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April 20, 2026

Setting Expectations: How to Align Goals with Your Shopify Developer

Contra's guide walks merchants through aligning expectations with a Shopify developer, from scoping and communication cadence to defining the ecommerce KPIs that determine whether the engagement succeeded.

The Takeaway:

Developer engagements go sideways when success is undefined. Agreeing on the KPIs that matter — conversion rate, AOV, page speed, revenue per visitor — before work begins gives both sides a shared scoreboard.