A Shopify store development expert in Dhaka who writes the theme code, not just clicks buttons in the admin.
I plan the catalogue, customize the Liquid theme, integrate bKash, Nagad and SSLCOMMERZ, wire COD and Pathao, then test it on a real Android over 4G before launch. One senior operator, no agency layer, no juniors guessing. Stores start at 50,000 BDT, 50% advance and 50% on launch.
~5 years building ecommerce for Dhaka brands. You sign off on the design before the final balance. Direct line to me, not a support queue.
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There is a quiet gap in the Dhaka Shopify market that costs store owners real money. On one side you have "setup" people who install a free or ThemeForest theme, paste in your logo, dump your products, and hand over the URL for 10,000-15,000 BDT. On the other side you eventually need actual development: a section that does not exist in any theme, a checkout that talks to bKash and Nagad properly, a courier rate that changes by thana, a bundle offer that a plain theme cannot render. The setup person cannot do that work, so you end up paying twice. This page is for store owners who already know they need the second kind of person.
Being a Shopify store development expert is a different job from being a Shopify user. It means I work in the theme code itself, Liquid templates, sections, blocks, schema, JSON settings, the cart drawer, the checkout extensions where Shopify allows them. It means I know which of your requirements can be solved with twenty lines of code instead of a 15 USD/month app that quietly bills your card forever. Around Gulshan and Banani I keep getting hired to fix stores where a "developer" installed eleven apps to do what good theme code does for free, and the merchant is bleeding 120 USD a month in subscriptions before a single sale.
I run this as a one-person operation on purpose. When you hire a development expert through an agency in Dhaka, the senior name on the proposal is rarely the person opening your theme.liquid at 11pm. Here, the person who scopes your store is the person who writes the code, integrates the payments, and answers your WhatsApp when a variant will not save. There is no project manager translating your request into a ticket and losing half of it in the handoff. That single line of accountability is the whole reason to hire one senior operator instead of a salary stack.
Around five years of building ecommerce for Bangladeshi merchants, much of it in Dhaka, has taught me where Shopify breaks for this market specifically. Shopify out of the box assumes USD, Stripe, card-first buyers and a Western return culture. Dhaka is taka, mobile-first, bKash-and-Nagad-before-card, cash-on-delivery by default, and a buyer who abandons a slow store on patchy 4G without a second thought. Making Shopify feel native to that buyer is development work, not configuration. That is the work I do, and I price it as a flat BDT figure starting at 50,000 BDT so you know the number before you commit.
Six things that need real development skill on a Dhaka Shopify store. I do every one of these in code, myself.
Bundle offers, size guides, EMI banners, festival countdowns that no off-the-shelf theme renders. Built as proper theme sections you can toggle from the admin, not hard-coded hacks.
bKash, Nagad and cards through SSLCOMMERZ or aamarPay, with the fee structure and test transactions done before launch. No "sorry, cards only" surprise at the Dhaka checkout.
I replace needless 10-15 USD/month apps with theme code where it makes sense. A store I build should run 35-50 USD/month in platform plus apps, not 150 USD.
Inside-Dhaka, outside-Dhaka and free-delivery thresholds wired into Pathao, Steadfast or RedX, so checkout charges the right rate per zone instead of one flat fee that eats margin.
Theme trimmed, images served as WebP, JS deferred, so the store loads under 3 seconds on a mid-range Android over 4G in Mirpur or Uttara, not just on office wifi.
You get the admin, a clean documented theme, and Loom walkthroughs in plain language so your team adds products and runs campaigns without calling a developer every week.
Here is the test that separates a Shopify store development expert from a setup person in Dhaka. Tell them you want a "buy 2 get 1 free" offer on Punjabis during Eid, with a banner that counts down to the deadline and a cart that applies the discount automatically. A setup person installs three apps, each billing 12-19 USD a month, that fight each other in the cart and slow the store down.
An actual developer writes a cart-transform or a bit of Liquid and a few lines of JavaScript, ships it as a theme section you can switch on and off yourself, and your monthly app bill does not move. Multiply that decision across a dozen features over a year and you understand why the cheap setup ends up being the expensive one.
The same logic runs through every integration that matters here. bKash and Nagad have no native Shopify gateway in Bangladesh, so they go through SSLCOMMERZ or aamarPay, and doing that cleanly, with the right COD verification flow and Pathao or Steadfast rates per zone, is development, not a checkbox. So is making the theme load fast enough that a buyer in Dhanmondi on a weak signal does not bounce before your hero image paints.
When you sign with me, the design is approved before I write the final integration code, payment is 50% advance and 50% on launch, and you get a store whose code you own, documented well enough that any competent developer, including a future hire of yours, can pick it up. That is what "expert" is supposed to mean.
Clear packages, fixed quotes, paid in BDT. Pick a starting point — I'll tailor the exact scope on a quick call.
Every project starts at ৳50,000
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Need something bigger? Custom & enterprise builds from ৳3,00,000. Pay by bKash, Nagad, bank transfer or card. Ask for an exact price or send an email.
Real questions Dhaka store owners ask me before hiring a Shopify development expert.
Shuru hoy 50,000 BDT theke for a focused store: theme customization, bKash/Nagad and cards through SSLCOMMERZ, COD, one courier (inside/outside Dhaka rates), up to ~50 products loaded, and basic Bangla/English. Bigger catalogues, custom theme sections, multi-courier zones or B2B pricing land at 90,000 or 1,50,000 BDT. Fully custom Shopify Plus level builds start at 3,00,000 BDT. Payment is 50% advance, 50% on launch. Shopify's own monthly fee (around 29 USD for Basic) is paid by you directly to Shopify, separate from my fee.
A setup person installs a theme, adds your logo and products, and hands you the URL, usually for 10,000-15,000 BDT. That is fine until you need anything the theme cannot do out of the box. A development expert works in the theme code itself, custom Liquid sections, cart logic, payment integration, courier routing, speed work, and solves with code what a setup person solves with five paid apps. If your store needs only the basics, an expert will tell you so honestly. If it needs real features, the setup route just makes you pay twice.
I build custom sections in Liquid: bundle and BOGO offers, size guides, EMI or installment banners, festival countdowns, custom product-page blocks, sticky add-to-cart, mega menus your buyers actually use. They ship as proper theme sections with admin settings, so you can toggle and edit them yourself without touching code. This is the core of what "development" means and it is why a real developer keeps your monthly app bill low instead of stacking subscriptions for every small feature.
Shopify has no native bKash or Nagad gateway in Bangladesh, so the clean route is SSLCOMMERZ or aamarPay, which give you bKash, Nagad, Rocket, all major cards and bank transfers in one integration. I handle the integration, guidance on the merchant-account paperwork, the fee structure, and live test transactions before launch. COD is configured separately with a phone-verification flow so you are not bleeding money on failed deliveries to repeat fake orders.
Yes, and a good share of my work is exactly this. I will do a paid audit for a small fixed fee, going through your theme code, checkout, app list, speed and payments, and then tell you honestly whether a 30,000-60,000 BDT fix-up will do or a rebuild is genuinely needed. About half the time, removing three unnecessary apps and rewriting a couple of sections in code gets you most of the result without a full rebuild. I do not push rebuilds I do not believe in.
I am based in Dhaka, so yes, we can do the kickoff face to face around Gulshan, Banani or Dhanmondi if you prefer to meet before handing over an advance. Bring your products, photos and a rough idea of how you pack and ship. After that first session most of the build runs over WhatsApp and screen share, which is where the real development happens anyway. You are paying a person you have met, not an anonymous inbox, and you sign off on the design before the final 50% is due.
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