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How We Run Store Work, Week by Week

How SpiderHunts runs Shopify projects: diagnosis before quoting, six to twelve weeks for a new build, shorter improvement work, and what we need.

Updated 2 min readBy SpiderHunts Technologies

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Quick answer — TL;DR

Diagnosis first, then one change at a time with measurement between. A new build is six to twelve weeks; an improvement project is usually a series of shorter pieces.

We diagnose before we quote

Before proposing anything, we buy something from your store on a phone, look at the funnel, list the apps and check the product data. That is half a day and it changes what we would recommend in most cases.

A surprising number of store proposals are written without anyone having gone through the checkout. The friction that costs you sales is usually visible in ten minutes.

A new build

WeeksWhat happens
1Structure, collections, product data model agreed
2–3Theme setup and key template design
4–6Products loaded, delivery and payment configured
7–8Content, policies, email templates
9Testing, real order, real refund
10Soft launch to limited traffic

Catalogue size and content readiness move that timeline more than anything technical.

An improvement project

Rather than one large engagement, a series of shorter pieces with measurement between them. Fix the highest-effect thing, measure four weeks, then decide the next.

  • You see results before committing further
  • Each change is attributable
  • You can stop at any point
  • We are accountable for effect rather than for output

What we need from you

  1. Access, requested on day one even for things needed in week five
  2. Product data and images, or agreement on who is producing them
  3. Your delivery costs and constraints, honestly
  4. Someone to answer questions within a day or so
  5. Feedback consolidated into one response, not four separate ones

How we communicate

A weekly note on the same day: what moved, what did not, what we need and whether the date has changed. If something is going wrong you hear it that week.

Nobody enjoys the conversation where a deadline is missed by surprise, least of all us.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The questions readers ask us after this guide.

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Do you charge for the initial diagnosis?

The first look and a written summary, no. A detailed technical audit is quoted separately.

Fixed price or hourly?

Fixed price for a scoped piece of work, after diagnosis. Hourly only for genuinely open-ended work, and we will say which it is.

Can you work with our existing developer?

Frequently, and it works well. We take what we are better at and leave what they know better.

What if the first change does not work?

We say so, with the numbers, and we recommend what to try instead. That is why we measure between changes.

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