Finding a Shopify developer is easy. Finding one who understands your market, scopes the project honestly, and is still reachable six months after launch, that's the harder problem.

Hire a Shopify Developer

Team Rhino Marketing Consultants is a Shopify Partner agency based in Dubai. We work with brands across the UAE and GCC on new store builds, platform migrations, custom development, and ongoing Shopify support. Every project is handled by the same team from brief to launch, and we don't consider the job done when the store goes live.

Years delivering Shopify excellence
10+
Brands launched on Shopify
120+
Luxury & lifestyle storefronts built
50+

If you're evaluating agencies, we'd rather earn your confidence with a straight conversation than a polished sales deck.

Why Do Most Shopify Projects Don't Go the Way They Should?

The stores that underperform, the migrations that cost months of organic traffic, the builds that needed rebuilding eighteen months later, almost none of them failed because of Shopify. The platform is solid. They failed because the scope wasn't defined before development started. Because the agency that won the pitch handed the project to a team the client never met. Because no one thought about SEO until after the domain moved. Because post-launch support meant a ticketing system, not a person.

These aren't rare edge cases. They're the most common reasons brands come to TRMC, either to fix what went wrong or to make sure it doesn't happen in the first place.

We're not going to tell you every other agency gets this wrong. What we will tell you is exactly how we approach it and let you decide whether that's what you're looking for.

What TRMC Builds and Manages

  • New Shopify Store Builds

    From the ground up. Custom theme development, catalogue architecture, checkout configuration, payment gateway setup, and every integration your operation depends on scoped properly before any development begins and built to perform from day one, not tuned up after launch.

  • Shopify Plus

    For brands that have outgrown standard Shopify or are moving into enterprise territory. Multi-storefront setups, automated workflows, B2B and DTC on a single platform, and a checkout experience configured to convert at the volume your brand demands. TRMC handles the configuration, the integrations, and the ongoing management so your team focuses on the business, not the infrastructure.

  • Platform Migrations

    Moving from WooCommerce, Magento, or another platform to Shopify is a significant operation. Done well, it's seamless, your data transfers cleanly, your rankings hold, and your customers notice nothing except a better store. Done carelessly, it costs months of organic traffic and leaves gaps in your order history and customer data that take years to fully resolve. TRMC manages the full migration process: data mapping, URL architecture, 301 redirects, SEO continuity, and a tested go-live that doesn't surprise anyone.

  • Custom Theme and UX Development 

    A theme that was designed for a generic e-commerce buyer is rarely the right fit for your specific customer. TRMC builds custom Shopify themes and modifies existing ones with your category, your audience, and your conversion goals in mind, not adapted from a starting point that was never designed for your use case.

  • Integrations and Systems Connectivity 

    ERP platforms. Warehouse and inventory management systems. CRM tools. Regional payment gateways including Tabby and Tamara. Shipping and fulfilment partners. TRMC connects Shopify to the systems your business already runs on so that inventory, pricing, and order data stay accurate without your team manually keeping them in sync.

  • B2B and Wholesale Development 

    If your brand sells to both end consumers and trade buyers, retailers, distributors, clinics, corporate accounts, running two separate systems creates friction, cost, and errors. TRMC builds dedicated B2B channels inside Shopify with tiered pricing, wholesale portals, minimum order logic, and account management that serves trade buyers properly without compromising the DTC experience.

  • SEO and Store Performance

    A store that doesn't rank and loads slowly is losing revenue quietly and consistently. TRMC builds performance into every project, Core Web Vitals, mobile load speed, structured data, crawl-optimised architecture, and collection pages built to rank for the terms your customers search before they've decided who to buy from.

  • Ongoing Retainer Support 

    Shopify isn't a set-and-forget platform. Catalogues evolve. Integrations need maintaining. New features need scoping and building. TRMC offers monthly retainer support for brands that want a technical team that already knows their store staying on top of it, not a helpdesk they have to re-explain their setup to every time something comes up.

Our Developers — What They're Built For

TRMC developers aren't generalists who happen to know Shopify. Each is placed on projects that match their specific discipline. You get the right developer for your project, not whoever is available.

  • Custom Design Developers

    Specialists in Shopify theme development, Liquid templating, and front-end build. They translate brand identity and UX requirements into stores that look intentional and perform under real traffic, pixel-accurate, mobile-first, and conversion-focused from the first line of code. Arabic RTL layouts and bilingual navigation are handled as standard for GCC builds, not treated as an edge case.

  • Custom Functionality Developers

    Back-end and full-stack developers who build what Shopify's native feature set doesn't cover. Custom checkout logic, loyalty and rewards mechanics, advanced filtering, subscription management, multi-currency configuration, and bespoke functionality scoped specifically around your operation, not approximated by an off-the-shelf app.

  • Third-Party API & Integration Specialists

    Developers who connect Shopify to the systems your business depends on, such as ERP, WMS, CRM, marketing automation, regional payment gateways, and fulfilment partners. They scope integrations properly before building them, which is the difference between a connection that holds and one that breaks quietly at the worst possible moment.

Developer Skill Sets

The core technical capabilities across the TRMC development team:

  • Shopify Liquid and theme architecture.

  • Shopify Plus — Scripts, Flow, Launchpad, and Functions.

  • Hydrogen and headless Shopify for performance-critical builds. 

  • JavaScript, React, and modern front-end frameworks. 

  • REST and GraphQL API development. Custom Shopify app development. 

  • Third-party integrations — ERP, CRM, WMS, and fulfilment platforms. 

  • Regional payment gateway configuration — Tabby, Tamara, Network International, Telr. 

  • Core Web Vitals and performance optimisation. 

  • Arabic language and RTL implementation. 

  • SEO-integrated development — structured data, canonical tags, URL architecture.

How You Can Hire From TRMC

  • Hourly

    For well-defined tasks, fixes, or support work with a clear and contained scope. Every hour is logged against a specific task and reported transparently. No retainer minimums, no commitment beyond the work agreed.

  • Project-Based

    Fixed scope, fixed timeline, fixed cost, agreed and signed off before development begins. The right model for new builds, migrations, and significant development projects where deliverables and budget need to be defined upfront. Scope changes go through a formal process, documented, costed, and agreed before any additional work starts.

  • Dedicated Development Team

    A dedicated team working exclusively on your store and roadmap each month. Suited to brands with ongoing development needs, regular feature releases, an active catalogue, or a technical roadmap that requires consistent resource without the cost of hiring in-house. The team knows your store. No re-briefing, no lost context between engagements.

Delivery and Reporting

You shouldn't have to chase an agency for updates. TRMC runs every project with structured milestones and reporting built in from the start.

Every project is broken into defined phases, discovery, design, development, QA, and go-live, each with a clear deliverable and sign-off point. Active projects receive weekly written updates covering what was completed, what's in build, and anything requiring your input. Retainer clients receive a monthly report covering work completed, hours used, issues resolved, and priorities for the coming period.

All communication runs through a single dedicated point of contact on the TRMC side, not a rotating inbox. The person who ran the briefing is the person you talk to throughout the project.

TRMC Developer Experience

The TRMC team has delivered Shopify projects across fashion, food and beverage, health and wellness, sports and fitness, beauty, FMCG, and B2B wholesale, for brands ranging from UAE startups to established GCC names operating at scale across multiple markets.
TRMC holds Shopify Partner status. Every project delivered in the UAE and GCC has been built with this market's specific requirements from the ground up, Arabic language support, regional payment gateways, halal compliance infrastructure, and the seasonal and regulatory context that a market-agnostic agency will miss and then have to fix after launch.

The developers who work on your project have built the type of store you're asking for before. That's not a coincidence, it's how TRMC staffs projects.

Post-Development Support

Across every model, the team that built your store remains your point of contact. You're not re-explaining your architecture to someone who has never seen it.

  • 30-Day Post-Launch Support

    Every project includes thirty days of post-launch support at no additional cost. Bug fixes, integration adjustments, display issues across devices, and anything that surfaces after go-live is addressed as a priority. A project is complete when the store is running correctly under real conditions, not when it passes QA in staging.

  • Monthly Retainer

    For brands with ongoing development needs, a monthly retainer keeps a dedicated TRMC developer actively working on your store, feature development, catalogue management, performance monitoring, integration maintenance, or a combination. Monthly capacity is agreed up front and is adjustable as requirements change.

  • Ad-Hoc Support

    For brands with occasional technical needs after the initial support period, hourly ad-hoc support is available with response times and scope agreed upfront.
    Across every model, the team that built your store remains your point of contact. You're not re-explaining your architecture to someone who has never seen it.

How Do We Work?

We've found that the projects that go well almost always start the same way, with enough time spent upfront to understand what's actually being built before anyone starts building it.

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    Discovery and Brief

    Every engagement starts with a proper briefing. We look at your current setup, understand your goals, identify the integrations and dependencies that will affect the build, and ask the questions that save significant time and budget later. This isn't a formality, it's where most of the important decisions get made.

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    Scope and Sign-Off

    Before development begins, you receive a fixed project scope, features, integrations, timeline, and cost, agreed and signed off by both sides. Not a range of estimates based on assumptions. A clear document that both teams work from.

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    Build and Review

    Development runs in stages with regular reviews built in. You see the store as it's being built, give feedback at the points where it's actually useful, and aren't presented with a finished product and asked to approve it in a week.

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    QA and Go-Live

    Nothing goes live until it's been tested properly, every page, every product variant, every integration, every device. Go-live is a planned and coordinated event, not a moment of collective anxiety.

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    Post-Launch

    Every TRMC project includes structured post-launch support. For brands on retainer, we stay actively involved, monitoring performance, handling updates, and continuing to develop the store as the business grows.

Built for the GCC, Not Adapted for It

A Shopify agency that has never operated in the GCC market will build you a capable store. They'll miss things that matter here, and you'll find those gaps after launch, not before.

TRMC is based in Dubai. This is the market we work in every day, for clients across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the wider GCC. We don't consult on it from a distance and we don't learn it on your project.

Arabic language support that reads naturally rather than feeling machine-translated. Tabby and Tamara are configured correctly, not added as an afterthought. UAE and KSA regulatory compliance built into the store architecture from the start. Seasonal trading patterns, Ramadan, National Day, White Friday, factored into promotional infrastructure. Regional shipping and fulfilment partners integrated properly.

Selected work

Every project is a collaboration. Here's what happens when precision craft meets ambitious brands.

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Frequently asked questions

  • What does a Shopify developer actually do? 

    A Shopify developer builds, customises, and maintains your Shopify store, theme development, custom functionality, third-party integrations, performance optimisation, and everything in between. At TRMC, that also includes the strategy, scoping, and GCC-specific requirements that determine whether a store actually performs in this market.

  • How long does a new Shopify build take? 

    Most builds run between eight and sixteen weeks depending on catalogue size, custom functionality requirements, and integration complexity. TRMC gives you a specific timeline after the discovery phase, not an estimate built on assumptions before we've understood your setup.

  • What happens to my search rankings if I migrate to Shopify? 

    With proper planning, they hold. The most common cause of post-migration ranking loss is missing redirects and metadata that wasn't transferred correctly. TRMC audits your current SEO before migration, maps every URL to its new destination, validates redirects before launch, and monitors crawlability after go-live. This is a standard part of every TRMC migration, not an optional add-on.

  • Do you work with Shopify Plus? 

    Yes. TRMC configures and builds Shopify Plus stores for brands at scale, including multi-storefront setups, B2B portals, enterprise integrations, and custom checkout flows.

  • Can you handle both DTC and B2B on the same platform? 

    Yes. TRMC builds dedicated B2B channels inside Shopify, tiered pricing, wholesale portals, minimum order logic, account management, without requiring a separate platform or a manual fulfillment process for every trade order.

  • What support is available after launch? 

    Every project includes thirty days of post-launch support. After that, brands can move into a monthly retainer for ongoing development, performance work, SEO, or a combination. We don't structure our engagements to end at go-live.

Still Weighing Your Options?

That's reasonable. Choosing a development agency is a significant decision and the wrong one is expensive to undo.

If you're not ready to commit to a project yet, start with a consultation. We'll look at your current store or brief, tell you honestly what we think needs to happen, and give you a clear picture of what working with TRMC looks like, timeline, process, and cost, before you decide anything.

No obligation. No pitch disguised as advice. Just a straight conversation with a team that knows this market and knows the platform.

Ready to build something exceptional?

Start with a free Shopify store audit. We'll give you an honest assessment of what's holding your revenue back; no commitment, no pressure.