SHOPIFY AGENCY · RICHMOND
Shopify agency for Richmond brands and builders.
A Virginia Shopify Partner agency two hours from Richmond, building and growing stores for RVA’s DTC brands, makers and wholesale businesses — with a senior team in the same time zone.
CREATIVE LABS IN RICHMOND, IN SHORT
Virginia’s Shopify team, two hours from Scott’s Addition.
WHERE WE ARE
HQ in Forest, Virginia — two hours east on US-460 and I-64. On site for kickoff and launch.
TIME ZONE
HOW WE WORK
TYPICAL PROJECTS
PRICING
Store builds from $10k, migrations from $2.5k, retainers from $3k a month. Fixed scope, fixed price, see /pricing.
FIRST STEP
VIRGINIA · ENERGY
Glenwood Energy: a service business site built to be found and called.
A lead-generation site for a Virginia energy company — fast, clear and built on a platform the team can edit.
WHO WE WORK WITH
Teams we work with in Richmond and the Richmond region.
Richmond’s food and beverage makers, apparel brands, breweries with merch, B2B distributors and the nonprofits that run the city’s events.
Food, drink and makers
Sauces, coffee, breweries and bakeries selling DTC with subscriptions and local pickup.
Apparel and lifestyle
RVA brands moving from Etsy or Squarespace to a store that converts.
B2B and wholesale
Distributors adding Shopify B2B with net terms, price lists and rep ordering.
Nonprofits and associations
Memberships, events and merch on one platform.
ONE WORKING DAY
Two hours down the road, the same working day.
Reviews in your afternoon, developers shipping overnight, a senior you can meet at a Richmond coffee shop.
REVIEWS
Reviews in your afternoon
Design and build reviews land on your calendar between 10:00 and 16:00 your time. Nothing waits overnight.
ONE LEAD
One senior point of contact
ON SITE
On site in Richmond
Kickoff and launch days in person; workshops at your office when a whiteboard helps.
CHANNEL
Your Slack or ours
A shared channel, a weekly Loom and a live staging link. No ticket portal.
WHAT TO GET RIGHT
Rules that shape Richmond stores in 2026.
What a store selling from Virginia has to handle — and what we set up by default.
Virginia privacy law (VCDPA)
Consent, opt-out and a compliant privacy policy set up by default; data-request handling documented for your team.
Sales tax, handled by Shopify Tax
Virginia rates and economic nexus elsewhere, configured and checked on the first filing.
Alcohol and age gates
Breweries and distilleries get compliant age verification and shipping rules by state.
HOW WE WORK
How we work with teams in Richmond.
01
Intro call with a senior
30 minutes on your store, your numbers and your deadline. An honest fit check on the call.
02
Free audit, then a fixed price
A Loom walkthrough of the three things we would fix first, followed by a scoped proposal with one price.
03
Build on a duplicate, reviewed in your day
Theme and app work ships to a preview theme. You review in your working hours; nothing goes live without your yes.
04
Launch and handover
Redirects, analytics and backups checked, then a handover your team can run — plus a retainer if you want us to stay.
WHAT WE BUILD
What we design and build for Richmond teams.
MORE OF OUR WORK
From local businesses to national DTC brands.
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Why Richmond, specifically
Richmond is two hours east on US-460 and I-64, which is close enough for kickoff and launch days and far enough that most of the work runs remotely in your working hours. The city's DTC scene — food and drink makers in Scott's Addition, apparel brands in the Fan and Carytown, breweries with merch programs — is where most of our Richmond enquiries come from.
The pattern we see in Richmond stores: a brand that started on Etsy, Squarespace or a basic Shopify theme, grew on local reputation, and now needs a store that converts cold traffic as well as it converts regulars. That usually means a theme rebuild, subscriptions for the consumables, local pickup and delivery rules, and an email program that does more than announce new products.
Richmond also has a large B2B and distribution base — food distributors, building products, government contractors — and Shopify B2B with net terms and price lists is a frequent fit. For breweries and distilleries we set up age verification and state-by-state shipping compliance from the start, because retrofitting it is harder than building it in.
RICHMOND
4 questions
Will you come to Richmond?
Yes, for kickoff, launch and workshops. The rest runs remotely in your working hours.
Do you work with breweries and food brands?
Yes. We build stores for food and drink brands, including subscriptions and shipping rules. Alcohol adds age verification and state-by-state shipping rules, which we set up with your compliance requirements in hand. See food & beverage.
Can you add B2B to our existing Shopify store?
Yes. B2B can run alongside your DTC store with trade pricing, minimums and terms, natively on Shopify Plus or with an app on other plans. See B2B & wholesale.
What does a Richmond store build cost?
Store builds start at $10,000 and migrations at $2,500, fixed price. See pricing or the website cost calculator.
You've reached the end, so now…
Tell us what you're selling.
Send us your store. Within one business day you get a short Loom from a senior: the three things we'd fix first, what it would cost, and whether we're the right team for it.
- No pitch deck, no discovery-call theatre
- You keep the audit whether or not you hire us
- Fixed-scope quotes, no hourly surprises
Prefer to talk? Book 20 minutes with Haniel or call +1 855-764-4977