My Shopify status + experience

I’m an official Shopify Select Partner, with more than a decade of experience working with Shopify and its merchants.

Shopify’s Partner Directory is a curated network of independent professionals and agencies with demonstrated Shopify expertise. Within the directory, Shopify assigns partners different tiers based on factors including their experience and proven success on Shopify.

Select is the tier Shopify describes as being particularly suited to partners working with small and medium-sized businesses. The tier reflects a partner's position within Shopify's Partner Program rather than defining the type of Shopify plan, technology or project they can work with.

What does being a Select Partner mean?

Being a Shopify Select Partner isn't simply the same as having a Shopify Partner account.

The wider Shopify Partner Program is open to freelancers, developers and agencies working within the Shopify ecosystem. Select is a recognised partner tier, rather than a status automatically given to someone for signing up for a Partner account.

Shopify's partner tiers broadly reflect the types and scale of businesses its partners work with:

• Select - small and medium-sized businesses
• Plus - mid-market and larger businesses
• Premier - larger and more complex organisations
• Platinum - global enterprise businesses

What does it mean for my clients?

• Extensive Shopify experience. I've worked with Shopify since 2012, from independent stores through to established international brands and Shopify Plus merchants.
• Shopify specialism. My development work is focused on Shopify rather than spread across lots of different e-commerce platforms.
• Shopify Plus experience. I've worked directly with Shopify Plus merchants and on projects involving the requirements and functionality of larger ecommerce businesses.
• International e-commerce experience. I've worked on international expansion projects, including stores selling across multiple markets and regions.
• Knowledge of the Shopify ecosystem. I can assess when Shopify's native functionality is enough, when an existing app is appropriate and when custom development or a different technical approach is genuinely needed.
• Direct access to the developer. I work directly with my clients rather than passing projects between salespeople, account managers, project managers and developers.
• Maintainable development. I keep solutions proportionate and work with Shopify's platform wherever possible rather than introducing unnecessary complexity.

My Shopify experience

I started designing and developing for Shopify in 2012, across agency, in-house and independent development roles, and reached Shopify 'Expert' status in 2013.

I've worked through more than a decade of changes to the platform, from earlier Liquid themes through to Online Store 2.0, metafields and metaobjects, Markets and Shopify's current theme architecture.

My experience also extends beyond traditional Shopify theme development. I've built headless Shopify stores using Hydrogen and Sanity CMS, worked with Shopify Plus merchants, and contributed to international expansion projects for established e-commerce brands.

That breadth of experience means I'm comfortable working on both straightforward Shopify development and projects involving more complex architecture, integrations, internationalisation or bespoke functionality.

Today, I'm a Shopify Select Partner, combining that long-term, hands-on experience with Shopify's current recognised partner status.

I work directly with businesses on Shopify theme development, new store builds, Shopify Plus, international expansion, headless development, custom functionality, integrations and ongoing development and support. The person you discuss the work with is also the person building it.