PandaCodeGen / Ecommerce website development
Build or redesign an online store with Shopify, WooCommerce or a custom storefront where it fits. We scope product pages, mobile shopping, checkout and order handling together, or improve the store you already run.
01 / See the work
MyCustomPatches is an independent client project. Its documented migration and client review are available to inspect.
Project / MyCustomPatches
A custom storefront and product templates built during a migration from WordPress. The project record covers the move and launch checks.
This project illustrates the storefront and migration work. Another store needs its own catalogue, backend and checkout assessment.
The client, in their own words
“Hassan was available to me at any time, and his response time was always less than an hour. And he suggested me to go route that will help me in business i.e. Seo, UI, UX etc”
02 / Review your site
We review how customers find products, choose options and complete checkout, then inspect the handoff to your team. The quote separates a focused improvement from a new storefront.
Can a buyer find the right category, variant and answer before contacting your team?
Review the real cart and checkout path, payment provider and failure states.
Check what staff need after payment: specifications, status, shipping and customer messages.
Decide which product details your team changes and how those changes reach the live store.
What the proposal resolves
Ecommerce website development includes what buyers see and the system your team uses after they click buy.
The current platform can still hold products, stock, orders and payments when it fits. A separate custom storefront changes the buyer-facing pages; it does not automatically replace the commerce backend.
Agree product options, discounts, shipping, taxes, payment methods and order confirmation. If Shopify remains the backend, its hosted checkout remains the payment step; custom cart work belongs before it.
If a store is moving, inventory products, variants, images, customer accounts and order history. The proposal specifies which records transfer, which stay and how a sample is reconciled before launch.
For an existing store, compare the current theme, apps and purchase path with a focused repair. Performance is tested on agreed pages and devices against your own baseline.
Website SEO / Search and AI access
Product and category pages need useful information outside a checkout or customer login. We structure the agreed storefront around what buyers need to compare and choose.
Need ongoing buyer research, page improvements and visibility reporting? AI search services are optional monthly work, scoped separately from the build. Search systems choose which pages they index or cite.
03 / Make the right call
We recommend the scope that addresses the evidence from your site and team, then put the work and boundaries in writing.
Measure pages and checkout steps before changing the platform.
Keep the commerce backend where it fits, and build the customer experience around your catalogue.
04 / From call to handover
Each stage creates something you can review. Your proposal names the deliverables and the point where you accept them.
Review catalogue structure, variants, questions and purchasing routes.
Confirm where products, orders, payments and customer data will live.
Develop the agreed pages and integrations using representative real products.
Check variant selection, payment, confirmation, operations and handover before launch.
05 / Published starting point
From $1,500
Starting point, not an instant quote.
A focused store can start at Starter. Large catalogues, subscriptions and custom commerce logic change the scope. Your written quote names the backend, third-party charges and actual price.
Catalogue, variants and content responsibilities.
Payment and order paths to test.
Handover, integrations and ongoing provider costs.
After launch
The build is a one-off. These are the bills that continue, so add them up before you compare quotes.
Shopify plan
Basic $39/mo, Grow $105/mo, Advanced $399/mo, Plus from $2,300/mo (US prices, October 2026)Apps
Each app bills on its own, through Shopify or separately. Total them from the bill and your card statement.Hosting, if you go headless
Oxygen at no extra charge on paid Shopify plans, or Vercel Pro from $20 a month for a Next.js storefrontUpkeep
On a headless store, at least one Shopify API upgrade a year, plus monitoring and fixes06 / Ownership & exports
An online store has more to move than its design. Products, customer details, previous orders and discounts have different export options. You can also rebuild the shopping website while keeping the store system behind it. The comparison shows what Shopify and WooCommerce let you download, separately from our handover.
Your project handover
You receive the project code and design files we create for you, plus documentation and control of the production accounts. If you then take a monthly support or care plan, that doesn't change: we keep sharing the code, documentation and accounts with you, so you always have your own copy. Third-party themes, plugins, services and assets remain under their own licence terms.
PandaCodeGen can scope a new shopping website that keeps Shopify or WooCommerce behind it. Products, payments and orders can remain in that system where the requirements allow. We check the connections, checkout, apps and editing needs before recommending this approach. Keeping the store system also keeps its plan, licence and usage costs.
Shopify can download customer and order records, but its admin cannot import past orders into another store. WooCommerce has a separate extension for detailed customer and order exports. Downloading records does not mean a new store can use them unchanged: the receiving system, record fields and any extra tools need checking first.
Read each row for the scope and source.
| Website assets | Shopify | WooCommerce | Your PandaCodeGen build |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website design and files | Partly You can download the theme files, but they are built for Shopify. The download is not a ready-to-run website for a different store system. Shopify docs on Shopify, website design and files (opens in a new tab) ↗Second source on Shopify, website design and files (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Exports WooCommerce is a plugin you install on your own WordPress host, so the store's code and theme move with the site. WooCommerce docs on WooCommerce, website design and files (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Yours You receive the website code and design files we create for you. Custom builds use the open-source Next.js framework. Third-party themes, plugins and services keep their own licence terms. Next.js licence on website design and files (opens in a new tab) ↗ |
| Website pages | Partly Shopify's own steps for copying a store say to copy and paste online store pages by hand. Shopify docs on Shopify, website pages (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Exports Pages export with WordPress's built-in content download tool. WooCommerce docs on WooCommerce, website pages (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Yours With Sanity, your page content and available uploaded files can be downloaded together. Missing or inaccessible files need separate recovery. WordPress builds use WordPress's content download; text built into the website files comes with those files. Sanity export docs on website pages (opens in a new tab) ↗ |
| Blog posts | Partly Blog posts are in the same step: Shopify says to copy and paste them. Shopify docs on Shopify, blog posts (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Exports Blog posts are in the same WordPress content download. WooCommerce docs on WooCommerce, blog posts (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Yours Blog posts are in the same content export as your pages. Sanity export docs on blog posts (opens in a new tab) ↗ |
| Products | Exports Products export to a spreadsheet file, which Shopify suggests for backups and for moving products. Shopify docs on Shopify, products (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Exports WooCommerce has a built-in product spreadsheet exporter. WooCommerce docs on WooCommerce, products (opens in a new tab) ↗ | In your account Kept in the store system or database your proposal names, under accounts you control, so you can export it from there. If a new storefront keeps Shopify or WooCommerce behind it, that platform's column still applies. |
| Customers and contacts | Exports Customers and their details export to a spreadsheet file. Shopify docs on Shopify, customers and contacts (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Partly The Customers report downloads as a spreadsheet. A full customer export uses WooCommerce's separate Customer / Order / Coupon Export extension. WooCommerce docs on WooCommerce, customers and contacts (opens in a new tab) ↗Second source on WooCommerce, customers and contacts (opens in a new tab) ↗ | In your account In the same store system or database as your products, under accounts you control. |
| Past orders | Exports Orders export to a spreadsheet file from the Orders page, with transaction history if you want it. Shopify docs on Shopify, past orders (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Partly The Orders report downloads as a spreadsheet. Full order records export through the same separate extension. WooCommerce docs on WooCommerce, past orders (opens in a new tab) ↗Second source on WooCommerce, past orders (opens in a new tab) ↗ | In your account In the same store system or database as your products, under accounts you control. |
| Images and files | Partly Uploaded files download one by one, as the original file, from each file's preview window. Shopify docs on Shopify, images and files (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Exports Uploaded files sit in the website uploads folder on your own host. WooCommerce docs on WooCommerce, images and files (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Yours Available images and files uploaded to Sanity come with the content download. Check the download for missing files. Images built into the design are part of the website files you receive. Sanity export docs on images and files (opens in a new tab) ↗ |
| Gift cards, discounts and other store data | Stays Shopify says discount codes, issued gift cards, saved reports and visitor traffic data can't be transferred. Shopify docs on Shopify, gift cards, discounts and other store data (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Partly Coupons export through the same Customer / Order / Coupon Export extension. WooCommerce docs on WooCommerce, gift cards, discounts and other store data (opens in a new tab) ↗ | In your account In the same store system or database as your products, under accounts you control. |
| Website address (domain) | Exports A domain bought through Shopify can move to another registrar. Generic extensions such as .com wait 60 days after a purchase, a transfer or a change of contact details. Shopify docs on Shopify, website address (domain) (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Not covered by the WooCommerce pages we checked. | In your account Control of the production accounts is part of handover. Hosting moves to your own account on request or when an engagement ends. |
The project code and design files we create for you.
Instructions handed over with the project files. If you take a care plan later, we keep sharing the documentation with you.
An editing walkthrough at handover, so your team can update the site. Every build that uses Sanity includes training on Sanity Studio and written documentation for it. On Starter, the content editor is set up, documented, and we train you on it.
Control of the production accounts. Hosting moves to your own account on request or when an engagement ends.
Your build keeps working without a PandaCodeGen care plan. Hosting and other provider services still need their own arrangements.
Licence notes, from the same check:
Vendor columns describe each platform's own documented tools, read on 8 October 2026. Plans and export tools change, so check the linked page before you rely on a row. Our column comes from our published terms; your written proposal states the details for your project, including any third-party licences.
07 / Before you decide
These are starting answers. Project-specific details belong in the written proposal.
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