Berlin · Germany · Remote
Shopify Developer in Berlin
TL;DR
I build Shopify stores for Berlin brands that sell to German and EU customers, with German storefronts, legally clean price display, familiar payment options such as PayPal and invoice purchase, and consent-compliant tracking. Every store is ready for paid traffic from launch. Shopify projects for Berlin clients start at roughly €5,500.
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How I work with Berlin teams
German shoppers are cautious online, and a store that looks international rather than local loses them quickly. I build stores with complete legal pages, VAT-inclusive prices and base-price display where required, payment methods Germans trust such as PayPal, pay-by-invoice and SEPA direct debit, and delivery information from German carriers. Tracking respects TDDDG consent rules, so your marketing data is compliant and still useful.
What’s included
- Custom Online Store 2.0 themes in Liquid, with sections and blocks your team can edit
- Headless storefronts on Hydrogen and Oxygen when the brand genuinely needs them
- Shopify Plus — Checkout Extensibility, checkout UI extensions and Shopify Functions
- App integrations — Klaviyo, Recharge, Judge.me, Gorgias, plus ERP and 3PL systems
- Migrations from WooCommerce, Magento and other platforms with full 301 redirect mapping
- Speed and Core Web Vitals optimization
- Shopify Markets for multi-currency, multi-language and international selling
- GA4, server-side tracking, Meta CAPI and Google Enhanced Conversions live at launch
The Berlin context
- Many Berlin startups have international, English-speaking teams, but their customers expect polished German copy, a correct Impressum and a consistent choice between the formal 'Sie' and the informal 'du'.
- Germany's culture of competitor warning letters (Abmahnungen) means small legal mistakes in price display, cookie banners or email opt-in can become costly, so compliance belongs inside the growth process.
Tracking and data collection follow GDPR (DSGVO), TDDDG (formerly TTDSG), BDSG & UWG. German courts and regulators enforce cookie consent strictly and expect a visible 'reject all' option on the first layer of the banner. Tracking runs through consent-based server-side tagging, and email marketing uses double opt-in with records kept as proof of consent.
Want the full picture? Read the complete Shopify Development service overview, or see everything I do for Berlin companies.
How we work together
Simple. Transparent. Results-focused.
- 01
Discovery
A 30-minute call. You share the challenge, I tell you honestly whether I can help.
- 02
Audit
I audit tracking, funnel, channels and team, and hand you a ranked plan with budgets.
- 03
Build
We fix measurement and ship the highest-impact systems first. I own the metrics.
- 04
Scale
Optimize, automate and scale what works. Weekly decisions, compounding results.
FAQ
Shopify Developer in Berlin: FAQ
Can you make our Shopify store compliant for Germany?
I implement the technical side: legal page structure, price and base-price display, consent banner, double opt-in and checkout button wording. Your lawyer or a legal-text service supplies the legal texts, and I place and connect them correctly.
Can Shopify connect to Zalando or Amazon.de?
Yes, through marketplace integration apps or partner programmes, depending on eligibility. I help you decide which products belong on marketplaces and keep inventory and pricing in sync with your own store.
Do you create German-language marketing content?
I lead strategy, keyword research and conversion work, while German copy is written or reviewed by native German writers. Nothing customer-facing goes live in German without native review.
Can you help us avoid Abmahnung risks in our marketing?
I build privacy, price display and email consent requirements into campaigns and site changes, and I flag anything that needs legal review. I'm not a lawyer, so final legal sign-off stays with your counsel.
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