves recommends Shopify for most D2C brands and subscription stores because the hosted infrastructure removes server management and card data stays inside Shopify's own PCI DSS compliant checkout. A multi-vendor marketplace needs a third-party marketplace app on Shopify. Custom builds make sense for enterprises that need complete control over checkout, custom pricing engines, or deep integration with legacy ERP systems. We provide honest recommendations based on your catalog size, transaction volume, and growth plans.

If your scope matches a catalogue product, its price is fixed: the ready-made platform - web app, admin panel and mobile apps - starts from $2,199 and ships in 6 days; it runs on its own stack and is not a Shopify store. Custom Shopify work starts from $3,699, depending on the work. A custom Shopify MVP typically costs $8,000-$25,000 over 2-8 weeks, and where it lands depends on whether it is a public App Store app or a custom app for one store, how many surfaces it extends (admin, checkout, theme, POS), its Shopify Functions logic, ERP, PIM or warehouse integrations, migration volume, markets and languages, and whether the storefront is a Liquid theme or headless Hydrogen. A Shopify retainer for new features and upkeep starts from $2,299/month. Every quote is written before payment, with no surprise invoices after kickoff.

Yes - completely. You receive the full Shopify theme codebase, custom app source code, repository with commit history, environment configuration, API documentation, and deployment credentials. No lock-in to Miracuves: the store, its data and its checkout run on Shopify under your own account, and every line of code we wrote is yours. Your team or any Shopify agency can continue immediately after handoff. Our delivery includes all Liquid templates, JSON templates, custom sections, JavaScript bundles, and Shopify CLI configuration files.

Custom Shopify themes typically ship in 4-6 weeks. Headless storefronts and marketplace builds are the largest scopes: they are quoted in writing before work starts, with milestone billing. Migration projects from WooCommerce or Magento run 4-8 weeks depending on catalog size and data complexity. Timelines are confirmed in writing before payment. Starter theme setups using pre-built templates can launch in as little as 2 weeks.

Miracuves defaults to Shopify for DTC and marketplace eCommerce because of hosted infrastructure, built-in payment processing, and 8,000+ apps. WooCommerce fits WordPress-centric stores or budget-constrained merchants but requires separate hosting, security maintenance, and plugin management. We recommend honestly based on your product catalog, monthly volume, and growth plans - not whichever platform pays higher referral fees. For headless storefronts, Shopify Hydrogen is our default choice.

Custom Liquid theme with product pages, collection pages, cart drawer, quick-view modals, and search. Plus: Storefront API integration, checkout extensibility, payment gateway setup, shipping configuration, SEO optimization, responsive design, WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility, Schema.org product markup, Google Analytics 4, and Meta Pixel configuration. For headless builds, delivery includes the Hydrogen or Next.js storefront codebase with API integration and deployment scripts.

Yes. Miracuves builds headless Shopify storefronts with Hydrogen or Next.js when full frontend control, custom routing, or sub-second page loads are required. A headless build can be faster than a heavy Liquid theme, but only when it is built and cached well; for many stores a lean Liquid theme is as fast and cheaper to run, and we say which applies to yours. We support Algolia for instant search, Contentful for headless CMS, and Vercel edge deployment for global storefronts. Headless builds give complete frontend freedom; better Core Web Vitals scores depend on the build, not the architecture alone.

Yes - we handle full migrations from WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, OpenCart, and custom-built stores. Our migration process includes product data transfer with complete SEO URL mapping, customer account migration (passwords cannot be exported, so customers receive account activation invites), order history import, content and blog migration, and 301 redirect setup to preserve search rankings. We run a parallel staging environment for testing before switching DNS. Typical migration timelines are 4-8 weeks depending on catalog size.

Bilateral NDA before details are shared. IP assignment confirming 100% client ownership is signed at project start. Every delivery includes 60 days of post-launch support for bugs within agreed scope; feature additions are quoted separately. Monthly maintenance retainers are available at published rates. The NDA covers technical architecture, business logic, and proprietary algorithms. Our contract includes GDPR-compliant data processing terms.

Yes. A custom app is installed on your store alone, or across the stores in one Shopify Plus organization, is not listed on the App Store and needs no Shopify review. Typical jobs are syncing orders and stock with an ERP or warehouse, trade pricing and approval rules, admin screens for your team and checkout rules through Shopify Functions. Custom apps that ship Functions have needed Shopify Plus, so we confirm your plan first. It is custom work, from $3,699 depending on scope, over 2-8 weeks.

Yes. We build public apps on Shopify's app template with Polaris and App Bridge, set up pricing through the Billing API, handle the privacy webhooks and theme app extensions reviewers check, and prepare the listing, screenshots and review submission. Shopify decides approval and its timing, so we plan the launch around review rather than promise a date. After listing, a retainer covers Shopify's quarterly API version upgrades and fixes raised by merchants.

You do. The theme code, the app's source code and configuration, and any headless front end are assigned to you under an IP assignment signed at project start. What stays on Shopify's platform is the store itself: its hosting, checkout and admin run on Shopify under your account and plan, and your products, customers and orders live there too, exportable through Shopify's admin and APIs. A public app is listed under your own Shopify developer account, not ours.