Shopify Design Studio based in Cape Town, South Africa
You're an ambitious seller with high standards looking for a beautiful, conversion-focused
online store.
Who we are
As an official Shopify Design Partner , we're here to help you
eCommerce and Shopify.
Our Shopify services
We help emerging and established businesses create eCommerce websites on Shopify. Our service includes online store planning, Shopify design and development, training and post-launch support.
We can help you smoothly move your eCommerce website from another platform, such as WooCommerce, Wix or Squarespace.
Already on Shopify, but unhappy with how your store looks, functions or converts? We offer a redesign service for existing Shopify stores.
All packages include a user experience / conversion rate optimisation audit.
If you need ongoing Shopify support, we can help on a retainer basis.
Support services can include:
- Design new pages including landing pages.
- Conversion rate optimisation.
- Store management including publishing products.
- Setting up apps.
- Blogging / content SEO.
We can help you build community and sell more using email marketing campaigns and automations.
Our preferred email marketing service for Shopify is Klaviyo.
"Meg is amazing to work with. She helped me with things over and above what I commissioned her to do when she realised that I didn’t know even the minimum. She not only did the work but taught me how to do it myself in the future.
- Bianca Smith, Author and owner of the Eco-Conscious Kitchen
Shopify Packages
Package 1: Light
We’ve created this package for new and micro businesses looking for a simple, beautiful and mobile phone optimised starter online store to launch and grow their product range.
- We create your new website on Shopify using a free theme for a simple design. View the free themes here.
- We select and purchase up to 5 premium theme sections (this gives us more flexibility to create a beautiful design from a free theme, but also keeps costs lower).
- We provide guidance – instructing you on exactly what we need to create your website.
- We design up to 3 content pages. For example: homepage, about and contact pages.
- We publish up to 10 products (and teach you how to upload more).
- We connect your website to your preferred payment gateways (don’t worry, we’ll help you decide on the best payment gateways).
- We set up your shipping rates, store policies and order notification emails.
- We point your domain to Shopify.
- We record video training guides showing you how to manage your store.
- We provide 14 days post-launch technical support.
Start selling online with a simple, user-friendly and mobile-optimised online store created in Shopify.
This package includes the purchase of up to 5 premium sections to give your website design a more premium feel while keeping costs to a minimum.
2 weeks from your project’s scheduled design start date, provided you have sent all required content.
USD$1000
Payment Terms:
- 20% prepayment to book your project into our calendar.
- 50% due on the project start date.
- 30% due on completion, but before Shopify store ownership is transferred to you.
Most popular
Package 2: Signature
This is our most popular package.
It’s perfect for small businesses wanting to invest in a premium Shopify eCommerce website with high-end features and designer flourishes.
It includes:
- We create your eCommerce website in Shopify.
- We provide gentle and expert eCommerce consulting throughout the project.
- We include a premium theme from the Shopify theme store, valued between USD$250 – $350 to use as the base for your web design.
- We design up to 5 content pages.
- We help you plan a conversion-focused homepage.
- We publish up to 30 products.
- We style your theme (this package includes simple CSS styling customisations but excludes custom sections or layouts).
- We set up conversion-focused automations and features (including email marketing, abandoned cart reminders and a reviews app to collect customer feedback on autopilot).
- We create a vision board to guide the look and feel of the new website design.
- We connect to your chosen payment gateways.
- We set up shipping rates and order notifications.
- We provide Shopify training and 30 days’ post-launch technical support.
For an itemised list of everything included in this package please email Meg – [email protected].
The end result is a beautiful, modern and premium Shopify website designed to convert and grow your brand’s online sales.
This package includes the creation of automations that set your website up for success, including a welcome email sequence to welcome new subscribers; an abandoned cart reminder sequence and automated review requests.
4 – 6 weeks from the design start date, provided you have sent all required content.
USD$2800
- This includes the lifetime purchase of a premium Shopify theme or the Design Packs section builder app valued valued between USD $250 – $500.
Our Payment Terms:
- 20% prepayment to book your project into our calendar.
- 70% due on the design start date.
- 10% due on completion, but before Shopify store ownership is transferred to you.
Package 3: Luxury
Ideal for established businesses ready to invest in a luxury Shopify website with a distinctive and custom design.
This package includes the budget for advanced styling customisations including custom layouts and sections.
It includes:
- We create your eCommerce website in Shopify.
- We provide gentle and expert eCommerce consulting throughout the project.
- We include a premium theme from the Shopify theme store, valued between USD$250 – $350.
- We design up to 8 content pages.
- We create custom sections and layouts for your website to give it a bespoke feel that breaks free from the cookie cutter theme design.
- We help you plan a conversion-focused homepage.
- We publish up to 50 products.
- We set up conversion-focused automations and features (including email marketing, abandoned cart reminders and a reviews app to collect customer feedback on autopilot).
- We create a vision board to guide the look and feel of the new website design.
- We connect to your chosen payment gateways.
- We set up shipping rates and order notifications.
- We provide Shopify training and 60 days’ post-launch technical support.
This package is ideal if you’re an established brand looking for a Shopify website that feels custom and one-of-a-kind.
It includes the design of custom layouts and sections. Please note: this package is not a custom Shopify theme development, but rather includes advanced design customizations to a premium theme base.
This package also includes the creation of automations that set your website up for success, including a welcome email sequence welcome new subscribers; an abandoned cart reminder sequence and review requests.
Plus for existing stores, we include a detailed User Experience Audit before creating your new website.
6 – 12 weeks from the design start date, provided you have sent us all required content.
Price guide: USD$6000
* Final quote and payment terms will be provided after we have fully scoped out and itemised your requirements.
Package 3: Brand to Shopify
This package is for businesses craving a memorable and strategic visual brand identity. It includes brand identity design and a Shopify website.
We’re collaborating with talented brand designer, Andrea Barras, to offer our clients this Brand to Shopify experience.
Here’s what’s included in the Brand Identity Design:
- Brand Strategy Questionnaire
- Primary logo
- Up to 3 logo variations / marks
- Curation of fonts and colour palette
- Style Guide document
- Up to 3 concepts and 3 revision rounds
- Final logo files delivered in a variety of print and web formats
We’ll create a beautiful and user-friendly Shopify website for your business. This package includes:
- A premium Shopify theme (valued between $260 – $350).
- Coded styling customisations.
- A guided process that helps your business navigate the ins and outs of Shopify and eCommerce.
- Publish up to 20 products.
- Help you decide on conversion-focused homepage content.
- Design your homepage + 3 additional content pages.
- Set up full eCommerce functionality (including payment gateways, shipping rates and order notifications).
- Connect your store to email marketing + social media shops.
- Set up abandoned cart reminders.
- Shopify training.
- 30 days’ post-launch support.
- Install a reviews app.
Grow your sales with confidence and clarity with a beautiful + strategic visual brand identity and a modern, conversion-focused Shopify website.
R38 000
Process
We learn more about your business and niche so we can build an online store that captivates and converts your ideal customers.
This phase is about planning your new Shopify website. It includes setting up your project, advising on payment gateways and gathering content such as brand assets, images and product details for your website plus gathering design inspiration (for example – brands and website you love the look of).
All our packages include detailed guidance instructing you on exactly what we need from you and in what format.
The fun phase – this is about collecting design inspiration and deciding on homepage content and structure. Depending on your package, we’ll also design a mood board to guide your project.
We build your eCommerce website on Shopify.
We teach you how to use your Shopify website. This includes video training guides and a pdf handover guide.
Please be aware that all Shopify subscriptions include 24/7 helpdesk support from Shopify.
We provide Shopify support retainer packages that can include email marketing and SEO development.
featured project
Shopify transformation for Soul Design Jewellery
We helped Soul Design Jewellery improve online sales and the website’s conversion rate by an incredible 150%!
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Start your project
Book a no-obligation call with Meg, our founder / web designer to talk about your project:
A boutique web design studio based in Fish Hoek, Cape Town, South Africa. Working with businesses around the world.
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