Hire a WooCommerce developer who builds stores to sell: large catalogues, custom checkout flows and the payment gateways your customers expect, set up to stay fast after launch, when most stores start to slow down. New builds, migrations from Shopify, and speed fixes for stores that have grown slow.
- WooCommerce stores from
- NZD 3.5k+
- typical store build
- 4–8 weeks
- PageSpeed target
- 90+
WooCommerce development services.
- 01
Custom checkout
Checkout flows shaped around how your customers buy, with fewer steps and fewer abandoned carts.
- 02
Payment gateways by country
Stripe and PayPal everywhere; POLi and Afterpay in New Zealand; Afterpay, Zip Pay and eWAY in Australia.
- 03
GST-ready invoicing and shipping
Tax invoices in the right format, and shipping rules that handle different rates by region or state, including AusPost.
- 04
Large catalogues
Product management that stays usable with hundreds of products, variations and categories.
- 05
Store speed
Caching, image optimisation and lean templates, so the store keeps its speed as products and plugins grow.
Real work, real numbers.
- abovegroundpoolsuperstore.com.au
Australia’s largest online store for above-ground pools: a large WooCommerce build with custom product management, checkout and payment gateways.
Moving from Shopify to WooCommerce.
Shopify’s transaction fees and app costs add up as a store grows; on Shopify’s Basic plan a store doing AUD $300,000 a year pays about AUD $6,000 a year in extra fees when it uses an outside gateway. Moving to WooCommerce means you own the store and stop paying per sale. A migration is planned so you keep your products, customers and rankings.
- Products, categories and customers moved across
- Every old Shopify URL redirected, so you keep your Google rankings
- Payment gateways, tax and shipping set up and tested before you switch
- The new store measured for speed before launch
Strategy first, code second.
Each stage is signed off before the next one starts, so there are no surprises at launch.
- Week 101
Strategy
Your goals, your audience, and the one action each page has to drive.
- Week 1–202
Wireframe
Structure and content hierarchy, agreed before a single colour is chosen.
- Week 2–403
Build
A hand-coded custom theme, or a clean Elementor, Divi or WPBakery build, set up so your team can edit content safely.
- Launch04
Live
Core Web Vitals, technical SEO and accessibility checked before go-live.
Common questions.
WooCommerce or Shopify: which should I choose?
WooCommerce usually wins on cost for stores doing over AUD $150,000 a year, because Shopify’s transaction fees add up, and it suits stores that need POLi or a custom checkout. Shopify is simpler and quicker to launch for smaller stores using Shopify Payments. The full comparison is in the WooCommerce vs Shopify article below.
How much does a WooCommerce store cost?
In New Zealand a WooCommerce store typically costs NZD $3,500–$9,000+ and takes 4–8 weeks. You get a fixed, itemised quote after a short discovery conversation.
Can you migrate my Shopify store to WooCommerce?
Yes. Products, categories and customers are moved across, every old URL is redirected so you keep your rankings, and payment, tax and shipping are set up and tested before the switch.
Which payment gateways can you set up?
Stripe and PayPal everywhere, POLi and Afterpay for New Zealand stores, and Afterpay, Zip Pay and eWAY for Australian stores. I recommend a gateway based on your transaction volume and customers.
Can you handle GST and shipping rules?
Yes. I’ve built WooCommerce stores with GST-compliant invoicing and region-specific shipping logic, configured so the store handles your compliance requirements correctly.
Read more.
Tell me what you sell and where, or which store you’re moving from. I’ll reply with a clear scope and a fixed-price quote.