The best builds begin before the building

The best builds begin before the building

We think deeply at the start so the work moves quickly when it matters.

Listen

Your business, not a backlog: unit economics, customer behavior, where conversion leaks, what the brand cannot compromise. Alongside, a quiet technical inventory — theme, apps, scripts, debt. You receive a findings memorandum: what we heard, what we measured, where your money actually leaks.

Architect

A written architecture point of view: stack, sequence, risks, and the number each piece is designed to move. You receive the document, a milestone plan with named dates, and baseline measurements the engagement will be judged against. We estimate after architecture, never before — an estimate without an architecture is a wish with a number attached.

Build

Fixed-scope sprints, each ending in a demonstration you click through in staging. Progress you see, not progress you're told about.

Prove

Back to the baseline: conversion, Core Web Vitals, order value. The results go into a closing ledger plain enough for your board.

How we keep the dates?

One senior point of contact

An engineer with authority to decide, not a coordinator with authority to schedule. Answers in hours.

Fixed scope sprints

Change is welcome, in the next sprint, priced honestly. Never absorbed silently until the date quietly dies

A definition of done

Reviewed, run in staging, demonstrated. 'Done' means you can click it.


Reviewed, run in staging, demonstrated. 'Done' means you can click it.

Weekly demos, written summaries

What moved, what's next, what worries us. You're never surprised in either direction.


What moved, what's next, what worries us. You're never surprised in either direction.

Risk surfaced early, in writing

Cause, options, recommendation. A slipped date announced early is a plan; late, it's an apology.

Parallel workstreams where architecture allows

Much of our speed is sequencing, not haste.



Much of our speed is sequencing, not haste.

Same working rhythm across timezones

US East Coast, US West Coast, UK / Europe. Agreed overlap windows for each engagement

What moved, what's next, what worries us. You're never surprised in either direction.

You're always in the know

Weekly written update and working demo with every decision being documented and risks surfaced early.

NDA-first when required

Mutual NDA available before discovery and client information are treated as confidential


Much of our speed is sequencing, not haste.

The right tools should make the work disappear

Slack

Day-to-day communications

Linear

Issues, tasks and sprint tracking

Figma

Design collaboration

Github

Code, reviews and technical work

Zoom/Google Meet

Weekly demos and important decisions

Gmail

Formal approvals and project requests

The partner workflow

The standard method with one alteration: we disappear. Deliverables arrive on your templates, under your name; our staff sign confidentiality as a condition of joining the practice. If your agency has more good work than good engineers, write to us. That is the whole pitch.

Questions we're often asked

How soon can an engagement begin?

How much of our team's time will this take?

What happens when we change our minds mid-build?

And if a milestone slips?

Can you work alongside our in-house developers?

How is an engagement priced?

Your next million in revenue may already be in your store

We build the Shopify infrastructure that helps you capture it.

Zommerce

The Shopify Plus practice behind DTC brands built to last. Exclusively evaluating brands operating at $10M+ ARR.

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Zommerce

Zommerce

The Shopify Plus practice behind DTC brands built to last. Exclusively evaluating brands operating at $10M+ ARR.

© Zommerce. All Rights Reserved.

Zommerce