Customise the theme you have, or build the one you need — and know which before anything is written.
Most stores only need a few sections their theme does not have. Some have been overridden so often that the next change will break something else.
Customise the theme you have, or build a custom one — decided from what the store needs, written down with the reason, before anything is quoted.
Changing one heading
The product page needs one more block and the theme has no slot for it.
Years of fixes from different developers, each one making the next harder.
Code from an uninstalled app still sitting in the theme.
Four stages, whether the answer is a customisation or a theme written from scratch.
What it does well, what has been bolted on, and what each app has added to it.
Step 01Customise or rebuild, in writing, with the reason — then a fixed price for it.
Step 02Liquid sections and blocks, the way Online Store 2.0 expects, so the theme editor can arrange them.
Step 03Product, collection, cart and search at phone, tablet and desktop widths.
Step 04One existing theme reworked in place, and custom themes built from a design — every one a live Shopify store.
Five things the studio commits to on every project, each already written somewhere else on this site.
A fixed price before we start
No moving target
You get the price in writing once we understand the project, and it does not move during the build. No hourly surprises on the invoice.
A reply within one business day
You are not waiting
Every enquiry is read by the people who would do the work, and answered within one business day. Mon-Sat, 10am - 7pm PKT.
Checked on real phones
Not a resized window
Every build is tested on actual devices, because a browser window dragged narrow does not behave the way a phone does.
Built to be found
Search-ready at launch
Real heading levels, metadata, structured data and a sitemap ship with the site — not as an add-on once traffic fails to arrive.
Yours to edit afterwards
No support ticket
Pages made of blocks your team can move, and a walkthrough at handover, so the first change you make does not need us.
Four things in every Shopify theme project, customisation or rebuild.
A recommendation in writing: customise the current theme, or build a custom one, and why
Liquid sections and blocks you can add, remove and reorder from the theme editor
Product, collection, cart and search templates checked at phone, tablet and desktop widths
Theme code kept separate from app code, so removing an app does not break the layout
Stores that need a few sections the current theme does not offer
Brands whose theme has been overridden so often that every change breaks something
Merchants who want to rearrange pages themselves instead of filing a request
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The questions people ask most before starting a project like this.
Customise it if the store needs a few sections the theme does not offer. Build a custom one if every change fights the theme's structure. You get the recommendation in writing, with the reason, before any work starts.
Yes. Themes are built as Online Store 2.0 sections and blocks, so layouts are added, removed and reordered in the theme editor rather than in code.
Yes. Covenant Prep Co was an existing store whose layout, usability and mobile experience were reworked in place. Where the theme is not worth saving, we say so and quote for a rebuild instead.
Theme code is kept separate from app code, so removing an app does not leave broken blocks or missing layouts behind.
Tell us what you are building and what it needs to do. We come back with a clear plan, a timeline and a fixed price.
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