eCommerce Development Company in Liverpool

Akoode builds Shopify Plus, headless, and AI-powered ecommerce for Liverpool businesses. This is a city with real online retail history behind it, and local shoppers know exactly what a well-run storefront should feel like. From platform strategy and UX through development, migration, and launch, our team handles the complete commerce build.
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Built by a Team That Ships Storefronts on Schedule and Ships Clean

Liverpool has one of the UK's longest-running online retail operations on its doorstep, so expectations here are shaped by decades of catalogue and ecommerce experience. Akoode keeps every build entirely in-house, from architecture through to launch. Architecture through deployment stays with the same in-house team on every project, with nothing handed off mid-build.

A Roadmap You Can Set a Watch By

We build scalable ecommerce platforms for Liverpool retailers and DTC brands. A structured roadmap covers every engagement, with milestones tracked, sprints reviewed, and delivery accountability built in from the start.

GMT and BST Hours, Genuinely Covered

Our teams keep dedicated India-UK overlap hours structured around GMT and BST, so Liverpool clients stay connected through Slack, Jira, GitHub, and weekly sprint reporting for the length of the engagement.

Built to Handle Peak-Traffic Trust

We design for maintainability and traffic spikes from the outset, so a Liverpool storefront built with us can handle a promotional surge without buckling.

Ratings That Hold Up Past Liverpool

Clutch and Google scores are earned across Retail, DTC, and enterprise commerce projects, delivered by engineers who work daily in Shopify Plus, headless architecture, and production AI features.

Platform Ratings

What our clients say across leading platforms.

Google, 4.9 out of five stars
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4.9
Clutch, 5.0 out of five stars
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5.0
GoodFirms, 4.8 out of five stars
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4.8

What clients love about working with us

Milestones That Land When Promised

We track milestones and hold sprints accountable, which keeps engagements on schedule with visibility at every stage.

Nothing Gets Buried in an Inbox

Dedicated overlap hours between India and the UK keep planning, reviews, and deployment real-time, with nothing important left to email.

Trusted With Real Transaction Data

Documented architecture and clean code standards apply from day one, producing scalable, secure, production-ready storefronts, not a last-minute tidy-up before handover.

A Long-Term Build Partner, Not a Vendor

Scaling shouldn't mean rebuilding from scratch, which is why we design for maintainability and most clients stay on well past launch.

Why Liverpool Businesses Choose Akoode

The Very Group, formerly Littlewoods Direct, has run its ecommerce operation out of Speke, Liverpool since the 1990s, one of the UK's longest continuously operating online retailers. That kind of operational maturity, built up over decades rather than months, is what we aim for on every Liverpool build.

GMT and BST overlap. Our India-UK delivery model keeps dedicated hours inside Liverpool's working day for sprint planning, reviews, and deployment. Pricing in GBP, scoped and billed with no currency guesswork.

In-house development, no subcontracted code anywhere in the build. One senior engineer is accountable for the build from discovery through to launch. UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 are designed in from the first sprint.

Working Hours Built Around GMT and BST

Structured India-UK overlap windows keep planning, reviews, and deployment calls landing inside Liverpool's own working day.

Built With Commerce Technology Chosen to Last

Shopify Plus, headless architecture, and modern storefront frameworks are picked for stability and long-term support, not because they're trending. That keeps a Liverpool storefront maintainable years after launch, not just at release.

Sector Depth Beyond a Single Vertical

Deep delivery experience across Liverpool's dominant commerce verticals: Retail & eCommerce, Logistics & Supply Chain, Travel & Hospitality.

Support That Doesn't End at Launch

Performance monitoring, conversion tracking, and platform updates continue after release, so a Liverpool storefront keeps converting as traffic and platforms change, not just on day one.

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The Six Things a Liverpool eCommerce Engagement Actually Covers

Whether the client is a two-person Liverpool DTC brand or an enterprise retailer with a national footprint, every engagement covers the same ground: platform strategy, storefront design, engineering, AI where it earns its place, and support that continues past launch day. Real 2026 UK market rates run roughly £5,000 to £15,000 for a standard build, scaling to £40,000 or more for Shopify Plus and enterprise work.

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Liverpool Shopify and Shopify Plus Development

Akoode builds and migrates Shopify and Shopify Plus storefronts for Liverpool retailers, covering custom theme development, app integrations, and checkout extensions built for real conversion rates, not just launch-day polish.

  • Custom Shopify and Shopify Plus theme development
  • Checkout extensibility and custom checkout UI
  • App and API integrations with existing retail stacks
  • Scoped migration from legacy platforms with transparent GBP pricing
Tech Stack:Shopify, Shopify Plus, Liquid, Checkout Extensibility
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Custom eCommerce Development for Liverpool Brands

Akoode builds custom storefronts on Magento, WooCommerce, and BigCommerce when a template platform can't handle the catalog complexity or business logic a Liverpool brand needs.

  • Custom storefront builds on Magento, WooCommerce, and BigCommerce
  • Complex catalog and multi-warehouse inventory logic
  • B2B pricing tiers and account-based commerce
  • Architecture built to scale from launch to full product
Tech Stack:Magento, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, PHP, MySQL
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Headless Commerce and API Integration in Liverpool

A storefront is only as fast as the architecture behind it. Akoode designs and builds headless commerce APIs that support real-time inventory, secure checkout, and third-party integrations for Liverpool commerce products that need to scale.

  • Headless storefront builds on Next.js with a composable backend
  • RESTful and GraphQL commerce API design
  • Payment gateway and third-party logistics integrations
  • API security, rate limiting, and PCI-aware authentication
Tech Stack:Next.js, GraphQL, Node.js, Stripe, Docker
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AI-Powered Commerce Features for Liverpool Businesses

We build AI into storefronts through recommendation engines, LLM-based product search, and predictive analytics, covering personalisation, visual search, and merchandising automation, all with UK GDPR-aligned data handling built in.

  • AI product recommendation and personalisation engines
  • LLM-powered search and product discovery
  • Predictive analytics for inventory and demand forecasting
  • Secure, explainable AI aligned with UK GDPR standards
Tech Stack:OpenAI, LangChain, Vector Databases, Python
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eCommerce UI/UX and CRO Design for Liverpool Storefronts

A storefront that confuses its first-time visitor loses the sale before checkout even loads, no matter how solid the engineering underneath it is. Akoode's design team builds commerce interfaces around real shopper behaviour and conversion data.

  • User research and shopper journey mapping before any screen is designed
  • Conversion-focused product page and checkout design
  • Interactive prototypes tested with real users before development
  • Design systems built for consistency as the catalog grows
Tech Stack:Figma, A/B Testing, Hotjar, Design Systems
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Post-Launch Support and Conversion Optimisation in Liverpool

Launch day is the start of a storefront's life, not the end of the project. Akoode provides ongoing support, performance monitoring, and conversion-rate optimisation to keep a Liverpool storefront converting well after the initial release.

  • Performance monitoring, uptime tracking, and rapid bug fixes
  • Conversion-rate optimisation based on real funnel data
  • Seasonal and promotional traffic scaling support (Black Friday, Boxing Day)
  • Flexible staff augmentation when an in-house team needs extra hands
Tech Stack:Google Analytics, Hotjar, New Relic, CI/CD
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How a Liverpool Storefront Gets Built, Step by Step

Six stages that keep every Liverpool ecommerce engagement on track, transparent, and accountable, from the first technical conversation through to launch and beyond.

What's Actually Running Underneath a Liverpool Build

Technology choices here are made for stability and long-term support, never as an experiment mid-project. Shopify Plus and BigCommerce cover most retail requirements. Headless architecture on Next.js is reserved for brands that need full frontend control rather than working inside a platform's theme constraints.

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Results We're Happy to Show You

Measurable results from real commerce projects, covering conversion rate, platform performance, and revenue impact you can report on.

Precious Metals Ecommerce Platform: A Connected Silver Store, Cart to Checkout

Key Outcomes

3

Silver Categories

3

Service Areas

Challenge

The platform needed to connect service-led content with a working retail journey. A customer might arrive to explore silver bars, research silver coins, review silver rounds, or understand a storage or refinery service. Product discovery, cart actions, checkout, payment, accounts, and orders all had to make sense together.

What We Built

The brief called for a functioning ecommerce platform, not a catalogue with a payment button attached at the end. Akoode needed to connect product discovery, cart behavior, customer details, checkout, payment, account management, and order records inside OpenCart while keeping the public interface easy to understand.

Building a Multi-Brand Beauty Storefront on Shopify

Key Outcomes

7

Core Categories

60+

Subcategories

Challenge

None of this shows up all at once. A retailer adds brands to stay competitive, which forces more categories, which forces deeper subcategories, and somewhere along the way the store stops being browsable even though each individual product page still looks fine.

What We Built

This wasn't about adding features to an existing store. Stunner Selfcare needed a catalog structure sized for the brand range it already had, with merchandising and retention mechanics built in from the start rather than bolted on later.

QR-Linked Apparel Platform: One Store, One Verified Digital Identity

Key Outcomes

2

Claim Steps

1

Account, Everything

Challenge

Fixed graphics, awkward in-person networking, and a customer relationship that stops dead at delivery are three separate frustrations that all happen to live on the same piece of fabric.

What We Built

A working store, a locked-down claiming step, and a profile people would bother keeping current - none of that means much if it ships as three loosely connected features instead of one build.

What Our Client Says

They are very good in understanding the problem, find good in solutioning of my problem, whole site re-design, solve payment gateway and delivery cost calculation. Overall was good experience working with team Akoode. My project delivered within the given deadline by their consultant.

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eCommerce Development Across 15 Industries

Akoode has delivered ecommerce platforms across the UK's most demanding retail and commerce verticals, from Shopify Plus storefronts to GDPR-aware checkout flows for businesses operating in and around Liverpool.

Real Estate

Property showcase and virtual-tour storefronts for Liverpool real estate and home-goods sellers, with secure payment handling for deposits and booking fees.
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Healthcare

For healthcare and wellness brands based in Liverpool, we build storefronts for supplements, medical devices, and subscription care, with PCI DSS-aware payment handling throughout.
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Retail & E-Commerce

For Liverpool retailers, full Shopify Plus or headless commerce builds, with catalog management, checkout optimisation, and inventory sync across channels handled together.
Retail & E-Commerce
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Media & Entertainment

Liverpool media businesses get subscription and digital-goods commerce with native paywall and licensing management, built directly into the platform.
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Finance & Banking

Secure, PCI-compliant checkout and embedded commerce, built for fintech products in Liverpool that need to handle real transaction volume.
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Automotive

Parts, accessories, and service-booking storefronts for Liverpool's automotive dealers and suppliers, with inventory sync to dealer management systems.
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Agriculture

We build DTC and B2B ordering platforms for agriculture and food producers around Liverpool, with order capture designed to tolerate patchy rural connectivity.
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Telecommunication

For Liverpool's telecom providers, storefronts covering devices and plans, built specifically to handle checkout traffic spikes during launches.
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Manufacturing

Liverpool manufacturers get B2B ordering portals with ERP-integrated pricing, built around how bulk orders actually get placed.
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Public Sector & Government

WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility as a baseline, not an afterthought, for ticketing and licensing commerce serving Liverpool's public sector.
Public Sector & Government
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Energy & Utilities

Storefronts for Liverpool-area energy and utility providers selling equipment, service plans, and efficiency products, with usage-based billing integration.
Energy & Utilities
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Travel & Hospitality

We build booking-integrated commerce for travel and hospitality businesses in Liverpool, pairing real-time availability with retail add-on sales in one flow.
Travel & Hospitality
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Education & E-Learning

For Liverpool's education sector, storefronts covering courses and merchandise, with subscription billing designed around ongoing learning programmes.
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Insurance

Liverpool insurers get quoting and add-on product storefronts, built with secure document capture and payment processing as standard.
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Logistics & Supply Chain

Real-time shipping quotes and account-based pricing tiers, built into B2B commerce portals for logistics operators in Liverpool.
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Why Liverpool Teams Choose to Work With Us

Senior-led delivery and a no-subcontracting model give Liverpool clients direct access to the people actually writing their storefront's code.

Awards & Recognitions

Recognised by leading platforms, startup ecosystems, and global technology communities.

Top US-Based IT Services Firm 2026
Clutch
Outlook
Ai Automation
Business Standard
YourStory
Good Firms
Top Machine Learning Companies - Goodfirms
Top eCommerce Development Company
Entrepreneur
ZBusiness
Times of India
Hindustan Times
Top US-Based IT Services Firm 2026
Clutch
Outlook
Ai Automation
Business Standard
YourStory
Good Firms
Top Machine Learning Companies - Goodfirms
Top eCommerce Development Company
Entrepreneur
ZBusiness
Times of India
Hindustan Times

Every Line of Code Stays In-House, Start to Finish

Our own in-house team runs every Akoode engagement entirely. Liverpool clients work directly with the developers, architects, designers, and strategists actually responsible for delivery. You deal directly with the actual developers, architects, and designers on the build, not an account manager relaying updates, and nothing gets white-labelled.

AI Built to Earn Enterprise Trust

AI at Akoode is treated as part of the working product from the first sprint, spanning recommendation engines, intelligent search, and merchandising automation, with each feature required to deliver real value once it ships, not just in a demo.

One Senior Engineer Owns the Whole Build

A senior engineer leads every Liverpool project, directly involved in architecture decisions, sprint reviews, and deployment.

Trust-Grade Compliance From the First Sprint

UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, and PCI DSS compliance are designed into a storefront from the first sprint, never left as a last-minute fix before launch.

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Ways of Working That Fit How Liverpool Teams Actually Operate

Whatever model you select, dedicated engineers, full IP ownership, and direct access to the build team are included as standard.

Questions Liverpool Clients Actually Ask

Straight answers on process, pricing, timelines, compliance, and what working with Akoode actually looks like for Liverpool ecommerce projects.

Real UK market rates for 2026 break down into three tiers: £5,000 to £15,000 for a standard, well-configured Shopify build; £15,000 to £40,000 for growth-stage work with bespoke UX and ERP or CRM integrations; and £40,000 or more for Shopify Plus and enterprise builds with custom checkout extensions and multi-region support. A discovery call turns that range into a specific figure for your project.
It depends on your catalog complexity and growth plans. Shopify and Shopify Plus suit most retailers who want speed and a proven ecosystem. Custom platforms fit complex B2B pricing or legacy integration needs. Headless commerce suits brands that need full control over the frontend experience.
Both, genuinely. Some clients are launching a first storefront from scratch. Others are established retailers scaling an existing store, or enterprise teams running a bigger commerce transformation programme. The engagement model just shifts to match.
Our teams operate dedicated India-UK overlap hours structured around GMT and BST, so Liverpool clients get real-time collaboration during planning, reviews, and deployment through Slack, Jira, GitHub, and weekly sprint reporting.
The difference is scope. A dedicated team is a complete unit, engineers, QA, design, and leadership, dedicated to your storefront full-time. Staff augmentation is more targeted: individual engineers joining your existing team to fill specific gaps.
Use the contact form on this page to send over your project details. A senior team member reads it directly and replies within one business day.
Compliance gets built in at the architecture stage, not patched on right before launch. For Liverpool clients, our teams map UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 into the storefront design from the first sprint, including cookie consent and lawful-basis documentation.
Yes. We build the technical SEO foundation, clean URLs, structured data, page speed, into every storefront from the start, since retrofitting it later is always more expensive. If you have an SEO agency already, we plug in alongside them rather than stepping on their work.
Six to ten weeks covers most standard Shopify launches. If the build is custom or headless, budget for three to five months, since that's usually how long it takes to get the catalog architecture right rather than just workable.
Absolutely, and it's genuinely part of how we build, not a bolt-on service. Recommendation engines, LLM search, and predictive analytics all get engineered alongside the storefront itself, with data handling built to UK GDPR standards throughout.
That's a real risk we plan around from the start. Every migration includes a complete redirect map, metadata carried over intact, and an SEO audit before launch, specifically so a platform switch doesn't undo the organic visibility already in place.
Yes. The process starts with auditing the existing codebase and platform account, then a remediation plan gets produced before we continue development.
Standard practice, yes. We sign an NDA before diving into detail, and IP ownership for anything built during the engagement transfers completely to the client.
Yes, and it's built in from the architecture stage rather than added later. Card data is routed through a certified payment processor instead of being stored directly, which keeps your own PCI DSS scope as small as it can realistically be.
Our strongest sector experience in the Liverpool commerce market covers Retail & eCommerce, Logistics & Supply Chain, Travel & Hospitality, with security and compliance handling built to the standards those industries expect.
Baseline post-launch support covers uptime, security patching, and staying current with platform updates. From there, most clients move into conversion-rate optimisation once real usage data exists to work from. We offer this as a retainer for ongoing work or on an as-needed basis for lighter support needs.

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