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- Ideal For
- Mid-market Shopify brands that want senior help when they need it, without a monthly retainer.
- Includes
- Development, design, SEO, AI search and analytics
- Project management and strategic planning built in, never drawn from your bank
- No minimum purchase
- Hours that never expire
- No monthly minimum, contract term or automatic renewal
- Investment
- $100 CAD per hour, prepaid
Prices in Canadian dollars, before applicable taxes. Your $100 rate is locked for 12 months from your first bank. Pricing current as of September 2026.
How Much Does Deploi Charge?
Deploi, a Toronto-based web development agency, charges $100 an hour in Canadian dollars (CAD), drawn from a prepaid bank of hours. A bank of hours is time you buy upfront and use as work gets done. Ten hours cost $1,000. Thirty hours cost $3,000, and 60 hours cost $6,000, before applicable taxes.
| Hours in your bank | Price before tax (CAD) |
|---|---|
| 10 | $1,000 |
| 30 | $3,000 |
| 60 | $6,000 |
| 100 | $10,000 |
Prices follow Deploi's published rate, current as of September 2026.
How Does a Bank of Hours Work?
A Deploi bank of hours works like a prepaid account for agency time. You buy a block of hours, then draw it down as work gets done. Before each job starts, Deploi estimates it in hours, and you approve the estimate in writing. Only logged hours count against your balance, never more than each job's approved estimate.
- Buy your bank.Choose how many hours to prepay.
- Set the priorities.You decide what your hours go toward, and the team scopes each piece of work in hours before anything starts.
- Approve, then Deploi builds.Nothing starts without your written OK. Every billed hour is itemized against your balance, so you always know where you stand.
- Top up, or take a break.Add hours whenever your balance runs low, or pause for a quiet season.
Deploi's terms are current as of September 2026.
How Much Does Custom Shopify Work Cost?
Custom Shopify features built by Deploi in 2026 took 4 to 42 build hours, or $400 to $4,200 at the current rate. A custom checkout social proof app for one example project took 20 hours to build, or $2,000. Each price is build hours times $100 in Canadian dollars (CAD).
| Net new custom build | Build hours logged | At $100 CAD an hour |
|---|---|---|
| Press and trust logo strip, no JavaScript | 4 | $400 |
| Featured collection carousel | 4 | $400 |
| Three-step product routine section | 5 | $500 |
| PowerReviews ratings and reviews with automatic sync | 18.5 | $1,850 |
| Checkout social proof app: star ratings, recent-purchases badge and review carousel | 20 | $2,000 |
| Homepage for a second product line, seven new sections | 42 | $4,200 |
Hours are the build time the team logged in 2026, and prices use the published rate as of September 2026. Each build is documented in Deploi's Shopify Builds library. Your own work gets its own estimate first.
Bank of Hours or Retainer: What's the Difference?
The key difference is billing: a monthly retainer bills a fixed fee every month, busy or quiet. A Deploi bank of hours is prepaid time, drawn down only by hours billed against work you approved. A quiet month therefore uses no hours, and your balance waits for the next job.
| Terms | Monthly retainer | Deploi bank of hours |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | A fixed fee every month | Upfront, for the hours you choose |
| A quiet month | Billed in full | Uses no hours |
| Unused time | Lost at the end of each month | Never expires; refundable on written request |
| Commitment | Set by the retainer contract | No term, no minimum, no automatic renewal |
| Hourly rate | Bundled into the monthly fee | $100 in Canadian dollars (CAD), published |
The retainer column describes a fixed-fee, use-it-or-lose-it retainer; terms vary by agency. Deploi's column reflects its published terms as of September 2026.
What Do You Get for $100 an Hour at Deploi?
For $100 an hour in Canadian dollars (CAD), Deploi gives you a senior team's time across development, design, search and analytics. Project management and strategic planning never come out of your prepaid bank of hours. A 30-hour bank therefore buys 30 hours of hands-on work.
- Billed from your bank: approved work, capped at each job's estimate.
- Never billed: project management, strategic planning and months with no work.
Deploi's terms are current as of September 2026.
Integrity. In Writing.
How Do You Know Deploi Won't Overcharge You?
Deploi's written terms rule out overcharging before work starts. The hourly rate is published, and every job gets a written estimate you approve. Billed hours never exceed that estimate unless a cause outside the agency's control, such as a third-party integration issue, changes the work.
- Every billed hour itemized. Each billed hour appears against your prepaid bank of hours, so you can check every charge.
- Unused hours refundable. Ask in writing, and the unused balance comes back.
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The agency's pricing terms are current as of September 2026.
How Does Deploi Price Bigger Projects?
Deploi prices bigger projects from an hours estimate at its standard $100 rate in Canadian dollars (CAD). Examples include full redesigns and replatforms. You agree the total before work begins. The total changes only if the scope changes or a cause outside Deploi's control arises. Any extra work needs your written approval first.
Example project: Two Storefronts. Nine Weeks.
Scope: A full redesign of a direct-to-consumer brand's United States and Canadian Shopify storefronts on a rebuilt, section-based theme. The redesign added a new homepage, product and collection pages, a second product line with its own homepage, and a multi-step product quiz.
Timeline: About nine weeks from kickoff to launch on both storefronts, in 2026.
Engineering: 486.5 hours logged by two senior engineers, launch fixes included.
Cost: $48,000 CAD plus tax for user experience (UX) design, development and project management, fixed in writing before work began under Deploi's earlier pricing. At the current $100 rate, the 486.5 engineering hours alone would cost $48,650.
Pricing terms current as of September 2026.
Answers to Help You Make Smart Decisions.
Does Deploi charge different rates for different services?
No. Deploi bills every service at one rate, so design, development and search work all cost the same per hour. The rate covers Shopify development, design, search engine optimization (SEO), artificial intelligence (AI) search and analytics. There's no premium for specialist work and no separate tier for simpler tasks. The published rate is $100 an hour in Canadian dollars (CAD), current as of September 2026. One rate means an estimate converts to a price in one step. Ten hours of design plus 20 hours of development cost $3,000 before tax.
Do my hours expire?
No. Hours in a Deploi bank of hours, the prepaid block of time you buy upfront, never expire. Nothing resets at the end of the month, unlike a use-it-or-lose-it retainer. A bank bought in September is still there after a holiday code freeze, a quiet quarter or a paused project. Because nothing expires, you can prepay a larger block when budget is available and draw on it whenever work is needed. Deploi's terms are current as of September 2026.
Can I get a refund for unused hours?
Yes. Deploi refunds the unused balance of your bank of hours, the prepaid block of time you bought, when you ask in writing. For example, if you prepaid 60 hours and used 45, the 15 unused hours come back as $1,500. Refunds are in Canadian dollars (CAD), before tax. Because hours never expire, you can also keep the balance for later work. You only ever pay for approved work, capped at each job's estimate. Deploi's terms are current as of September 2026.
Is there a minimum commitment?
No. Deploi requires no minimum purchase, no monthly minimum and no contract term. A bank of hours is the prepaid block of time you draw down as work gets done. You choose the number of hours, from a few hours for a single fix to a full quarter of work. Nothing renews automatically, so you're never locked in. You add hours only when you want more work done, with no penalty for pausing. Deploi's terms are current as of September 2026.
How do I know how many hours something will take?
Deploi estimates every piece of work in hours before it starts. You approve each estimate in writing first. Senior engineers write the estimates, so the number reflects how the work will actually be built. In Deploi's 2026 timesheets, half of all time entries took 4 hours or less. Every billed hour is itemized against your prepaid bank of hours, so you see what each change cost and what's left. Deploi's terms are current as of September 2026.
When do I pay for my bank of hours?
You pay for a Deploi bank of hours upfront, in full, when you sign the agreement. A bank of hours is the prepaid block of time Deploi draws down as work gets done. Prices are in Canadian dollars (CAD) at $100 an hour, plus applicable taxes, so 20 hours cost $2,000 before tax. There's no recurring invoice after that. You pay again only if you choose to add hours. Deploi's terms are current as of September 2026.
What if a job takes longer than its estimate?
If a job takes longer than its estimate, Deploi finishes it without drawing extra hours from your prepaid bank of hours. For example, if a job estimated at 10 hours takes 12, only 10 come out of your bank. The exception is a cause outside Deploi's control, such as a third-party integration issue. Deploi then reassesses the task with you. Because the estimate caps the hours billed, you know a job's cost before it starts. Deploi's terms are current as of September 2026.
Ready to Put Your Hours to Work?
At Deploi, integrity counts as much as technical skill. We've sat in lengthy, costly consulting meetings, and we pledge never to put our clients through them. Hold your last retainer invoice up against what a Deploi bank of hours ships. Contact us today to set up your bank of hours and put a senior team to work on what matters most to you.
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