So you’ve decided to go down the popular road of developing a Shopify site – congratulations!
Shopify is a quality platform for building e-commerce businesses. It has great functions that are well-tested and its plug-ins come with support if you experience any problems.
So what’s the next step for you? Can you manage things on your own, or do you need a Shopify development partner?
What Does a Shopify Development Partner Do?
Shopify development partners are companies that have specialist skills to help you develop your Shopify store from the ground up, add more bells and whistles to your existing store, transfer your store from another platform to Shopify, troubleshoot your store, maintain it and even develop, or add, third-party integrations and apps.
Your partner will develop a solid understanding of your enterprise, your products, your vision and your goals. They will then use their Shopify skills and knowledge to build a high-performing, attractive, feature-packed store that will wow your customers and enable maximum automation, so that you can focus on growing your business.
What Sort of Services Do Shopify Development Partners Offer?
Each Shopify development partner may offer different services. However, these commonly include building your store, adding features and functions that will make your store easier for your customers to use, automating commonly-completed tasks so you have less manual work, SEO, ensuring a fast load speed, making it mobile- and AI-friendly and adding existing apps or developing customized apps.
Do You Need a Shopify Development Partner?
If you’re a Shopify or tech guru, probably not. You’ll likely enjoy the challenge of starting with nothing but a vision and using your tech skills to build a Shopify store that you’re proud to show to others.
If, however, you’re like most people and have skills in areas other than Shopify development, very likely yes.
Advantages of Using a Shopify Development Partner
When you engage a Shopify development partner for your enterprise, you won’t be put in the position of having to learn, and wrestle with, yet another IT system. If you have much experience using new platforms, you’ll likely know that what is promoted in ‘the brochure’ or written in ‘the manual’ often doesn’t go to plan.
IT is a bit like building IKEA furniture – a flat pack with sheets of instructions and a meagre Allen wrench looks like a breeze, until you try to do it yourself.
You’re already under time pressures to grow your venture. Building a Shopify store may be a time investment – and frustration – you can’t afford.
Your partner will also train you in using your store.
About Blurn
Blurn is an international digital marketing agency that, for more than 15 years, has assisted individuals and large companies to develop, build and maintain their e-commerce sites. And now, Blurn commits to Shopify services.
Blurn employs some of the best ecommerce brains in the world who enjoy a challenge and gain great satisfaction from seeing their clients’ Shopify profits and global reach grow.
