eCommerce
Development
Company India

CV Infotech charges $30 per hour for eCommerce development from India. A Shopify store with a custom theme, standard product catalogue, and basic integrations takes 120–250 hours, putting the range at $3,600–$7,500. A WooCommerce store with custom design, complex product configuration, and multiple integrations takes 150–350 hours, or $4,500–$10,500. A Magento 2 enterprise build with B2B features, ERP integration, and custom modules takes 400–900 hours, or $12,000–$27,000. A fully custom eCommerce platform built on React and Node.js takes 600–1,500 hours, or $18,000–$45,000. All projects are scoped to a fixed price before development begins.

The right platform depends on your business type. Shopify is best for: D2C and retail brands that want to launch quickly, non-technical teams who need everything managed, and businesses with straightforward product catalogues. WooCommerce is best for: content-driven brands where SEO is a primary growth channel, businesses that want full control without monthly platform fees, and stores with complex customisation requirements. Magento 2 is best for: enterprise B2B sellers with complex pricing rules, large catalogues with configurable products, and businesses that need native B2B buying workflows. A custom build is best for: marketplace platforms, rental or subscription models with non-standard billing, or businesses whose model does not fit any existing platform. We recommend based on your specific situation, not our preferred platform.

A Shopify store with a purchased theme, standard setup, and basic integrations: 4–8 weeks. A Shopify store with a custom theme built from Figma designs: 8–16 weeks. A WooCommerce store with custom design and complex functionality: 10–20 weeks. A Magento 2 enterprise build: 4–9 months. A fully custom eCommerce platform: 6–14 months. These timelines assume product data is provided in a structured format early in the project — messy product catalogues are a common cause of delays. We provide a specific milestone timeline with every proposal.

Yes. Platform migrations are a standard service. We export your full product catalogue including variants, metafields, images, and custom attributes. We migrate customer accounts and order history. We map 301 redirects for every product, collection, and static page URL so Google does not lose the ranking signals from your existing URLs. After migration, we monitor Search Console for any indexing anomalies and watch your key product and collection page rankings for the first 30 days. We have completed this migration in both directions — WooCommerce to Shopify and Shopify to WooCommerce — and also Magento to WooCommerce, PrestaShop to WooCommerce, and custom PHP stores to both WooCommerce and Shopify.

A headless eCommerce store separates the frontend (the customer-facing interface) from the backend commerce engine (inventory, orders, checkout). Shopify is the most common commerce backend used in headless implementations — its Storefront API provides product data, cart management, and checkout in a programmatic interface that a custom React or Next.js frontend consumes. The advantage of headless is complete frontend flexibility and significantly faster page loads than a standard Shopify theme. The trade-off is higher development cost and complexity. Headless is justified when your design requirements cannot be met within theme constraints, when page speed is critical to conversion and a standard theme cannot achieve the target scores, or when you need to share frontend components with a non-eCommerce web application.

Yes — payment gateway setup is included in the project scope. For Shopify stores, we configure Shopify Payments where available (it eliminates the platform transaction fee), or Stripe as the primary alternative. For WooCommerce stores, we configure WooCommerce Payments or Stripe using the official Stripe WooCommerce extension, including webhook configuration for failed payments and subscription billing if relevant. For UK stores, we configure 3D Secure authentication as required under PSD2 SCA rules. For US stores, we verify that the gateway configuration is compatible with Shopify's fraud protection tools where applicable. We run test orders through every payment method before launch — we do not assume the integration is working based on the configuration screen.

Product data migration is the most technically variable part of any eCommerce platform change. Simple catalogues with standard product types, a single image per product, and no custom attributes migrate straightforwardly. Complex catalogues with configurable products, multiple attribute sets, product bundles, downloadable products, and custom metafields require custom migration scripts. We assess the complexity of your product catalogue during the discovery process and include the migration work explicitly in the proposal scope. We do not treat product migration as an afterthought and then bill for the hours when the catalogue turns out to be more complex than expected.

Common integrations we implement: Klaviyo and Mailchimp for email marketing and abandoned cart flows; Yotpo, Okendo, and Stamped for product reviews; ReCharge and WooCommerce Subscriptions for subscription billing; ShipStation, Shippo, and Royal Mail for fulfilment and shipping label generation; QuickBooks, Xero, and Sage for accounting; Gorgias and Zendesk for customer support; Google Shopping and Meta Catalogue for product feed syndication; and various ERP systems via REST API. We integrate apps cleanly — loading scripts asynchronously, consolidating tracking through GTM, and removing redundant scripts from previous integrations that were left in the theme.

Yes, when the requirement is a native mobile app rather than a mobile-optimised website. Most eCommerce businesses do not need a native mobile app — a fast, mobile-first website handles the majority of mobile shopping journeys better than an app that users must download. Native eCommerce apps make sense when: repeat purchase frequency is high enough to justify the app install barrier, you need push notifications for personalised offers and restocks, you have loyalty or subscription features that benefit from native device capabilities, or your average order value justifies the investment. We build native iOS and Android eCommerce apps using React Native or Flutter, integrating with Shopify's Storefront API or a custom backend.

eCommerce SEO is primarily about three things: the technical architecture (URL structure, canonical tags, pagination handling, faceted navigation), the structured data (Product schema with price and availability for rich results, BreadcrumbList on every category and product page), and the content architecture (category page content that targets commercial keywords, product descriptions that are unique rather than manufacturer copy). We implement all three as part of every eCommerce build — they are not add-ons. For Shopify stores, we work within the platform's URL constraints and implement the maximum SEO capability available. For WooCommerce stores, we have full control and implement accordingly. We also configure GA4 eCommerce tracking so the store's analytics report on the KPIs that matter — revenue, conversion rate, average order value, and checkout funnel drop-off rates.

Yes. Before making any design or development recommendations, we review your analytics: session recordings if available, funnel drop-off rates by step, checkout abandonment rate and the point at which users leave, product page vs cart vs checkout conversion rates, mobile vs desktop performance difference, and your current Lighthouse scores across key templates. In most stores, the biggest conversion opportunities are not in the design — they are in page speed on mobile, form friction in the checkout, trust signals near the add-to-cart button, and checkout abandonment email timing and content. We produce a prioritised list of changes ranked by estimated revenue impact and scope each one with a fixed cost.

If your requirement is a simple Shopify store with a standard theme, a straightforward product catalogue, and no custom functionality, you do not need an agency. A Shopify-fluent freelancer or a Shopify Partner designer can configure a theme store for $500–$2,000 and it will serve your needs. Agency engagement is justified when: your design requirements cannot be met by any available theme; your product configuration requires custom development (configurable products with complex rules, bundle products, subscription billing); you need integrations that require custom API work; you are migrating a store with significant traffic and cannot afford ranking loss; or you are building a platform rather than a store. We will give you an honest answer during discovery about whether your requirements genuinely justify agency-level engagement.