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Headless Shopify developer in the Netherlands.
Storefront API + Next.js 16 by NedDev from €18.000. 3-5x faster page loads, design freedom and better SEO/AEO/GEO scores.
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Storefront API + Next.js 16 by NedDev from €18.000. 3-5x faster page loads, design freedom and better SEO/AEO/GEO scores.
Book an intro →Hiring a headless Shopify developer in the Netherlands costs at NedDev from around €18,000 for a complete headless shop. We connect the reliable handling of Shopify to a custom Next.js frontend in TypeScript, for a lightning-fast, unique store that ranks in Google and in AI overviews. The timeline is usually 6 to 12 weeks. You get a shop that loads in under two seconds, with the Storefront API as the connection. NedDev is a The Hague studio, KvK 65641922.
A headless Shopify developer builds webshops where the store is separate from the standard Shopify themes. Headless means the handling of payments, inventory and orders stays with Shopify, while the store itself, the storefront that customers see, is built separately as a fast, custom-made frontend. The two parts talk to each other through Shopify's Storefront API.
The difference with a regular Shopify shop is in speed and freedom. A standard theme is bound to the structure and the load time of the theme. A headless shop loads like a static site, in under two seconds, and can look exactly the way you want. That calls for a developer who masters both Shopify and modern frontend work.
Our price ranges as a headless Shopify developer:
With a headless Shopify shop everything revolves around the separation between handling and storefront. Shopify keeps what it does well: payments, inventory, orders and security. We build the storefront as a separate frontend on Next.js in TypeScript, which fetches products and shopping basket through Shopify's Storefront API. That way you combine the rock-solid reliability of Shopify with a store that is unique and loads lightning-fast.
We build with TypeScript to catch errors before they reach a customer, and with Next.js so product pages are served as static files. For rug webshop Moonay we built a complete headless Shopify shop against real product data, with a hybrid design. For TheArtiCase we delivered a store in custom phone cases with its own recognizable look. In both cases the handling stays with Shopify and the storefront is of our own making.
What are the advantages of headless Shopify over a theme? Speed, freedom in design and better findability. A headless shop loads in under two seconds, looks unique and ranks higher in Google. The downside is that the setup takes more work and investment than a ready-made theme, so it mainly pays off for anyone selling online seriously.
What a headless Shopify shop delivers technically:
Headless Shopify work is often outsourced to cheap agencies abroad, with communication across time zones, language differences and code nobody understands anymore as a result. As a headless Shopify developer in the Netherlands we work in your language, in your time zone, and with code we document neatly. You have a point of contact you can call, not a ticket system that answers a day later.
We work in short rounds with weekly demos, so you see the shop grow. The step-by-step plan we follow:
Can you make an existing Shopify shop headless? Yes. We keep your existing products, orders and customers in Shopify and build a new, fast frontend for them. You lose no data and your customers only notice that the store becomes faster and better-looking. We plan the switch so you miss no revenue.
Speed is not an opinion but a ranking factor. Google describes the Core Web Vitals as part of ranking in its official documentation, see developers.google.com. A headless shop meets this naturally better than a heavy theme, and we measure that after launch so you see the difference in black and white. We combine this with our approach to SEO and AEO.
Headless Shopify makes sense for brands that want to stand out and sell online seriously. A standard theme is fine to start with, but anyone building a recognizable brand and investing in advertising soon runs into the limits of the theme: too slow, too generic, too restricted in design. Then a headless setup pays itself back in conversion and ad return.
When headless Shopify is the right choice:
An honest caveat: for a small starter with a handful of products a regular Shopify theme is often enough and cheaper. We do not advise headless because it sounds impressive, but because it pays itself back for anyone who is ready for it. Want the broader context? Take a look at our approach to headless Shopify and how we set up a webshop that sells.
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14 EXPERIMENTS · LIVE DEMOSHiring a headless Shopify developer in the Netherlands costs at NedDev from around €18,000 for a complete headless shop with a Next.js frontend. A shop with advanced filters, multiple languages and integrations usually costs between €25,000 and €45,000. A headless platform with multiple stores or brands starts around €45,000 and grows with the scale. The price mainly depends on the size of your range, the number of languages and the integrations you need. Alongside the build you have ongoing costs for hosting and the subscription cost of Shopify itself. We would rather give an honest range after a short conversation than a number that looks too good up front, because the real price is in your range and your ambition. For a small starter a standard theme is often cheaper and enough.
The timeline for a headless Shopify shop is usually 6 to 12 weeks, depending on the scope and the number of integrations. We work in short rounds with weekly demos, so you see the shop grow and can steer before it is finished. Part of the time goes into the Shopify setup and the connection through the Storefront API, another part into the build of the Next.js frontend and the product copy. A shop with hundreds of products and multiple languages takes more time than a store with a focused range. If you migrate an existing shop, we plan the switch so you miss no revenue. After launch we measure the speed and the conversion, and steer where it is needed.
Yes. We keep your existing products, orders, customers and payment settings in Shopify and build a new, fast frontend for them on Next.js. You lose no data and your customers only notice that the store becomes faster and better-looking. The handling, the management and the inventory keep working as you are used to, because we do not touch that side of Shopify. We plan the switch carefully, often with a test environment alongside the existing shop, so we can check everything before the new frontend goes live. That way you miss no revenue during the transition. The advantage of going headless instead of starting over is that you keep your history and your customer data.
Yes on both points. Your Shopify account is always in your name, so the handling, the product data, the orders and the customer data are fully in your management. The headless frontend we build on Next.js we deliver documented, and the source code of it is yours after delivery. You can have the frontend developed further by us, but you can just as easily have it taken over by another party or take it into your own management. You are not tied to us. That is a deliberate choice: with a webshop your revenue runs on the store, and then you should not depend on a single supplier who can block access or keep the code to themselves.
We arrange the hosting of the headless frontend by default on Cloudflare and Hetzner, with monitoring and daily backups. Because a Next.js frontend serves the product pages largely as static files, the hosting costs are low and the load times fast, usually under two seconds. The Shopify handling runs separately at Shopify itself, for which you pay the regular Shopify subscription. So you have two components: the fast frontend we host and the reliable handling at Shopify. We make both cost items clear up front, so your monthly costs stay predictable. If you prefer to host the frontend with your own provider, that is also possible: we deliver it so it runs anywhere.
