Ecommerce development
Ecommerce Website Developer
Akif Wani is a freelance ecommerce website developer building WooCommerce and Shopify stores for businesses in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, with 7+ years of experience and 500+ websites delivered. Stores start at $1,100 for up to 15 products, quoted at a fixed price in writing. Work includes catalogue setup, checkout, payments, shipping, tax, wholesale pricing and migrations, and clients deal directly with the person writing the code.
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What you get
- A platform recommendation based on your catalogue, volume and team
- Store design built around your products and buyers, not a stock template
- Catalogue, variants, shipping, tax and payment configuration
- Analytics and order notifications working before launch
- A staging URL throughout, so progress is visible as it happens
- Test orders through every payment and shipping path before launch
- Handover training so your team can run products and orders without a developer
Should an online store use WooCommerce or Shopify?
Use Shopify when you want hosting, security and updates handled for you and your catalogue is straightforward. Use WooCommerce when you need checkout control, complex wholesale rules or ownership of the full stack, and someone can maintain it. Neither is better in the abstract. Akif Wani builds on both and recommends one during scoping.
| Priority | Better fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| No technical staff | Shopify | Hosting, security and updates are included |
| Deep wholesale rules | WooCommerce | Pricing and visibility logic can be extended in code |
| Avoiding third-party gateway fees | Depends | Shopify adds 0.2% to 2% by plan without Shopify Payments |
| Restricted product category | WooCommerce | Self-hosted, though payment rules still apply |
| Fastest simple launch | Shopify | Fewer infrastructure decisions |
What should an ecommerce developer deliver besides the design?
An ecommerce developer should deliver a working order path, not just pages: correct variants and stock, tax and shipping rules, payment and refund handling, transactional email, analytics and redirects from any old site. Each path should be tested with real orders before launch. Ask for that test list in writing, because these details decide whether a store can trade.
When should a business hire an agency instead of a freelancer?
Hire an agency when a store needs several people working in parallel, cover during absences, or formal sign-off across many stakeholders. A solo developer has finite capacity and no backup. For a single store with one decision-maker, working directly with a freelancer is usually faster and cheaper, because no account manager sits between you and the work.
What it costs
Online store
From $1,100
up to 15 products
More products
+$250
per 15 products
Advanced SEO setup
+$450
optional add-on
Speed optimisation
+$350
optional add-on
Every project is quoted at a fixed price in writing. Full detail is on the pricing page.
Hiring
Ecommerce development FAQs
How much does an ecommerce website cost with Akif Wani?
An ecommerce website built by Akif Wani starts at $1,100 for up to 15 products, on WooCommerce or Shopify. Additional products cost +$250 per 15 products, advanced SEO setup adds $450 and speed optimisation adds $350. Each project gets a fixed written quote before work begins. Hosting, apps, plugins and payment processing are separate running costs.
How long does it take to build an online store?
An online store built by Akif Wani typically takes four to six weeks once scope is agreed, depending on catalogue size, integrations and how quickly product content arrives. Scoping usually takes 24 to 48 hours. A migration or a store with wholesale accounts can take longer, and the written quote states the expected timeline before any work starts.
Does Akif Wani work with stores outside India?
Yes. Akif Wani is based in Jammu & Kashmir, India and works fully remotely, primarily with clients in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Projects run through written updates, a staging link and calls scheduled to suit the client's time zone. Stores are configured for the client's own currency, tax and shipping markets.
Can an existing store be rebuilt without losing search rankings?
Yes, if URLs are mapped and redirected properly. Google's site-move guidance calls for a mapping of old to new URLs and server-side permanent redirects, kept in place for generally at least a year. Akif Wani handles this as part of a migration, and titles, content and structured data are carried across so the new store starts from the existing signals.
Need an online store built?
Describe what you sell and who buys it. You will get a platform recommendation and a fixed written quote. Scoping usually takes 24 to 48 hours.
Or email info@akifwani.com