Web Development Services for WordPress and Shopify
WordPress and Shopify sites built from your design on a staging site, tested, launched and handed over. You own the domain, the hosting, the store, the licences and the code.
WordPress and Shopify builds, from design to launch
I build your site from a finished design, your own or one from my web design service, on WordPress or Shopify. It is built on a staging site first and launched only when you approve it.
The site is yours from the first day: your domain, your hosting, your store, your licences. I work with my own named account and hand everything over at the end.
The development work, end to end
WordPress builds
Themes and blocks built so you can edit your own pages, with only the plugins the site needs.
Shopify builds
Theme work, product and collection templates and app set-up, in a store you own.
A staging site first
Built and reviewed away from the live site, then launched when you approve.
Tracking that works
Forms, analytics and conversion tracking connected and tested before launch.
Speed checked
Pages checked against Google’s Core Web Vitals thresholds before launch: LCP within 2.5 seconds, INP under 200 milliseconds, CLS under 0.1.
Handover
Notes on how the site is built and how to edit it.
The site stays yours
Ownership is settled before the build starts: you own the site and everything around it. Never me.
Shopify stores
Either I build a client transfer store and transfer ownership to you when it is ready to go live, or I work in your own store as a collaborator, where you control which areas I can access.
WordPress sites
You hold the Administrator account. I work with my own named account, never a shared login, and after launch it is removed or reduced to Editor.
Domain and hosting
In your name, never mine.
Licences
Premium themes, plugins and apps bought in your name, so updates and support stay with the site.
The code
Theme and custom code handed over in full when the work is paid for.
Six weeks from design to launch
Access and staging
The design, the content, and access to hosting or the store with my own account. A staging site is set up.
Build
Templates, pages and functionality built on staging, with a review link at the end of each week.
Testing
Browsers and devices, forms and tracking, speed, then a round of changes.
Launch and handover
Launch when you approve, handover notes, and my access reduced or removed.
Three ways to start
My prices are the market rate. Clutch’s web development rates put companies in the United States at $100 to $149 an hour; its overall band, $25 to $49, includes lower-cost regions. At the $124.50 midpoint of the US band and 19 hours a month, that is $2,365.50, rounded to $2,350 a month. Fixed engagements are the unrounded $2,365.50 pro rata: 2 weeks is $1,092.61, rounded to $1,100, and 6 weeks is $3,277.83, rounded to $3,300.
Landing page build
One page built from your design on your WordPress or Shopify site, tested and handed over.
- Built from your design at phone, tablet and desktop widths
- Forms and tracking connected
- Tested on current browsers
- 30 days of fixes for defects in my work
Website build
A WordPress or Shopify site built from your design, on a staging site, then launched and handed over.
- Built on a staging site first
- Templates and blocks you can edit yourself
- Forms, analytics and tracking connected
- Speed checked against Google’s Core Web Vitals thresholds
- Launch, handover notes and access cleared
- 30 days of fixes for defects in my work
Monthly development and care
Updates, changes and new pages for your site, every month.
- Core, theme and plugin or app updates
- Small changes and new pages
- Backups and uptime checked
- A monthly summary and a short call
Market rate from Clutch’s web development pricing page, read on 10 November 2026. Design, hosting, domains and licences are not included. Platforms other than WordPress and Shopify are quoted per project by the same rule. Agencies can resell the same work at half these prices through white-label web development.
FAQ
Get your site built, and keep all of it.
I have 3 client slots open for Q4 2026. Tell me about the design, the platform and when you need it live, and I will tell you which option fits.
Useful before you decide
Writing on looking after a site once it is live.