Performance Retainer

How do I keep my Shopify Plus store fast after an overhaul?

Every month I check what's been added to your store, what got slower and what should come out, and send you a short report.

Stores slow down over time: new apps go in, marketing adds tracking code, and Shopify updates change how themes behave. I measure the same way as the Diagnostic Audit, so each month is compared with the same starting point.

Book a Diagnostic Audit

From $1,000 a month. Rate set after the audit. No minimum term.

What’s included

What does a Shopify Plus Performance Retainer include each month?

Every month includes:

Monthly app stack review

What's accumulating, what can go, and what's creating performance risk.

Monthly speed checks and alerts

Every month I check your phone speed scores and tell you if anything got slower, and why.

Apps worth replacing, named each month

The monthly review names any app Shopify's own features could replace. If you want one built, like bundle discounts, I quote it separately.

Priority for urgent fixes

When something breaks or a deadline moves, your work goes to the front of the queue.

AI-generated code review

If your team adds sections written with AI tools, Shopify's included, I read that code each month and flag what needs fixing.

How it works

How does a Shopify Plus Performance Retainer engagement work?

Every retainer starts from a measured baseline.

First

The Diagnostic Audit

A separate purchase at its own fixed price. Its report is the baseline, and the fee doesn't come off the retainer. If I've just finished a build on your store, the post-build measurement is the baseline instead.

After the audit

The monthly rate

I set the rate from what the audit found, and you confirm it before work begins.

Every month

The same cycle

A review of your apps, monthly speed checks, a note whenever something gets slower, and a findings report. New builds are quoted separately. No minimum term.

Verified result

37.3s → 1.5s

Consumer Electronics Retailer

DTC accessories, Shopify Plus

Code from uninstalled apps removed. 194 fewer files loaded. Fully loaded time: 37.3s → 1.5s. Measured in GTmetrix, a page-speed testing tool, one report before the rebuild and one after.

How do I know if my Shopify Plus store needs a performance retainer?

If your team regularly installs apps to test tools, runs marketing pixels that inject third-party scripts, or if multiple people have theme edit access, the store will pick up extra code between big projects. A retainer is the right fit if you want a written monthly check rather than waiting until the store is slow enough to need another big project. If changes are infrequent and access is locked down, you may not need a retainer at all, and the audit will show that.

The cleanup holds when there’s a checkpoint.

If your store has been through a cleanup or migration and you want to keep it fast, the audit is where that starts. I set the retainer rate per store, once I know what's in the stack.

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