Shopify development, priced in AUD
Shopify developers for Australian stores: builds, fixes and Neto moves
Tell us the job (a new store, a theme fix, or a move off Neto or WooCommerce) and you get one fixed AUD price, somewhere between A$2,400 and A$19,500, before anything in your store changes.
From A$2,400excl. GSTSee pricing →
- One fixed AUD price, signed before work
- Store and billing stay in your name
- Live 2–6 weeks after content arrives
- Each gateway and carrier test-ordered
- Switch-overs in your quiet evening
- ★ 4.9 on Google (76 reviews)
- 200+ projects since 2017
- Top Rated on Upwork
Founder-led delivery
Overview
Most stores go live 2–6 weeks after your content arrives, with every payment method and carrier in scope test-ordered first. You open and pay for the store yourself, so it's yours. We're a founder-led team in Lucknow, India, working your afternoon and evening, so switch-overs happen while your store is quiet.
By Ashish Sharma, founder · Updated 6 October 2026
Quick answer
How much does it cost to hire a Shopify developer in Australia?
Codingclave sets one AUD figure for a whole Shopify job, inside A$2,400–A$19,500, before work starts. Theme fixes and speed work sit at the lower end, a new store on a theme in the lower half, and custom themes or Neto and WooCommerce moves with order history towards the top. Published figures elsewhere vary by route: Airtasker prices per task, Confetti Design lists $3,000–5,000 for theme customisation or a smaller build and $5,000–$15,000+ for a full custom store, and 23 Digital quotes $15,000–$35,000 for small stores. Support after launch is optional at A$80–A$240 a month, where Confetti lists $150–$500.
- Our band: A$2,400–A$19,500 fixed, live 2–6 weeks after content arrives
- Optional support afterwards: A$80–A$240 a month
- Your Shopify plan is billed to you: Basic A$56 a month, or A$42 on yearly billing, plus 10% GST until a GST-registered ABN is added
- Since August: purchase tracking hit by Shopify's checkout upgrade, and card surcharges that must come off from 1 October
Near you
Shopify Development in your city
- Sydney
Shopify Developers in Sydney
Sydney Shopify prices compared, from A$50 tasks to A$7,600 ex-GST agency tiers. Ours: one written A$2,400–A$19,500 price, typical build 2–6 weeks.
Read more → - Melbourne
Shopify Developers in Melbourne
Melbourne Shopify prices side by side, A$80 tasks to A$50,000+ builds, and the last brief date for Black Friday. Ours: one fixed quote, A$2,400–A$19,500.
Read more → - Brisbane
Shopify Developers in Brisbane
Hiring a Shopify developer in Brisbane? Agency rates and retainers compared, then one fixed A$2,400–A$19,500 quote, live 2–6 weeks after your content.
Read more → - Perth
Shopify Developers in Perth
Perth Shopify prices checked 6 Oct 2026: agency builds from $15,000, most unpublished. Ours: fixed AUD from A$2,400, timed to WA's Christmas cut-offs.
Read more → - Adelaide
Shopify Developers in Adelaide
Adelaide Shopify prices from 7 sources (checked Oct 2026), wine-store age steps, club billing, POS set-up and one fixed quote from A$2,400.
Read more → - Gold Coast
Shopify Developers in Gold Coast
Shopify developers for Gold Coast stores from A$2,400 on one fixed AUD price, usually live in 2–6 weeks. We compared what 8 Gold Coast providers charge.
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What Shopify developers charge in Australia: eight ways to hire, side by side
Most places you'll look for a Shopify developer are directories and marketplaces. They show who exists, not what a finished store costs, how long it takes or whether a figure is in US or Australian dollars. Here's what each route publishes, side by side, so a per-task price isn't mistaken for a per-store one.
Shopify expert or Shopify developer?
'Expert' is the older name for firms in what Shopify now calls its Partner Directory. 'Developer' describes the work itself: Liquid templates, theme sections, app code. We aren't listed there, so judge us on things you can check: the written scope, our Google reviews and the work we've shipped.
| Route | Published price | Time to launch (as published) | Who writes the brief and tests | Fits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shopify Partner Directory (249 partners in Australia) | US dollars: cards from 'Starting from $75' up to '$250–$10000'; many read 'Contact for pricing' | Not shown | You, partner by partner | Filtering by tier: Select, Plus, Premier, Platinum |
| Clutch | Hourly '<$25' to '$150–$199'; minimums '$1,000+' to '$25,000+', currency as Clutch lists it | Not shown | The chosen firm; some placements are sponsored | Reading client reviews of each firm |
| Airtasker | Priced per task by each tasker | Per task | You post the task and check the result | One small change you can describe in a sentence |
| Upwork | Each freelancer's own hourly rate | Not shown | You brief, supervise and test | Ongoing hours you'll manage yourself |
| Confetti Design | $3,000–5,000 theme work; $5,000–$15,000+ full custom store; support $150–$500 a month | 6–10 weeks | The agency | A Shopify Partner with published AUD bands |
| 23 Digital | $15,000–$35,000 small stores; $40k–$150k large; retainers from $2,500 a month | No timeline published | The agency | Plus and B2B builds with integrations |
| Dilate | No prices published | 2–3 weeks to 3–4 months | The agency | A build bundled with CRO and marketing work |
| In-house hire | SEEK, full-time web developer roles in the ICT industry: A$99,142 a year (October 2026) | Recruiting time comes first | Your own manager | A full year of Shopify work |
| Codingclave | A$2,400–A$19,500 fixed per job; support A$80–A$240 a month | 2–6 weeks once content is in | We write the scope; you approve it and sign off the test orders | A scoped build, fix or move from a remote team |
Check who writes the brief and tests the store before comparing prices.
Table sources not listed at the foot of this page: Clutch's Australian Shopify list and Dilate's Shopify page.
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Shopify jobs we price, and where each tends to land in the band
Can I hire someone to build me a Shopify store? Yes. Setting one up costs the plan (Basic is A$56 a month) plus the job behind it, and theme customisation, a new build and a Neto move with thousands of variants are different purchases, each with its own drivers.
Setting up a Shopify store in Australia, in order
- Start the trial in your business's name: 3 days free, then A$1 a month for 3 months.
- Once GST-registered, add your ABN to the billing profile.
- Set up Shopify Payments with your business and bank details.
- Under Settings > Taxes and duties, set up GST and decide whether prices include it.
- Connect carriers and publish refund, shipping and privacy policies.
- Test-order every payment method and carrier, then refund.
| Job | In scope | Pushes it up the band | Needed from you | Usual position in the band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New store on a theme | Theme set-up, collections, menus, policies, payments, shipping, product import | Variant-heavy range, several apps, products keyed by hand | Logo, product spreadsheet, photos, shipping rules | Lower half |
| Theme customisation, fixes or speed | Liquid and layout fixes on a theme copy; dead app code removed | Templates touched, leftover scripts, image weight | Problem list with page links or screenshots | Lower end |
| Custom Online Store 2.0 theme | Your own theme, with editor sections and product metafields | Page templates, bespoke sections, design rounds | Designs or reference stores, brand files, final copy | Middle to top |
| Move from Neto, WooCommerce or BigCommerce | Products, variants, customers, order history, replacement features, redirects | Order history, custom fields, POS or marketplace links | Admin access or exports, plus a product-edit freeze date | Middle to top, by catalogue size |
| Australian app set-up | Afterpay, Zip, Australia Post, StarTrack, pickup or POS, each test-ordered | Extra gateways or carriers; live rates instead of zones | Merchant and carrier accounts in your business name | Lower end on its own; often part of a build |
Your job's place in A$2,400–A$19,500 goes into a signed scope beside the app list and test orders, before anything in your store changes. A single small tweak still starts at our minimum, so for one line of change a task marketplace will cost less.
What to send for a quote:
- Store URL, or the old platform
- Product and variant count
- Apps in use
- Carriers
- Payment gateways
- Wanted-by date
Send those six on WhatsApp and you'll hear where the job sits in the band.
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Two Shopify changes since August: purchase tracking and card surcharges
26 August 2026 was Shopify's deadline for stores below Plus to move to the new Thank you and Order status pages. Stores that hadn't moved were upgraded automatically, and anything relying on additional scripts or deprecated app features there stopped running, often including Meta, Google Ads, GA4 and TikTok purchase tags. Then, on 1 October, the surcharge rules changed.
A five-point tracking check you can run today
- GA4: do last week's purchase events roughly match Shopify's order count?
- Google Ads: is the purchase conversion still recording, with order values?
- Meta: do purchases in Events Manager line up with orders since late August?
- TikTok: does its events view show the same?
- Thank-you page apps: after a test order, do upsell, survey and review-request apps still appear?
Repairs use web pixels, app pixels and checkout blocks, not pasted code. Google Ads and Meta use these purchase events to set bids, so a tag that stops firing misleads bidding without any warning.
Card surcharges after 1 October 2026
Following the RBA's March 2026 Conclusions Paper, eftpos (debit and prepaid cards) and Mastercard and Visa (credit, debit and prepaid) brought in no-surcharge rules from 1 October 2026, and American Express, UnionPay and PayPal have also decided to remove surcharging. If your checkout still adds a card fee through an app or a fee line, take it off; the RBA says merchants must, unless an exception applies, which your payment provider can confirm.
Ask for a tracking and surcharge check with your store URL and ad platforms; you'll see what fires and what doesn't before any repair is quoted. Campaign work itself sits with Google Ads management.
Have a project in mind?
Send a few lines on WhatsApp or get a fixed AUD quote.
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Shopify plans in AUD, and what each one changes in a build
Plans are billed in AUD, Shopify Payments runs here, and the plan decides staff logins, stock locations, trade catalogues and the fee on orders paid outside Shopify Payments. Card rates are in our running-costs table.
GST on your Shopify bill
Shopify adds 10% GST to an Australian store's subscription and shipping labels until a GST-registered ABN goes in under Settings > Billing > Billing profile; only invoices issued afterwards drop it. Shopify Payments processing fees already include GST. The full answer is in the FAQ below.
Afterpay and Zip orders carry the plan’s third-party fee
Afterpay and Zip connect as separate provider apps, not inside Shopify Payments. Shopify's help centre says that when customers pay by an alternative method, "you'll be charged third-party transaction fees for their purchases": 2% on Basic, 1% on Grow, 0.6% on Advanced and 0.2% on Plus, on top of the provider's own fee. Check the fee shown under Settings > Payments for your store. The dollar effect is in our fee maths example.
When Plus earns its A$3,700-plus a month
Not for wholesale alone: the lower plans already run up to 3 active B2B catalogues on new Shopify Markets. Plus pays when each trade company needs its own catalogue, you take trade deposits, stock sits in over 10 locations, or over 15 staff need logins.
Is Shopify free for developers?
For building, yes. Shopify's dev store docs call a dev store a free store for building themes; its password page comes off only after transfer to a merchant or a move to a paid plan. We usually build inside your own trial store instead, so it's yours from day one.
| Plan | Monthly / yearly billing | Staff accounts | Inventory locations | Third-party provider fee | B2B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | A$56 / A$42 | None | 10 | 2% | Up to 3 active catalogues; new Shopify Markets required |
| Grow | A$149 / A$114 | Up to 5 | 10 | 1% | As Basic |
| Advanced | A$575 / A$431 | Up to 15 | 10 | 0.6% | As Basic, plus market-specific checkout and storefront |
| Plus | From A$3,700 / no yearly figure shown; 1- or 3-year terms mentioned | Unlimited | 200 | 0.2% | Unlimited catalogues, assigned per company; deposits and partial payments |
Paying for Grow or Advanced for one feature? Send the store URL with staff, stock locations and trade customers, and the scope will say whether a lower plan covers it.
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Customise a theme, commission a custom theme, or go headless
Most jobs in our band belong in the first row. Still choosing a platform? See our Shopify vs WooCommerce vs custom comparison.
When headless is overkill
One market, a few thousand SKUs at most, and no app or content site sharing the product data: a theme does that job. Headless adds a second codebase and deployment, plus developer time for edits the theme editor handles. Shopify's Hydrogen docs put Oxygen hosting at no extra charge on paid plans, but the build and upkeep still cost more. Custom themes go faster with designs signed off first, which our UI/UX design service can scope.
| Route | Pick it when | Ongoing cost to watch | Position in our band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free or paid theme, customised | Standard catalogue, firm launch date, your team edits pages | Paid theme licence; apps for missing features | Lower part of A$2,400–A$19,500 |
| Custom Online Store 2.0 theme | Layouts no theme offers, or a theme edited past updating | Apps; developer time for changes, no vendor updates | Middle to upper part of the band |
| Headless: Hydrogen on Oxygen, or Next.js | Several storefronts or a content site share one catalogue | Oxygen hosting at no extra charge on paid Shopify plans; Next.js needs its own host | Top of the band at most; larger builds move to custom software, A$9,800–A$98,000 |
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Afterpay, Zip, Australia Post, StarTrack, Xero and store GST: set up, then test-ordered
Does Shopify accept Zip? Yes, and Afterpay; both connect as payment providers. Does Shopify use Australia Post? Through apps in the Shopify App Store that connect your own MyPost Business, eParcel or StarTrack account. Installing them is quick. We place a real order through each before launch and record it on your sign-off sheet.
The AusPost token
The Australia Post API key or 'token' a shipping app asks for comes from your own Australia Post business account, not from us, so changing developers later never touches it.
Xero or MYOB
Shopify connects to both. Agree with your bookkeeper whether sales post as one daily summary per gateway or one invoice per order, and give each gateway its own clearing account so a short payout shows up straight away. Connector choices and MYOB routes are on our Xero and MYOB integration page.
| App or setting | Where it's set up in Shopify | Pre-launch test order | Detail lives on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afterpay and Zip | Settings > Payments, plus on-site messaging | A small purchase through each, refunded, matched in the merchant portal | Australian payments |
| Australia Post (MyPost Business or eParcel) | A shipping app linked to your Australia Post business account | Rates for a metro and a remote postcode, a printed label, the tracking email | Australian shipping |
| StarTrack | A carrier app supporting your StarTrack account | A bulky-item rate and a test consignment label | Australian shipping |
| Click and collect | Local pickup on a location, under Settings > Shipping and delivery | A pickup order and its ready-to-collect email | This page |
| Shopify POS | POS app on a counter device, sharing stock online | An in-store sale and return, stock rechecked online; the card terminal is named in the scope | This page |
| Store GST | Settings > Taxes and duties: registration, tax-inclusive prices, tax on shipping | A discounted order with paid shipping, its GST line checked on the invoice | GST on sales |
Leftover Sendle rates come out during set-up; alternatives are compared in our shipping section. The scope names every gateway and carrier we'll connect, so nothing is assumed.
Have a project in mind?
Send a few lines on WhatsApp or get a fixed AUD quote.
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Moving to Shopify from Neto or WooCommerce, with redirects and an evening switch
Neto or Shopify? If Neto runs your counter, marketplace listings and trade pricing, price a Shopify replacement for each before deciding. The data is the easier half; URLs, and features the old platform handled without an app, are where moves go wrong.
Neto (Maropost) exports, reshaped for Shopify
Neto isn't a source in Shopify's Store Migration app, so products, customers and orders arrive as CSV exports rebuilt into Shopify's import columns. Hand work goes into variants (parent and child SKUs become one product with options), custom fields (mapped to metafields) and customer accounts (sign-in tried on one imported customer).
Neto features that need a Shopify replacement
A counter POS becomes Shopify POS, with stock by location loaded first. Each marketplace needs a Shopify channel or app. Trade price groups fit up to three B2B catalogues below Plus.
Running Neto alongside Shopify
Some stores keep both for a while: an overlap during cut-over, or Neto kept for wholesale while retail moves. That works only if one system owns stock and the other follows. Any sync is an app or custom work, priced in the scope.
WooCommerce through the free Store Migration app
Is a WooCommerce to Shopify move free? The app is; your time, redirects and order history are not. Shopify's free Store Migration app lists WooCommerce as a source and brings across product and customer data, warning that some platforms don't export everything. Orders, subscriptions, reviews and plugins without a Shopify equivalent are handled separately and listed in the scope.
The redirect map, delivered as a file
Old URL beside new Shopify URL, checked against the pages Search Console reports as indexed. It loads before the domain moves, and the file is yours.
Cut-over in your evening
Product edits freeze after the final export, and the domain switches in your evening: we're at our desks until 12:30am in Sydney during daylight saving, or 9:30pm in Perth.
Redirects avoid needless losses, though positions can still move for a while after a platform change; later ranking work sits with our SEO service. Staying on WooCommerce? See WordPress development.
Send your Neto or WooCommerce URL and product count for a fixed AUD migration scope.
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A Shopify team in India on Australian evenings: what it means for your store
Codingclave has no Australian office, no ABN and no Shopify Partner status; you should know that before the first message. Ashish Sharma founded the company in Lucknow in 2017 and still leads delivery. We work Monday to Saturday, starting in your afternoon, so there's no cover before then and none on Sundays. For a Shopify store, that means evening cut-overs while traffic is quiet and changes that move on overnight.
In Adelaide our day runs 3:00pm–12:00am, in Brisbane and the Gold Coast 2:30pm–11:30pm, and in Darwin 2:00pm–11:00pm. The Australia overview has every city.
Sale-day prep
Discount codes, banners and app settings for a sale are finished the afternoon before, while we're both online. A fault spotted at 9am in Sydney can't be looked at before 3:30pm, when our day starts (Mon–Sat). Your previous theme stays in the theme library, so you can switch back yourself under Online Store > Themes while we're offline.
Changes sent in your afternoon
Edits sent in your afternoon can be worked on that evening (Mon–Sat), so the preview has usually moved on by the next morning.
What you can check about us
★ 4.9 on Google (76 reviews), 200+ projects since 2017, Top Rated on Upwork and founder-led delivery. Read the reviews, look through past work, and see the Australia overview for how remote work with us is set up.
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Eight checks for any Shopify developer you’re weighing up, us included
Which is the best Shopify agency in Australia? No list can rank agencies for your job; these eight checks will. Put them to every shortlisted name, ours included.
8 questions to ask
- The store is opened and billed in your name. Shopify charges your card, never the developer's.
- Staff or collaborator access only. Your owner login stays with you.
- Every paid app listed with its monthly cost. Apps are rent, so they belong in the budget.
- Work happens on an unpublished theme copy. The live store keeps trading until you approve the switch.
- Test orders listed per gateway and carrier. Refunds included.
- The redirect map arrives as a file. One row per old URL, yours to keep.
- Code ownership and handover are written into the scope.
- Support terms are written down. Warranty period and reply times agreed before you pay anything.
Pricing in AUD
Shopify work with Codingclave, priced in AUD
Each job gets one AUD figure once its scope is written, and any change is quoted before work on it starts. You pay Shopify and the app makers directly, so we never hold your card.
E-commerce store
A$2,400 – A$19,500
Excl. GSTE-commerce store (Shopify, WooCommerce or custom) · Typical timeline: 2–6 weeks
A Shopify build, theme job, or a move from Neto, WooCommerce or BigCommerce, with the Australian payment and carrier apps in scope test-ordered before launch.
Get a quote for this planHosting, backups, monitoring and support
A$80 – A$240a month
Excl. GSTHosting, backups, monitoring and support · Ongoing, cancel any time
Monitoring and support for the live store after launch, Mon–Sat in your afternoon and evening; what each month covers is written into its scope.
Get a quote for this planSEO, Google Ads and digital marketing
A$990 – A$9,800a month
Excl. GSTSEO, Google Ads and digital marketing (monthly retainer) · Ongoing, cancel any time
Optional Shopify SEO and Google Shopping ads once the store is live. Ad spend is paid by you to Google, and nobody can guarantee rankings or sales.
Get a quote for this plan
- Fixed price in AUD
- Free scoping call
- No obligation
Payment split, warranty period, reply times, and any gateway or card terminal beyond those named on this page are confirmed in writing for your business before you sign.
Prices are in Australian dollars and do not include GST: Codingclave is an overseas (India-based) supplier and is not registered for Australian GST. If your business is GST-registered, check with your accountant whether the reverse-charge rules apply to imported services.
Fixed AUD quote
What does your Shopify store need?
Send the store address, or the platform you're leaving, and the job. The reply is a written scope with the price, every app and its monthly cost, and the test orders we'll run.
Ashish Sharma
Founder, Codingclave
Ashish or the team will reply on WhatsApp or email within one business day.
- ★ 4.9 on Google (76 reviews)
- 200+ projects since 2017
- Top Rated on Upwork
- Founder-led delivery
Prefer WhatsApp?
WhatsApp AshishStore URL on WhatsApp
The store address, or the platform you're leaving, and a line on the job.
Short call if you want one
Early in your evening, or the whole quote stays on WhatsApp. Staff or collaborator access is requested only when the scope needs a look inside your admin; the owner password never leaves you.
Written scope
A fixed AUD price, every app with its monthly cost to you, and the list of test orders we'll run.
Build on an unpublished theme copy
Your live store keeps selling while we work in your evening.
Test orders and sign-off
Card, Afterpay and Zip orders with refunds, carrier labels and the GST line, ticked off with you.
Evening cut-over and handover
Publish or domain switch while the store is quiet, then code, redirect file and access handed over.
FAQ
Questions Australians ask us
Can’t see yours? Ask Ashish directly — you’ll get a straight answer, not a sales script.
Ask Ashish directly
Should I pay a Shopify developer hourly or a fixed price?
Can I hire someone to build me a Shopify store?
Is Shopify still worth it in 2026?
How much do Shopify developers make?
Does Shopify charge GST in Australia?
Do Afterpay orders cost extra on Shopify?
How do I migrate from Neto to Shopify?
How much is Shopify Plus per month in Australia?
Ashish Sharma · Founder
Send your store URL, get one AUD figure back
Send the store address, or the platform you're leaving, and the job. The reply is a written scope with the price, every app and its monthly cost, and the test orders we'll run.
- WhatsApp us or fill in the form
- Free scoping call
- Fixed AUD quote, no obligation
- ★ 4.9 on Google (76 reviews)
- 200+ projects since 2017
- Top Rated on Upwork
- Founder-led delivery
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How Australian businesses work with Codingclave
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Online store costs, payments, shipping and GST
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Xero and MYOB integration
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Staying on WordPress and WooCommerce
- Service
SEO after a move to Shopify
- Service
Google Ads and Shopping campaigns
- Service
Store designs before a custom theme
- Service
Large headless and custom builds
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Shopify, WooCommerce or custom compared
- Reviews
Google reviews of our work
Ashish Sharma
Founder, Codingclave · Updated 6 October 2026
Ashish founded Codingclave in Lucknow, India, in 2017 and still leads delivery on every project.
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- Shopify Help Center – Checkout upgrade
- Shopify App Store – Store Migration
- RBA – FAQs, removal of payment surcharges from 1 October 2026
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- 23 Digital – Shopify web design and development
- SEEK – Web developer salary