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Every business eventually has to raise prices, and most do it quietly and hope nobody notices, which is the approach most likely to cause the damage they were trying to avoid. How the increase is handled matters considerably more than its size, and the store is where most of the handling actually happens.

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Putting the prices up without losing the customers

The customers who react badly to a price rise are rarely reacting to the number.

They are reacting to discovering it at the checkout, to finding that the thing they bought last month is suddenly different, or to a store that has changed what it charges while pretending nothing happened. Handling it well is mostly about sequence and notice. Regular customers should hear it before the site changes rather than from the basket. Anything already committed — a saved list, an open quote, a subscription — needs a stated position on whether it is honoured, and honouring it for a short window costs very little and buys a great deal. Where an increase is substantial, the honest move is saying why in a sentence rather than leaving people to invent a reason, which they will and it will be less flattering than yours. The construction to avoid entirely is a rise disguised as something else: a smaller quantity at the same price, or a delivery charge introduced in the same week, both of which customers work out and resent specifically.

We have no office in Berlin. Our studio is in Rajkot, India, and every project here is delivered remotely — if a supplier who can attend your premises matters to you, that is a fair requirement and we do not meet it.

What a Shopify development project includes

Three things, and they are the same wherever you are. What changes is the subject above.

  • Custom Online Store 2.0 theme or headless storefront

  • App, payment and fulfilment integration

  • Migration with a full URL redirect map

The other three, and what each one covers

Each answers a different question for Berlin businesses. None of them repeats this page.

Shopify development questions from Berlin

Three questions about the subject above. How we work, what it costs and who owns the code are answered on the service page.

Should we explain the increase?

A sentence, where the rise is substantial. Customers who are not told invent a reason, and the reason they invent is less flattering than the real one almost every time. A short, plain explanation without apology reads as a business that knows what it is doing rather than one hoping nobody notices.

What about orders already in progress?

Honour them for a stated window. A saved basket, an open quote or a subscription priced at the old rate costs very little to protect for a few weeks, and it removes the single most common complaint, which is not about the price but about the sense of having been caught out.

Is reducing the quantity a good alternative?

No. Customers notice, work out what happened and resent it more than the increase it replaced, because it reads as an attempt to deceive rather than a decision to charge more. The same applies to introducing a delivery charge in the same week as a price change.

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