The Shopify platform is built to be highly flexible and scalable to grow and change with your business. While the core functionality is built into the system and your theme selection defines the initial visual interface, both design and functionality are highly configurable.
Plus the Shopify app store has a huge selection of options to customise everything from store design, marketing and inventory management to sales conversions, customer support and reporting.
Become truly omni-channel with Shopify and Retail Express
Create the seamless retail experience shoppers now demand with the integration of two powerful systems, combined with expert Shopify eCommerce services to give you an omnichannel to sell….not manage.
Our team at Footgear have had the pleasure of working with The Hope Factory over the last couple of months on quite a complex Web Store migration and new build, Magento to Shopify Plus. The Web Store is doing everything we could have wished for and more.
Without Retail Express, we couldn't have been able to grow as much as we did. Without a doubt, I’d say take a look at it.
John Harrison, Footgear
Why Choose The Hope Factory
As official partners of Retail Express and as (one of only a handful of agencies) to have been selected to become official Shopify Plus partners, The Hope Factory focuses on maximising both platform’s features to improve your customer experience and online sales. We invite you to read our case studies to see what our clients have to say and browse our 183+ verified 5-star Shopify reviews.
As expert Shopify developers, The Hope Factory builds, migrates, and grows high-converting and easy-to-manage Shopify or Shopify Plus stores. From the scoping and design through to build and launch, our Shopify development process is designed to empower you with the knowledge to confidently run your store.
Lucky for you (and 1,000,000+ other merchants around the world) there’s Shopify and Shopify Plus.
Shopify is a hosted e-commerce platform that empowers retailers large and small with their easy-to-manage, customisable store and secure checkout.
Shopify gives you control over your store’s look and feel and allows you to add products, track sales, run marketing campaigns and so much more.
It’s hassle-free e-commerce, letting you focus on growing your business.
Are you fed up with a slow eCommerce website that crashes when your traffic surges? Perhaps you’d like to automate more tasks, freeing up your time to focus on strategy and building a bigger, scalable brand. Upgrade to Shopify Plus to benefit from:
- Flexible and faster launch
- Custom automation with apps like Shopify Flow, Launchpad, and Scripts.
- Personalise your checkout with custom discounts, shipping rates, and product recommendations.
- Unlimited extensibility, integrations, and customisation through Shopify apps and partners.
Retail Express Shopify Connector
Integrate your online store and physical store and make your business model adaptable to change. Manage your customers, products, pricing, inventory, orders and marketing from one system.
- Leverage all in-store inventory online (and vice versa) to maximise sales.
- Provide fast home delivery by fulfilling from the nearest store locations holding stock.
- Offer instant Click & Collect and Live Stock in Store.
- Enable seamless omni-channel gift vouchers that work in-store and online.
- Get a centralised view of your customers across all channels.
- Avoid selling stock that has already been allocated.
Design & Development
Creating a great Shopify store
Our expert Shopify designers will help you build an engaging Shopify store that tells a story and ensures your customers enjoy the experience of shopping with you.
Your store design will reflect your audience’s preferences so that they can find what they’re looking for, when they’re looking for them and keep coming back.
Our Shopify Design & Development process
1. Project Planning
To kick off, we get together with your team to confirm objectives, set timeframes, collate all the information we need and define the key steps in the Shopify development process from start to finish. That way, everyone knows what’s needed and what to expect from day one.
2. User Experience Design
Next up, we research, select and tailor the ideal Shopify theme that meets the requirements of your branding, products, functionality and long-term vision. We’ll provide a recommendation and rationale for the theme design as well as any refinements needed to make sure it’s a great fit.
3. Ecommerce Setup
To build the engine room of your store, we configure the ecommerce essentials including shipping information, point of sale, product data feeds, social media integrations, marketing apps and payment gateways like Google Pay, Apple Pay, PayPal, Amazon Pay, Afterpay, Zip and Laybuy.
4. Shopify Development
Unifying the design and functional elements, our expert Shopify developers look after everything from product pages, blogs, navigation and branding to notifications, Facebook/Instagram Shopping, Instagram feeds, tracking codes, and integrations like newsletters and more.
5. Train, Test & Launch
While Shopify is very easy to use, before we handover the keys we’ll train you on how to manage your website content, inventory and orders, and provide instructional videos on key functions. Finally, we’ll fully test the site functionality and, once everyone is happy, we’re ready to go live!
6. Responsive Support
Beyond building your website, what sets us apart is our passion for partnering with clients to help them successfully build and grow ecommerce businesses. From basic tech support through to performance reviews, new features and site optimisation, we’re here for ongoing development, help and guidance.
Successful Shopify & Shopify Plus integrations with Retail Express
Jo Mercer offers online shoppers a premium experience
Already well established, Jo Mercer engaged The Hope Factory to optimise their sales process and usability. Redesigning their product filter, grouping similar products and adding a customised click & collect feature, resulted in a significant increase in sales and an elegant, feature-rich website.
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Sole Motive inspires fashion-clad runners
As an innovator in the running and fitness space, it was more than selling products. The site needed to educate runners on making the right fitness choices and feature upcoming marathons. After a cohesive homepage design and custom header layout, the result was a highly intuitive site that closely reflected the brand’s passion.
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Belinda International evokes luxury
Operating in the highly competitive designer fashion and accessories space, Belinda International wanted a website that stood out amongst high-end businesses and was equally stunning on mobile and tablets. We focused on creating image-rich product pages to highlight premium photography.
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Moving your eCommerce to Shopify
We offer migrations from platforms like Neto, BigCommerce, Open Cart, WooCommerce, Magento etc to Shopify, so you won’t lose the hard work you’ve put into your web-store. We can migrate: product data, like images, long descriptions, metadata, categories, SEO titles, product Reviews, blogs, customer Data, and customer Orders.
Migrations are major projects that impact every facet of a business, from marketing to management to SEO and external suppliers.
Our eCommerce migration specialists will work with your SEO agency or recommend an agency to manage the impact. A migration is an opportunity to improve processes, increase organic sales, streamline data and make your brand shine online.
It’s also the perfect time to take a fresh look at your digital customer relationship, loyalty program, ratings and reviews and refreshing your trigger emails. Migrations are complex projects and incur additional fees, which can be quoted after discussing your requirements.
Additional Services & Upgrades
We’ll connect you with our network of trusted partners when work is needed outside our expertise, to help you with:
SEO, Pay Per Click Advertising, Copywriting (Blog Posts, Case Study writing), Branding & Graphic Design, Social Media Strategy, Email Marketing , Loyalty Program Strategy and Customer Helpdesk.
Design & Development Packages
Shopify
$6,750.00 + GST
- Expert configuration & guidance
- Setup of Retail Express Shopify Connector
- Shoppable Facebook & Instagram Instagram gallery
- Social media integration
- Tracking pixels
- Blogs
- Product reviews
- Flexible shipping setup
- Payment gateway setup
- Newsletter integration
- Training and 24/7 Shopify support
Timeline: 8 - 10 weeks
Shopify Plus
From 15k + GST
- Design workshop and production
- Custom design and development
- Expert configuration & guidance
- Setup of Retail Express Shopify Connector
- Shoppable Facebook & Instagram Instagram Gallery
- Social media integration
- Tracking pixels
- Blogs
- Product reviews
- Flexible shipping setup
- Payment gateway setup
- Newsletter integration
- Training and 24/7 Shopify support
Timeline: 10 - 14 weeks
Custom Development
Our highly experienced development team can also create custom functionality tailored to your goals to make your store truly unique. We’ve worked on a range of complex projects and implemented customisations like advanced filtering, colour swatches, size charts, custom brand pages, mega menu featuring current promotions, and many more.
Frequently Asked Questions
Create a great Shopify store that truly reflects your brand and seamlessly integrates with Retail Express.