Your own Shopify storefront. RM 1,500, flat. Live in 5 working days.
Built for Malaysian SMEs who want a real brand, not another Shopee stall — and ready for the AI shopping wave (ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Mode) before your competitors are.
Built by the team behind KopiKraft, Tjap, and Boxlore — three live Malaysian storefronts we run.
Each demo store has its own password — shown alongside the store link below.
Start here
What is Shopify, and why not just Shopee?
Shopify is the engine behind your own online store — with your own domain, your own customer list, your own checkout, your own brand. Shopee and Lazada are a stall in someone else's mall: you pay rent, you compete on price next to a thousand identical sellers, and the customer relationship belongs to the marketplace, not to you. Here is the part most marketplace sellers only realise too late: when a customer messages you about your product on Shopee, that conversation belongs to Shopee. On your own Shopify store, that customer is yours — to remarket to, upsell, message directly, and keep for years. Both models have a place. Shopify is what you build when you want a brand, and direct relationships with the people who buy from you.
The plain-English comparison
Shopee / Lazada / TikTok Shop
- Customer is the marketplace's, not yours
- 10–22% commission stack on every sale (Shopee Feb 2026, Lazada up to 22.5%)
- Compete on price with identical listings
- No control over branding, layout, or checkout
- Hard to build repeat customers
Your own Shopify store
- Customer is yours — name, email, order history
- No marketplace commission — just standard card processing (~2.9% on Basic with Shopify Payments)
- Your brand, your design, your prices
- You set the rules
- Repeat customers come back to you, not a search bar
Marketplace commission rates and Shopify Payments card-processing fees change periodically. Rates above reflect Shopee/Lazada updates as of Feb 2026 and Shopify pricing as of May 2026 — check each platform's seller centre for current numbers.
How it works
From first message to live store in 5 working days
Step 1 · Chat
WhatsApp us with a few lines about your business. We reply within a working day with questions, not a sales pitch.
Step 2 · Quote
One scoping call. We send a written, fixed quote with timeline, deliverables, and any optional add-ons. No commitment yet.
Step 3 · Catalogue
You send us your product photos, descriptions, prices, and brand assets. The clock on the 5-day delivery starts here.
Step 4 · Live
Your store goes live on your own .com domain. We hand it over in a 45-minute training call. You run it from there.
Worked examples
Live stores we built and run
Malaysian storefronts we built, run, and use as our own references. Your store starts from the same foundation but is rebuilt around your products, brand, and catalogue — not a re-skinned template.
Malaysian coffee-roastery storefront — single-origin beans, brewing notes, and a brand that earns its own shelf space.
Visit the KopiKraft demoDemo store password: rtodri
Custom, not a theme
We build your storefront from scratch — not a re-skinned theme every other Malaysian seller already runs. Fast, search-friendly, and built to a standard that holds up next to brands paying agencies many times this price.
Indexed for AI shopping, not just Google search
Built on Shopify, so your catalogue is already indexed for Google, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Mode — no extra integration work on your side, and ready as those AI surfaces expand across Southeast Asia.
AI-ready from day one
We set you up to ask plain-English questions about your store — orders, stock, settings — using AI tools connected to your Shopify data, and show you how in the handover, so the store stops being mysterious in week one.
The edge most agencies can't give you
Your next customer is starting to shop through AI — here's why that's a Shopify question
Buyers in Malaysia and across Southeast Asia are starting to ask ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Mode to find products. Those answers increasingly come from Shopify-indexed catalogues. Be in the index now, so you're already there as AI shopping reaches the region.
Same rails the world's biggest retailers run on — wired into every Shopify store, including yours: Walmart · Target · Etsy · Macy's · Flipkart · Zalando · Visa · Mastercard
ACP · Sept 2025
Agentic Commerce Protocol
Source: OpenAI — "Powering Product Discovery in ChatGPT." Real product carousels and side-by-side comparisons surfacing inside ChatGPT — exactly how your Shopify catalogue gets shown.
Where your products show up
The rails ChatGPT uses to buy on a shopper's behalf. Built by OpenAI and Stripe; open-source and free. Every Shopify store is indexed for it — agentic buying is live for US shoppers and US sellers today, with international expansion on OpenAI's 2026 roadmap.
Launched
Sept 2025
Live from launch day
Etsy live on launch day
Rolling out
Rolling out to 1M+ Shopify merchants
Going live now
PayPal joins; Salesforce + commercetools onboard
UCP · Jan 11, 2026
Universal Commerce Protocol
Source: Google — Agentic Checkout. The product page, in-line review, and Google-Pay order-complete screens Google AI Mode renders for a shopper buying from a Shopify store.
Where your products show up
The same kind of rails for Google AI Mode and the Gemini app. Co-developed by Shopify and Google, and backed by Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Stripe and Visa. Every Shopify store is indexed for it — UCP-powered checkout is open to select merchants with product eligibility in the US, Canada and Australia, which went live in June 2026 as the first Asia-Pacific market. The UK follows.
Launched
Jan 11, 2026
Live from launch day
Shopify + Google launch partners
Rolling out
20+ retailers signed on
Going live now
Indexed on Google AI Mode + Gemini · UCP checkout: US, Canada, Australia — first APAC market, June 2026
Roadmap reflects publicly announced milestones, re-verified August 2026. UCP-powered checkout is open to select merchants, with product eligibility in the US, Canada and Australia — Australia launched in June 2026 as the first Asia-Pacific market — and the UK to follow. Google has not announced a Southeast Asia date, and we do not publish one: any quarter quoted elsewhere is third-party estimate, not a Google announcement. ACP now powers product discovery in ChatGPT, available across all ChatGPT tiers since March 2026, with shoppers completing the purchase on the merchant's own store. Exact regional dates and partner names may shift — see official Shopify, OpenAI, and Google announcements for current status.
The addressable lane
Start in Malaysia. Scale across SEA when you're ready.
33M buyers in Malaysia. 280M in Indonesia. 100M in Vietnam. 70M in Thailand. That's the market the AI shopping wave is heading toward. Shopify's built-in market tools handle cross-border currency, language, and tax when you're ready — flip a switch, not a replatform. Here is where it actually stands. Discovery is already live everywhere: ask ChatGPT or Gemini for a Malaysian roastery today and the answer is drawn from Shopify-indexed catalogues — yours included, from day one. Checkout inside the AI is what is still regional, and Australia went live in June 2026 as the first Asia-Pacific market. Google has not dated Southeast Asia, which is exactly why waiting is the risk: there is no announcement to build against, and the stores that win the first SEA-eligible quarter are the ones already indexed when it opens.
Honest fit check
Is MetaKore Commerce right for you?
Built for
- Independent sellers and SMEs with products to ship
- A brand you want to own
- 10–500 SKUs
- Ready to leave (or sit alongside) Shopee/Lazada
- You want to ship the store within a month
- You want your catalogue indexed for ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Mode (via ACP + UCP) so you're already there as those surfaces reach SEA
Probably not for
- Pure dropshippers
- Single-SKU testers
- Anyone who needs a marketplace listing rather than a brand store
- Enterprises needing custom ERP integration on day one
Before you commit
The questions everyone asks before signing
What if I want changes after launch?+
The first 14 days are bug-fix only, on us. Beyond that, you can change things yourself (we train you in the handover), hire any Shopify freelancer, or come back to us at a published hourly rate. There is no retainer and no lock-in.
Is RM 1,500 really the total cost from MetaKore?+
Yes. RM 1,500 is the only invoice you will ever get from MetaKore for this build. The Shopify subscription and domain renewal are paid by you, directly to Shopify and to the registrar — see the breakdown in the build section.
What if you disappear after launch?+
You own the Shopify account, the .com domain, the customer list, and the codebase from day one. Nothing depends on MetaKore continuing to exist. The 45-minute handover, plus the AI tooling we set up so you can query your store in plain English, make sure you can run the store without us.
Can I see the scope and contract before I commit?+
Yes. After the scoping call we send a written fixed quote with timeline, deliverables, and a simple service agreement. You only sign — and pay the 30% deposit (RM 450) — once you're happy with both. The remaining 70% (RM 1,050) is due only once your store is live and approved. No commitment until then.
Do I need to register a business (SSM) to use this?+
No, not to start. You can open the Shopify store and accept payments via Billplz, FPX, manual bank transfer, or cash on delivery without any business registration. SSM registration (around RM 60/year online) becomes useful when you want to add Stripe or iPay88 card processing — most serious sellers register early because it's cheap and unlocks tax invoices and a business bank account too.
Can I use .my, .co, or a different TLD instead of .com?+
Yes. We include a free .com because it's the most flexible and recognised TLD globally. If you want a different extension — .my, .co, .com.my, .store, or anything else — you're free to buy it yourself directly from your preferred registrar and we'll connect it to your Shopify store at handover. The free .com offer only covers .com domains; any other TLD is the customer's own purchase and renewal.
The build
A custom Shopify storefront. Flat fee RM 1,500. Live in 5 working days once your products are ready.
Typical Shopify builds from Malaysian agencies run RM 5,000–15,000. Ours is flat RM 1,500 because we automated the parts that aren't your storefront — and we ship every store on the same foundation we use for KopiKraft, Tjap, and Boxlore.
You own the Shopify account. We build the storefront, configure the back office, train you on the things that matter, and set you up to query your store with AI from day one.
No subscription required. No agency lock-in. The promise is honest: you own your Shopify, we automate the boring parts.
Each demo store has its own password — shown alongside the store link below.
14-day bug-fix window included. 30% deposit (RM 450) to start; the remaining 70% (RM 1,050) is only due once your store is live and approved.
What RM 1,500 includes
- Custom Shopify storefront, designed and deployed
- Wiring your product photos, descriptions, and brand assets into the storefront
- Store policies, shipping zones, and tax configuration
- Set up so Google, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Mode can find your products
- 45-minute handover session — how to add products, fulfil orders, and run promotions, so the store stays yours
- Set up to ask plain-English questions about your store (orders, stock, settings) using AI connected to your Shopify data — so you're never stuck
- Free .com domain for your first year — registered in your name, yours from day one
What you pay — and to whom
Three line items, three different recipients. No hidden agency fees.
To MetaKore
RM 1,500, once. Covers the build, the configuration, the handover, and the 14-day bug-fix window. No retainer.
To Shopify (directly)
From US$19/month on the Basic plan (yearly billing; US$25 month-to-month). 2% transaction fee on third-party payment providers — lower with Shopify Payments. 3-day free trial, then US$1/month for the first 3 months.
To your domain registrar
Year 1 is free — we pay it. We shop multiple registrars (Namecheap, Cloudflare, Porkbun, etc.) and register your .com with whoever has the cheapest price at the time. Year-2 renewal is paid directly to that registrar — typical .com renewals run RM 60–100/year, subject to registrar pricing. No MetaKore middleman, ever.
Shopify pricing, domain registrar renewal fees, and marketplace commission rates change periodically. Verified May 2026; check shopify.com/my/pricing and the marketplace's seller centre for current rates.
After delivery
The store is 100% yours. We fix any bugs in the first 14 days at no cost. Beyond that, you can run it yourself, hand it to anyone, or come back to us for changes at a published hourly rate. No retainer. No lock-in.
Not included — available as add-ons
Product photography, brand identity and logo design, original copywriting, and custom illustration are billed separately. Tell us what you need in your enquiry and we'll quote it alongside the build.
All prices charged by Shopify are quoted in USD on shopify.com/my/pricing. Your bank converts to MYR at the prevailing rate when each invoice is charged.
Hold on — what are ACP and UCP, and why should I care?
What is ACP?+
The Agentic Commerce Protocol is the rails ChatGPT uses to complete a purchase on a shopper's behalf. OpenAI and Stripe built it together; it's open-source and free. When a buyer asks ChatGPT to find them a product, ACP is how the AI reads your catalogue and places the order without leaving the chat.
What is UCP?+
The Universal Commerce Protocol does the same job for Google AI Mode and the Gemini app. Shopify and Google built it together. Every Shopify store is automatically wired in — no integration work on your side.
Why does this matter for a Malaysian seller?+
Your future shoppers won't always type 'buy coffee beans' into Google. They'll ask ChatGPT or Gemini: 'find me a Malaysian roastery shipping to KL today.' The AI's answer pulls from Shopify-indexed catalogues — and that part is live now, in Malaysia, not a future promise. If you're on Shopify you're already in that index; Shopify syndicates your products to ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google AI Mode and Gemini with no apps to install. The in-chat buying surfaces are what's still regional, with Australia first in Asia-Pacific since June 2026. If you're not on Shopify, you're missing a lane that's coming whether you're ready or not.
Do I have to do anything special to be in the answer?+
No. Shopify syndicates every active store's catalogue to ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google AI Mode and Gemini automatically — no apps to install, no custom integrations. Your job is to have a real Shopify store with published products. That's what we build for RM 1,500. One honest note: discovery happens on day one, but the buying surfaces are narrower. Since March 2026 ChatGPT sends shoppers to your own store's checkout rather than buying in-chat — which is exactly what this build gives you. Google's UCP-powered checkout is open to select merchants in the US, Canada and Australia, which went live in June 2026 as the first Asia-Pacific market. No Southeast Asia date has been announced, so being indexed now is what makes you ready the moment it opens.
One conversation. Fixed quote. No pressure.
Got a question first? WhatsApp us — we reply within a working day. Ready for a full quote? Use the form. Either way: we scope your build in one call, give you a fixed price and timeline, and you owe nothing until you sign.