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What ecommerce development actually costs in 2026
Real price bands for Shopify and BigCommerce work — theme customisation through to headless replatforms — and what changes the number.
Guides
Written for store owners about to spend real money on development work. No listicles, no affiliate padding — the things we get asked in briefs, answered properly.
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How to write an ecommerce project brief agencies can quote from
The eight things every agency needs before they can give you a real number — and the three things you should leave out.
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Shopify or BigCommerce: which one should you actually be on?
An honest comparison for store owners choosing a platform — where each genuinely wins, and the switching costs nobody mentions.
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Nine red flags when hiring an ecommerce agency
The warning signs that reliably predict a bad project, drawn from the briefs and post-mortems we see.