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Theme and Liquid work
Custom sections and blocks your team can then edit in the theme editor, product and collection templates, and fixes to code someone else wrote. Liquid is the template language Shopify themes are written in.
A Shopify developer changes what the theme editor cannot: custom sections, Liquid templates, app conflicts, and connections to stock, shipping or accounting tools. At Carrtel a defined fix or theme change runs $250–$750 CAD, priced in writing before work starts, built on a copy of your theme, and published only when you approve it.
Is this for me?
Four problems this work is for.
None of these show up in a design review. They happen in the gaps between systems, which is why they survive a redesign.
A change the theme editor will not make
The layout, section or product page you need is not one of the theme settings, and the next step is code.
An app that broke something
A new app, or an update to an old one, and now the cart, the menu or a product page misbehaves.
A builder who is not around any more
The store was built by someone who has moved on, and nobody is sure what was changed or why.
Something only your business needs
A delivery rule, a product option, a link to a system nobody else uses: too specific for an off-the-shelf app.
What we do
What the work actually is.
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App problems and clean-up
Conflicts found and fixed, apps that do the same job twice removed, and code left behind by uninstalled apps taken out, on a copy of the theme first.
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Custom features and connections
Product options, metafields (extra fields Shopify lets you add to products and orders) and connections to stock, shipping or accounting systems, scoped and priced after a short look.
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A developer on call each month
Updates, small changes, store checks and a technical point of contact when something needs attention, as monthly Shopify support.
How it runs
We look before we price.
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Look
Access through a Shopify collaborator account with only the permissions the job needs, and a look at the theme and apps before quoting.
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Scope
A written list of what will change and what will not, and a firm price, before work starts.
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Build on a copy
Changes made on a duplicate of your theme, with a preview link so you can check them before anything goes live.
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Hand over
Published when you approve it, with a short note of what changed. Anything we got wrong is covered for 30 days.
Pricing
$250–$750 a job
Defined fixes and theme changes run $250–$750. Monthly Shopify support is $149–$499 a month. Custom features and integrations are quoted after discovery. Every job gets a written scope and a firm price before it starts. Work is done remotely, and quotes are in Canadian dollars.
Questions
Shopify developer for hire: common questions
Related
Adjacent work.
Shopify speed and conversion sprint
Shopify maintenance and support
Shopify migration (WooCommerce, Wix, Squarespace)
Shopify inventory, order and shipping sync
Shopify payout and refund reconciliation
Build or improve my store
Design, builds, fixes and monthly support.
Shopify integrations & automation
Make Shopify, stock, shipping and customer tools work together.
Tell us what the theme will not do.
We look before we quote, and you keep what comes out of it either way.
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