Shopify integrator

Looking for a Shopify integrator who knows the technical structure of Shopify well? Who can create, modify, or improve your graphic charter and your design? So our Shopify integrators are there to support you in your project and make your site even more beautiful and efficient.

What is a Shopify integrator? 

A Shopify integrator is an essential person for any e-commerce project under Shopify. He will indeed combine skills in terms of design, technique and conversion which will allow him to transform your site graphic model, carried out for example under Figma, in real e-commerce site.

The integration requires html and css skills, which are the basis of this profession. Today it even looks like html5 and css3 and even javascript. These are programming languages that have become essential skills for any integrator, Shopify or not. 

A Shopify integrator, on the other hand, will need experience or training in Shopify because each ecommerce software is different. Andder Shopify, it is possible to modify and strongly personalize your site. 

But this requires knowing where to intervene, how to build the graphic templates, the rules of integration specific to Shopify, and even a bit of Ruby On Rails.

Shopify indeed uses a lot of programming loops called "Liquid", see: what is Liquid, which are heavily inspired by the Ruby On Rails language. 

Another essential skill for any Shopify integrator. These specific skills are not necessarily required of an integrator on other platforms. 

At Pikka, we ensure that each of our integrators updates their skills regularly and can work on all Shopify sites.

What does a Shopify integrator do?

But with all this skill set, what exactly does a Shopify integrator do? Well to many essential things during an e-commerce project.

First of all, before being able to work, an integrator will need a graphic model, it's a bit like his own specifications. 

And Shopify integrator will therefore be able to:

• Modify a Shopify theme to change colors, typography, spacing, page structure
• Duplicate a Shopify theme and make optimizations
• Create specific page types like quote request pages or contact pages
• Optimize site speed on GTmetrix
• Create Shopify themes from scratch just for your store. This category remains rare under Shopify insofar as it is faster to start from a free shopify theme and modify it.
• Optimize an existing theme to improve its speed, conversion rate or simply its structure.
• Update an existing theme or page by refreshing code, replacing bad code or unoptimized or old code.
• Add features that can be found in CSS and HTML such as tabs in product sheets, descriptions on Shopify blogs or any other function that can be coded in the theme. 
• Make a theme responsive if it isn't already 
• Implement metafields 
• Improve the mobile score of a theme on lighthouse
• Or simply modify an add to cart button, make it bigger, change colors in certain places, modify a menu etc... 
• Remove the mention "powered by Shopify"

An integrator is able to take designs in the form of PSD (photoshop) files created by a designer and transform them into html and css files. A Shopify integrator does the same thing but with the expertise in addition to Shopify to ensure the quality and speed of your site compared to the highest e-commerce standards. 

When should you use a Shopify integrator?

Some tasks are possible in the administration of Shopify or via specific apps, so when should you go through a Shopify integrator? 

Well first of all, one of the good reasons to go through a Shopify integrator is if you don't have the skills in-house. Modifying a style sheet in Shopify, even if it is accessible, requires html and css skills as seen above. 

In addition to a good project methodology to not do anything and crash your site, without skills in these two areas, it will be difficult for you to obtain the expected graphic result.  

If you have the development skills required, in the case of a site with several hundred or thousand pages, it may also be good to go through an integrator. By working with a Shopify design and code specialist, you'll save time so you can focus on your business and speed up the project. 

In case you have a very complex graphic charter, with animations, with css3, with svg separators, "path lines" or whatnot, going through an expert is essential to stay productive. Unless of course you want to spend hours figuring out how to modify your theme and nothing works afterwards. 

If your site is already in production, our experts Shopify integrators can create a pre-production theme to work safely on your site and guarantee technical and functional quality without impacting your traffic. You are thus sure to have a site Shopify rapide.

Shopify integrator or developer?

You may be hesitating between using a Shopify developer or a Shopify integrator? What is the difference between both ? An integrator as we have seen will take care of the theme and the design part of the site. A Shopify developer will focus more on the technical part such as app development or technical interconnections between several systems. 

Need to change a theme? You need an integrator

Need to create a Shopify app? You need a developer 

How much does a Shopify integrator cost

A Shopify developer will not cost the same if he is a beginner integrator or an experienced integrator, if he is busy or if he has no mission. Their experience as a freelancer or agency can also vary the price.

The lowest rates we've seen for a Shopify integrator can start from €400-450/workday. Some integrators work on a fixed price basis, which is often what we do at Pikka. We work on a fixed price basis to guarantee the customer a fixed rate. It is up to us to carefully study the client's request to carry out the mission within the time limit.

If you have a graphic charter, a mission to integrate a model Figma pour Shopify for example can generally start around 10,000 € (ten thousand euros) for a fairly simple site and go up to more than 50,000 or 60,000 € for completely tailor-made and "pixel perfect" integration.

Attention, it is not the installation of a theme but rather the starting price of the complete integration of a graphic atmosphere for your site. For an exact quote, the best thing is to contact us via the contact form to find out more. 

If you do not have a graphic charter, it is rather necessary to count a budget of 15,000 € (fifteen thousand euros) in addition to have: 

• An Artistic Director who will create the graphic charter of your online store
• A UX designer who will oversee customer journeys and provide conversion expertise. This step is essential for your site to sell! 
• A Shopify integrator who will transform the art director's graphic files into html and css files.

Where to find a Shopify integrator? 

As'agence E-commerce 100% Shopify, we have in-house integrators and freelance integrators at Pikka to meet all our customers' requests. If you are looking for a Shopify integrator, junior or senior then contact us now. 

We will study your request to offer you the profile(s) best suited to your needs and who can intervene quickly. 

All our Shopify integrators are very competent. We train all our employees in the latest web, html and css techniques, but also in Shopify. 

This ensures a quality of mission and service that make our reputation. 

Are you a Shopify integrator? So join us! 

If you are looking for assignments or a job and you have Shopify integration skills then contact us! 

We have many assignments to fill on a regular basis and we are always looking for talented people to work with us. 

To do this, use the contact form specifying that you are a Shopify integrator.