The Rook — Shopify Development

    The Castle. Where the treasure lives.

    Shopify development for DTC brands that mean business.

    Eelven designs and builds custom Shopify stores for direct-to-consumer brands — fast product pages, clear collections and checkout paths without the leaks. We're currently crafting Shopify UI for UK wellness brand Well Science, and we work with brands across the UK, the Netherlands, Norway and Australia. Custom stores start at €4,000; speed & conversion sprints from €1,500.

    Marble rook chess piece — Eelven Shopify development
    The signature move

    Every store leaks. We find where.

    Between “just browsing” and “payment received” there are a dozen tiny moments where a shopper can wander off. A slow image. A surprise shipping fee. A form that asks for their life story.

    We map those moments, plug the leaks, and build the castle walls a little higher on every step that matters.

    Visitors
    Add to cart
    Checkout
    Paid
    • Leak: Slow product page→ plugged
    • Leak: Surprise shipping→ plugged
    • Leak: 11-field checkout→ plugged
    Illustrative funnel. Real numbers come in your audit — with fewer leaks.
    Annotated game

    Your store might need us if… (?? means blunder)

    • ??Your product pages load slower than your customers lose interest.
    • ??You've installed 23 apps and can name about four of them.
    • ??Your store looks exactly like the theme demo. So do a thousand others.
    • ??Mobile shoppers add to cart… and then vanish into the night.
    • ??Nobody dares touch the theme code in case the whole castle falls down.
    P.S.No judgement. Every store we've met had at least one of these. The brave ones admit to three.
    What's in the treasury

    Everything a store needs to actually sell.

    • Store strategy & UX audit

      Where shoppers hesitate, where they leave, and what your best customers actually want.

    • Custom Shopify theme

      Online Store 2.0, built for your brand — editable sections, no developer needed for daily changes.

    • Product, collection & landing templates

      Pages designed to answer objections before the shopper has them.

    • App audit & clean-up

      Every app earns its keep or leaves. Fewer apps, faster store, smaller bills.

    • Speed & Core Web Vitals

      Compressed media, lean code and real mobile testing. Fast stores sell more.

    • SEO, schema & tracking

      Product schema, clean URLs, GA4 and consent-friendly tracking set up properly.

    • Migration without the drama

      Moving from WooCommerce or elsewhere? Products, customers, orders and redirects come too.

    • Training & handover

      A walkthrough recorded for your team, so the store stays yours — not ours.

    How the game is played

    Six moves from idea to first order.

    1. Move 01 · Reconnaissance

      Listen before you move

      We study your products, customers, margins and the stores you secretly admire.

    2. Move 02 · Decode

      Find the pattern in the chaos

      We map the shopping journey and find the leaks between landing and checkout.

    3. Move 03 · The Opening

      Sketch the first smart move

      Store structure, templates and a design direction — approved before we build.

    4. Move 04 · Build

      Craft, not just create

      Theme development, product data, apps and integrations, built and previewed weekly.

    5. Move 05 · Pressure Test

      Break it before the world does

      Real orders, real devices, real payment tests. We break it before your customers do.

    6. Move 06 · Checkmate

      Launch. Learn. Dominate.

      Launch, watch the first orders, and keep tuning what the data tells us.

    The price of a castle

    Shopify pricing, upfront.

    Fixed quotes after a free strategy call. Invoices in EUR, GBP, NOK or AUD.
    The Castle

    Shopify Store

    A custom Shopify theme built to sell — fast product pages, clean checkout paths, zero theme bloat.

    €4,000 – €15,000

    EUR · per project · 4–8 weeks

    • Custom theme (Online Store 2.0)
    • Product, collection & landing templates
    • App audit — only what earns its keep
    • Speed, SEO & tracking set up properly
    The Quick Fork

    Shopify Speed & CRO Sprint

    Two focused weeks fixing the leaks between ‘add to cart’ and ‘paid’.

    €1,500 – €3,500

    EUR · per project · 2 weeks

    • Speed & Core Web Vitals fixes
    • Product page and cart improvements
    • Checkout friction review
    • Before/after report in plain English
    Questions at the board

    Shopify development FAQ

    How much does a custom Shopify store cost?

    Custom Shopify stores with Eelven usually cost €4,000 – €15,000, depending on catalogue size, custom features and integrations. If your store already exists and just needs to sell better, a two-week Speed & CRO Sprint costs €1,500 – €3,500.

    How long does it take to build a Shopify store?

    Most custom Shopify builds take 4–8 weeks from kickoff to launch. Catalogue size, the quality of your product data and third-party integrations are what usually move the timeline.

    Do you build custom Shopify themes or customise existing ones?

    Both. For brands that want to stand out we build custom Online Store 2.0 themes. If budget or timing is tight, we carefully customise a quality premium theme — and we'll tell you honestly which option suits you.

    Can you migrate my store from WooCommerce or another platform?

    Yes. We migrate products, customers and orders, set up redirects so you keep your search rankings, and test everything before switching over.

    Will my Shopify store be fast?

    Speed is part of the build, not an afterthought. We keep apps lean, compress images and video, and test Core Web Vitals on real mobile devices before launch.

    Can you work in our time zone?

    Yes. UK, Dutch, Norwegian and other European clients share our afternoon, and Australian clients get our morning in their afternoon — plus a written update every week, so nothing waits on a call.

    Your move

    Turn your store
    into a castle.

    Send us your store URL and the one thing that annoys you most about it. We'll reply with where it's leaking — free, no strings.

    We reply within one working day. Usually faster. Often with a joke.