Launching September 2026
Sell with Shopify Course
A complete, bite-sized video course showing you how to build your own fully-functional Shopify store including email marketing automations
Setting up a Shopify store isn't hard because the tools are hard. It's hard because there are dozens of small decisions - collections, design, themes, payments, shipping, SEO - and no one tells you the order to make them in, or which ones actually matter.
This course is that order. In short, action-focused video lessons, you'll build a real store from the ground up - collections, products, theme, homepage, payments, shipping, email, and a pre-launch checklist - so that by the end, it's live and ready to sell your products.
What you'll learn
A complete Shopify store, built and launched, one bite-sized video at a time:
- Setting up your dashboard and understanding the terminology, so nothing feels overwhelming on day one.
- Structuring collections and navigation that make sense to customers, not just to you.
- Adding products with benefit-focused descriptions, proper imagery, and variants that work.
- Installing and customising a theme — logo, colours, fonts, and a homepage built section by section.
- Setting up payments and shipping, including the rates and gateways that suit a small, growing brand.
- Writing the pages every store needs: About, Contact, and policies you can trust.
- Basic SEO and Shopify Email, so the store is findable and you can start talking to customers from day one.
- A full pre-launch review and checklist, so you launch with confidence, not guesswork.
Who's it for
This course is for creative entrepreneurs and small product brands setting up their first Shopify store, or rebuilding one that was never quite finished.
No technical background needed. Just follow along in your own Shopify admin, video by video, and you'll have a store to show for it by the end.
About your instructor
I'm Meg Hodson, the designer and developer behind Nutmeg Studio. I've been a Verified Shopify Partner since 2019, with over ten years in eCommerce, working with product brands from my studio in Cape Town.
I've built dozens of Shopify stores for clients, and I've watched the same thing happen every time someone tries to do it alone: it's not that the platform is difficult, it's that nobody tells you what order to do things in, or which decisions actually matter. This course is the version I wish existed when I started: the same process I use with clients, mapped out step by step, so you can build it yourself in a weekend instead of a month.
Most of what I do comes down to one thing: taking something that looks complicated and making it feel simple. Setting up a Shopify store is exactly that kind of problem — a lot of small, manageable steps that only feel overwhelming because no one's laid them out in order. I'll walk you through it, video by video, until your store is live. I'd love you to join me.
She transformed our website!
Meg transformed our website into something seamless, beautiful, and incredibly easy to navigate. I’ve never experienced such a smooth process in my working career.
A Shopify expert
Her knowledge of Shopify’s technicalities and ability to create a visually stunning, functional store exceeded expectations. She’s patient, clear, and highly professional.
In love with our new store
Meg recreated the most beautiful and easy-to-navigate website for my florist shop. I can’t recommend Nutmeg Studio highly enough.
A pleasure to work with
It was an absolute pleasure working with Meg. She immediately understood what we were looking for and was approachable throughout the process.
She elevated our business to represent where we are today
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. Megan came up with a detailed development plan and was very attentive. Nutmeg Design is highly professional and offers beautiful design ideas.
Absolutely loved working with Meg!
Would recommend her services to other brands. Thank you very much for all of your help!
