How much does a Shopify store cost?

One fixed fee for the agreed scope, set out in the proposal before we start. The price depends on the number of templates, the size of the catalogue, any migration, and whether photography and copy are part of the project.

How long does a Shopify project take?

Most Shopify projects take four to twelve weeks from kickoff to launch, depending on the catalogue, the content and how many custom templates the design needs. We confirm the timeline in the proposal.

Do you use a ready made theme or build a custom one?

For most brands we build a custom theme, designed around your products instead of adapted from one everyone else uses. Where budget or timing calls for it, we start from a solid base theme and customise it, and the proposal says which we recommend and why.

Can you move our store to Shopify from another platform?

Yes. Products, collections and customers move across, old URLs are redirected so search traffic follows, and the old store stays live until the new one is ready.

Can our team edit the store after launch?

Yes. The theme is built from sections and blocks your team can rearrange in the Shopify editor, so new campaigns, collections and pages do not need a developer. We walk your team through it at handover.

Do you also produce the photography and video?

Yes. We plan, direct and shoot product and campaign photography and short films, as we did for AGNESTOTH, and write the product copy, so the store goes live with content made for it.

Services / Web design / Shopify

Shopify
design
and
development

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We design and build Shopify stores for brands that care how they sell: a custom theme, product pages that do the selling, and a store your team runs without calling a developer.

Strategy, design, photography, film and development sit in one team, so the shop goes live as part of the brand, with content produced for it, instead of a theme dressed in your colours.

More
than
a
theme
with
a
logo

Most Shopify stores start from the same handful of themes, so they look alike before a single product loads. We design the store around what you sell and how your customers buy it.

The result is a shop that could only be yours.

What
makes
a
store
sell

Four things separate a store that converts from one that only looks good.

A
theme
built
for
you

Designed and coded around your products and your story, with sections your team can still rearrange in the Shopify editor.

Product
pages
that
sell

Photography, copy and the answers buyers look for, so a customer has what they need to decide without leaving the page.

Fewer
apps,
faster
store

Every app adds weight. We use the few that earn their place and build what is missing into the theme.

A
checkout
that
fits

Straight to cart, enquiry first, or both side by side, depending on how your customers prefer to buy.

What
we
build

New Shopify stores on a custom theme, designed from the first sketch.
Redesigns of stores that have outgrown their template.
Migrations to Shopify from WooCommerce and other platforms.
Shops for luxury and one of a kind pieces, where an enquiry matters as much as a sale.
Product photography, campaign imagery and short films, produced for the store.

If a catalogue outgrows what a theme can do, we can run Shopify headless behind a custom front end.

Stack
and
facts

Platform: Shopify, with a custom theme
Editing: Sections your team can rearrange
Production: Photography, film and copy
Ownership: Store, theme and accounts are yours

Case study: AGNESTOTH

AGNESTOTH makes fully hand embroidered handbags, each one made only once. We designed and built their Shopify store as a digital flagship: a custom theme where the embroidery fills the screen from the first frame, collections for Poppy, Thermal and Woven, and product pages where a customer can enquire or buy.

We also wrote the copy, and the site was shortlisted for the 2026 RGB Kreatív Design Award in web design.

Read the AGNESTOTH case study

Photography and film for the store

Product pages sell on their pictures. We plan and shoot product photography, campaign imagery and short films, made for the store and for the campaigns that send people to it.

For AGNESTOTH we art directed and shot the models and the pieces in two of Budapest's landmark interiors, the Párisi Udvar and the Four Seasons, and produced the films that bring each bag to life.

After launch we keep producing for new collections and campaigns, so the store never runs on borrowed lookbook images.

Brief
to
first
sale

Each stage ends with something you can click through, so launch day holds no surprises.

Strategy and structure
Your products, your customers and how they buy. Out of that come the collections, the navigation, the apps you need and a fixed fee.
Design
Homepage, collection, product and cart designed for mobile and desktop, then assembled into a prototype you can click through.
Production and build
Photography and film shot while the theme is built, then products and copy loaded, and payments, shipping and taxes set up and tested.
Launch and grow
Go live with redirects and analytics in place, then new collections, campaigns and improvements as sales data comes in.

Agnes TothFounder at AGNESTOTH Atelier

Testimonial

Designatives treats digital design as an art form. They combined creativedirection, photography, film, motion and rigorous engineering to createa stunning, cohesive website that conveys luxury from the first scroll.The entire process was smooth, structured and thoroughly enjoyable.

Questions we get asked

: One fixed fee for the agreed scope, set out in the proposal before we start. The price depends on the number of templates, the size of the catalogue, any migration, and whether photography and copy are part of the project.
: Most Shopify projects take four to twelve weeks from kickoff to launch, depending on the catalogue, the content and how many custom templates the design needs. We confirm the timeline in the proposal.
: For most brands we build a custom theme, designed around your products instead of adapted from one everyone else uses. Where budget or timing calls for it, we start from a solid base theme and customise it, and the proposal says which we recommend and why.
: Yes. Products, collections and customers move across, old URLs are redirected so search traffic follows, and the old store stays live until the new one is ready.
: Yes. The theme is built from sections and blocks your team can rearrange in the Shopify editor, so new campaigns, collections and pages do not need a developer. We walk your team through it at handover.
: Yes. We plan, direct and shoot product and campaign photography and short films, as we did for AGNESTOTH, and write the product copy, so the store goes live with content made for it.

Tell
us
about
your
shop

A short note is enough: what you sell, where your customers are, and when you want to go live. We reply within one working day with next steps, or you can book a discovery call straight away.

Designatives is a design and technology agency in Budapest. We design and build brands, websites and digital products for startups and global brands across Europe, the UK and the US.

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Shopify design and development

More than a theme with a logo

What makes a store sell

A theme built for you

Product pages that sell

Fewer apps, faster store

A checkout that fits

What we build

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