Shopify Website Build
Done-for-you Shopify stores for small shops and makers
I'll build your Shopify store, fill it with your products, and make you fun free tools.
A complete Shopify ecommerce website: designed, your products loaded, payments, shipping and taxes set up, ready to take orders the day it goes live. Plus a free interactive tool for your customers, the kind of thing that makes people stay, play and buy. Built by the person who builds The Rock Space and Stonebridge sites, not an agency. One flat price, and the store is yours to own.
- $2,995 CAD, all in
- Shopify ecommerce
- Up to 30 products loaded
- A free tool for your customers
- Live in 2–3 weeks
- You own the store, not me
Built by Arthur Narin. Pick a 30-minute slot in my calendar and you talk to me, not a salesperson. If I'm not the right fit I'll tell you on the call.
- A full Shopify ecommerce store, designed and loaded, that can take orders on day one.
- A free fun tool for your shop: a quiz, gift finder, picker or builder, made for your products.
- $2,995 CAD, 50% to start and 50% at launch. No retainer, no monthly lock-in.
- Built by Arthur: not an agency, not offshore, not a project manager.
- Built on a free Shopify dev store, so you pay Shopify nothing until it goes live.
- Transferred to you at launch: your store, your account, your data.
- A free professional theme, so there is no $400 theme licence on top.
It's me. Hi.
I'm Arthur. I run Stonebridge Imports, a family business in Kitchener, Ontario that has been importing crystals since 2002 and now supplies shops in every province. We also run our own retail store, The Rock Space, about ten minutes from the warehouse.
Somewhere along the way I became the person who builds all our websites. Nobody asked me to. I just genuinely enjoy it: the fiddly bits, the speed scores, the moment a store stops being a spreadsheet and becomes a thing someone can actually buy from at 11pm on a Tuesday.
Shop owners kept asking who built ours. I said "me" enough times that it turned into an offer.
So this isn't an agency. It's one person who runs real stores and builds the websites that sell for them, which means I'll also tell you honestly what will and won't work. That part I learned the expensive way.
— ArthurStonebridge Imports · The Rock Space · Kitchener, ON
Want a site like this?
These are real features I built for our own stores, live right now. Go and click around them. Your store gets one free fun tool like these, designed around your products.
A design-your-own builder
Customers tap in beads one by one, see the bracelet, and check out. Every order comes with a build sheet for whoever strings it.
A free tool that collects emails
A free birth chart. People type in their birthday, get a reading, and join the list. Any shop can have one: a quiz, a gift finder, a ring-size helper.
A pick-your-own page
The $2 rock bin from our shop wall, online. The more you pick, the less each costs, and the price updates as you go.
A blog that runs itself
New posts drop onto the page on their own, with a search box, topics and a featured story up top. Good for Google, good for regulars.
Collection pages that teach and sell
Instead of a bare grid of products: what it is, how to pick one, a quick-facts strip, and shop-by-shape buttons.
A one-page bulk order form
Every product and size on one page with tick boxes and quantity buttons. One click puts it all in the cart. Built for wholesale buyers.
Bring a site you love. We'll look at it together on the call.
Sites I've built
Four of these are businesses I own or run with my family. One I built for a customer. I'm showing you my own first on purpose: if I wouldn't run my livelihood on it, I shouldn't be selling it to you.
Stonebridge Imports
Our wholesale business. Thousands of products, wholesale pricing that only shows when you're logged in, and a catalogue that has to stay fast.
The Rock Space
Our retail shop in Kitchener. A blog, free tools, a bracelet builder and stone guides — the closest thing to what most small shops want.
Firelight Metaphysical
Built for a customer. She wanted Square because her in-person sales already ran on it, so that's what she got — the platform should follow the business, not my preferences.
Crystal Plushie
Our family's plush-toy brand, run by Malu. Kickstarter-funded, then a real store. Completely different look to the crystal sites, on purpose.
Tiny Village Parry Sound
Our glamping and RV park up north. Nothing to do with shops — included because it shows I can build something that isn't a store at all.
Every one of these is live right now. Click through and poke at them. Tiny Village isn't linked because it takes bookings and I'd rather you didn't land in the reservation flow by accident.
Why this exists
Because I watched too many good shop owners get quoted $6,000 by an agency, then get talked into a "brand discovery phase".
"$3,000 to $7,000, apparently"
That's the going rate in Ontario for a small Shopify build. It's not a rip-off — agencies have real costs. It's just a lot of money for someone who hasn't sold anything yet.
"Or $500 and roll the dice"
The cheap end can work. It can also leave you with a store where shipping is wrong, taxes aren't set up, and nobody will answer your email in March.
"And then the site is empty"
The bit nobody warns you about: a beautiful store with nothing in it. Product photos, descriptions, weights, prices — that's weeks of work, and it's the part people quit on.
"And then nobody comes back"
A store that's just a grid of products gets one visit. A quiz, a builder or a free tool gives people a reason to play, share it with a friend, and come back.
An agency builds you a shop and leaves. I build the shop, fill it, and give people a reason to come back — because I do the same for my own stores every week.
What $2,995 gets you
All of it. There is no "phase two" where the price goes up.
The ecommerce store
- Shopify store built on a free development store — you pay Shopify nothing until launch
- A professional free theme configured to your brand: logo, colours, fonts
- Home, About, Contact and FAQ pages, written with you
- Shipping, returns, privacy and terms policies in place
- Collections and navigation structured so people can actually find things
- Your domain connected, with email forwarding if you need it
The products
- Up to 30 products loaded properly — photos, descriptions, weights, prices
- Descriptions written with you, so every product reads like you wrote it on a good day
- Your photos cropped and cleaned up so the store looks consistent
- A second look at your pricing, so you're not guessing at margin
The plumbing
- Payments, taxes and shipping rates configured and tested with a real order
- Email capture plus a welcome email that goes out automatically
- Abandoned-cart email switched on
- Google Analytics, Meta Pixel and a product feed for Meta and Google
- Titles, descriptions, alt text and a sitemap submitted to Google
- Checked on an actual phone, not just a browser window squeezed narrow
The fun part
- One free interactive tool for your customers: a quiz, gift finder, picker or builder
- A blog page set up so new posts appear by themselves
- A one-hour call on your launch: what to feature, pricing and your opening promo
- A one-hour training call, recorded, so you can run the store yourself
- A launch checklist, so nothing gets forgotten at 2am the night before
What I don't do
I'd rather lose the sale here than disappoint you in week three. This is a fixed build at a fixed price, and it stays affordable because it stays contained.
- A bespoke theme from scratch. A good free theme, configured well, beats a custom one nobody can update later.
- Full brand identity design. Bring your logo. If you don't have one, we'll sort out something simple together.
- Custom photography. Your own pieces, your own photos. A phone and good daylight are enough, and I'll tell you how.
- Big integrations. POS, accounting and inventory systems are all their own project. The free tool is a page on your store, not a separate app to maintain.
- Unlimited revisions. Two rounds are included. After that it's billed by the hour, and I'll tell you before the meter starts.
- Writing your whole About page from scratch. I'll draft it. You have to tell me your story first — nobody can invent that for you.
- Stock. This is the website only. No crystals or inventory come with it.
The single thing that decides whether your build goes well is whether you send me your content. Logo, business name, product photos, a paragraph about why you started. Everything else I can handle. I've had builds sit for two months waiting on a logo, and it's nobody's idea of fun — so the clock starts when your intake is in, not when you pay.
How it goes
- You book a call Pick any 30-minute slot in my calendar. Tell me what you sell and roughly when you want to be live. I'll tell you straight whether this is right for you.
- I send an intake list Your photos, product details, business info and any sites you love. We pick your free tool together.
- I build it On a free development store, so Shopify isn't billing you while I work. You see it as it comes together, not at the end.
- Two rounds of changes You poke at it, I fix things. Then your products go live.
- I hand you the keys Store ownership transfers to you and we do the training call.
Most builds go live 2–3 weeks after your intake is complete. If you have a hard opening date, say so on the call and I'll work backwards from it.
The point of all of it: real customers. Photos from The Rock Space, our own shop.
What it costs, next to what it usually costs
| This build | A small Ontario agency | The cheap end of the internet | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The build | $2,995 all in | $3,000–$7,000 | $500–$1,500 |
| Products loaded for you | Up to 30, with copy | Usually extra | You do it |
| Theme licence | $0 — free theme | $300–$400 on top | Maybe |
| A fun tool for your customers | One included | Custom quote | No |
| Runs real stores of their own | Since 2002 | Rarely | No |
| Who you actually talk to | Me, every time | A project manager | Whoever's awake |
One price
$2,995CAD
50% to start, 50% at launch
- Everything on this page, including your free customer tool
- Two rounds of revisions
- Store ownership transferred to you at launch
- 30 days of email support after you go live, no charge
What's not in the $2,995: Shopify's own platform fee, which they bill you directly (Basic is around $49 CAD a month, less if you pay annually), and your domain if you don't already own one (roughly $20 a year). I never put your store on my billing — that's how people end up hostage to their developer.
Afterwards, if you want it: $149 a month for store care — up to 10 new products a month, a seasonal collection refresh, and me on the other end of an email when something breaks. Entirely optional, cancel whenever. Plenty of people take the store and run it themselves, which is the whole point of handing you the keys.
Things people ask me
Does it come with crystals or stock?
No. This is the website, nothing else. If you also want crystals to sell, that's a normal Stonebridge wholesale account, completely separate from the build. You don't need one to work with me.
Do I have to sell crystals?
Not at all. Jewellery, candles, gifts, art, handmade anything — if you sell physical products, this build works. Crystal and gift shops are where I have the most experience, so I'll have opinions, but the store is built around what you sell.
What kind of free tool do I get?
One interactive page made for your shop. A "which one suits you" quiz, a gift finder, a pick-your-own page, a size helper or a simple builder. We choose it together on the call based on what your customers keep asking you.
Who owns the store when it's done?
You do, completely. I build on a Shopify development store and transfer ownership to you at launch, at which point you choose your plan and Shopify bills you directly. Your domain stays in your name the whole time. If you never speak to me again, nothing breaks.
Why is it so much cheaper than an agency?
Three reasons, and none of them are that the work is worse. There's no agency overhead — it's me. I've built this kind of store enough times that I'm not figuring it out on your dime. And the tools are ones I've already built for my own stores, so yours starts from something that works instead of a blank page.
Can I see it while you're building?
Yes, and you should. I'll send you a preview link early and you can watch it come together. I'd much rather hear "I hate that colour" in week one than at handover.
What if I already have a website?
Tell me what's on it. If it's Shopify already I can usually work on the existing store instead of building a new one. If it's on Wix or Squarespace and you're moving to Shopify, migrating products is part of the build.
Do you do Square, Squarespace or WordPress?
I've built on Square and Squarespace — Firelight Metaphysical and Tiny Village above. For a product shop I'll almost always steer you to Shopify, because the product handling is better. If you have a real reason for something else, say so and we'll talk.
How many of these have you done for other people?
Honestly: few. I've built and run a lot of stores, but almost all of them are my own businesses or family ones, plus Firelight. I'm telling you that rather than implying a client roster I don't have — and it's part of why the price is what it is right now.
What happens if I go quiet halfway through?
Nothing dramatic. Your build parks where it is and picks up when you're ready. Life happens. The only thing I ask is that you tell me, so I'm not chasing you.
Can I pay in instalments?
It's 50% to start and 50% at launch as standard. If that doesn't work, bring it up on the call and we'll sort something out. I'd rather work with you than lose you over timing.
Want a site like this? Book a call.
Pick a 30-minute slot in my calendar. Tell me what you sell, where you are, and roughly when you want to be live. You'll talk to me, and I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right person for it — I've talked people out of this before.
Stonebridge Imports · 396-B Victoria St N, Kitchener ON · Family-owned since 2002
Built by Arthur · products loaded · a free tool for your shop
Last updated 3 November 2026 · Stonebridge Imports, 396-B Victoria St N, Kitchener ON · 1-877-859-4367