Store Setup
Products, variants, collections and navigation structured the way buyers browse — not the way your Excel sheet is arranged.
Shopify Development
A Shopify Website Development Company Built for Indian D2C
You have a product, a GST number, and a phone full of WhatsApp enquiries. Shopify turns that into a store that takes payments while you sleep — and we build it so your first order arrives in weeks, not quarters. Sahil Media Group builds Shopify stores from Ludhiana for D2C brands across India.
Why Shopify
Fastest Route From Product to First Order
Hiring a shopify website development company is really a decision about what your team should stop worrying about. On Shopify, hosting, SSL, security patches and the checkout itself are the platform's problem, not yours — no server to babysit, no plugin conflict to debug in the middle of a festival sale. For a lean Indian D2C team, that means the founder handles product and marketing while Shopify handles uptime.
We say this as people who also build WordPress stores. If your catalogue runs into thousands of SKUs or your pricing logic is unusual, WooCommerce development often costs less over three years. But when the goal is selling this month, Shopify wins. Our 17-site portfolio spans 6 countries — including ecommerce for Colony Insoles in California — so this advice comes from building on both platforms.
What a Shopify Website Development Company Should Cost You
Nobody should discover the running costs of Shopify ecommerce website development after launch, so here they are before you pay anyone anything.
- Shopify subscription: roughly ₹2,000–₹3,000 per month for the Basic plan depending on billing cycle, plus GST on billing (the cut-down ₹499 Starter plan is not a real storefront).
- One-time build: a typical D2C store with us lands between ₹35,000 and ₹1,20,000 depending on catalogue size and design depth.
- Apps: budget ₹1,000–₹4,000 per month once reviews, shipping and WhatsApp tools are installed.
- Payment gateway: expect roughly 2–3% per online transaction through Razorpay or a similar gateway.
If those numbers clear your margins, Shopify is the shortest path to a working store. To weigh it against every other option first, see our page on ecommerce website development in India.
Scope of Work
What We Build on Shopify
Six jobs, all done in-house.
Theme Customisation
We start from a fast, proven theme and reshape it to your brand instead of billing you for a risky ground-up build.
Payments: UPI, Razorpay, COD
UPI and cards through Razorpay or your preferred gateway, with cash on delivery enabled where it makes sense.
Shipping App Integration
Aggregators like Shiprocket connected so labels, tracking and COD remittance run from one dashboard, not five courier logins.
Migration to Shopify
Moving from WooCommerce or Wix? We carry over products, customers and orders, and 301-redirect every old URL so rankings survive.
Conversion Setup
Meta Pixel, GA4 and product feeds verified on real purchase events, plus abandoned-checkout recovery from day one.
Process
Product to First Order in Four Steps
01
Catalogue Workshop
One working session on your products: collections, variants, GST-inclusive pricing, and which photos are missing.
02
Build
Theme customised, pages written, catalogue loaded. We build mobile-first because that is where most Indian D2C traffic actually lands.
03
Payments and Shipping
Gateway live, COD rules set, shipping app connected. Real test orders placed on UPI, card and COD before anyone announces anything.
04
Launch, Ads-Ready
Pixel and GA4 verified, product feed synced to Meta. Your first campaign can go live the same day the store does.
Before You Announce
Our 8-Point Launch Checklist
Every store clears this list before the WhatsApp broadcast goes out.
- Custom domain connected and SSL verified
- Real test orders placed on UPI, card and COD — not just gateway sandbox mode
- Shipping rates checked against real pin codes: one metro, one small town, your own city
- Refund, shipping and privacy policy pages published — gateways look for these
- GST invoicing flow decided and configured, app-based or manual
- Meta Pixel and GA4 firing on actual purchase events, verified in both dashboards
- Abandoned-checkout recovery switched on for email and WhatsApp
- Store speed tested on a mid-range phone over 4G, not office Wi-Fi
Ready to Take Your First Shopify Order?
Send us your product list on WhatsApp at +91 89680 00118. We'll reply with a store plan, a realistic cost stack, and a launch date you can hold us to.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is Shopify's monthly fee actually worth it compared to WooCommerce?
For a small team with no developer on staff, usually yes — the subscription buys hosting, security and a checkout you would otherwise pay someone to maintain every month. WooCommerce pulls ahead when the catalogue is very large or the logic is custom. We build on both, so we recommend after seeing your catalogue, not before.
Does cash on delivery work properly on Shopify in India?
Yes. Shopify has a native COD payment option, and shipping aggregators handle collection and remittance to your bank. The real work is controlling returns-to-origin: we set up WhatsApp order confirmation, optional partial advance on COD, and rules that disable COD for pin codes that repeatedly refuse deliveries.
What are the app costs nobody warns you about?
Each app looks cheap on its own, but reviews, bundles, subscriptions and popups quietly stack into a real monthly bill. We launch with the smallest app set that does the job and audit the bill after 60 days. When we uninstall an app, we also strip its leftover code, because abandoned scripts keep slowing your theme.
Can you migrate my existing WooCommerce or Wix store to Shopify?
Yes — products, customers and order history move over via export tools, and we map every old URL to its new one with 301 redirects so Google rankings carry across. Your current store stays live until the day the domain switches, so you never stop taking orders.
Can I use my own domain and business email with Shopify?
Your existing .in or .com domain connects to Shopify in minutes. Shopify does not host mailboxes, though, so we pair the store with Zoho Mail or Google Workspace for addresses like orders@yourbrand.in, and set up SPF and DKIM records so order emails reach inboxes instead of spam.