# Shopify and Shopify Plus Development | Dot Commerce

Dot Commerce is an ecommerce development agency that designs, builds, and optimizes Shopify and Shopify Plus stores for ambitious DTC and B2B brands. Base Shopify is the inclusive entry point, and Shopify Plus is the enterprise and scale tier, and Dot Commerce builds on whichever tier fits a brand today with a clear path to upgrade.

Canonical URL: https://www.dotcommerce.co/platforms/shopify

## Why build Shopify with Dot Commerce

- **Performance that converts:** stores engineered for Core Web Vitals and real-world speed, because every 100ms of load time quietly costs orders.
- **Custom without the chaos:** bespoke themes, apps, and checkout on Shopify's stable core, for flexibility without heavy maintenance.
- **Unified commerce:** sell across the online store, marketplaces, social, and retail POS from one Shopify back office.
- **Built to scale:** clean ERP, CRM, and PIM integrations and an architecture that holds through peak-season traffic and global expansion.

## The Shopify Plus advantages

- **Operational agility:** streamline backend management to react faster to market trends and customer needs.
- **24/7 priority care:** enterprise-level support that keeps the store online and fast during the busiest moments.
- **Native automation:** automate complex workflows with Shopify Flow and Functions to reduce manual overhead.
- **Strategic scaling:** infrastructure tuned to handle peak traffic and global expansion.
- **Bespoke design:** extend Shopify's core with custom-coded Liquid solutions tailored to a brand.
- **Omnichannel reach:** unify online, social, and physical retail into a single commerce engine.

## When Shopify Plus fits

Shopify Plus is the enterprise tier. It earns its place once a brand is processing high order volume, expanding into new markets, running B2B and DTC from one platform, or moving to a headless storefront.

- **High-volume DTC:** product drops, flash sales, and peak-season spikes on enterprise-grade infrastructure with 99.99% uptime and unmetered bandwidth.
- **B2B and wholesale:** run B2B and DTC from a single Shopify Plus store with company accounts, customer-specific catalogs, and net-terms checkout.
- **International and multi-store:** multi-currency, localized storefronts, and centralized control through Shopify Markets and expansion stores.
- **Headless and composable:** go headless with Hydrogen and Oxygen for a fast, fully custom storefront powered by Shopify's commerce engine and APIs.

## Services

- **Replatforming and migration:** migrate to Shopify from Magento, BigCommerce, Salesforce, or legacy platforms, and upgrade growing brands from Shopify to Shopify Plus, with data, SEO rankings, and revenue preserved. URL maps, redirects, and historical orders are handled.
- **Custom theme and app development:** bespoke Shopify themes and private apps built in Liquid, with checkout extensibility and storefront functionality shaped around how a brand sells.
- **Headless commerce:** headless Shopify storefronts on Hydrogen and Oxygen, decoupling the frontend for speed and design freedom while keeping Shopify's checkout and back office.
- **B2B and wholesale:** native B2B is a Shopify Plus feature, built to scale with company profiles, catalog-level pricing, quantity rules, and purchase-order checkout.
- **ERP, CRM, and PIM integrations:** connect Shopify and Shopify Plus to NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, Odoo, and a brand's PIM and 3PL, so inventory, orders, and customer data stay in sync.
- **CRO and Core Web Vitals:** conversion rate optimization and performance engineering that move Shopify stores on Core Web Vitals, checkout completion, and revenue per visit, backed by testing.

## Frequently asked questions

**Do I need Shopify Plus, or is regular Shopify enough?**
Most brands start and do well on standard Shopify. Shopify Plus becomes worth it when a brand needs native B2B, checkout customization, multiple expansion stores, higher API limits, or dedicated enterprise support, usually as order volume and complexity grow. Dot Commerce helps make that call and builds on whichever tier fits today, with a clear path to upgrade.

**Is Shopify Plus worth it for enterprise brands?**
For high-volume merchants, usually yes. Shopify Plus adds dedicated support, higher API limits, checkout extensibility, B2B, multi-store, and automation through Flow and Functions on top of Shopify's hosted, low-maintenance platform. Once hosting, security, and upgrades are factored in, the flat platform fee often costs less than the total ownership of a self-hosted enterprise platform.

**How long does a Shopify Plus migration take?**
Most replatforms to Shopify Plus run 8 to 16 weeks, depending on catalog size, integrations, and custom functionality. Dot Commerce scopes the project in a short discovery, then migrates data, rebuilds the storefront, wires up integrations, and preserves SEO so the store launches without losing rankings.

**Does Shopify Plus support B2B and wholesale?**
Yes. Shopify Plus B2B supports company accounts, customer-specific catalogs and pricing, quantity rules, payment terms, and a self-serve buyer portal, all from the same store as the DTC business.

**Should we go headless on Shopify Plus, or stay on Liquid?**
Headless with Hydrogen and Oxygen gives maximum speed and design control, with added complexity and cost. A well-built Liquid theme is faster to ship and easier to maintain, and is the right choice for most brands. Dot Commerce helps weigh the trade-off against the roadmap.

**Can Shopify Plus handle high-traffic flash sales?**
Yes. Shopify Plus runs on enterprise infrastructure with 99.99% uptime and unmetered bandwidth, absorbing the traffic spikes from product drops and peak-season sales without managing servers.

**Do you work with existing Shopify Plus stores, or only new builds?**
Both. Dot Commerce takes on new builds, replatforms, and ongoing optimization of existing Shopify Plus stores. A short audit shows where the biggest wins are before committing to a plan.

## Related

- ERP integrations: [NetSuite](https://www.dotcommerce.co/integrations/netsuite.md), [Microsoft Dynamics](https://www.dotcommerce.co/integrations/microsoft-dynamics.md), [Odoo](https://www.dotcommerce.co/integrations/odoo.md)
- Other platforms: [Adobe Commerce](https://www.dotcommerce.co/platforms/magento.md), [BigCommerce](https://www.dotcommerce.co/platforms/bigcommerce.md), [Shopware](https://www.dotcommerce.co/platforms/shopware.md)
- [All services](https://www.dotcommerce.co/services.md), [Contact](https://www.dotcommerce.co/contact.md)