Offshore Shopify Development

Offshore Shopify development, minus the offshore headaches

Senior Shopify engineers who work as part of your team — for brands that need more capacity and agencies that need a reliable delivery partner. Lower cost than a local hire, without the junior developers, vague estimates and code you can’t take elsewhere.

In short

Dé Lime Tree is an offshore Shopify development studio and registered Shopify Partner with its engineering team in Colombo, Sri Lanka. We work with brands and agencies in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East and Australia as a dedicated Shopify team, on fixed-price projects, or as a white-label delivery partner — building custom themes, Shopify apps, integrations, ERP and POS connections, and migrations. Clients get senior engineers, real time-zone overlap, fixed quotes in US dollars, and full ownership of their code.

What’s included

What we deliver

Dedicated Shopify developers

A senior developer (or small team) working in your tools, your stand-ups and your backlog, month to month.

Fixed-price projects

Store builds, redesigns and migrations scoped in writing and delivered for an agreed price in USD.

White-label for agencies

We build under your brand, in your repositories and project tools. Your client never needs to know — and we never approach them.

Apps & integrations

Custom Shopify apps, Admin GraphQL integrations, Shopify Functions and checkout extensions, ERP, 3PL and marketplace connections.

Operations depth

We run a Shopify-native ERP and POS in production, so inventory, multi-location and fulfilment problems are home ground.

Speed, SEO & AI search

Core Web Vitals work, app clean-up, structured data and AI-search readiness built into every build.

A good fit if…

Who this is for

  • Brands with a growing Shopify backlog that local developers can’t clear — or can’t clear affordably
  • Agencies in the UK, US, Europe or Australia that need a dependable white-label Shopify team
  • Merchants who need deep work — apps, integrations, ERP and inventory — not just theme tweaks
  • Teams that tried offshore before and were let down by communication or quality

What you can hand over to us

  • Store builds and redesigns — custom Online Store 2.0 themes from your designs or ours.
  • Migrations — Magento, WooCommerce, BigCommerce and custom platforms to Shopify, with SEO protected by redirect maps.
  • Shopify apps — custom and private apps, Shopify Functions, checkout and admin UI extensions.
  • Integrations — ERP, POS, accounting, 3PL, couriers, marketplaces and PIMs, built to be retry-safe and rate-limit aware.
  • Systems behind the store — multi-location inventory, purchasing, POS and reporting (see Canopy).
  • Ongoing development — a monthly retainer to clear your backlog, run CRO experiments and keep apps and themes healthy.

How we make offshore work

Most offshore disappointments come from the same five problems. Each one is designed out:

Typical offshore problemHow we work instead
A senior salesperson, a junior developerThe engineers you meet are the engineers who write your code.
Time zones that kill momentumUTC+5:30: shared mornings with the UK and Europe, a full shared day with the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, scheduled overlap calls for North America.
Estimates that keep growingWritten fixed-scope quotes in USD; changes priced and agreed before work starts.
Silence between deadlinesWeekly demos on a development store, a shared board, and same-day replies in your Slack or Teams.
Code you can’t take elsewhereEverything in your Shopify store and your Git repository from day one, documented for whoever comes next.

Engagement models

  • Fixed-price project — best for builds, redesigns and migrations with a clear scope.
  • Dedicated developer or team — a monthly retainer for ongoing roadmaps; scale up or down with a month’s notice.
  • White-label partnership — for agencies: we deliver under your brand, quote per project or provide a dedicated capacity block each month.
  • Audit-first — not sure where to start? A free Shopify audit gives you a written view of the three things worth fixing first.

Security, IP and trust

You keep ownership of everything: the store, the code, the apps and the data. We work through Shopify’s collaborator and staff permissions (never shared passwords), sign NDAs on request, and use least-privilege access that you can revoke at any time. As a registered Shopify Partner, we can build in development stores and transfer them to you at launch.

Why Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has a deep pool of software engineers, strong English, and a time zone that sits between Europe and Asia-Pacific. For our clients that means senior engineering at a lower cost than most UK, US or Australian agencies — without the trade-offs people associate with offshore work.

Process

How a project runs

  1. Intro call

    30–45 minutes on your store, your backlog and how your team works. Free.

  2. Written proposal

    Scope, team, timeline and a fixed price or monthly rate — in USD.

  3. Paid pilot (optional)

    Start with one well-defined piece of work so you can judge quality before committing.

  4. Embedded delivery

    We join your Slack/Teams and board, with weekly demos and a named lead.

  5. Hand-over or scale

    Full documentation at the end — or scale the team as your roadmap grows.

FAQ

Offshore Shopify Development — questions & pricing

What is offshore Shopify development?
Offshore Shopify development means hiring a Shopify development team based in another country — often at a lower cost than a local agency — to build, extend or maintain a Shopify store. Done well, the team works inside your own tools and hours, and you keep full ownership of the code.
How much does an offshore Shopify developer cost?
Fixed-price projects typically start from around US$3,000. A dedicated full-time senior Shopify developer is usually in the region of US$3,000–6,000 a month, depending on seniority and scope — well below most UK, US or Australian agency rates. We confirm exact pricing in a written proposal.
Do you work with agencies on a white-label basis?
Yes. We deliver under your agency’s brand, in your repositories and tools, and never contact your clients directly. Agencies use us for overflow work, specialist app and integration builds, or as their core Shopify delivery team.
Which countries do you work with?
Brands and agencies anywhere — most often in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East and Australia. We work in English and quote in US dollars.
How do you handle time zones?
Our team is on UTC+5:30. That gives a shared morning with the UK and Europe, a full shared working day with the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, and scheduled overlap calls for North America. Day-to-day communication is in your Slack or Teams.
Who owns the code and the store?
You do. Work happens in your Shopify store and your Git repository from day one, with documentation, and access is granted through Shopify’s staff and collaborator permissions that you can revoke at any time.
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Get a quotation for offshore shopify development

Tell us what you need. We’ll reply within one business day, book a free discovery call, and send a written, fixed-scope quote.

  • No obligation, no sales pressure
  • Quotes in LKR for Sri Lanka, USD internationally
  • You talk directly to the engineers

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