E-COMMERCE & STORE DESIGN

Online Stores & Strategy for Product Makers & Retailers

Online Store Design - The Small Biz Pathfinders

As a Certified Shopify Business Partner, I work with clients to design new stores, remodel current ones, and migrate from other platforms.

For new online stores, I learn about your customers or your expected customers from you and any branding partners you have. I then design your store with a theme that has the features you need and will be easy to update and maintain.

For established stores, I first undergo a customer walkthrough (shop like the customer) which informs the steps to take for improvements, and we discuss what you envision before moving ahead with the design.

In either case, I put myself in your customer's shoes to ensure your store is optimized for the best experience and results possible.

As a Shopify Business Partner, I am prepared to assist with most of your store’s needs around Shopify. I also design projects in Squarespace when the store calls for a simpler tool, and assist with Shopify POS for in-person selling. Pricing is determined on a project-by-project basis.

“What stood out to me was how you immersed yourself in my Business Model in order to build what I needed.”

— Darren Yondorf, The Minnow

Shopify Store Portfolio

A Few of The Stores I Have Created

The Minnow - Local Meal Delivery

theminnowpdx.com

Created in Shopify for this Portland-area meal delivery service that manages a complex supply chain and customer order preparation process. They do this all in Shopify and have found the customer ordering, order fulfillment, and delivery process nearly seamless from launch.

    • Identify the customer personas and delivery fulfillment geography.

    • Solidify branding and images needed for the site to stand apart from similar services.

    • Determine the business processes to move meals and their components from order > The Minnow> farm > co-packer > warehouse > delivery service > customer.

    • Verify the cost of goods sold and retail pricing to make the business profitable.

    • Set up an email platform (Omnisend) to send pre-order reminders.

    • Online-only ordering, ahead of the next week’s delivery.

    • Maintain inventory of ingredients in the backend while displaying the meals as one product in the front end, using a bundle app.

    • Each order creates a pick list of individual ingredients to pull.

    • Shopify theme: Stiletto which gives abundant access to metafields for ultimate flexibility.

    • Watercolor images custom generated by The Biz Pathfinders on MidJourney AI.

  • The business processes we set up alongside technology allowed them to launch with a supply chain, order, and fulfillment system that is easy to manage. The Minnow has found the website to be easy to make edits as their business evolves.

Bull In China - Premium Artisan Barware

bullinchinapdx.com

Migration from Squarespace to Shopify for a premium barware company in Portland, OR that sells a large inventory internationally.

Obus - Ireland’s Premier Essential Oils

shop.obus.ie

Migration from WooCommerce (Wordpress) to Shopify for Ireland’s leader in natural essential oils and related products. Project resulted in a pivot for the company into a broader product line that meets the needs of more customers, and in more efficient operations for office staff. Online sales increased 600%.

Sebastiano’s - Sicilian-Inspired Food

eatsebs.com

Create a new Shopify store that presents customers with clear options to order food for pick-up, order products, and request catering, while maintaining established branding.

Bricks & Minifigs Anaheim - New & Used LEGO® Retailer

bricksandminifigsanaheim.com

This was a significant project for a new storefront built on an existing Shopify site for a high volume in-person and online retailer with thousands of products in inventory.