Taking new store projectsWooCommerce developer for Ireland
WooCommerce developer for Irish stores that need to sell across borders
You need a WooCommerce store built to trade properly: fast checkout, correct VAT and shipping for Irish and UK/EU customers, and a build that survives peak season without falling over. I design, build, and grow WooCommerce stores for Irish retailers as a senior engineer, not a ticket queue.
A good fit for Irish retailers and small teams launching or scaling a WooCommerce store who want a senior engineer handling the build directly, not an account manager relaying work to someone else.
Where Irish WooCommerce stores get stuck
Selling to the UK after Brexit is a mess
Customs data, duties, and VAT rules for cross-border orders trip up stores that were only ever built for the domestic market. I set up checkout and order data so UK and EU orders clear without manual patching.
EU VAT OSS and IOSS are handled by hand
Someone is manually tracking VAT thresholds and filing OSS returns from spreadsheets. I wire up tax calculation and reporting so the store handles multi-country VAT correctly at checkout, not after the fact.
Irish payment gateways were bolted on badly
Stripe, Global Payments (Realex), or PayPal were added without testing failure paths, so declined cards and 3D Secure edge cases quietly cost you orders. I integrate and test the gateway against real Irish and EU card traffic.
Shipping and click-and-collect do not reflect reality
An Post, DPD, and Fastway rates are hardcoded or wrong at the edges, and click-and-collect is missing entirely. I build shipping logic that matches your actual carrier contracts and store pickup options.
Multi-currency EUR/GBP is an afterthought
Prices in GBP for UK customers are a manual conversion or a plugin nobody trusts. I set up reliable multi-currency pricing and checkout so both markets see accurate totals.
The store cannot handle Christmas traffic
Last December the site slowed down or checkout failed under load, and nobody wants a repeat. I load-test and harden the store well before peak season, not during it.
What a store build includes
Custom WooCommerce store build
A store built around your catalog, pricing, and checkout flow, not a generic theme demo stretched to fit your products.
Checkout optimisation
Fewer fields, clear shipping and tax display, and a checkout tested against real payment and address edge cases so fewer carts drop off.
Ireland, UK, and EU commerce logic
VAT OSS/IOSS, cross-border customs data, Irish payment gateways, and carrier-accurate shipping and click-and-collect built in from the start.
Migration and integrations
Moving from Shopify, Magento, or a dated WooCommerce setup, plus connections to inventory, accounting, or fulfilment systems your business already runs on.
Performance under real load
Query, caching, and hosting tuning so the store stays fast at normal traffic and does not fall over on Black Friday or Christmas Eve.
How a store project runs
You get a clear scope and price before work starts, and a working store on staging before anything goes live.
Scoping call
We talk through your catalog, markets, existing gateways and carriers, and what "done" looks like, then I confirm scope and a fixed quote.
Build on staging
The store, checkout, tax, shipping, and integrations are built and tested on a staging environment you can review at any point.
Load and payment testing
Before launch, checkout is tested against real gateway responses and a simulated traffic spike so peak season is not the first real test.
Launch and handover
We go live with a rollback plan, and you get documentation and access. An ongoing care plan is available if you want continued support.
WooCommerce Ireland pricing
Starting points for a WooCommerce store project
Store setup and configuration
from €1,800
per project
Getting an existing or new WooCommerce install properly configured for Irish and cross-border trading.
- Payment gateway and tax configuration
- Shipping and click-and-collect setup
- Core plugin and hosting review
Custom WooCommerce store build
from €4,500
per project
A full store build around your catalog and checkout flow, ready to trade in Ireland, the UK, and the EU.
- Checkout optimised for conversion
- VAT OSS/IOSS and cross-border logic
- Ireland-specific shipping and gateways
Migration or replatform
from €7,500
per project
Moving from another platform or an outdated WooCommerce setup without losing orders, SEO, or customer data.
- Full product, order, and customer migration
- Redirect and SEO preservation plan
- Parallel testing before cutover
Store care plan
from €300
per month
Ongoing support once the store is live: updates, monitoring, and small improvements as you grow.
- Managed updates and monitoring
- Priority response before peak season
- Cancel anytime
All prices are starting points in EUR and depend on scope: catalog size, integrations, and markets served. Working remotely from Spain with clients across Ireland and Europe; other currencies quoted on request.
Relevant WooCommerce work
Production WooCommerce and e-commerce systems I have built and scaled, including Betterson (leather goods e-commerce) and Points4Purpose (a cashback and rewards platform). Each links to a longer write-up.
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Other things I can help with
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Keep the business running while an old PHP, Laravel, or WordPress system is made safer and easier to change. Improvements are delivered in controlled steps, not as a risky big-bang rewrite.
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Monthly technical support
For businesses that need someone to know the system and take care of it every month: updates, monitoring, fixes, and small improvements without briefing a new contractor each time.
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Related services and Ireland pages
If your store has an existing emergency, see WordPress & WooCommerce rescue. For broader WordPress development or a wider web development scope in Ireland, see the WordPress developer and web development Ireland pages.
Frequently asked questions
You are based in Spain, not Ireland. Does that work for an Irish store?
Yes. I work remotely from Spain, one hour ahead of Ireland, so our working hours overlap almost completely. Store builds, integrations, and support all run through Git, staging, and normal remote access, the same as they would with a local developer.
How does your pricing compare to an agency?
I run a small studio and do the senior engineering myself, so you are paying for the work, not agency overhead or a project manager relaying instructions. Prices above are starting points; the real quote depends on catalog size and integrations, agreed before work starts.
Can you handle UK and EU VAT and shipping for cross-border orders?
Yes, this is core to the work. I set up VAT OSS/IOSS handling, correct customs data for UK orders post-Brexit, and shipping logic that matches your An Post, DPD, or Fastway contracts, so cross-border orders do not need manual fixes.
Can you migrate our existing store without downtime?
Yes. Migrations are built and tested on staging with your real product, order, and customer data, then cut over with a redirect and rollback plan so search rankings and order history are not lost.
Who owns the code and data after the project?
You do, fully. There is no lock-in to a proprietary theme or hosting platform. You get the store, the documentation, and admin access; ongoing support is optional.
Will the store hold up during Christmas or a sale spike?
That is tested before launch, not discovered during peak season. I load-test checkout and the catalog against a simulated traffic spike and tune caching and hosting so the store performs when it matters most.