How much does it cost to build a store on Shopify?
It depends on whether it’s a new store or a migration, how many products you have and how much customization you need. One thing is fixed: Shopify charges for its plan separately, starting at about USD 19 a month. We give you our figure in the first meeting, with the scope in writing.
What happens to my current store and my SEO?
We migrate products, customers, orders and history, and we set up 301 redirects one by one so you don’t lose the rankings you already have. It’s the most neglected part of a migration, and the one that costs the most later.
Do Colombian payment gateways work?
Yes. We integrate Wompi, PayU, Mercado Pago and PSE, plus Shopify Payments where available. We also set up shipping with local carriers and the electronic invoicing required by the DIAN, for example with Siigo through our app.
What about the store’s SEO?
We’ve been Shopify Partners since 2017 and we built ShopiUP, our own AI-powered SEO app for Shopify: it optimizes titles, descriptions and alt text across your whole catalog without you having to edit product by product.
Why is Shopify better than WooCommerce?
WooCommerce depends on external hosting, plugin updates that can break your site and constant technical maintenance. Shopify is an all-in-one platform with hosting included, 99.99% uptime, PCI DSS Level 1 security and an ecosystem of proven apps. For serious e-commerce, Shopify removes the technical headaches so you can focus on selling.
How does the migration process work?
First we take a full inventory of your current store: products, variants, customers, orders, URLs and SEO redirects. Then we build the Shopify store in parallel without touching your live store. When it’s ready, we switch over in minutes with zero downtime. Your entire history is preserved.
How does SEO work on Shopify? Is it good?
Shopify has a solid SEO foundation: clean URLs, an automatic sitemap, SSL included and excellent load speed. But the real differentiator is optimizing the content of every product. For that we use ShopiUP, our AI tool that automatically optimizes the titles, meta descriptions, alt text and descriptions of all your products. That gets your products ranking on Google without manual work.
What is ShopiUP and how does it help my store?
ShopiUP is our official app on the Shopify App Store, built specifically for Shopify SEO. It installs directly in your admin, analyzes each product and generates optimized titles, descriptions, meta tags and alt text using Gemini AI. What an SEO specialist would do in weeks, ShopiUP does in minutes. The free plan includes 10 credits to get started.
How do I connect Siigo with my Shopify store?
With btodigital Facturas Siigo, our app on the Shopify App Store. You install it, paste your Siigo Nube API user and AccessKey, choose the document type, the VAT setting and when to invoice, and every order becomes an electronic invoice in Siigo, issued with the DIAN. Plans start at USD 9.99 a month, with a 7-day free trial. Step by step: how to connect Siigo with Shopify.
Will I lose my SEO rankings when I migrate to Shopify?
Not if the migration is done right. We set up 301 redirects for every URL, carry over meta tags, preserve the content structure and check in Search Console that Google indexes the new store correctly. After the migration we also use ShopiUP to optimize the SEO of all your products, which is why our clients often rank better after migrating.
Are there limits to how much Shopify can be customized?
Not the ones most people think. With Liquid development (Shopify’s templating language), we can customize virtually everything: checkout, product pages, landing pages, discount logic and automated workflows. If your project needs something native Shopify doesn’t support, we use apps or custom development.
How do I open a Shopify store in Colombia?
To sell with Shopify in Colombia you need to: (1) choose a plan (from about USD 19 a month, billed in dollars); (2) connect a local payment gateway such as Wompi, PSE or ePayco through Shopify Payments or apps; (3) set up shipping with carriers such as TCC, Servientrega or Coordinadora; and (4) configure taxes (VAT) for your tax regime. As a Shopify agency in Colombia, we set all of this up for you, with the store ready to sell and ranking on Google from day one.
Why hire a Shopify agency instead of doing it yourself?
Doing it yourself is possible, but a certified Shopify agency like btodigital saves you months of trial and error: design that converts, correctly integrated local payments and shipping, technical SEO from the start (with ShopiUP, our own AI that optimizes all your products) and ongoing support. We’re Shopify Partners with live stores in Colombia, Latin America and the United States.