About
Who is Sidharth?
Sidharth Sharma is the founder of KiteLane and the person behind Kite, the delivery and pickup date picker for Shopify. KiteLane is a solo-founder company, and he builds the app and answers merchant support himself.
He has worked as a software engineer since 2016: back-end work at Fractal, search at Tokopedia, software development at Amazon, and a project leader role at D. E. Shaw India. He studied computer science at Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (B.Tech and M.Tech, 2011 to 2016).
The guides on this blog are published under his name. If one of them gets something wrong, write to support@kitelane.com and it goes to him.
Merchants
What merchants say about working with him.
Quotes from Shopify App Store reviews of Kite.
From the App Store
★★★★★
"He [Sidharth] personally got on a call with me to walk through set up from start to finish."
Floral Looks · United Kingdom★★★★★
"Sidharth was absolutely amazing. He responded quickly, identified the issues, and fixed everything so the app now works seamlessly."
Sugar Cookie Collective · Australia★★★★★
"Sid was very helpful with helping me setup the app the way I wanted. He did everything I asked and got it live very quickly."
USA DTF Transfers · United StatesBlog
Guides by Sidharth Sharma
Best Shopify Local Delivery and Pickup Apps 2026 (Free and Paid)
Compare 8 Shopify local delivery and pickup apps: free plans, real monthly prices, order limits and time slots, and which one fits your store.
How to Block Out Christmas and Holiday Dates in Shopify (So Customers Can't Order When You're Closed)
Shopify has no way to block a delivery or pickup date. Here's how to stop holiday orders on days you're closed, free, with Kite's Blackout Dates.
How to Set Up Local Delivery and Pickup in Shopify (With Exact Date and Time Slots)
Set up Shopify's native local delivery and local pickup, see exactly what it can't do, then add exact date and time slots with Kite's free plan.
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