Shopify Development Agency Los Angeles

Los Angeles DTC brands have some of the highest quality Shopify stores in the country. The problem is not the design. It is the checkout conversion rate, the page performance under influencer traffic, and the migration debt from a build optimized for aesthetics rather than revenue.

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Shopify Premier Partner

16+

Years in business

500+

Projects Delivered

50+

Team Members

98%

Client Retention

222%

Rise in DTC customer acquisition costs over eight years

Customer acquisition costs have risen 222% across DTC verticals over eight years. In beauty, fashion, and wellness, the gap between sustainable and unsustainable unit economics comes down to checkout conversion rate and post click drop off.

1.4 to 1.8%

Average Shopify store conversion rate

The average Shopify store converts 1.4 to 1.8% of visitors. Top performing stores in competitive DTC categories hit 3 to 5%. That gap is not explained by product quality. It is explained by checkout flow, page speed, and mobile experience.

73%

Share of eCommerce sales on mobile in 2026

73% of all eCommerce sales happen on mobile in 2026. A store designed desktop first and then adapted for mobile converts worse than one built mobile first from the start. Most Shopify stores in the LA market were built desktop first.

98%

Shero client retention after go live

98% of clients stay with us on retainer after launch. For a development agency, that number reflects whether the work holds and whether the team is worth keeping around. It is the most honest signal of build quality available.

Since partnering with Shero Commerce, our eCommerce revenue has grown by 200%. Their support and solutions have been game changers for our business.

James McKenna, Senior Commerce and CX Manager, STX, LLC

Shopify development for LA brands where the conversion rate is the brief

Los Angeles is the center of gravity for DTC brands in beauty, fashion, wellness, and lifestyle. The city's Shopify ecosystem is large, creative, and intensely competitive. What separates the brands that grow profitably from those that plateau is rarely the visual design. It is how the store performs at launch day traffic volumes, how the checkout converts on mobile, and whether the store was built with a clear performance target or was handed off when it looked done.

  • Shopify Plus
  • Conversion Rate Optimization
  • High Traffic Launch Builds
  • DTC Consumer Builds
  • Shopify Migration
  • B2B and DTC Combined

What the build needs to do before it needs to look good

LA has a large Shopify agency market strong on visual execution. The builds that require conversion first architecture, high traffic infrastructure, or complex migration work need something different.

01

Conversion requirements set before any design begins

Most Shopify stores are designed to look right, then conversion work is applied after launch. Shero sets checkout flow requirements, page speed targets, mobile layout priorities, and product discovery structure before any design work starts. Getting these into the architecture at build time produces better outcomes than retrofitting optimization onto a store that was not built with a conversion target in mind from day one.

02

Load tested at influencer traffic volumes before launch day

LA brands in beauty, fashion, and wellness deal with unpredictable traffic spikes. An influencer post or TikTok moment can send ten times daily average traffic in an hour. Shopify Plus infrastructure handles that load. Shero includes load testing at projected peak volumes as a standard pre launch step. The test runs before launch day, when there is still time to fix what breaks.

03

Migrations that protect search equity, not just the product catalog

A Shopify migration without proper redirect mapping can erase years of search ranking within weeks of going live. Shero maps every URL before launch, builds the redirect structure before the new site goes live, and monitors ranking changes and 404 errors for 30 days post-launch.

04

Wholesale added to a DTC store without breaking the consumer experience

LA brands adding retail wholesale accounts or trade buyer access need catalog isolation so trade pricing does not surface to retail visitors. Shopify Plus runs both buyer types from one admin. The decisions that make this work are made at the architecture stage. A wholesale channel bolted onto an existing DTC store without that isolation creates pricing leaks that require a rebuild to fix properly.

05

Premier Partner access to Shopify engineering when it matters

Shopify Premier Partner status gives Shero a direct line to Shopify's support and engineering teams. For LA brands running high stakes launches or complex integrations, that access produces faster resolution than standard merchant support queues. Shero has worked through every major platform change, including the full migration from Smart Shopping to Performance Max and the April 2026 B2B plan changes.

06

Post launch support from the team that built the store

The team that built the store is the right team to catch the problems that surface in the first weeks after launch, because they know where every decision was made. Shero's support retainer keeps that continuity in place. For LA brands with seasonal launches and fast changing app stacks, a retained team is significantly more efficient than briefing a new agency each time something needs to change.

Our Work

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Body jewelry and tattoo supplies

Painful Pleasures

Painful Pleasures is a long-standing supplier of body jewelry and tattoo supplies with a catalog of 40,000+ products. The brand partnered with Shero to complete a stalled Magento to Shopify migration and deliver the complex custom features their business depends on.

Painful Pleasures
Luxury wines packaged in cans

Archer Roose

Archer Roose is a wine company known for producing high-quality, sustainably sourced wines in eco-friendly formats like cans and kegs. Their commitment to small, organic, and biodynamic vineyards has helped them stand out in a competitive market.

Archer Roose
Sports equipment for lacrosse and field hockey

STX

STX Sporting Goods is a leading global manufacturer of innovative sports equipment and apparel, catering to athletes and enthusiasts in lacrosse, field hockey, and other team sports. Renowned for its cutting-edge technology and premium products, STX sought to revamp its digital presence to align with its reputation for excellence.

STX
Premium Chocolates

Sarris Candies

Sarris Candies is a beloved retailer known for its premium chocolates and sweet treats. Looking to modernize their digital storefront, the brand partnered with Shero to move from a legacy custom .NET system to a more scalable, mobile-friendly, and marketing-flexible.

Sarris Candies

A Shopify store that looks right but does not convert is the most expensive kind to fix.

The scoping session identifies whether the gap is an architecture problem, a performance problem, or migration debt. It costs nothing.

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How a Shopify build or migration runs

01

Discovery and Conversion Requirements

Current platform, conversion rate by device, traffic patterns, launch requirements, wholesale needs, and any SEO concerns from a previous migration are all documented before any design or development begins.

02

Architecture and Performance Design

Store architecture, checkout flow, page speed targets, mobile layout, app stack selection, and B2B structure if applicable are all designed based on requirements. Performance benchmarks are set before development starts, not after.

03

Build, Migration, and Redirect Mapping

Store build, checkout configuration, app integration, and catalog migration run in parallel. For migrations, URL mapping and the full redirect structure are built and verified before the new store goes live.

04

Load Testing and Pre Launch QA

Load testing at projected peak traffic volumes, full mobile checkout testing across device types, and complete buyer flow QA before go live. For brands with launch driven traffic patterns, this step determines whether the store is ready.

05

Launch, Monitoring, and Ongoing Development

Monitored launch with the build team engaged through stabilization. SEO ranking and 404 monitoring for migrations. Post launch support transitions to a retainer on the client's timeline.

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What our clients say.

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Cloré Beauty Supply

"Working with Shero Commerce on our Shopify project was an absolute pleasure. Their team demonstrated exceptional expertise and professionalism throughout the entire process. They seamlessly transformed our vision into a stunning and user-friendly online store. Since the launch, our website has been stable, and we couldn’t be happier with the results. We highly recommend Shero Commerce for any Shopify project!"

Clemens Kim

COO / Cloré Beauty Supply

Gardien Products

"Shero was truly a pleasure to work with! We trusted our team at Shero to be the experts in so many different aspects of e-commerce (shipping, taxes, customer service solutions, Shopify themes, etc) and they always were, without fail. Our weekly check-in meetings were efficiently run and extremely informative. Throughout the whole process, Shero stayed unwaveringly on target with our deadline and mindful of our budget. Our site turned out even better than we could’ve imagined, and we’re looking forward to seeing our customers’ reactions at upcoming trade shows!"

Caroline Mungenast

Branding Creative Manager / Gardien Products

Benchmade Knife Co.

"Working with Shero Commerce for the past three years has been a game-changer for our B2B eCommerce business.Their expertise in email marketing, website support, and eCommerce strategy has significantly improved our online presence and optimized our B2B operations.The team’s dedication to our success is evident, and we’re excited to continue our partnership with them. If you’re looking for a reliable and results-driven eCommerce agency, look no further than Shero."

Joe Prebich

VP of Marketing / Benchmade Knife Co.

Swag Golf / Strike 2

"We partnered with Shero for the development work on the SWAG site. The dev was highly nuanced, specialized and complex—and the brand demanded a UX that was smooth, straightforward and memorable. The Shero team went above and beyond from the jump. As a partner to us, they were collaborative, organized and professional. As a partner to our client, they consistently set expectations clearly—and usually exceeded them. We were immediately faced with the challenge of getting this site up on a faster timeline than any similar project we’ve done before. Because of Shero’s tight process and expert dev talent, hitting this deadline was a walk in the park. And most importantly they are a group of terrific people and were a delight to work with. I can’t wait for our agencies to partner again."

Matt Kaminsky

Co-founder & Managing Director / Swag Golf / Strike 2

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