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Shopify online stores

Shopify stores that sell.

You make great products. The store should match them. I build custom Shopify stores where the product pages sell, the checkout feels safe, shipping costs are clear, and email brings warm buyers back to finish what they started.

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Why this sells

Buyers want the product. The store decides whether they finish.

Checkout hesitation is measurable, and most of it is fixable. Clear costs, a checkout that feels safe, real proof on the product page, and a store that works on a phone are the difference between a cart and an order. I build stores for makers and product brands in the Kootenays and beyond, and these numbers are why the build matters.

70.22%

of carts are abandoned on average

Baymard pools 50 studies and lands on a 70.22% average documented cart abandonment rate. Most of the people who add to cart never finish. The fixes are in how the store is built, not how it looks.

Baymard Institute, 2026

19%

leave because they did not trust the site with their card

Nearly one in five shoppers abandon because the store did not feel safe enough to hand over payment details. Trust at checkout is a design decision, not an afterthought.

Baymard Institute

270%

higher purchase likelihood with reviews

Northwestern Spiegel research found a product with five reviews is up to 270% more likely to be bought than the same product with none. Reviews and proof belong on the product page, not buried.

Spiegel Research Center, Northwestern
The KMD Shopify standard

A store is only beautiful if buyers can finish the purchase.

Shopify is the commerce engine. The theme is the storefront. I build a custom Shopify theme so the design fits your products, your brand, and your buyer's path instead of fighting a generic template, and I handle every detail behind the sale before launch. It is the same standard whether the store ships worldwide or serves a West Kootenay storefront.

  • A custom Shopify theme built for the brand, commonly worth hundreds on its own before any customization
  • Product, collection, variant, shipping, tax, and inventory structure configured cleanly
  • Product and collection pages written and designed to reduce hesitation before checkout
  • A trustworthy checkout: clear costs, clear delivery, and payment that feels safe to finish
  • Welcome and abandoned cart email foundation included where the package calls for it
  • Google Shopping and search visibility, analytics, mobile polish, and a clean launch handoff
Packages

Choose the store depth that matches the ambition.

The Storefront sells your products. The Masterpiece sells your brand. Both stand on the same foundation, so the second card lists only what the extra investment buys.

Every Shopify build includes

  • Fully custom theme, never a purchased template
  • Payments, shipping, taxes, and inventory configured
  • Welcome and abandoned cart email foundations
  • Analytics, Google visibility, and LLM SEO
  • Lifetime Neighbours Lodge access
  • You own the store, the theme, and the content outright

The Storefront

$5,000

or Own It Monthly from $469/mo

Best fit

A complete custom store that makes buying easy and trust instant.

A full custom Shopify store for shops, makers, and product brands that need checkout confidence without a bloated project.

  • Custom homepage, collection, and product page designs: the three templates that do the selling
  • Launch catalog: up to 25 products merchandised across up to 5 collections
  • The essentials built in: about, contact, and policy pages
  • Checkout confidence: clear costs, shipping clarity, and trust signals at the moment of purchase

Perfect for

You sell great products and need a proper store, not a project. Retail shops going online, artisans, gift shops, and niche brands.

Delivery: 5 to 6 weeks

Start with the free check-up

The Masterpiece

$9,500

or Own It Monthly from $889/mo

Everything in The Storefront, plus the brand system and the growth engine.

For sellers whose products deserve storytelling. You are building a name, not just a checkout.

  • Everything in The Storefront, plus:
  • Full brand identity included, $1,500 on its own: logo, colours, and type carried through the store
  • Bespoke layouts for hero products and each collection type, designed around what you actually sell
  • Google Shopping feed: your products in the Shopping tab, not just on your site
  • Content hub and blog that keep the store findable between purchases
  • Up to 7 editorial pages: your story, gift guides, wholesale, FAQs
  • Double the catalog: up to 50 products across up to 10 collections

Perfect for

Established brands, premium product lines, tourism retail, and stores preparing for real growth.

Delivery: 8 to 10 weeks

Start with the free check-up

One honest cost note: Shopify charges its own subscription, roughly $50 to $75 CAD a month, paid straight to Shopify. That is the platform fee, not mine, and there are no hidden costs on top of the build price.

Real work

I run my own Shopify store. That is the proof.

My own store, not a client project

Lapphund Designs

Lapphund Designs is my own Shopify brand for Finnish Lapphund owners: a custom theme direction, breed-first collections, blog content, and the welcome and abandoned cart email flows I build into every store. I sell on the same platform I build on, so nothing here is theory.

See Lapphund Designs

The same build standard runs my real client website work, like Summit Handyman in Langley and Family Designs & Creations, a Castlegar maker site. Those are website builds, not Shopify stores, and I label them that way. See the standard in the portfolio.

Path to launch

From product mess to checkout confidence.

  1. 01

    Map products and buyer doubts

    I work out what you sell, how it is organized, and every question a buyer asks before they trust the cart: sizing, materials, shipping, returns, and proof.

  2. 02

    Structure collections and checkout

    I set up products, variants, collections, taxes, shipping, and inventory cleanly, so nothing about the sale feels vague at the moment of purchase.

  3. 03

    Build the storefront and email

    I write and build the custom theme: homepage, product pages, trust blocks, and the welcome and abandoned cart email foundation that brings buyers back.

  4. 04

    Launch, hand off, and keep it healthy

    I launch with analytics, Google Shopping and search visibility, a mobile pass, and a clean handoff. After launch, my ongoing support plans keep the store maintained if you want a hand on it. See the support plans.

The full path, payment terms and all, lives on the process page.

Shopify questions

What store owners ask before they build.

Why Shopify instead of a normal website with a payment button?+

Use Shopify when product structure matters: variants, inventory, taxes, shipping, pickup, discounts, gift cards, checkout, order management, and repeat purchases. If a simpler website can do the job, I will say so.

Can I pay for the store monthly?+

Yes. The Storefront is $5,000, or Own It Monthly at $469 a month for 12 months, which is $5,628 all in. The Masterpiece is $9,500, or $889 a month on the same plan. You own the store outright at the final payment. No banks, no credit checks.

How Own It Monthly works

Do you load products for me?+

Yes. The Storefront includes a launch catalog of up to 25 products merchandised across up to 5 collections. The Masterpiece doubles that, up to 50 products across up to 10 collections, plus the brand identity and editorial pages.

Do you handle payments, shipping, taxes, and inventory?+

Yes. Payments, shipping, taxes, and inventory are configured as part of every build. A store is not finished until the money and delivery details are set up and tested.

What about reviews, trust, and Google Shopping?+

Product pages are built to carry reviews and trust signals from day one. The Masterpiece adds a Google Shopping feed so products can show up where buyers are already searching to purchase.

I already have a Shopify store. Can you rebuild it?+

Often yes. If a basic theme has been outgrown, I can rebuild the storefront, restructure products and collections, sharpen the product pages, and tighten the checkout and email flows so the store finally matches the brand.

Ready when you are

See how your site scores before you spend a dollar.

The free 60-second website check-up is an automated scan. It grades your current site's speed, SEO, security headers, and best practices, then hands you the scores. No call, no pitch.

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Refer a neighbour

Refer a neighbour who signs, and I e-transfer you $200. Anyone can refer, there is no limit, and it pays out when their first payment clears (second payment for Own It Monthly projects).