New Zealand Shopify Development & Design

Work wth a Shopify expert that feels like an in-house partner. I help New Zealand Shopify merchants build and transform their storefronts, apps, and strategy at a fraction of the cost of traditional agencies and internal teams.

How does it work?

For one flat monthly fee, I’ll be your go-to guy for anything Shopify related including development, design, and strategy. Simply send me your requests, tell me what the top priorities are, and I’ll get it done.

1

Submit your request

Submit as many Shopify design, development, or strategy requests as you like.

2

Let the magic happen

Requests are completed within 2-3 business days on average, Monday to Friday (NZST).

3

Unlimited Revisions

Your requests will be revised until you’re 100% satisfied with the outcome.

If you operate a Shopify store, you need Mitch on your team.
Rodelle, Sisters & Co (Shopify Plus)

Why work with me?

Here are just a few of the reasons why Shopify merchants work with me.

No fixed contracts

Pay the same fixed price each month, cancel or pause anytime.

Shopify Expert

7+ years experience designing and developing Shopify stores with over 120+ Shopify stores launched.

Fast turnarounds

You’ve never worked with a developer or designer this fast.

Easy to manage

You’ll get invited to a project board where you can add as many requests as you like, track changes in progress, and give feedback.

Unlimited meetings

Schedule video calls as often or as little as you’d like to get my consultation, go over new work, or review work in progress.

Bring the whole team

Invite your entire team to the project board, so anyone can submit requests and track progress.

What I can help you with

My skill set covers everything you need to smoothly grow and operate your Shopify store.

  • Shopify Theme Development
  • Shopify Store Management
  • Shopify App Development
  • Shopify Integrations
  • Headless & Cross-Platform Commerce
  • Ecommerce Strategy
  • SEO
  • Online Store Security
  • Shopify Automations
  • Shopify Report Building
  • Jamstack Development
  • Web App Development
  • API Development
  • Mobile App Development
  • Business & Info Websites
  • Design Systems
  • Web Design Audits
  • Web Design
  • Web Development

Tools and platforms I work with

  • Shopify
  • Shopify Liquid
  • Shopify Hydrogen
  • Remix
  • NextJS
  • React
  • Astro
  • Figma
  • React Native
  • Expo
  • NodeJS
  • AWS
  • MongoDB
  • SQL
  • Android
  • IOS
  • Serverless
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • PlanetScale
  • Redis

Recent Work

Selling online with Astro and Shopify

The Aromatherapy Company is a market leader in home fragrance and body care products for New Zealand and Australia with over 5 signature brands and 1,000 stockists worldwide.

To bring their shopping experience to the next level and improve their workflow, The Aromatherapy Company were interested in a Headless Commerce (JamStack) website. I worked with The Aromatherapy Company through local Shopify agency KiwiSprout to develop their new website in Astro, backed by Shopify.

The end result was a 15x faster website with a 40% higher conversion rate that is packed with new features including a bundle builder, volume discounts, and unique loyalty program. Learn more about my solution in the case study below.

Selling online with Astro and Shopify

Pricing

Fixed pricing, pause or cancel anytime.

$2,500

NZD+GST* per month

Get started

What’s included?

  • Unlimited requests
  • One request in progress at a time
  • Average 2-3 business days delivery
  • Unlimited businesses, sites, & brands
  • Unlimited users
  • Unlimited meetings
  • Easy credit-card payments
  • Pause or cancel anytime

Or book a call

Book a free discovery call to learn how we can best work together.

Book a call

This call is strictly reserved for those interested in a paid subscription. Booking for press or partnership requests will be cancelled.

All other inquiries can be sent to:

mitchell@mitchjohn.nz

* GST only applies for New Zealand businesses.

FAQs

What happens after I subscribe?

After signing up, you will be added to your new project board within 24 hours. Once you have access, you can begin adding requests or other members of your team.

Is there a limit to how many requests I can have?

You can add as many design or development requests as you like, and I'll get them done one request at a time. All requests will be managed inside of a shared project board that you can use to track progress, give feedback, and set the top priorities.

How long will it take for you to complete my requests?

That depends on how complex the request is, but on average, most requests are completed in 2-3 business days.

When I'm working on bigger tasks, I will typically give you updates on progress every 2-3 business days so that you can understand how I'm tracking.

I also frequently update our shared project board with my approximate estimate of how many days each task will take so that you can reorganise the set of priorities if desired.

Why wouldn’t I just hire a full-time designer or developer?

You could do that, but in my experience the annual cost of a designer or developer is at least $80,000 NZD full time, if not much higher, and it is difficult to find a single person that can do both.

Also in my personal opinion, with my extensive agency experience working across a wide variety of industries, you will be hard pressed to find someone that can work at the level of quality and speed that I can.

You may also struggle to find enough work to keep a hire busy at all times, whereas you can pause or cancel your subscription with me at any time.

What do you mean by one request in progress at a time?

By this, I mean that you can make unlimited requests, but only one request will be actively worked on at a time.

Every request you make will go into a shared project board where you can order the tasks by priority. After I have finished a request for you, I will take the next highest-priority request from the project board, and start working on that.

This should mean that, provided I do not run out of requests from you, on average every 2-3 business days you will get an update from me with either the latest request in progress being ready for review, or an update on how it is progressing if it's a larger task.

What do you mean by unlimited meetings?

By this, I mean that you can book as many video calls with me as you like, subject to my availability, to get my consultation, go over new work, or review work in progress.

What do you mean by unlimited users?

You can add as many users as you like to our shared project board, so that everyone on your team can make requests.

Please be aware though that prioritisation will be shared across your team's entire set of requests, and I will still only have one request in progress for you at a time.

What do you mean by pause or cancel anytime?

After subscribing, you will receive a special customer link you can use to view your past payments, change your billing card, and pause or cancel your subscription.

There are no fixed terms to our service, so you can cancel or pause it at any time without penalties or additional charges.

How does the pause feature work?

Pausing your subscription allows you to bank your days left in your current billing cycle to be used anytime in the future.

For example, say that you signed up and used the service for 20 days, and then decided to pause your subscription. Once you unpause your subscription, you will have 10 days of the service to use before the next billing charge.

Who will do the work?

I do all the work myself, including design, development, project management, video calls, and consultation.

Are there any refunds if I don't like the service?

I haven't had anyone ask for a refund yet, but please do know that due to the high quality and time-intensive nature of the work, there will be no refunds issued.

What if I don't have enough work to do in a month?

No problem! You can pause your subscription once we have run out of work, and then when you reactivate it the remainder of your subscription will be available.

I have multiple brands, do I need more than one subscription?

You can use your one subscription to request work for an unlimited amount of sites, companies, or brands.

I run an agency, can you do work for us?

Not a problem, as long as the work you are requesting is within my skill set, you can use your subscription to request work for an unlimited amount of sites, companies, or brands.

Can you come into our office to meet / do the work?

I exclusively work and handle my meetings remotely.