Shopify website design
We design and develop Shopify stores that sell: custom themes built around your brand, a buying journey tuned to convert, and a partner who sticks around after launch. No Theme Store templates, no app bloat, no surprises.
Our latest Shopify stores
PoolBar London
A sun care brand launched from scratch: online orders tripled in a year, and four times as many people reached on Meta.
Mermaids Swimwear
A new e-commerce website and paid search strategy for a boutique swimwear brand.
Firework Crazy
Number one on Google for 394 firework searches in the 2025 peak season, and a new online shop built for 2026.
Shopify, done properly
Anyone can open a Shopify store in an afternoon. The difference is in how it's designed, how well it converts, and how it's run and grown for the years that follow. We obsess over all three.
Designed, never templated
Your store shouldn't be a Theme Store template thousands of other brands are running. Every Shopify store we build starts as a blank canvas and becomes a custom design around your products, your customers and your brand, then gets built as its own lean, fast Shopify theme.
Nothing your competitors can buy. A store that's yours alone, built to load fast and rank well from day one.
A buying journey that doesn't leak
Shopify's checkout is the best in the business; the job is getting people to it. We design product pages that persuade, carts that nudge order values up, and a journey with no dead ends, so more of your visitors become customers.
Watch it happen: browse, add, pay, done. Seconds, not minutes.
Everything connected behind the scenes
The part your customers never see is the part that runs your business. We connect Shopify to your EPOS and tills, stock, accounting and fulfilment, so a sale on the shop floor and a sale online update everything, everywhere, automatically. One stock pot, no double-typing, no overselling.
One admin for products, orders, stock and customers, in store and online. Built for your business, not bolted together from apps.
Whatever you sell, we'll build the store for it
A great candle store and a great supplement store are not the same store. We design every Shopify build around the way your product is bought, browsed and bought again.
Fashion and apparel stores where the brand does as much selling as the product.
Fashion & apparel
Beauty and skincare stores built for routines, bundles and repeat orders.
Beauty & skincare
Food and drink brands, from small batch to subscription boxes.
Food & drink
Homeware and interiors stores that sell the lifestyle, then the product.
Homeware & interiors
Health and supplement brands with subscriptions and trust signals built in.
Health & supplements
Jewellery and accessories, where photography and detail close the sale.
Jewellery & accessories
Pet brands with repeat-purchase products and loyal customers.
Pet products
Sports and outdoor stores built around performance and fit.
Sports & outdoors
Gifting brands with occasions, personalisation and gift cards.
Gifts & occasions
Subscription-first brands where retention is the whole game.
Subscription boxes
Drinks and alcohol brands, with age gates and shipping rules handled.
Drinks & alcohol
Baby and kids brands parents trust at first glance.
Baby & kids
How our Shopify web design process works
Five clear stages from first call to life after launch. You'll always know what's happening, what's next and who's doing it.
Discovery
Before anything gets designed, we get to know your business inside out, so every decision from here has a purpose.
- Kick-off call to understand your business, your customers and your goals
- Review of your existing site, what’s working and what isn’t
- Sitemap agreed so we know exactly what we’re building
- Project timeline confirmed with clear milestones
Design
We create a design built around your brand and your customers. You'll see and approve everything before we write a single line of code.
- Wireframes to map the journey from landing page to checkout
- Full visual design presented for your feedback
- Two rounds of revisions included as standard
- Final sign-off from you before we move to build
Build
Our developers bring the approved design to life. Every website we build is custom, fast and built to grow with your business.
- Custom Shopify theme built from scratch, lean and fast
- Fully responsive across all devices
- Apps vetted and kept to a minimum, integrations set up properly
- Tested across browsers and devices before you see it
Handover and training
Before we go live, we make sure you and your team are completely comfortable running the store. No technical knowledge needed.
- Walkthrough of your new site on a staging link before launch
- Shopify training so your team can manage products, orders and content
- Bespoke training videos provided for future reference
- Any final amends completed before sign-off
Launch and beyond
Go-live is just the beginning. We handle the technical side of the launch and stay on hand to make sure everything runs smoothly.
- Pre-launch checklist completed in full
- Redirects and SEO migration handled to protect your existing rankings
- 30 days of post-launch support included as standard
- Ongoing support plans to keep your store fast, converting and up to date
What we can build into your Shopify store
Every store is different, so every build is scoped around what yours actually needs. These are the kinds of things we can do for you on Shopify, added when the job calls for them, and never an app where the theme can do it better.
A custom Shopify theme
Designed from scratch around your brand and built lean. Nothing from the Theme Store, nothing your competitors can buy.
Product pages that persuade
Photography-first layouts, honest detail, reviews where they count. Pages that answer every doubt before it forms.
A checkout that doesn’t leak
Express payments, Shop Pay, Apple Pay and Google Pay, with nothing between your customer and the buy button.
Apps, governed
Apps add fees and slow stores down. We build features into your theme where we can, and only add apps that earn their keep.
Abandoned carts, recovered
Automatic recovery emails that bring shoppers back to a basket that’s exactly as they left it.
Email flows that sell
Welcome series, post-purchase and win-back flows in Klaviyo or Mailchimp, designed to match your store.
Subscriptions built in
Subscribe-and-save on the products your customers reorder, with recurring revenue you can count on.
Search and filtering that finds it fast
Smart search with live suggestions and filters, so customers reach the right product in seconds.
Reviews doing the selling
Ratings and photo reviews collected automatically and shown exactly where they win the decision.
Discounts, done properly
Codes, automatic discounts and launch offers that lift orders without training customers to wait for sales.
Sell worldwide
Multi-currency, local payment methods and duties handled with Shopify Markets, so borders don’t cost you sales.
Gift cards and loyalty
Gift cards, store credit and points that turn one-time buyers into regulars, and regulars into advocates.
Bundles and upsells
Bundles, add-ons and post-purchase offers at the perfect moment, nudging every order a little higher.
One stock pot: online, in store, warehouse
Shopify POS and your EPOS, tills, fulfilment and accounting all connected, so every sale updates everything.
SEO-ready from launch
Clean structure, fast templates, schema and redirects handled, so your store earns its Google traffic.
Analytics you can act on
Know which products, pages and channels drive revenue, with tracking set up properly from day one.
Fast, and it stays fast
Lean themes, optimised images and disciplined apps. Speed scores your competitors will envy.
Sell where your customers scroll
TikTok Shop, Instagram and Facebook connected to the same catalogue, so social sales and stock stay in sync.
A real team behind your store
Questions answered by people who know your build, not a ticket queue. Support plans that grow with you.
A store you can run from your pocket
One of Shopify's best features is how it feels to own: orders, stock and customers in your pocket, wherever you are. We set your store up so the day-to-day genuinely runs itself, and the good news finds you.
- Orders straight to your phone, wherever you are
- Update products, prices and photos in minutes, from anywhere
- Fulfilment, refunds and customer replies handled in taps
- Full training and bespoke videos included with every build
Shopify Partners, with nothing to prove
We're a Shopify Partner agency, and unusually, we're a Woo Pro Agency Partner too. That means our platform advice has no thumb on the scale: we recommend Shopify when it's right for you, not because it's all we can build.
Shopify Partner agency
We design and build on Shopify as an official Shopify Partner, with the training, tooling and direct support access that comes with it. Your store gets built to Shopify’s own standards, by people who work in it every week.
Fluent in the alternative
Most Shopify agencies can only build Shopify, so guess what they always recommend. We’re also a Woo Pro Agency Partner, building WooCommerce stores every month, which means when we say Shopify is right for your business, it’s a genuine recommendation, not a default.
Real businesses, real results
Every one of these started as a store that wasn't selling like it should. Here's what changed, and what it did for the numbers.
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A website that works for your business
Your store should feed the tools that run your business. We connect Shopify to your email, accounting, shipping and marketing stack, cleanly and reliably. Here are just some of the solutions we can integrate for you.
Migrate to Shopify without losing a sale
Outgrown your platform, or just tired of fighting it? We move stores onto Shopify carefully: your products, your customers, your rankings and your revenue, all protected while the switch happens around them.
- Every product, customer and order record moved intact
- Existing SEO protected with a full redirect and migration plan
- Zero downtime: your current store sells until the moment we switch
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What our clients say about working with us
Sarah Aspinall
Breaking Ballet
“We have seen great work from the team at designbox. From WordPress development to liaising with our in-house and remote dev teams, to paid search, the results have been great. I would highly recommend them.”
Kim Waller
Lick Library
“I have been working with designbox for the past two years and have always had exceptional customer service and support. We used them initially to redesign our website. The work is always delivered to the highest standard and the team are fantastic. Highly recommend.”
Emily Bryant
Amberjack
Nicole Osborne
Wunderstars
“Great hands-on service from start to finish. From idea generation, logo and branding through to a functioning website, the team were always on hand with suggestions and high quality implementation. Would happily recommend to all.”
Richard Combs
Intrinsic Capital
“designbox have been brilliant in supporting us in both marketing and web development. The team have been reliable and efficient in everything they have done for us.”
Esther Smith
Battlesbridge Horse & Country
Tommie Hession-Harris
Player Path
“designbox have been a huge support for me and my business for the past five years. Their up-to-date knowledge of digital design, marketing and the tech industry itself is fantastic, and I would recommend them to anyone.”
Samantha Wells
Tern Heads
“We are absolutely delighted with the service we receive from designbox, who manage my website and SEO among other things. They have helped us to grow the business over the last few years with a website to be proud of and a steady stream of new clients. Would highly recommend.”
Penny Hawker
CHC Aesthetics
Dale Harris
Greenoak Concept & Design
“Very helpful and professional company with some of the most friendly and talented staff I’ve met. They made us a beautiful website and have been cooperative with any assistance that we’ve needed since. Would highly recommend!”
Danny Whitefoord
Chiltern Co
“We have been working with Brandon and the team for the last few years and are very happy with their work. Brandon is very responsive and easy to work with.”
Tom Billings
Beach Equity
Kirsty Pile
KA Naturals
“Excellent service, highly professional staff who are all more than happy to give an extensive insight into online marketing campaigns in a digestible, understandable presentation. We have since moved all of my online marketing over to designbox across multiple companies.”
Robert Foster-Jones
Sunshine Co
“designbox completely saved my website and have created a completely unique website tailored to my needs. The support is second to none, nothing is ever too much to ask, and they go above and beyond to provide solutions or meet my design requirements. I have had nothing but great feedback from customers and the team are always at the end of the phone if we have any queries.”
Daisy Lethbridge
Mermaids Swimwear
Why designbox
A few honest reasons clients choose us, and stay with us.
Ecommerce is what we do
Online stores aren’t a section of our services, they’re the core of our reputation. We’ve launched stores across dozens of industries on Shopify and WooCommerce, and that experience shapes every store from the first conversation.
You talk to the people doing the work
No account managers in the middle. From your first call to your launch day, you deal directly with the designers, developers and content writers building your site. Faster decisions, clearer communication, no misunderstandings.
We think beyond the build
A well-designed store that nobody finds isn’t much use to anyone. We build with SEO, speed and conversion in mind from day one, so your site is set up to perform from the moment it goes live.
We are in it for the long haul
We would rather be an extension of your team than a supplier you call once. We take the time to learn your business, then put our expertise behind growing it, year after year. That is why our client retention is so high, and why some of our clients have been with us for over ten years.
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A Shopify store is just the start
The best Shopify stores are launched, then grown. Because everything at designbox is in-house, the team that built your store can also fill it with customers.
Ecommerce SEO
Get your products found on Google. Collection and product page optimisation, technical SEO and content that ranks.
AI search optimisation
Show up when people ask ChatGPT, Claude and Google AI who to work with. The next frontier of being found.
Google Ads & Shopping
Search, Shopping and Performance Max campaigns that put your products at the top of the results, managed by a Google Partner.
Website care and support
Updates, improvements and a team on call. Support plans that keep your store fast, converting and growing.
Meta ads
Facebook and Instagram campaigns that put your products in front of the people most likely to buy them.
Email marketing
Klaviyo and Mailchimp flows, abandoned carts and campaigns that turn one-time buyers into regulars.
Questions we're asked most
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Should I choose Shopify or WooCommerce?
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