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Shopify Agentur · Working with German & DACH brands

Shopify Development Company in Germany.

DSGVO-ready Shopify development for German and DACH brands. We build, redesign, and scale Shopify stores with Klarna, SEPA, Impressum, and Widerrufsrecht baked in from day one. 250+ stores shipped across the EU, UK, US, and Australia.

  • 250+ Shopify stores shipped across six years
  • DSGVO + TTDSG ready · Cookiebot or Usercentrics on every build
  • Klarna · SEPA · PayPal · DHL and Hermes shipping integrated
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250+ stores shipped Reply within 48 hours · DE business hours
  • Leah Alexandra, Shopify store built by Monkeyman
  • Brand Samsara, Shopify store built by Monkeyman
  • Canopy Beauty, Shopify store built by Monkeyman
  • Quotrell, Shopify store built by Monkeyman
  • Founders Formula, Shopify store built by Monkeyman
  • Econess, Shopify store built by Monkeyman
  • Bunk Beds, Shopify store built by Monkeyman
  • Menyard Homme, Shopify store built by Monkeyman

Brands we've shipped for across 14 countries.

DSGVO posture, not theatre

DSGVO-first engineering for the German market.

German buyers audit compliance during vendor selection, not after launch. Every Shopify build we ship for a German brand starts from a DSGVO and TTDSG posture, then layers the storefront on top. Not the other way round.

  • DSGVO from the data model up

    Customer fields minimized to what your fulfillment actually needs. Lawful basis tracked per consent. Data-subject access requests resolved from the Shopify admin without a CSV export round-trip.

  • TTDSG cookie consent, wired right

    Cookiebot or Usercentrics consent layer connected to the Shopify Customer Privacy API. Analytics, Pixel, and Klaviyo fire only after explicit opt-in. The blocking script runs before any third-party tag loads, not after.

  • EU data residency, by default

    Shopify stores EU customer data inside EU infrastructure. We pick apps that respect the same boundary. No US-only third-party tag that breaks a DSGVO audit six months later.

  • Audit-ready, not audit-shaped

    Every build ships with a written DSGVO posture doc covering processors, retention windows, and DPA links for each app. Your lawyer reads the doc, asks two questions, signs off. We have seen the exact questions before.

Industries we work with

Industries we work with in Germany.

Five niches we know cold. German Shopify projects make up a meaningful slice of our European book, and we've shipped each of these verticals for brands in the DACH region.

  • Beauty & Skincare

    Clean-beauty PDPs that pass the German consumer-protection bar. Ingredient transparency, INCI listing, DSGVO-compliant sample-box subscription billing on SEPA.

  • Fashion & Apparel

    Premium streetwear, AW and SS launches, lookbook-led PDPs. EU size charts, return-portal integration, Klarna pay-in-3 at checkout where it converts.

  • Jewelry

    Hallmark display, EU consumer-rights compliant 14-day return flow, configurator-driven engagement pieces, certificate PDFs attached to the order email.

  • Food & Beverage

    LFGB-compliant labeling, allergen flagging on PDPs, cold-chain delivery slots via DHL Express, MwSt 7% versus 19% logic for mixed-category baskets.

  • Supplements & Wellness

    DSGVO-compliant subscription billing, German health-claim language review per HCVO, regulated-substance flagging, and Trusted Shops badging where the brand qualifies.

Why German founders work with us

Why German founders pick us over a Berlin or Hamburg agency.

  • 01

    Engineering discipline, documented.

    250+ stores shipped across six years. Every project ships with Liquid that's actually readable, a written handover doc, and a code-review log. Code quality is part of the deliverable. Not an afterthought a Berlin or Hamburg agency adds for a retainer fee.

  • 02

    Our afternoons overlap mornings in Germany.

    Our team sits 3.5 to 4.5 hours ahead of Germany. Your morning standup is our afternoon working window. Same-day Slack, written English async, no overnight black box. Not a 9-hour gap like the New York or LA Shopify shops.

  • 03

    DSGVO posture, not DSGVO theatre.

    TTDSG cookie consent wired to the Shopify Customer Privacy API on every build. Klarna, Sofort, SEPA Direct Debit, Trusted Shops, Impressum, Widerrufsrecht, all of it shipped on every German project we touch. We have done this enough times to know the audit questions before your lawyer asks them.

Shopify development services

Shopify development services for German brands.

Twenty services across four phases. German brands come to us at any stage, first-store launches through Shopify Plus replatforms, and we keep the stack honest about what's needed at each one.

Build

  • New store setup
  • Theme customization
  • Figma to Shopify
  • Liquid development
  • DSGVO-ready launch

Redesign

  • Theme rebuilds
  • Mobile UX overhaul
  • PDP redesign
  • Checkout optimization
  • Core Web Vitals

Scale

  • CRO & A/B testing
  • Custom apps
  • SEPA subscriptions
  • DACH multi-currency
  • Klaviyo & retention

Empire

  • Shopify Plus builds
  • Headless commerce
  • Storefront API
  • B2B & wholesale
  • ERP & POS integrations

Ready for a quote?

Send us your store URL or your brief. We reply inside 48 hours.

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Shopify Migration Services for German Brands

Already on another platform? We migrate.

Most German brands we replatform are coming from one of four platforms.

And from Squarespace, Webflow, OpenCart, Volusion, PinnacleCart, X-Cart, and Zen Cart, too. See our full guide to ecommerce replatforming to Shopify for the complete list.

Selected work

Recent German Shopify builds.

  • Quotrell Shopify storefront homepage
    Stage 04 · Fashion

    Quotrell

    Premium streetwear redesign on Shopify Plus, drop-driven PDPs.

  • Bunk Beds Shopify storefront homepage
    Stage 04 · Home & Lifestyle

    Bunk Beds

    Configurator-driven premium furniture brand on Shopify Plus.

  • Olivia Loren Shopify storefront homepage
    Stage 03 · Jewelry

    Olivia Loren

    European jewelry brand redesign with subscription billing.

Full portfolio available on request.

The stack we ship

The German ecommerce stack we ship.

Six pieces every German Shopify store needs. We wire these on every project, not as upsells. (Note: Giropay deprecated end of 2024, Klarna and SEPA cover what it used to.)

  • Klarna · Sofort · Pay in 3

    Klarna is the default credit and pay-in-3 rail for German checkout. Sofort (now Klarna-owned) covers the bank-transfer use case. Both wired with proper order-status sync, no orphaned authorizations.

  • SEPA Direct Debit · subscriptions

    SEPA Direct Debit is the German subscription billing default. We wire it through Recharge or Shopify Subscriptions with mandate handling, dunning, and proper IBAN validation at the form layer.

  • PayPal · Apple Pay · Google Pay

    Express checkout flows in the order German shoppers actually use them. PayPal as a fallback for cross-border carts, Apple Pay and Google Pay on mobile PDPs.

  • DHL · Hermes · DPD · GLS

    Live shipping rates from DHL, Hermes Germany, DPD, and GLS at checkout. Packstation as a delivery option. Branded tracking-status emails in German.

  • DSGVO cookie banner · consent log

    Cookiebot or Usercentrics, wired to the Shopify Customer Privacy API. Per-visitor consent log retained for 13 months per BfDI guidance. Granular opt-out per category, not a fake "Accept All" dark pattern.

  • Trustpilot · Trusted Shops

    Trustpilot for review collection, Trusted Shops for the German trust badge German shoppers actually recognize. Review request emails timed to delivery confirmation, not order placement.

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions about Shopify development in Germany.

  • How much does a Shopify project cost for a German brand?

    Every German Shopify project we ship is fixed-price per project, scoped to your brand and catalog. Scope spans a clean new store at the entry end through a Shopify Plus headless build at the top. Send your brief through the form. We respond in 48 hours with a written quote, no discovery call required first.

  • Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Can the project run in English?

    Projects run in English. Our team is remote, not Berlin-based, so written English is the working language for Slack, Loom, code review, and Linear. Most German founders we work with are comfortable in English and prefer the speed of a single working language. We do hire German-speaking copywriters for storefront copy, legal pages, and customer-facing comms when a project needs it.

  • How do you handle DSGVO and the TTDSG cookie consent law?

    Every German build ships with a Cookiebot or Usercentrics consent layer wired to Shopify Customer Privacy API. Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, and Klaviyo fire only after explicit consent. We use Shopify Markets to serve EU-compliant flows by default and we minimize data collection on the order form so DSGVO data-subject access requests are simple to fulfill from the admin.

  • Do you handle Klarna, SEPA, and Sofort at checkout?

    Yes. Klarna (which now owns Sofort), PayPal, SEPA Direct Debit, Apple Pay, and Google Pay are standard. Klarna covers the local credit and pay-in-3 use case that German shoppers expect. SEPA Direct Debit covers the subscription book. We also wire Trusted Shops badging where the brand qualifies for it.

  • Can you migrate our existing store to Shopify?

    Yes, we run ecommerce replatforming to Shopify as a meaningful share of our work. We handle WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, OpenCart, Volusion, PinnacleCart, X-Cart, and Zen Cart migrations. Full data fidelity, SEO equity preserved, zero-downtime cutover.

  • What does a Shopify migration cost for a German brand?

    Most German Shopify migrations we ship are fixed-price per project. We quote inside 48 hours after a free 30-minute scoping call, no discovery call required first. The range varies meaningfully by source platform, catalog size, and theme complexity.

  • Do you handle WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, and Wix migrations to Shopify?

    Yes, those four are our most frequent source platforms. WooCommerce to Shopify migration is roughly a third of our migration book; Magento, BigCommerce, and Wix make up most of the rest. Each has a dedicated page covering the specifics: WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, Wix.

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Send us your store. We'll send back a quote.

Send your German Shopify project brief through the form. One follow-up email. No 7-step intake.

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