Retainer ProgramsShopify Development & Growth Partners

Growth Engine

Shopify development, design, conversion optimization, retention marketing and accessibility — bundled into retainer programs that scale with your business.

01 — What's always covered

What's included

Accessibility, monitoring, platform updates and peak-season planning — included on every tier, at every price.

01

Accessibility

Quarterly WCAG 2.2 AA audits, a maintained accessibility statement, and a dated record of remediation work — what you produce if you receive a demand letter.

02

Uptime and incidents

Monitoring on your storefront, checkout and critical flows, with same-day response when something goes wrong.

03

Platform change management

Shopify ships breaking changes on its own schedule. We track them, test against them and update your store ahead of the deadlines.

04

App and theme upkeep

Regular audits of every installed app and theme version. Updates are tested before they ship and abandoned apps are removed.

05

Peak season readiness

A written BFCM plan each year covering code freeze dates, load testing, rollback procedure and on-call coverage.

06

A named contact

A named lead on your account, a direct line to them, and a written escalation path.

We are not a law firm and we do not certify compliance. We do conformance work continuously and document it.

02 — Core retainer tiers

Pick your foundation

Priced by scope, capacity, cadence and support level. Every tier includes everything above. Month to month, or 12 months at a reduced monthly rate.

01 — Keeping the store running

Maintain

Reactive fixes & small updates

$1,000/ month
Work capacity1 active request
Site health checksMonthly
Growth program—
Strategy calls—
Reporting—
Account managementRequest-only
Response time48 hours
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02 — Steady improvement

Grow

Dev, design & site improvements

$2,400/ month
Work capacity1–2 active items
Site health checksMonthly
Growth program✓
Strategy callsMonthly
ReportingTask summary
Account managementShared PM
Response time48 hours
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03 — Active growth push Most Chosen

Accelerate

Dev, design + proactive optimization on a quarterly roadmap

$4,400/ month
Work capacity2–3 active items
Site health checksMonthly
Growth program✓
Strategy callsBi-weekly
ReportingMetrics + insights
Account managementDedicated PM
Response time24 hours
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04 — Full growth engine

Scale

Full-stack dev, design & strategic roadmap planning

$6,000/ month
Work capacity3–4 items, dedicated pod
Site health checksBi-weekly
Growth program✓
Strategy callsBi-weekly
ReportingExec dashboard
Account managementPM + account manager
Response timeSame day
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60-Day Change & Cancellation Policy

Any change to a retainer or package — moving down a tier, removing a package, pausing, or cancelling outright — takes 60 days' written notice. Moving up a tier or adding a package takes effect the following billing cycle, with no waiting period. Twelve-month terms hold for the full term and renew month to month after that.

Every retainer starts with a store audit and onboarding session.
Month to month, or 12 months at a reduced monthly rate.
Each retainer applies to one brand/store — additional brands require a separate agreement.
Anything larger than your tier carries is scoped free within 48 hours.
03 — Growth packages

Layer on the outcomes you need

Each package is flat-price and self-contained, at two levels — run one alongside a tier from Grow and up for extra dev capacity, or take it on its own. From $2,500 / month.

CRO Package

Convert more of the traffic you already have

Increase conversion rate and revenue per visitor through systematic testing and funnel optimization. CRO runs one test a month. CRO Plus adds a dedicated strategist, a prioritized testing roadmap, and two to four tests a month.

Reported on: revenue per visitor, at both levels.

Best for brands with 30K+ monthly sessions wanting more revenue without more ad spend. Works on its own, or alongside Accelerate or Scale.

CRO
$2,500/mo
CRO Plus
$3,900/mo
A/B testing program1 / month2–4 / month
Heatmap & session recordingMonthlyMonthly
Cart & checkout abandonmentMonthlyMonthly
Page speed & Core Web VitalsMonthlyMonthly
Revenue per visitor reportingMonthlyMonthly
Dedicated CRO strategist—Ongoing
Testing roadmap & prioritization—Quarterly
Purchase funnel optimization—Quarterly
Retention Package

Turn one-time buyers into repeat revenue

Drive more revenue through email, SMS and loyalty. Retention covers Klaviyo flow builds, four campaigns a month and deliverability monitoring. Retention Plus adds SMS, a lifecycle roadmap, list growth and monthly RFM segmentation.

Reported on: email and SMS as a share of total revenue.

Best for brands where email drives under 15% of revenue. Works on its own, or alongside Grow or Accelerate.

Retention
$2,500/mo
Retention Plus
$3,900/mo
Klaviyo flow buildsMonthlyMonthly
Email campaigns4 / month6–8 / month
Deliverability monitoringContinuousContinuous
Segmentation & RFMQuarterlyMonthly
SMS campaigns—✓
Lifecycle strategy & roadmap—Quarterly
List growth: pop-up & capture—Quarterly
Loyalty program messaging—Quarterly
04 — Project work

Work we quote separately

Some work sits outside a retainer. We scope it from an audit and quote a fixed price.

Accessibility Baseline

Bringing an existing store up to WCAG 2.2 AA. Once it is there, maintaining it is included in your retainer at no extra cost.

Quoted off your audit

Conversion Foundations

For stores below the testing threshold. PDP and cart fixes, checkout configuration, speed, mobile UX, and analytics set up so testing is possible later.

Fixed price, scoped up front

Subscription Audit & Build

Payment retry and dunning recovery, cancellation save flows, subscriber onboarding, and customer portal improvements.

Quoted off your audit

App Development

Custom Shopify apps and private integrations — storefront features, admin tooling, and functionality no app in the store covers.

Fixed price, scoped up front

Redesign & Rebuild

Full redesigns, rethemes and replatform work. Design, build, content migration and launch, run as a project alongside your retainer.

Fixed price, scoped up front

Major Integrations

ERP, POS, 3PL and marketplace connections, B2B and wholesale logic, multi-warehouse and custom checkout work.

Quoted off discovery
05 — Build your retainer

Build your retainer

Pick a base tier, add the packages you need, see your monthly total.

Base Tier
CRO Package
Retention Package
Your Build
Base TierAccelerate · $4,400
CRO—
Retention—
Total · Month to Month
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06 — In their words

What clients say

“We’ve been working with NINE15 for about six months, and in that time we successfully launched a new website just two months into the partnership. Within the first month post-launch, we saw a 20% increase in conversion rate while simultaneously increasing site traffic by 200%.”
SETT
“NINE15 has been an incredible partner of ours. Their ability to handle and implement any ask we make has been impressive and valuable for us. They proactively do site audits on speed and design to help us stay on top of things. I highly recommend using NINE15.”
Criquet Shirts
“Excellent partner for a Shopify refresh. They streamlined our B2B complexities and created a beautiful, high-performing DTC experience. They don’t just build pages; they understand brand strategy. Five stars!”
Vive

Ready to build your retainer?

Start with a free store audit covering accessibility, speed, app health and your conversion funnel. We'll show you what we found and what it's worth fixing.