We build websites, Shopify stores and AI integrations that keep working after launch.
MakeBig is a small, founder-led studio. You talk to the engineer who writes your code, from the first call to handover. Behind that is five years of production work in React, Node.js, Java and Shopify. Today it also covers AI chatbots and MCP servers that connect assistants like Claude and ChatGPT to your own systems.
// One tool from an example Shopify MCP server.
// Claude or ChatGPT can call it. It can only read.
server.registerTool(
"find_order",
{
description: "Look up an order by number or email",
inputSchema: { query: z.string() },
},
async ({ query }) => {
const order = await shopify.findOrder(query);
return {
content: [{ type: "text", text: summarize(order) }],
};
}
);Platforms and tools we build on
- Shopify
- React
- Next.js
- Vue.js
- Node.js
- Spring Boot
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Google Cloud
- Vercel
- Claude
- MCP
- Stripe
- HubSpot
- GraphQL
- TypeScript
- Figma
- Postman
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What we do
A project often needs two or three of these together. If yours doesn't fit neatly, ask anyway.
Websites & web apps
React, Next.js and Vue frontends that are fast, accessible and match the design.
Backend & APIs
APIs, databases and cloud setup in Node.js or Java Spring, built to be maintained by someone other than us.
Shopify
Store setup and migration, custom themes, custom apps, Shopify Functions and Flow.
AI integrations & chatbots AI
Support chatbots, store assistants and AI features that answer from your own data, not from guesswork.
MCP servers AI
Let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor safely work with Shopify, your database or your internal tools.
Integrations & automation
Connect the tools you already pay for and remove the copy-paste work between them.
Testing & QA
Automated end-to-end, UI and API tests, so releases stop breaking things that used to work.
Technical consulting
Architecture reviews, technology choices and part-time technical leadership.
AI that's connected to your real data, not a demo
Most AI projects stall because the model can't see your orders, your stock or your documents. Building that connection, and keeping it safe, is the part we do.
AI integrations & chatbots
We add language models to the product and workflows you already have.
- Support chatbots that answer from your help docs, policies and catalogue, and hand over to a person when they should.
- Shopify store assistants for product questions, sizing and order status.
- Document processing that pulls fields from invoices, forms and PDFs into your systems.
- Internal tools to search your own docs, draft replies and summarise tickets.
MCP servers
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the open standard that lets AI assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor use outside tools. We build the MCP server that sits between the assistant and your systems.
- Shopify: orders, products, inventory, customers and discounts through the Admin API.
- Your own systems: backend, database or internal APIs.
- Third-party tools: CRMs, helpdesks, Google Sheets, payment providers.
- The boring parts done properly: sign-in, permission scopes, audit logs and hosting.
We'll give you a straight answer first. If a simple rule, a better search box or an existing tool would solve the problem more cheaply than AI, we'll tell you on the first call.
How a project runs
Call
A 30-minute call about what you need and what you've tried. No charge, no sales deck.
Written scope
A short document listing what we'll build and what we won't, with a timeline and a fixed quote or estimate.
Build
Work lands in small pieces on a staging link you can click through, with a written update every week.
Handover
Code in your repository, deployment set up, notes on how it all works. Support continues if you want it.
Three ways to engage
Fixed-scope project
For a defined deliverable
A website, a Shopify app, a chatbot, an MCP server. Agreed scope, agreed price, delivered in milestones.
Monthly retainer
For ongoing work
A set number of hours each month for new features, fixes and upkeep. Good for stores and products that keep changing.
Hourly consulting
For reviews and advice
Architecture reviews, second opinions on a vendor's proposal, or help deciding whether AI fits a problem.
Tools we use
We pick based on what your team can maintain after we're done, not on what's new.
- Frontend
- React, Next.js, Vue, Nuxt, JavaScript / TypeScript, HTML & CSS
- Backend
- Node.js, Express, Java, Spring Boot, PHP, GraphQL, REST
- Commerce
- Shopify: Liquid themes, custom apps, Functions, Flow, Admin & Storefront APIs
- AI
- Claude API, OpenAI API, open-weight models, embeddings and vector search, MCP SDKs
- Data
- PostgreSQL, MongoDB
- Cloud & ops
- AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Vercel
- Testing
- Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Postman
- Design
- Figma
Tell us what you're trying to build.
A few lines is enough. We'll reply with questions, or a time to talk.
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