Shopify Store Design & Development

Shopify for most D2C brands: it is faster to launch, easier for your team to maintain, and the Indian checkout, COD, shipping and WhatsApp apps are mature. WooCommerce or a custom build makes sense when you already run WordPress, need deep customisation or have specific B2B pricing logic. We build both and recommend based on your catalogue and team.

Yes. We export your listings, clean titles, descriptions, variants, images and pricing, map them to Shopify's product structure and import with collections and tags in place. Marketplace listings are written for marketplace search, so we usually rewrite the key product pages for your own store's buyers.

Razorpay, PayU, Cashfree or CCAvenue for UPI, cards, net banking, wallets and EMI in India (Shopify Payments for stores registered where it is offered, such as Canada), and one-page checkouts such as GoKwik or Shopflo where they suit your volume. COD is set up with rules — pincode limits, order-value caps and OTP or WhatsApp verification — to reduce returns to origin. Gateway fees are set by the providers and vary; we share the current structure before you choose.

Yes, on every build. Pixel and CAPI are configured for view, add-to-cart, checkout and purchase events, GA4 is connected through Google Tag Manager, and every event is verified with test orders before launch so your ads report real purchases.

It is built to be. Most Indian D2C traffic is on mid-range Android phones over mobile data, so we compress images, limit apps, defer scripts and check Core Web Vitals before go-live. Speed checks continue under a maintenance retainer, because apps added later are the usual cause of slowdowns.

Your brand identity files, product data (names, descriptions, variants, MRP, images), policies for shipping, returns and privacy, domain access, and your GST and bank details for the payment gateway. If any of these are missing we can produce them — photography, copy and branding are in-house.

It depends on whether the store starts from a theme or a custom design, how many custom sections and integrations it needs, the catalogue size and who produces the content. A theme-based store with light customisation is the most affordable route; a custom-designed theme with one-click checkout, ERP or app integrations costs more, and Shopify Plus or headless builds sit at the top. Our Shopify website cost guide lists indicative market ranges by tier, and every gaa-tha quote is itemised after a short discovery call.

Yes. gaa-tha is an India-based Shopify development team that US and UK agencies use white-label: we sign an NDA before the brief, build from your designs in your GitHub, never contact your client and start with a paid pilot such as one custom section or landing page.

Yes. gaa-tha's team works US business hours, so stand-ups, Slack replies, preview reviews and launches happen during your day. UK clients get overlap across the UK working day too.