E-commerce & online shops
An online shop has to do more than show products: payment methods, shipping, tax, returns and a link to your inventory system. We build yours so checkout stays short and the work behind it does not turn manual.
When this is worth it
If you recognise yourself in any of these, a conversation is worth having.
- You sell well in store and want the same goods online without maintaining everything twice.
- You manufacture and want to sell direct instead of only through retail.
- Your current shop loses people at checkout and you do not know why.
- You supply business customers and need customer-specific pricing, volume tiers and invoice payment.
What you get
- Shop with a short, tested checkout
- Payment, shipping and tax logic under German law
- Integration with inventory and accounting systems
- Accessibility under the BFSG, mandatory for shops since 2025
What drives the price
Every project has a fixed price, which you receive after the free initial consultation. These four points decide how high it is.
-
Range
Fifty products are set up quickly. Thousands with variants in size, colour and finish need a considered structure and usually an automated import.
-
Inventory system integration
Without it you maintain stock and prices twice, and eventually you sell something that is gone. The effort depends on whether your system offers an interface.
-
Payment and shipping
A few payment methods and one carrier are standard. Instalments, invoice payment with credit checks, or several countries with differing tax rules are separate building blocks.
-
Business customers
Customer-specific pricing, volume tiers, quote requests and several buyers per account turn a shop into an application in practice.
E-commerce & online shops: frequently asked questions
For most shops an established system is the right choice, and we build on it rather than recreating one. Shopify fits when you want to launch fast and can live with its constraints. Shopware fits larger ranges, German legal requirements and business customers. A custom build only pays off when your sales process is so particular that both systems work against it. We establish which case applies before quoting.
Yes, in all likelihood. Online shops are the explicitly named main case of the German accessibility act in force since 28 June 2025. Only micro-enterprises with fewer than ten staff and at most €2m annual turnover or balance sheet total are exempt. Fines reach €100,000. We build to WCAG 2.2 AA and check the checkout specifically for barriers, because that is where most shops fail.
Usually eight to twelve weeks from order to launch. How long it takes in your case depends mainly on the size of your range, whether inventory and accounting are connected, and which payment and shipping options you want to offer. The bottleneck is rarely development but product data: images, texts and prices have to be complete before the shop can start. That is why we agree at the start when which data is needed and plan backwards from your target date.
In most cases your own team, because you know your goods best. We set the shop up so creating and editing works without technical knowledge, and train the people who will do it. Where your inventory system is connected, maintenance in the shop largely disappears because stock, prices and new items come from there. We can take on the initial catalogue setup on request.
Three items you should look at separately. First hosting with us at €45 per month, or €120 per month with care. Second the shop system’s licence costs, depending on plan for Shopify and on edition for Shopware. Third the payment providers’ transaction fees, typically one to three per cent of revenue. We work this through with your expected figures before the order so there is no surprise.
Goes with this
These services often come up in projects like this one.
Does that sound like your project?
A free initial consultation with David Kopka in person. We work out honestly whether we are the right fit and what your project realistically costs.
David Kopka, founder of Agilido