180+
Stores Launched
Shopify stores launched for DTC brands across Toronto and Canada, each built with SEO and AI optimization from day one.
Shopify Development & Design
Shopify Experts & Developers in Toronto for DTC Brands
Custom development, conversion-focused design, and platform migration. Experienced Shopify specialists own the strategy, architecture, and every final review.
Why choose EVDEV
20+
Countries Served
Clients served across 20+ countries, from local Toronto businesses to international DTC brands.
5.0
Clutch Rating
A perfect 5.0 average across verified Clutch reviews from ecommerce clients.
4.9/5
Upwork Top Rated Plus
Top Rated Plus talent on Upwork with a 4.9/5 rating across 117 jobs, earned on long-term ecommerce engagements.
$3.9M
Revenue in 3 months
Generated by Monapure in its first three months at an 11% conversion rate — see the case study in our portfolio.
3 months
Post-Launch Support
Every engagement includes 3 months of post-launch support — bug fixes, content updates, and performance monitoring after launch.
How We Build Your Store
First Contact
You reach out. We respond within 2 hours with a short questionnaire: your niche, goals, budget range. No sales pitch. Just the info we need to give you a real answer.
Planning
Sitemap, wireframes, tech stack, timeline. Everything documented before a single line of code. You approve each milestone. No surprises halfway through.
Development
Custom Shopify development in 2-week sprints. You see progress every Friday: staging link, changelog, next steps. Real-time collaboration, not a black box.
Optimization
Page speed, Core Web Vitals, mobile UX, schema markup, AI visibility audit. Your store passes every Google check before it goes live.
Testing
Cross-browser, cross-device, payment flow, edge cases. We break things so your customers don’t. QA checklist: 120+ points.
Support
3 months of included support. Bug fixes, content updates, performance monitoring. After that, flexible monthly plans starting at $299 CAD/mo.
What others think about us
Within the first three months after launch, EVDEV’s work helped us double our sales. Our conversion rate improved as the store design, copywriting, and promotional landing pages came together. They pair genuine Shopify and ecommerce expertise with clear, steady communication, so we always felt in good hands.
View our portfolio
5.0
Based on Clutch reviews
4.9
Top Rated Plus · 60+ Upwork reviews
Top Rated Plus · 60+ Upwork reviewsWhat Shopify Experts Do for Your Store
Modern Shopify development should not spend your budget on work a tool can do safely. We use AI and automation for research, scaffolding, repetitive implementation, test generation, and quality checks. That shortens production without lowering the technical bar.
Experienced developers still own the architecture, business logic, integrations, performance, security, and every code review. Designers and strategists make the calls that depend on customer behavior, brand judgment, and commercial context.
EVDEV is a Shopify Select Partner based in Toronto. We work with DTC brands where product pages, subscription flows, trust signals, and search visibility directly affect revenue. Each decision is checked against your data and tested on your store.
Shopify Services by Expert Developers
01/Shopify Development
Shopify development servicesFrom $3,000 CAD3–10 weeks · fixed price
AI-assisted development speeds up scaffolding, repetitive implementation, tests, and documentation. Shopify developers own the architecture, custom Liquid, integrations, code review, and launch quality.
- Custom Liquid Development
- Shopify App Integration
- Subscription Store Setup
- Shopify Plus Development
- Product Page Optimization
- Checkout Customization
02/Shopify Design
Shopify design servicesFrom $2,500 CAD2–6 weeks · fixed price
Our designers use AI to explore and iterate faster, then apply brand judgment, customer research, heatmaps, and conversion data to choose the direction. Every final design is reviewed by a person.
- UI/UX for Ecommerce
- Mobile-First Store Design
- Brand Identity for Shopify
- Landing Page Design
- Product Page UX
- Shopify Theme Design
03/Shopify Migration
Shopify migration servicesFrom $2,000 CAD2–8 weeks · fixed price
Move from WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, or any legacy platform. We handle data transfer, URL redirects, SEO preservation, and payment setup. Your rankings stay. Your customers see zero downtime.
- WooCommerce to Shopify
- Magento to Shopify
- Platform Data Transfer
- SEO-Safe Migration
- 301 Redirect Mapping
- Payment Gateway Setup
What Shopify Experts Cost in Toronto
Every project is quoted at a fixed price in Canadian dollars before work begins, and includes 3 months of post-launch support; monthly care plans start at CAD $299/month after that. Shopify Plus builds with headless architecture or ERP integrations run CAD $15,000–150,000. What a Shopify expert costs across the market — freelancer, contractor, agency — is broken down in our hiring guide. What does a Shopify expert cost?
Hiring checklist
How to hire a Shopify expert: an 8-step checklist
Hire a Shopify expert the way you would hand over keys to a shop: verify who they are, limit what they can touch, and agree in writing what “done” means. Check their Shopify Partner Directory listing and live work, give access through a collaborator request rather than your login, have all work built on an unpublished theme you preview, and agree a fixed scope with acceptance criteria before paying for anything beyond a deposit. You should own the code and the accounts when the work ends.
Check their Shopify Partner Directory listing
Look for a listing with merchant reviews and stores they have launched. A profile that exists only on a freelance marketplace is not the same thing.
Inspect two or three live stores they built
Open them on your phone. Check speed, how the theme handles your kind of catalogue, and whether the stores are still live.
Give access through a collaborator request
Approve a collaborator request with only the permissions the job needs. Never share your owner login, and remove access when the work ends.
Require work on an unpublished theme
Changes should be built on a duplicate theme you can preview. Nothing touches your live store until you approve it.
Agree a fixed scope with acceptance criteria
Deliverables, what “done” looks like for each, revision rounds, price and payment milestones — in writing, before work starts.
Make sure you own the code
Theme code lives in your store or a repository you own. Custom apps are installed on your store, not the developer’s account.
Canadian merchants: check the invoice basics
Pricing in CAD, and an HST number on the invoice if the provider is registered for it.
Get a handover
A short note of what was changed, which apps were added and how to edit custom sections — so the next person is not starting blind.
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Shopify Experts in Toronto for DTC Ecommerce
Toronto is home to hundreds of direct-to-consumer brands scaling through Shopify. From supplements and skincare to food and wellness — DTC is the fastest-growing ecommerce model in Canada. These brands need developers who understand subscription logic, reorder flows, and loyalty mechanics at the code level.
EVDEV is part of 180+ Shopify store launches since 2021, DTC brands across the GTA among them — Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, and Markham. We handle development, design, SEO, and ongoing support — so you work with one team instead of four vendors. That means faster launches, fewer handoffs, and a store that actually performs.
FAQs
Answers to EVDEV’s most frequently asked questions.
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EVDEV offers Shopify development, ecommerce design, headless commerce, technical SEO, CRO, and generative engine optimization (GEO). We use automation for repetitive production work while experienced specialists direct strategy, design, architecture, and every final review.
