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requested a custom feature from a shopify expert and got a quote of $4000 for the feature...
coded it in 2 days myself...
proud? yes.
also pissed off that i will only see a fraction of that for my work.
- what was it? can you sell it as a monthly add-on? you'll make your money back and then some_niko
- become a shopify programmerimbecile
- That expert has to pay his bills too ;)studderine
- Was a good and honest quote then. External dev needs to set up your project, code your stuff, test it, deploy it, iterate changes, be prepared for problems..mekk
- well, if you didn't have 2 days to spare, or the technical ability, paying someone 4k is reasonable.shapesalad
- 4K tax expense for your own services ;-)Krassy
- I'm currently strippnig the sjopify site an 'expert' made for us (at cost). He'd included 8 fonts, 2 of which were used. Each font = ~80-120Kb.detritus
- he has two separate scripts for carousels with pretty much the same functionality; and a 250Kb script to include socMedia icons (~8kb pf graphics and html).detritus
- he cost a fortune and I'm getting the impression didn't have a clue what he was doing. shyster cunt.detritus
- a little worried about asking after this weeks mild spats but why on Earth did you need a Shopify developer when it's easy to customise an existing themefadein11
- You have coding/web knowledge. It's easier than customising a Wordpress theme. I run 2 sites on Shopify and never even thought of hiring a Shopify "expert".fadein11
- Because at the time Shopify dev was a pain in the ass on PC (mac is diff) and also, I didn't personally have the time then. Also, he looked 'good'.detritus
- Even hacking at it now, I find it quite convoluted - don't know if I'm simply missing 'something'. Sure not as easy as WP, imo.detritus
- Ah yes, that was it also - we needed some particular clever thing doing with collections vs. products which I simply couldn't work out how to do.detritus
- ...i'm not sure he managed it in the end.detritus
- fair enough, playing with the functionality as opposed to the look is harder but I find it's quite intuitive compared to other systems. and they are so goddamfadein11
- helpful, the best customer service I have ever experienced (apart from wp-engine a wordpress host).fadein11
- Yeah, skinning and layout's fine, hacky functionality is a wee bit beyond me.detritus