# Shopify app development

> Shopify app development at ellul.ai: £7,495, a fixed price agreed in writing before work starts, never charged by the hour. A store that needs a feature no App Store app does well.

- Price: £7,495 (one-off)
- Time: 2 to 4 weeks
- Page: https://ellul.ai/services/shopify-app-development

## What is included
- Private custom app built for your store
- Admin screen, webhooks and the Shopify APIs it needs
- Tested on a development store before install
- Code and documentation handed over to you

## What other providers charge
2 comparable published prices read; too few for a median. Every price with its source: https://ellul.ai/services/shopify-app-development/readings.json

## How many people are asking for it
3 posts on Reddit asked to hire someone for Shopify app development between November 2025 and November 2026, 2 of them in the last 90 days, most on r/forhire, r/slavelabour, r/freelance_forhire.

## Paid separately, at cost
- Hosting for the app, paid to the hosting provider
- Any paid service or API the app calls, paid to that vendor
- Your Shopify plan, paid to Shopify

## What the buyer supplies
- Staff or collaborator access to your Shopify store
- A written description of the feature and how your team will use it
- Accounts for any outside service the app connects to

## What the price does not cover
- One private app for one store; a public App Store app is quoted separately
- The agreed features only; new features after handover are quoted
- Later changes Shopify makes to its APIs may need updates, which are not included

## Rules that apply
- Shopify's custom distribution installs an app on a single store, on stores of one Plus organisation, or on development stores; it needs no Shopify approval and cannot charge merchants through Shopify's app billing. Source: [Shopify developer docs: App distribution](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/launch/distribution)

## A cheaper way to do it
- Shopify Flow, Shopify's own app, is listed as free and automates order, inventory and marketing tasks in a visual editor, which can cover simpler features without a custom app. Source: [Shopify App Store: Shopify Flow](https://apps.shopify.com/flow)

Get a written fixed quote: https://ellul.ai/services/shopify-app-development#quote