Shopify agency for Brussels brands
Bilingual Shopify stores for Brussels chocolatiers, fashion labels and gift brands serving a city of locals, expats and international visitors.
Shopify development and growth for Brussels brands
Brussels is officially bilingual, and in daily life it is closer to multilingual. The EU institutions, NATO and hundreds of international organisations bring a large expat population that often shops in English. The city’s chocolatiers around the Sablon, fashion boutiques on Avenue Louise and comic-strip heritage draw visitors who want to keep buying once they get home. Brussels brands need stores that work in French, Dutch and English and ship well beyond Belgium.
We work with Brussels brands remotely from India, with calls in your morning and written updates when our day ends. Typical projects include trilingual storefronts, international shipping for chocolate and other fragile goods, corporate gifting features for companies and institutions, and paid campaigns that target expats and former visitors as well as local shoppers.
What Brussels brands need from their store
Chocolate and gourmet gifts
Chocolate needs temperature-aware shipping, clear allergen information and gift options. We set up seasonal shipping rules, insulated packaging notes and gift messages, so Easter, Christmas and Saint Nicholas orders arrive in good condition.
Expat and institutional buyers
Many Brussels customers work for EU bodies, embassies or international companies and order in English. We add an English version alongside French and Dutch, plus invoice-friendly checkout for organisations ordering on account.
Visitors who reorder from abroad
Tourists discover a shop in the city and later want to reorder from home. We set up international shipping, local currencies and post-purchase emails that keep the connection going after the trip ends.
Payments, delivery and compliance in Belgium
- Bancontact
- Credit & debit cards
- PayPal
- Apple Pay
- Klarna
- KBC/CBC Payment Button
- bpost
- PostNL
- DPD
- GLS
- DHL eCommerce
- Pickup points & parcel lockers
- GDPR & cookie consent
- KBO/BCE enterprise number on site
- 14-day right of withdrawal
- VAT (21% / 12% / 6%) & EU OSS
Industries we help in Brussels
How we work
Discovery call
We learn your goals, catalogue, tech stack and market, then agree what success looks like.
Audit & roadmap
A store, SEO and competitor audit turns into a prioritised roadmap with a timeline and fixed quote.
Design & build
UX, design and development in sprints, with a private preview store you review at every step.
Launch
QA across devices, redirects, tracking and a planned go-live with no downtime.
Grow
SEO, CRO and paid campaigns compound results month after month, with clear reporting.
Ongoing support
A dedicated team for fixes, new features and seasonal campaigns when you need them.
Other cities in Belgium
Frequently asked questions
Can our store run in French, Dutch and English?
Yes. Shopify Markets and a translation app let one store serve all three languages, each with its own URLs and SEO tags. We set the default language by browser settings and let visitors switch easily, so locals and expats both land on a version they can read.
Can we ship chocolate internationally from Brussels?
Yes, with care. We set shipping zones and rates per destination, limit or pause hot-weather shipping where needed and show allergen and storage details on every product page. Gift wrapping and message options are added at checkout for the gifting seasons.
Do you have a Brussels office?
No. We work remotely from India and meet Brussels clients over video calls during your morning. Progress, files and decisions live on a shared project board, and every change is reviewed on a staging store before it goes live.