About
A small studio that thinks like a systems team
We are not an agency with a services menu. We are an engineering studio that builds Shopify systems — and we keep the team small on purpose.
//Approach
Four ways we differ from a theme agency
/01
Scope before build
The first deliverable is a decision, not a file. We scope honestly — including when the answer is "do not build it".
/02
Systems over pages
We design the theme system, the data layer and the integration seams. Pages are the by-product.
/03
Documented trade-offs
Every architecture choice records the constraint, options, decision and trade-off. Readable by the next engineer.
/04
Long-term owners
We prefer retainers over one-off projects: version upgrades, technical debt and evolution are part of the job.
//Team
Small team, sharp seams
A team this size only works if the architecture is clean. That is the point.
Technical Lead
Solution Architecture · Replatforming · ERP/OMS integration
Owns the data flow end to end.
Frontend Engineer
Headless · Hydrogen · Next.js · Storefront API
Owns the commerce frontend architecture.
Theme Engineer
Theme systems · Sections/Blocks · Metaobjects
Owns the merchant editing experience.
App Engineer
Custom apps · Functions · Webhooks · Extensions
Owns business logic inside Shopify.
//Experience
Where the capability comes from
/01
Theme Engineering
Engineering a scalable Shopify theme system that merchants can edit, teams can maintain, and apps can extend.
/02
Headless Commerce
Keeping Shopify as a reliable commerce backend while the frontend becomes whatever your business needs it to be.
/03
App Engineering
Turning merchant-specific business logic into stable, maintainable apps and extensions.
/04
Solution Architecture
Composing Shopify, apps and enterprise systems into one complete commerce architecture.
/05
UI Design
Turning UI into a system — design tokens, components and interfaces engineered for Shopify, not just drawn.
//Measured outcomes
Numbers from shipped work
Every figure below comes from a documented case study on this site — the same evidence we use in proposals.
4
Published case studies
4.2s → 1.8s
LCP (Theme)
2 days → 15 min
Approval time (App)
12
Markets launched (Solution)
//Company
Legal entity
Chivance Technology — a Shopify Commerce Engineering studio based in Shenzhen, China.
Chivance
Shopify Commerce Engineering
Shenzhen Chivance Technology Co., Ltd.
深圳市契行科技有限公司
Next step
Let us look at your system before you hire us
The review is scoped, honest and includes a clear recommendation — even when the recommendation is not us.