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Ecommerce

OpenCart stores for merchants who want simple, affordable ownership.

Custom OpenCart builds for merchants who want a straightforward, self-hosted store without Magento's overhead or a monthly platform fee — lightweight, extensible and yours outright.

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Ecommerce
OpenCart — at a glance
Starting from
$249.00one-time
  • Lightweight, self-hosted — no monthly platform fee
  • Multi-store support from a single admin
Best for
Budget-conscious merchants wanting ownership
Ownership
Store & code, with no vendor lock-in

Fixed price, agreed in writing.

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Services we offer

Everything opencart should include — and usually doesn’t.

Custom theme design

On-brand OpenCart themes built to your design, not a stock template.

Extension development

Custom extensions built when the marketplace doesn't already cover what you need.

Lightweight & fast

Minimal overhead compared to bigger platforms — quick to run, quick to host cheaply.

Multi-store support

Multiple storefronts run from a single OpenCart admin.

Payment & shipping integrations

Gateways and carriers wired in correctly from launch.

Migrations

Moves from other carts with product, customer and order data intact.

An online store checkout with a shopping cart on a laptop
The results view

A storefront built to convert.

Product pages, cart and checkout tuned to turn browsers into buyers — speed and CRO measured in revenue, not guessed.

  • Checkout tuned to remove friction and drop-off
  • Automated cart-recovery flows that win back abandons
  • Every 100ms of speed measured in money
Why Code Craft

The team serious brands pick for opencart.

We deliver opencart as part of one accountable in-house team — designers, developers and marketers in the same room — across the USA, UK, Canada, UAE, Australia and India. Fixed prices agreed in writing, and you own everything we produce.

6
markets served
Fixed
price, in writing
30 days
notice, no lock-in
A discovery call and a fixed, itemised quote before any work starts
Clickable previews every week, so you steer while we build
A clean launch, full handover and 30 days of post-launch support
Optional monthly care — updates, backups, security and small fixes

CRO baked into every template

Every PDP, cart and checkout template is shaped by real conversion testing, not guesswork.

Speed = revenue discipline

Sub-second targets, because every 100ms is measurable money.

Migration without rank loss

URL maps, 301s and parity checks — rankings survive, usually improve.

We build the plugins

39 commercial Woo/WP plugins prove our commerce code publicly.

Growth after launch

Email flows, upsells and CRO iterations as an ongoing partner.

Launch-day checklist, followed

Payments, tax, shipping and tracking verified live before we call a store finished — not left for you to discover.

Trusted by teams across six markets

United States United StatesUnited Kingdom United KingdomCanada CanadaUAE UAEAustralia AustraliaIndia India
Smart investment

Why opencart is one of the smartest investments you’ll make.

Not a cost to minimise — money that comes back, in ways you can point to a year from now.

Every 100ms is revenue

Speed and checkout friction are treated as growth levers, not afterthoughts — the build pays for itself in conversion.

Compounding customer value

Email flows and retention mechanics built in from day one turn a first sale into a longer customer relationship.

Scales past a launch-day catalog

Performance work done up front means adding thousands of SKUs later doesn't mean rebuilding the store.

Content and commerce together

A platform built for SEO means organic traffic keeps arriving without paying for every click.

Fewer app subscriptions

Functionality built cleanly into the theme instead of stacked apps cuts the monthly bill that quietly grows on most stores.

Migrate without losing rank

A properly planned move protects the SEO equity you already earned instead of resetting it to zero.

How it works

How we deliver opencart — step by step.

01

Discover & plan

We dig into your goals, market and competitors, then agree scope, timeline and success metrics before any code is written.

02

Design & prototype

Wireframes become polished, on-brand designs you approve up front — no surprises at launch.

03

Build & test

Senior engineers build in weekly sprints with previews you can click, plus QA across devices and browsers.

04

Launch & grow

We deploy, monitor and hand over cleanly — then keep optimising with data from real users.

Tech we use

The stack behind our opencart.

Proven, boring-in-a-good-way technology — chosen for speed, security and long-term maintainability, not résumé décor.

OpOpenCartCore platform
PHP logoPHPExtension development
MySQL logoMySQLDatabase
OCOCModModification system
PayPal logoPayPalPayments
Stripe logoStripeCard payments
Transparent pricing

OpenCart packages & pricing.

Fixed quotes, no hourly surprises — these are honest starting points; your exact quote is itemised free within one business day.

Launch

Start selling right

$249.00from · one-time
  • Custom OpenCart theme setup
  • Up to 100 products configured
  • Payments & shipping setup
  • Conversion-ready PDP templates
  • Order email branding
  • Launch checklist & training
Most popular

Growth

Optimise every step

$749.00from · one-time
  • Bespoke theme design
  • Custom extension development
  • Speed optimisation pass
  • Multi-store configuration
  • Migration with SEO redirects
  • Team training

Plus

Multi-store OpenCart builds

$1,599.00from · scoped
  • Multi-store catalog management
  • Advanced payment & shipping integrations
  • Marketplace / feed integrations
  • Performance SLAs
  • Dedicated growth support
  • Rescue & optimisation included

Prices are honest starting points for typical scope — complex projects are quoted precisely, and the quote is always free.

Deliverables

What lands in your hands.

  • Custom OpenCart theme
  • Custom extension development
  • Payment & shipping setup
  • Multi-store configuration (where needed)
  • Speed optimisation pass
  • Launch checklist & training

Don’t see something you need on this list? Ask — we’ll tell you honestly whether it’s in scope, and quote it if it is.

Our guarantees

Signed into every opencart engagement.

  • Fixed quote, no surprises

    The approved price is the final price for the agreed scope.

  • On-time delivery

    A dated sprint plan on day one — and we keep it.

  • 30-day post-launch support

    Bugs and tweaks after launch are on us, not on a new invoice.

  • Your IP, fully assigned

    Everything we make for you belongs to you. In writing.

From the blog

OpenCart insights, free to steal.

The same thinking we bill for, written up properly — guides our clients read before (and after) hiring us.

Everything included

12 things we do inside this service.

Not a menu of upsells — this is the scope we work within. If what you need is on this list, it’s in the quote. If it isn’t, ask and we’ll tell you honestly whether we’re the right people.

Ecommerce — the full scope.

Every capability below is work we do in-house. Nothing is subcontracted, and nothing is a placeholder for a conversation about scope later.

  • In-house team only
  • One accountable contact
  • 12 capabilities, quoted upfront
01

OpenCart development

Custom themes and extensions for a lightweight, self-hosted store.

What that covers

  • Custom OpenCart theme development
  • OCMod / extension development
  • Store migration to OpenCart
  • Multi-store configuration
  • Speed optimisation
  • Version upgrades & maintenance
02

OpenCart payments & catalogue

The core commerce plumbing, configured properly.

What that covers

  • Payment gateway integration
  • Shipping method configuration
  • Product & category catalogue setup
  • Tax & currency configuration
  • Marketplace feed integration
  • Bug fixing & version support

Often combined with

These sit in the same discipline and are usually scoped together — one team, one timeline, one invoice.

How your opencart runs

Your opencart project, stage by stage.

Most agency process diagrams describe the agency. This one describes what lands in your inbox — because that’s the part you can hold us to.

01Stage 01

Discovery & platform fit

We work out what you sell, to whom, and which platform genuinely fits — before anyone builds anything.

  • Goals, catalogue and integrations mapped
  • Platform recommended with the reasoning
  • Payments, shipping and tax scoped
  • Scope written down and priced, fixed
You receiveA scoped plan, fixed price and platform recommendation.
02Stage 02

Store design

Designed for conversion, not just looks — the paths from landing to checkout are the priority.

  • Conversion-first UX for key journeys
  • On-brand, mobile-first product templates
  • Cart and checkout designed to reduce drop-off
  • Accessibility checked at design stage
You receiveA clickable store prototype you approve.
03Stage 03

Build & catalogue

The store built on a staging link, with your real products, payments and shipping wired in.

  • Theme or custom build on staging from week one
  • Product upload and catalogue structure
  • Payment gateways, shipping and tax rules
  • Apps and integrations connected
You receiveA staging store with real products and a working checkout.
04Stage 04

Testing & payments

The checkout is the one thing that must never break — so we test it end to end, on real devices.

  • Cross-device and real-device testing
  • Checkout, payment and tax tested end to end
  • Performance measured against Core Web Vitals
  • Inventory and order flow verified
You receiveA test report and a verified, working checkout.
05Stage 05

Launch & migrate

Planned, not hoped — existing traffic and rankings preserved through the switch.

  • Product and SEO data migrated
  • 301 redirect map from every old URL
  • DNS, SSL and email deliverability verified
  • Rollback plan agreed in advance
You receiveA live store with the old URLs still resolving.
06Stage 06

Grow & support

Launch is the start — we help you turn traffic into orders and hand you the keys.

  • Analytics and conversion tracking confirmed
  • CRO backlog to lift order value
  • All accounts, code and assets transferred
  • Care/growth retainer optional, no lock-in
You receiveFull ownership and an optional growth retainer.
FAQs

OpenCart questions, answered.

Straight answers, no fine print. If yours isn't here, ask us — we reply within one business day.

Still have questions?

Real humans, one business day.

  • No-obligation, fixed quote — free
  • Talk to the team who'll build it
  • Reply within one business day
Where we work
US USUK UKCanada CanadaUAE UAEAustralia AustraliaIndia India

OpenCart suits budget-conscious merchants who want self-hosted ownership without a monthly platform fee and without Magento's overhead. If you publish a lot of content, WooCommerce usually fits better — we'll say so honestly.

Ready to talk opencart?

Let's build it together.

Tell us where you are and where you want to be — we'll map the route and quote it, free.

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