Shopify services

One senior team for the whole store.

Shopify development, CRO, and AI for brands doing $1M–$20M a year. No handoffs between vendors, and clients who stay 4–6+ years.

Trusted by 60+ Shopify brands since 2019

Find Your Bottleneck. We’ll Bring the Fix.

  • The traffic is there. The payoff isn’t.

    You’re paying to bring shoppers in, but too many leave unconvinced. The message, offer, and on-site experience aren’t working together tightly enough to turn attention into revenue.

  • Good ideas keep dying in the handoff.

    You know what should change, but no one team owns getting it from idea to the customer. It gets handed off, delayed, or watered down before it reaches the store.

  • The store is getting harder to improve.

    Apps conflict. Customizations pile up. Performance slips. Even worthwhile changes feel risky, so the team stays in maintenance mode instead of improving the experience.

You don’t need another agency.
You need someone who thinks like a founder.

Fifth Effect works as an embedded Shopify growth partner, helping shape the decisions that move the business forward.

  • Theme development
  • Landing pages
  • Based in North America
  • Weekday same-day responses
  • App integrations
  • A/B testing
  • Checkout optimization
  • Site speed
  • Migrations to Shopify
  • Heatmaps & session replays
  • Pause anytime
  • On Shopify since 2019

The first request should feel like the hundredth.

We learn fast, move decisively, and build like it’s already grown. A true extension of your team, where every request compounds.

  • Room to focus

    Less coordination around the work.

  • Confidence to ship

    One connected team from decision to launch.

  • A clearer next move

    Fresh evidence for what deserves attention next.

  1. Get context

    We start by understanding your business, customers, and priorities—so we build in the right direction.

  2. Ship with momentum

    We act quickly, communicate clearly, and deliver work that drives real impact.

  3. Compound what works

    We iterate, refine, and scale what performs—turning wins into lasting growth.

Industries we know from the inside.

Most of our published work is for home decor, fashion, and food and beverage brands.

Why work with us

You need more than a developer to complete tasks or an agency to hand over recommendations. You need a senior team that understands the commercial problem and can carry the work through to the live Shopify store.

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  1. Senior people stay close to the work

    You work directly with the people shaping the recommendation and helping bring it to life.

  2. We solve the problem, not just the ticket

    We connect customer behavior, commercial goals, UX, and Shopify implementation before deciding what deserves attention.

  3. We build on what you already have

    Your theme, apps, data, and team are part of the context. We improve the store without defaulting to a costly rebuild.

Three ways to work with us.

Start on a subscription, scope a single project, or plan both around your roadmap. The same senior team runs all three.

Embedded Partner

Pause Anytime, Bank the Days

For a steady backlog. Hand over the list and it ships, one request after another.

  • Most requests delivered in 1–3 business days
  • A dedicated Slack channel
  • Scale the plan up or down as you need
  • Pause anytime, keep your remaining days

Projects & Sprints

Clear Scope, Set Timeline

For a build, a migration, or one hard problem with a clear finish line.

  • Scope and timeline agreed before work starts
  • New builds, redesigns, and migrations
  • Short sprints on request
  • The same team can stay on after launch

Custom

Tailored Scope. Flexible Engagement.

For brands running development and CRO together. We diagnose first, then build the plan around your roadmap.

  • Choose the mix: development, design, CRO, and AI
  • Deep CRO and experimentation
  • Quarterly growth planning
  • One senior team across every workstream

Questions we get asked

Which service should I start with?

If the store is slow, dated, or hard to change, start with development. If traffic arrives and doesn’t convert, start with CRO. Most brands end up doing both, and the first call is where we work out which problem is costing you more right now.

What does it cost?

Development subscriptions are $5k, $8.5k, or $12k a month, depending on how many requests run at once. CRO programs and projects are priced on the call, once we’ve seen your store and your numbers.

Can I pause or cancel?

Yes. The subscription is month to month. Pause any month and keep the days you have left for when you’re ready again.

How fast does work ship?

Most development requests land in 1–3 business days, and bigger features get a scope and timeline up front. On a CRO program, the first test is live by day 14 and the first winner is called by day 30.

Who does the work?

A consistent technical lead owns your queue and pulls in design, QA, and development as each task needs. No rotating project managers.

Do you take on one-off builds and migrations?

Yes. New store builds, redesigns, and migrations from Magento, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, or Wix are scoped as projects, and the same team can stay on afterward.

What isn’t included?

Paid media buying, content production, and photography. The store itself, from theme and apps to landing pages and tests, is in scope.

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