Nutmeg Shopify Store Design

Nutmeg, a magical seed associated with the sun and the element of fire

Bringing prosperity, healing, intuition, clarity, confidence and wellbeing.

Working closely with a small team of collaborators, my studio builds Shopify and WordPress websites that prioritise simplicity and clarity, making it easy for people to explore, understand and purchase your products and/or services.

Based in Cape Town, we partner with visionary and aspirational brands in clothing & apparel; health & wellness; food & beverage; jewellery & accessories; and decor, design and creative niches.

She tasked me with helping one of our retail clients (a sports shop selling mountain bikes and gear) create a Shopify eCommerce website.

This was a big first project. Up until this point, I’d only ever designed a handful of simple WordPress websites.

The client wanted their entire retail catalogue to go online – about 200 products. 

It took me months to figure out Shopify, build the website and get it up to scratch + ready to launch.

It was overwhelming and messy. I made many mistakes. It took months and months to learn Shopify all on my own...

I pushed through with grit (plus many late nights and a few tears of frustration) and helped our client launch a modern, bold and clean eCommerce website that they loved. I then worked some of my SEO magic – helping the website climb to the first page of Google for strategic product keywords (I achieved this by consistent blogging). 

The project was hugely successful – all sales (for bikes worth R20k plus) were coming from organic Google search – I loved Shopify from this moment.

As a busy and ambitious business owner eager to get your beautiful new website up and running so you can start selling online as soon as possible, you probably don’t have months and months to try figure out Shopify and eCommerce.

There are so many moving elements that make up a professional and successful eCommerce website. It’s a lot (and so lonely) to figure out yourself. And you really don’t have to do it all alone!

Work with my studio to efficiently and quickly plan + create a beautiful, professional, conversion-focused website for your brand without the overwhelm and frustration.

"After 24-years in business and numerous websites finally we have a website that is really working for us, reflects our business and we are proud of it. "

– Andrew Anderson, CEO, African Insight Academy

“After 24-years in business and numerous websites finally we have a website that is really working for us, reflects our business and we are proud of it. Megan took the time to really understand the business’ vision and values and has captured this perfectly. Seamless integration between the website, social media platforms, as well as backend automation, has resulted in vastly increased engagement with our target market resulting in quality sales leads as well as value adds to our existing clients. The feedback from our current and new clients as well as business partners has been fantastic. Since the launch of the site, Megan’s commitment to ongoing support and introducing new innovative ideas has not stopped. It really does feel like Megan is part of our team.””

"We interviewed multiple design companies and from the moment we connected with Megan, we knew we had found someone who could elevate our business to represent where we are today."

– Richelle Lavin, Soul of Africa Travel

“We are a small boutique travel agency located in Southern California, USA that was looking for someone to re-imagine our website after 10 years. We interviewed multiple design companies and from the moment we connected with Megan over the phone, we knew we had found someone who could elevate our business to represent where we are today. After an initial strategy meeting, Megan came up with a detailed development plan and was very attentive to all our comments, change requests and at times demanding timelines. Nutmeg Design is highly professional and offers beautiful design ideas. We highly recommend Nutmeg Studio to anyone looking to create a website that can compete.”

"Meg is the best website designer I could ever have chosen to work with for my Illustration website. What stood out for me immediately on Meg’s website was her beautiful design aesthetic which is so clean, simple, but at the same time layered and informative"

– Annie Moag Illustrates

“Meg is the best website designer I could ever have chosen to work with for my Illustration website. What stood out for me immediately on Meg’s website was her beautiful design aesthetic which is so clean, simple, but at the same time layered and informative. Her professionalism, attention to detail and thorough process are all visible on the website and I can honestly say my experience of working with Meg has been all this and more. Nothing was too much trouble and she has such a wonderful disposition which makes it all such a great experience. Added to this, she made customised video tutorials so that I can make changes and updates to my site. You could honestly not wish for more!”

Lovely Clients

Some of the wonderful businesses in South Africa and abroad we have worked with.

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Our studio is committed to simplicity, clarity, and user-friendliness.

Approach:

Considered

Creating thoughtful websites that don’t overwhelm and are easy and intuitive for people to use and understand.

Collaboration

Each project is an organic collaboration involving curiosity, care and problem solving to build a website that is meaningful and longlasting.

With Soul

Guiding your brand to reveal heart and soul so your website cuts through and rises above the noise and clutter of the internet.