Shopify stores, built and taken over by one person.
A new store is from NZ$4,990, no GST added: up to 25 products with their variants, payments, shipping rates and GST configured, order and stock emails set up, and a real order put through the checkout before it goes live. If your store already exists and is trading, it does not have to stop while it is rebuilt.
Or call Nick on 021 217 1760, or send a text.
Nearly every Shopify job is one of these.
Worth knowing which one you are, because the price, the timeline and the risk are different for each.
- One
A store that does not exist yet
You sell physical things and you are taking payment online for the first time. The work that matters here is not the theme, it is the setup underneath it: shipping rates that are not guesses, GST configured correctly, order and stock emails that actually send, and a real order put through the checkout before anybody else can. From NZ$4,990, with the quote fixed in writing before it starts.
- Two
A store that is already trading
It works, it takes money, and it is held together by a stack of apps nobody remembers installing. A takeover starts with a written review of the theme, the apps and the monthly bill, then the rebuild happens behind the scenes and switches over on a day you choose. Nothing stops selling.
- Three
The part a theme cannot do
Your catalogue is really a set of choices, not a list of products. A gate configurator, a fit checker, finish cards that open the right collection, a quote request that carries a full specification. This is the work that is worth paying a person for, and it is usually built onto a standard theme rather than instead of one.
Most small stores are sold the wrong half of the job.
Ask for a Shopify developer and what usually gets quoted is a theme: a custom design, a home page, some animation. That is the visible half, and it is the half that matters least to whether the store makes money.
The half that decides it is the boring half. Whether a customer can work out which size they need without emailing you. Whether shipping to Invercargill quotes something sensible. Whether the order confirmation arrives. Whether your stock numbers are true on a Monday morning. A beautiful store that quotes the wrong freight loses money faster than a plain one that does not.
A standard theme, set up properly, is not a compromise. Shopify maintains its own themes, so they keep working when Shopify changes something. A bespoke theme is maintained by whoever built it, and if that person moves on you are paying somebody new to learn it first. Entrance Handles runs on Dawn, Shopify's own theme, with the scroll-driven hero, product rails and finish cards built on top of it. Nobody would guess, and the business is not tied to me to keep it working.
Where a person earns their money is the bit that is only true of you. Made to measure gates. Handles in finishes you have to see. A range where the real question is whether it fits the door. That is where a custom build pays for itself, and it is where the most interesting work I have done has been.
And the fees are yours, not mine. Shopify's monthly plan, its transaction cut, your payment provider's fee and any paid app all sit on your own account, in your name, with no margin added here. You get the real figures in writing before you commit, app subscriptions included, because that monthly total surprises people more than the build price does.
One number for the store, one for keeping an eye on it.
A store is the only build here where something silently breaking costs you money the same week. That is why the care plan that fits it tests the checkout every month.
Online store
from NZ$4,990For a business that sells physical products and wants payment, shipping and tax set up properly from day one.
The full list of what is includedPlus
NZ$249/monthor NZ$2,490 a yearFor an online store or a busy site where the website is part of how you make money every week.
The full list of what is coveredCare plans work for sites we built and sites we did not. Sites built elsewhere get a written review first. All prices are in New Zealand dollars, with no GST added. Tea Break Studio is not registered for GST, so no GST is charged on any price, quote or invoice.
Three Shopify builds. Two you can open, one you cannot yet.
All three are client builds. The third is live, and it is captures only until its owner has said yes.
LiveEntrance Handles
Online store, Shopify
52 products of architectural door hardware, with finishes, sizes and fitting detail structured so a specifier can choose without a phone call. Built on Dawn, with Shop Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal at checkout.
LiveKiller Groom
Store rebuild and care, Shopify
A grooming brand taken over as a live, trading store and rebuilt around its range: loyalty, a wishlist, Subscribe and Save and a stockist locator. The original build was by another agency.
Client build, awaiting approvalHi Class Gates
Shopify site with configurator, Shopify
Made to measure gates, which are a set of choices rather than a catalogue. A configurator covers type, style, twelve Dulux colours, height, width and automation with a day and night preview, then sends the spec as a quote request.
Work awaiting permission is shown as captures only, and the owner's site is not linked until they have said yes.
What store owners ask.
Mostly about money that is not mine: Shopify's own fees, app subscriptions, and who ends up owning what.
Anything not here, ask. 021 217 1760
- Website redesignIf the store is staying and the rest of the site is the problem.
- Care plansPlus is NZ$249 a month and tests your checkout, payments and shipping every month.
- The workThree Shopify builds, with captures, and links to the live stores whose owners have said yes.
- Every priceStores, websites, apps and care plans, with what is in each one.