E-COMMERCE DEV

E-commerce Stores Built for Canadian Merchants Who Want Revenue, Not Just Traffic

Ignited Nepal builds Shopify stores for Canadian brands in fashion, beauty, health, home, and food. Shopify is a Canadian company, and it is the right platform for most Canadian merchants at growth stage. We build the collection architecture, product pages, checkout flows, and post-purchase sequences that turn visitors into customers and customers into repeat buyers. Interac, Afterpay, and Klarna included.

Shopify-first builds (Canadian platform, Canadian merchants) · Interac, Afterpay, and Klarna payment integration · PIPEDA-compliant data collection · Bilingual French/English stores available
This is for you if

Who This Is For

You built your Shopify store yourself when you launched and it worked well enough to get you here. But now you are running paid traffic, your product catalogue has grown, and the store that worked at $500k annual revenue is not keeping up at $2M. You need a proper rebuild that handles the complexity you have now.

You have a physical retail presence, likely in a major Canadian market, and you are building your online channel. You want a store that reflects your brand quality, handles your product range, supports the payment options your customers expect including Interac, and is compliant with PIPEDA from the start.

You have a working Shopify store in another market and you want to expand to Canada. You need a localised store that handles CAD pricing, Canadian shipping carriers, local payment methods, and PIPEDA compliance. A global store with a currency switcher is not the same as a store built for Canadian customers.

What's broken

What's Broken

Your Checkout Does Not Support How Canadians Pay

Canadian shoppers expect Interac as a payment option for direct bank-based purchases. A growing segment expects Afterpay or Klarna for buy now pay later. If your checkout only offers credit card and PayPal, you are losing customers at the final step who would have completed the purchase with a different payment method.

Your Collection Pages Have No Selling Logic

A Shopify collection page that shows products in default sort order with no filtering, no featured placement, and no seasonal or promotional logic is a missed revenue opportunity. Canadian shoppers browse carefully before buying. A collection page that does not help them find what they are looking for quickly sends them somewhere else.

Your Product Pages Leave Questions Unanswered

A product page that does not answer sizing questions, explain materials, show in-use photography, include substantive reviews, or address shipping and return concerns will lose the sale to a competitor that does. Every unanswered question at the product page level is a reason not to buy.

Your Data Collection Is Not PIPEDA-Compliant

PIPEDA requires that Canadian customers know what personal information you are collecting at checkout and what you intend to do with it. Email marketing opt-in must be explicit and separate from the purchase action. Many Shopify stores built outside Canada or by non-specialist developers are not set up correctly for Canadian privacy requirements.

What we engineer

What We Do

Platform Setup

We configure Shopify with the correct settings for Canadian merchants: CAD pricing, Canadian tax rules (GST, HST, PST by province), Shopify Payments Canada, and the app stack your operation requires without unnecessary additions.

Theme Development

We build or customise your theme for your brand, your product type, and your Canadian customer base. Mobile conversion is the priority. Canadian shoppers browse and purchase on mobile at rates that match or exceed desktop in most categories.

Product Page Template

We design a product page template that handles your most complex SKU: variants, sizing, materials, trust signals, reviews, shipping estimates, and return policy, all visible without scrolling past what matters. Consistency across product pages reduces cognitive load and increases add-to-cart rate.

Collection Architecture

We structure your collections with Canadian shopping behaviour in mind: seasonal relevance, gift guides for key Canadian calendar moments, province-aware shipping thresholds, and filtering logic that helps customers narrow down efficiently. Collection architecture is revenue architecture.

Checkout Optimisation

We configure the checkout for Canadian expectations: Interac integration, Afterpay and Klarna for BNPL, PIPEDA-compliant data collection consent, transparent shipping costs by province shown early in the flow, and a guest checkout path that does not force account creation.

Payment and Shipping

We integrate Shopify Payments Canada, Interac, Afterpay, Klarna, and any other payment methods relevant to your customer base. We configure shipping zones for Canada Post and courier partners, set up free shipping thresholds aligned with your margin, and handle cross-border shipping configuration if you sell to the US as well.

Email Flows and Analytics

We configure your core Klaviyo flows: abandoned checkout, post-purchase series, win-back, and review request. We connect Google Analytics 4 and Shopify analytics, and set up conversion tracking for any paid media channels you are running. You leave with data that is accurate and actionable.

What changes

What Changes

Before
After
Before Canadian shoppers expect Interac as a payment option for direct bank-based purchases. A growing segment expects Afterpay or Klarna for buy now pay later. If your checkout only offers credit card and PayPal, you are losing customers at the final step who would have completed the purchase with a different payment method.
After A checkout with the right Canadian payment options, transparent costs, and minimal friction will recover a meaningful share of the abandonment you are currently experiencing. Payment method coverage alone moves the needle.
Before A Shopify collection page that shows products in default sort order with no filtering, no featured placement, and no seasonal or promotional logic is a missed revenue opportunity. Canadian shoppers browse carefully before buying. A collection page that does not help them find what they are looking for quickly sends them somewhere else.
After A collection page with logical hierarchy, relevant filtering, seasonal featured placements, and clear product hierarchy helps customers find what they want faster. Faster discovery means more add-to-cart events. More add-to-cart events mean higher conversion.
Before A product page that does not answer sizing questions, explain materials, show in-use photography, include substantive reviews, or address shipping and return concerns will lose the sale to a competitor that does. Every unanswered question at the product page level is a reason not to buy.
After PIPEDA compliance built into the store from the start is significantly less expensive than retrofitting it after a complaint or audit. Correct consent architecture protects your business and signals to customers that you handle their information professionally.
Before PIPEDA requires that Canadian customers know what personal information you are collecting at checkout and what you intend to do with it. Email marketing opt-in must be explicit and separate from the purchase action. Many Shopify stores built outside Canada or by non-specialist developers are not set up correctly for Canadian privacy requirements.
After Abandoned cart recovery, post-purchase upsells, and review request sequences run in the background and generate revenue without ongoing manual effort. These flows, configured correctly, typically recover eight to fifteen percent of abandoned checkout revenue in the first 90 days.
How it works

  1. 01

    Diagnostic

    This takes one week.

    We audit your current store or your brief. We review your catalogue structure, your checkout configuration, your payment methods, your analytics setup, and your PIPEDA compliance position. We identify where you are losing revenue and what the build needs to address. This takes one week.

  2. 02

    Architecture and Design

    We map your collection structure, design your product page template, plan your checkout flow, and specify your email sequences. You review and approve before development begins. This is the stage where changes are cheap.

  3. 03

    Build and Integrate

    We develop the theme, configure payments including Interac, Afterpay, and Klarna, set up Klaviyo flows, connect Google Analytics 4, and integrate any third-party apps your operation requires. We work in a development environment.

  4. 04

    QA, Launch, and Handover

    We test across devices, browsers, and payment methods including Interac. We verify PIPEDA compliance for checkout data collection and email marketing opt-in. We launch, monitor the first 48 hours, and provide documentation so your team can manage the store independently.

Common questions

FAQ

Why is Shopify particularly well-suited for Canadian merchants?

Shopify was founded in Ottawa and its platform has deep Canadian infrastructure: Shopify Payments Canada supports CAD natively with competitive rates, Shopify's fulfillment and shipping integrations include Canada Post and major Canadian couriers, and the platform's tax engine handles the complexity of GST, HST, and PST correctly out of the box. Canadian merchants do not need to work around Shopify; it was partly built for them.

How does Interac work in an e-commerce context?

Interac Online and Interac e-Transfer are available as payment options for Canadian e-commerce through compatible payment processors. The integration allows customers to pay directly from their Canadian bank account without entering a credit card. For Canadian customers who prefer bank-based payments or who do not carry credit cards, this is a meaningful option. We assess the right integration path during the diagnostic based on your payment processor.

What does PIPEDA compliance require for an e-commerce store?

PIPEDA requires that customers are informed about what personal data is collected at checkout, how it will be used, and who it may be shared with. Email marketing consent must be explicit, separate from the purchase action, and must include an easy opt-out mechanism. We build this into the checkout and account creation flows from the start, not as an afterthought.

Do you build bilingual French and English stores for the Quebec market?

Yes. We build bilingual Shopify stores with French as the primary language for Quebec-targeted experiences and English for the rest of Canada, or with a language switcher if you are addressing both markets with one store. Shopify's multilingual capabilities handle this well when configured correctly.

How long does a full Shopify build take for a Canadian merchant?

A full build from diagnostic to launch typically takes six to ten weeks. Smaller catalogues with straightforward product types and no custom integrations come in at the shorter end. Larger catalogues, complex variants, bilingual requirements, or multiple third-party integrations extend the timeline. We give you a firm estimate after the diagnostic.

Our team

The people behind the work

Not a black box. Real specialists you can call, with their names on the work.

Niraj Raut

Niraj Raut

Founder — Ecommerce SEO
Keshab Joshi

Keshab Joshi

PPC Expert
Hawrry Bhattarai

Hawrry Bhattarai

Google Ads Expert
Arogya Rijal

Arogya Rijal

SaaS SEO Expert
Start here

A Shopify Store Built for Canada Should Be Built by People Who Know Both

Platform knowledge and market knowledge are both required to build a Shopify store that converts for Canadian customers. We bring both. Start with a diagnostic and we will show you exactly what your store needs.

We review your current store or your plans, identify where the revenue is leaking, and tell you exactly what needs to change.