E-commerce
Hire E-commerce Developers
E-commerce developers build and improve online stores: the theme, catalogue, checkout, payments, and the apps that connect them to the rest of your business.
The role
What e-commerce developers do
Most store work happens on a platform such as Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento or BigCommerce, so platform experience matters more than general web skills. Typical projects are new builds, theme customisation, platform migrations, and integrations with inventory, shipping and accounting systems.
Typical deliverables
- A store configured with products, collections and checkout
- A customised or custom-built theme
- A migration of products, customers and orders
- App and integration setup
- Speed and conversion improvements
Tools you will see
- Shopify and Liquid
- WooCommerce
- Magento
- BigCommerce
- Stripe and PayPal
- Klaviyo
- Google Analytics
Choosing
How to choose e-commerce developers
What to look for
- Live stores you can browse and buy from.
- Experience on your platform, or a clear reason to switch.
- Care with checkout, tax and shipping settings, where mistakes cost money.
- Migration work that includes redirects, so search traffic is not lost.
- Attention to page speed on phones.
Questions to ask
- 1Which platform would you recommend for our catalogue, and why?
- 2How would you migrate our products without losing rankings?
- 3Which apps would you add, and what do they cost each month?
- 4How do you test checkout before launch?
- 5What will we be able to change ourselves afterwards?
Planning
Before you post the job
Choosing a platform
Shopify suits most stores that want low maintenance. WooCommerce gives more control inside WordPress. Large catalogues or complex B2B rules may need Magento or custom work.
What drives cost
Catalogue size, custom theme work, integrations, and migrating historical data. App subscriptions add ongoing monthly costs.
After launch
Decide who handles updates, app changes and seasonal campaigns. Hourly suits this ongoing work.
Hiring on Open Lance
- Posting a job and reviewing proposals are free.
- Each milestone is funded into escrow before work starts and paid when you approve it.
- Hire fixed-price, hourly, as a monthly Dedicated Hire, or buy a packaged Drop-In.
- Client fees are shown before you pay and added on top of the work.
FAQ
Questions about hiring e-commerce developers
Theme or custom design?
A well-chosen theme with customisation is faster and cheaper. Custom design makes sense when your brand or product presentation needs something themes cannot do.
Will a migration hurt my search rankings?
Not if old URLs are mapped and redirected. Make redirects an explicit part of the migration milestone.
Can the developer also run marketing?
Some can, but building and marketing a store are different skills. Check marketing results separately.
Related
Related skills
Post a job for e-commerce developers
Describe the work and compare proposals. You only fund the first milestone once you have chosen someone.