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Request a Hydrogen scope review.

A useful first message is short: current store URL or brand, the main storefront problem, and what needs to ship first.

I will tell you whether the next move looks like Starter, Standard, Growth, Custom, Liquid cleanup, performance or SEO work, support retainer, or no rebuild.

Start here

Use the channel that fits how you want to start.

The form is best for project context. LinkedIn and Upwork stay available when you want to start the conversation there.

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Hydrogen scope review

Best path when you want a direct recommendation on Starter, Standard, Growth, Custom, Liquid cleanup, or no rebuild.

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LinkedIn

Fastest path for a direct scoping call after the storefront context is clear.

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Upwork

Best path when you want the engagement to start through a public freelance profile.

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Case studies

Useful when you want to compare your storefront pressure to prior Hydrogen work.

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Request a Hydrogen Scope Review

Send the required fields first. Add design status, product count, integrations, SEO risk, budget, and timeline only if they are already clear.

I do not sell Hydrogen if Liquid is the better move.

Short brief path

Required: name, email, store URL or brand, and main problem. Start with:

  • Store URL or brand
  • What feels blocked
  • Current stack and product count
  • Design status and must-have integrations
  • Budget and timeline, if you know them
Which features are needed?

Your details are used only to reply to this project inquiry. No newsletters, no list sharing. If this is a small theme tweak, I will usually point you to a lighter option.

Build packages

Use the package path to frame the brief.

The form filters by real project requirements: design readiness, product count, feature needs, budget range, timeline, integrations, and migration risk. Pricing is based on project scope, not traffic, not pageviews, or store size.

Starting at $2,000

Hydrogen Starter Storefront

Best for: A lean custom storefront with the core shopping flow.

Scope discipline proofLiquid proof shows when a smaller theme-native path should beat a Starter build.

Includes

  • Home / landing page
  • Collection / listing page
  • Product detail page
  • Add to cart
  • Cart drawer
  • Shopify checkout handoff
  • Basic account entry
  • Header / footer
  • 1 reusable content page template
  • Basic SEO setup
  • Oxygen deployment guidance

Not included

  • Custom checkout
  • Advanced filtering
  • Complex search
  • Subscriptions
  • B2B
  • Multi-language
  • Full CMS
  • Large migration
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$3,000-$3,500

Hydrogen Standard Storefront

Best for: DTC brands that need a more complete storefront than the Starter package.

DTC flow proofRebel Bunny maps content, cart UX, and partner interest to a focused storefront.

Includes

  • Everything in Starter
  • Search results page
  • Basic filters and sorting
  • About / FAQ / shipping templates
  • Blog or education template
  • Basic review app integration
  • Basic analytics events
  • JSON-LD / metadata baseline
  • Improved mobile cart UX

Not included

  • Advanced search systems
  • Subscription architecture
  • B2B or wholesale logic
  • Multi-language setup
  • Large catalog migration
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$4,500-$5,000

Hydrogen Growth Storefront

Best for: Brands that need a lean but more flexible Hydrogen storefront.

Growth storefront proofBayam maps premium catalog discovery, trust UX, and structured commerce surfaces.

Includes

  • Everything in Standard
  • Metaobjects-based content blocks
  • Marketing landing section system
  • 1-2 third-party integrations
  • Product recommendation section
  • Collection intro / subcategory logic
  • Performance pass
  • Limited route migration
  • Basic redirect planning
  • Launch QA checklist

Not included

  • Full CMS architecture
  • Complex app replacement
  • Advanced filters
  • Custom product builder
  • SEO-risky large migration
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Fit review inputs

What to send so the recommendation can be useful.

The review is designed to choose between Starter, Standard, Growth, Custom, Liquid cleanup, support, or no rebuild. These facts keep the answer practical instead of generic.

Current store

Store URL, current Shopify setup, and whether the storefront is Liquid, Hydrogen, or another headless stack.

Commercial pressure

What feels slow, limiting, expensive, hard to edit, or risky to launch.

Scope facts

Design status, product count, required pages, must-have features, and content readiness.

Risk signals

Important URLs, SEO traffic, analytics events, app dependencies, account behavior, and checkout assumptions.

Operating model

Timeline, budget range, internal owner, post-launch support needs, and whether a full agency team is required.

Scope review prep

What to send before a scope review

Pick the closest template and send only the facts you already know. Clear scope keeps fixed-scope work commercial instead of risky.

Package brief

Starter brief template

Use this when the project is mostly the core ecommerce flow.

Package brief

Standard brief template

Use this when the store needs search, filters, content, reviews, or analytics.

Package brief

Growth brief template

Use this when catalog, integrations, content modeling, SEO, or support risk matter.

Package brief

Migration risk template

Use this when the current Liquid store already has URLs, traffic, apps, or analytics that must be protected.

Liquid cleanup instead

If Hydrogen is too much, the next move may be a smaller Liquid cleanup.

This is not the main HydrogenExpert offer, but I may recommend it when Hydrogen would be overkill.

Small Liquid cleanup is scoped separately when it is clearly the better commercial move.

The point is not to turn HydrogenExpert into a general Liquid agency. It is to avoid selling a custom storefront when a smaller theme-native fix would protect the budget better.

Serious Liquid cleanup is still filtered. If the request is only a tiny visual tweak, a broad agency brief, or complex app replacement, I will say that before turning it into the wrong engagement.

Good fit when

  • You need 2-3 custom sections
  • The catalog is simple
  • The current theme is mostly fine
  • Checkout is not the issue
  • You need faster visual or UX polish before a larger rebuild

Includes

  • Focused theme sections or template improvements
  • Homepage, collection, PDP, or landing page UX cleanup
  • Basic performance and app-bloat review
  • Merchant-editable content structure inside the current theme
  • A recommendation to stay on Liquid when Hydrogen would be overkill

Excludes

  • Tiny one-off CSS fixes
  • Full brand, CRO, or creative agency work
  • Complex app replacement
  • Custom checkout
  • Large migration or headless rebuild scope
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