Shopify or WooCommerce? Afterpay or not? What does shipping from Victoria actually involve? Melbourne store owners ask us the same practical questions again and again, so we have answered the main ones below. Axis Software Solutions is a Delhi-based team that builds online stores remotely, at a fixed price in AUD.
Serving businesses in
Melbourne, Australia
Our Melbourne clients asked the same questions you're probably asking right now. After working with us, here's what they tell other Melbourne businesses:
We specify the right hosting for your store size and provide performance tuning so your store stays fast under load.
Our team has built and customised 400+ WooCommerce stores and 150+ Shopify stores — we know every edge case.
Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, PayU, and regional BNPL options — configured and tested before launch.
Selling internationally? We handle multi-currency pricing, country-specific tax rates, and international shipping rules.
Monthly maintenance covering security patches, plugin updates, performance monitoring, and minor feature additions.
Clean URLs, schema markup for products, canonical tags, and sitemap generation built into every store from day one.
Which platform should I use?
It depends on what you sell. Shopify suits most small and mid-sized shops that want to launch quickly. WooCommerce on WordPress gives more control if you need custom pricing or content. For unusual requirements, such as wholesale portals or complex bundles, a custom build can make sense. We recommend whichever costs you less to run over three years.
How do I take payments?
Most Australian shoppers expect cards, PayPal and a buy-now-pay-later option such as Afterpay or Zip. We set up Stripe or your bank’s gateway, test refunds and failed payments, and make checkout work on a phone.
What about shipping?
We connect your store to Australia Post and other carriers so rates and labels are generated automatically, and set up rules for free-shipping thresholds, metro Melbourne versus regional Victoria, and interstate orders.
Will people find my store on Google?
We build product pages with proper titles, descriptions, structured data and fast image loading, which is what helps listings appear in search with price and stock details.
What about GST and invoices?
Prices are shown inclusive of GST for Australian customers, and invoices are generated in the format your accountant expects. We can link orders to Xero or MYOB.
How much does it cost, and who owns the store?
You receive a fixed-price quote in AUD after we scope your catalogue size and integrations. The store, its content and customer data belong to you.
Melbourne retail moves with the calendar: the Spring Racing Carnival, Boxing Day, end-of-financial-year sales. We plan launches and load testing around those peaks, and our working hours overlap your afternoon, so a problem on a busy day gets a same-day response.
We work with small and medium businesses in Melbourne as a remote delivery partner. Our India-based team costs far less than hiring locally in Victoria, and our working day overlaps with your afternoon, so you get same-day replies. Every project is quoted at a fixed price in AUD, with no GST and no local payroll overhead — you deal directly with the developers building your work.
Businesses in Melbourne usually have two worries about offshore development: communication and control. Here is how we handle both.
Here is what a typical engagement looks like — timeline, scope, and what we deliver.
E-commerce development in Melbourne ranges from AUD 998–AUD 10,000. A basic WooCommerce or Shopify store with up to 50 products costs around AUD 998–AUD 10,000's lower end. A full-featured store with custom design, 500+ products, multiple payment gateways, and logistics integration typically costs towards the higher end. We provide a fixed-price quote after understanding your catalogue size, custom features, and marketing requirements.
Ask us these too. If an answer sounds vague, that is your signal — whoever you are speaking to.
Yes. We move products, customers and order history, and redirect old URLs so you keep search rankings.
Yes, where your payment provider supports them. We configure and test them before launch.
We choose hosting and caching to suit your expected traffic, and test checkout under load before big sale periods.
Usually yes, through the connectors the platform offers or a custom integration if required.
A standard store with a modest catalogue is typically live in four to eight weeks; larger catalogues and custom features take longer.
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