Shopify Expert for Theme Migration & Optimization
Budget: $750 – $1,500 CAD
Role: Shopify Expert — Theme Migration, Mobile-First UX, & SEO Optimization
Summary: Migrate our live store to a new ThemeForest theme with zero downtime, keep all customer/order data intact, deliver a mobile-first, user-friendly design, replicate existing custom widgets/sections, optimize product pages for SEO, and remove unused apps/residual code.
Must-Haves:
Build on an unpublished staging theme; keep current theme live until launch.
Reinstall/configure required apps; remove unused apps and clean leftover code.
Coordinate with the theme vendor’s support as needed.
Mobile: thumb-friendly nav/CTAs, sticky ATC, filter drawer, responsive media, mobile performance targets.
Improve page speed, Core Web Vitals, and on-page SEO (schema, titles/metas, alt text, internal links).
Preserve URLs, analytics, and pixels; provide 301s if anything changes.
Deliverables: Staging theme → tested launch → app audit report → performance/SEO reports (mobile metrics) → admin guide → 30-day post-launch bug-fix warranty.
Apply with: Portfolio (mobile examples), plan for data/SEO/app cleanup & mobile performance, pricing, and timeline.
Blended model: Phases 0, 1, 3 fixed-price; Phase 2 time-and-materials with NTE (Not-To-Exceed) cap.
Milestone payments (example):
20% on Phase 0 delivery (audit + plan)
40% on Phase 1 completion (staging theme ready)
30% on Phase 3 launch (after go-live verification)
10% holdback released after 14 days of stable production (no P1 bugs)
Hourly with guardrails:
Weekly timesheets; work stops if burn reaches 80% of the NTE without written approval
No billing for rework on items that failed acceptance tests
Change control: Any request beyond scope triggers a one-page change order with estimate (fixed or hourly).
Acceptance criteria (excerpt):
No data loss; checkout unaffected
Mobile Core Web Vitals on PDP/collections: LCP ≤ 2.5s, CLS ≤ 0.1
Lighthouse: Performance ≥ 85 (mobile), SEO ≥ 90, Accessibility ≥ 90
Clean code: no orphaned app snippets/scripts; only required apps installed
Product & Breadcrumb schema validate in Google’s Rich Results Test
Ownership & access: All code and custom sections owned by TonerParts; Git or Shopify Theme Versions history exported on handover.
Warranty: 30 days bug-fix warranty for delivered scope (excludes new features).
Summary: Migrate our live store to a new ThemeForest theme with zero downtime, keep all customer/order data intact, deliver a mobile-first, user-friendly design, replicate existing custom widgets/sections, optimize product pages for SEO, and remove unused apps/residual code.
Must-Haves:
Build on an unpublished staging theme; keep current theme live until launch.
Reinstall/configure required apps; remove unused apps and clean leftover code.
Coordinate with the theme vendor’s support as needed.
Mobile: thumb-friendly nav/CTAs, sticky ATC, filter drawer, responsive media, mobile performance targets.
Improve page speed, Core Web Vitals, and on-page SEO (schema, titles/metas, alt text, internal links).
Preserve URLs, analytics, and pixels; provide 301s if anything changes.
Deliverables: Staging theme → tested launch → app audit report → performance/SEO reports (mobile metrics) → admin guide → 30-day post-launch bug-fix warranty.
Apply with: Portfolio (mobile examples), plan for data/SEO/app cleanup & mobile performance, pricing, and timeline.
Blended model: Phases 0, 1, 3 fixed-price; Phase 2 time-and-materials with NTE (Not-To-Exceed) cap.
Milestone payments (example):
20% on Phase 0 delivery (audit + plan)
40% on Phase 1 completion (staging theme ready)
30% on Phase 3 launch (after go-live verification)
10% holdback released after 14 days of stable production (no P1 bugs)
Hourly with guardrails:
Weekly timesheets; work stops if burn reaches 80% of the NTE without written approval
No billing for rework on items that failed acceptance tests
Change control: Any request beyond scope triggers a one-page change order with estimate (fixed or hourly).
Acceptance criteria (excerpt):
No data loss; checkout unaffected
Mobile Core Web Vitals on PDP/collections: LCP ≤ 2.5s, CLS ≤ 0.1
Lighthouse: Performance ≥ 85 (mobile), SEO ≥ 90, Accessibility ≥ 90
Clean code: no orphaned app snippets/scripts; only required apps installed
Product & Breadcrumb schema validate in Google’s Rich Results Test
Ownership & access: All code and custom sections owned by TonerParts; Git or Shopify Theme Versions history exported on handover.
Warranty: 30 days bug-fix warranty for delivered scope (excludes new features).
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