Shopify developers in Auckland
Store builds, replatforms, custom themes and Shopify apps, plus the AI automation that runs on top of them. We build both, which is why we are not just another Shopify agency.
We are Shopify developers in Auckland and a Shopify Partner, building and looking after ecommerce stores for New Zealand merchants. Shopify is not a sideline for us. It is one of the two platforms we specialise in, alongside WooCommerce, and we have been building online stores for over 20 years.
Whether you are launching your first store, replatforming from WooCommerce, or you already run a busy Shopify Plus store that needs work nobody else will touch, you are talking to the people who will actually do the build. No account managers in between.
What our Shopify experts do
- Shopify store builds - from a clean, fast starter store through to a fully custom build on Shopify or Shopify Plus.
- Custom Shopify themes - built properly in Liquid, not a marketplace theme bent out of shape until it breaks on the next update.
- Migrations to Shopify - WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, Squarespace or a legacy custom cart, moved across with your products, customers, orders and SEO intact.
- Shopify app development - private and public apps when an off-the-shelf app cannot do what your business actually needs.
- Integrations - Xero, NetSuite, warehouse and 3PL systems, freight, subscriptions, loyalty, POS and whatever else your stack runs on.
- Store rescues and performance work - inherited a store nobody understands, or one that loads slowly and leaks sales? That is a large part of what we get called for.
- Ongoing support - a real person who knows your store, rather than a support queue.
AI automation for Shopify, built by us
This is where we are genuinely different from most Shopify agencies in New Zealand. Alongside the store itself, we build the AI automation that runs on top of it.
We make Aiva, an AI employee for ecommerce. She plugs into your Shopify store and works the jobs that quietly cost you money: answering support enquiries around the clock, recovering abandoned carts, spotting subscribers who are about to churn, following up customers who have gone quiet, and writing the marketing you never get around to. One skill of hers even lets a regular customer reorder by sending a text message, with no app, no login and no checkout to walk through.
Most agencies will install someone else's apps and charge you a monthly fee per app. We wrote ours, we host it, and we can change it to fit how your business actually works. If you want to see the detail, the skills are all documented at getaiva.ai.
Migrating to Shopify without losing what you have built
Replatforming is the part merchants worry about most, and fairly. A bad migration costs you search rankings, order history and customer trust in one go.
We plan each step before anything moves: products, variants, customers, order history, redirects and the URL structure your SEO depends on. Your rankings are treated as an asset to protect, not something to rebuild afterwards. We migrate from WooCommerce most often, and from Magento, BigCommerce and older custom carts regularly enough that the surprises are rarely surprises to us.
Once you are live, we stay on it. A launch is the start of the work, not the end of it.
Shopify or WooCommerce? We will tell you honestly
We build on both, so we have no reason to push you onto the wrong one. Shopify suits most merchants who want to sell rather than run infrastructure. WooCommerce suits businesses that need deep control, unusual pricing rules, or a store bolted onto an existing WordPress site.
Tell us what you sell, how you sell it and where the friction is, and we will tell you which platform we would actually choose in your position, including when that answer is not Shopify.
Why merchants choose us
- Shopify Partner, based in Auckland, working with clients across New Zealand.
- Over 20 years of ecommerce and web development behind the advice.
- We build the AI too, so automation is not an afterthought bolted on later.
- Fixed prices and a clear scope, so you know the number before we start.
- You talk to the developer, not a layer of account management.
Ready to get started? Book a free consultation and we will go through your store, your platform options and where automation would pay for itself first.
“We wanted to say thank you again for your help on setting up our Shopify site in record time to ensure a smooth successful launch.”
Tell us what you're trying to build
First consultation free. We'll give you an honest read on scope, a fixed price, and a realistic timeline - usually measured in weeks.
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