Wendy Morrison Design
SHOPIFY STORE | THEME CUSTOMISATION
Wendy Morrison Design required a migration from their previous Umbraco storefront to a Shopify storefront.
The new store is faster, with an improved user experience and is much easier for the team to update and manage.
University of Edinburgh Gift Shop
SHOPIFY STORE | THEME CUSTOMISATION
We were delighted to work with the team at the University of Edinburgh Gift Shop to upgrade their Shopify store.
With a focus on accessibility and user experience the new store reflects the University brand while providing a great shopping experience for their UK and International customers.
Laura Bond
SHOPIFY STORE | EMAIL MARKETING | CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT
Laura Bond are a growing jewellery brand based in Edinburgh. Verdant Spark created a new customised Shopify store which better reflects the brand and which gives their customers an improved shopping experience. The Laura Bond mailing list was migrated to Klaviyo, allowing the business to benefit from the enhanced automations and customer segmentation
Modern Standard Coffee
SHOPIFY STORE | THEME CUSTOMISATION | KLAVIYO
Modern Standard Coffee are a Scottish coffee roastery based in Fife with a cafe in Edinburgh. Verdant Spark migrated their store from Wordpress to Shopify and also upgraded their email marketing from Mailchimp to Klaviyo
Custom development included theme customisation to ensure the distinctive Modern Standard brand and personality shone through on the site.
FINDRA Clothing
SHOPIFY STORE | KLAVIYO
Established in 2014, FINDRA specialise in sustainable outerwear for women. Based in Innerleithen, all their clothing is designed in Scotland and much of it manufactured in the UK.
FINDRA required an upgrade of their existing Shopify store to incorporate a new brand identity. Verdant Spark created a store that much better reflects the brand personality and community.
grow urban
SHOPIFY STORE | POINT OF SALE
grow urban are an established plant store in Edinburgh with two locations. Verdant Spark created a new Shopify store for the business, including a migration from their previous iZettle based ecommerce solution.
The new Shopify store was designed in conjuction with Porridge Design to capture the distinctive brand aesthetic of grow urban and replicate the in store experience.
Custom development included theme customisation and additional features including a videos page and product suggestions based on product tagging.
Snapdragon Edinburgh
SHOPIFY STORE | KLAVIYO | CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT
Snapdragon is a florist and botanical store in Bruntsfield. Verdant Spark upgraded the old 1.0 Shopify theme to a customised 2.0 theme.
Custom development included the ability to select a date for flower delivery and pickup and bespoke functionality for the Wedding Party flowers offering
Buck & Birch
SHOPIFY STORE | APP DEVELOPMENT | THEME CUSTOMISATION
Buck & Birch are an East Lothian-based spirits and liqueur company. They had two existing Squarespace sites which needed to be combined into a new site that better represented their brand.
Verdant Spark created a new Shopify store for Buck & Birch. Notable features include the development of a Drinks Explorer app to help users select the drink best suited to their tastes.
Design work for the store was by our partner Porridge Design.
Rare Birds Books
SHOPIFY STORE | THEME CUSTOMISATION | APP DEVELOPMENT
Launched in 2017, Rare Birds Books champions women authors and is on a mission to get people reading for fun. In 2021 Rare Birds opened their first bricks and mortar book shop in Stockbridge, Edinburgh.
Rare Birds Books required a new online store to replace their WordPress and Woocommerce site. The site had to combine their book club subscriptions and an online book shop, plus an exclusive members area for book club subscribers.
Verdant Spark created a new Shopify store with a private application and customised theme to meet the requirements. Design work for the store was by our partner Porridge Design.
Six Acres
SHOPIFY STORE | POINT OF SALE
Six Acres is a consciously curated lifestyle store based in Morningside, Edinburgh.
Porridge Design was responsible for creating the Six Acres brand identity which we then implemented on the Shopify store.
Shopify Point of Sale was the obvious choice for the shop, allowing seamless inventory control across online and bricks and mortar stores.
The Cheese Lady
SHOPIFY STORE | THEME CUSTOMISATION | APP DEVELOPMENT
The Cheese Lady is an established artisan cheesemonger based in Haddington which had an existing online store built on WordPress. Verdant Spark migrated the store to Shopify.
The new Shopify store was designed in conjuction with Porridge Design, capturing The Cheese Lady’s brand and creating a modern, easy to navigate store.
Custom development included significant theme customisation and the creation of a Cheese Explorer application to help users discover new cheeses based on the types of cheese they enjoy.
Gloagburn Farm Shop
SHOPIFY STORE | THEME CUSTOMISATION | APP DEVELOPMENT
Working with Porridge Design, we created a new Shopify store for Gloagburn, a luxury farm shop in Perthshire.
The new store highlights the various aspects of the shop, cafe and allows for easier online ordering.
App development was undertaken to allow for orders to be shown by date in a bespoke order aggregator application.
Wimperis Embroidery
SHOPIFY STORE
London-based embroidery subscription business, Wimperis Embroidery, required an updated Shopify store to replace their existing store.
We worked with Niamh to create a store that better reflected the Wimperis Embroidery brand and that gives an improved user experience.
We also helped with the introduction of a PDF subscription, automating much of the process using Klaviyo.
Worn In Wardrobe
SHOPIFY STORE
Worn In Wardrobe was founded in 2021 with the aim of making it easier to buy and sell second hand childrens clothing.
Key to this project was the Quote page, which we developed using a private application to allow customers to input the items of clothing they wish to sell and then receive an instant quotation.
Branding work done by our creative partner Porridge Design.
Bonk & Co
SHOPIFY STORE
Bonk & Co are an established family business based in Inverness, specialising in wood burning stoves, range cookers and premium home and lifestyle products. They wanted to be able sell online through their website but also showcase the range of stoves, cookers and lifestyle products that can be ordered in store.
We created a Shopify store that replaced the previous WordPress site. Custom development for this store included theme customisation to match the brand identity and enabling products that can’t be bought online to have an Enquire Only button which prepopulates an enquiry form.
Thomas Sherriff & Co
SHOPIFY STORE
Verdant Spark created a new Shopify store for Thomas Sherriff & Co Ltd, a long established agricultural supplier who also sell direct to consumer and were looking to start selling online.
Custom development for this store included the ability to compare products and the creation of a help button to encourage customers to contact the store if they need help selecting the correct product for their needs.
Gibsons of Haddington
SHOPIFY STORE AND POINT OF SALE
Verdant Spark created a new Shopify store for this well established East Lothian gift shop. In addition to migrating their old WooCommerce store to Shopify, we also installed Shopify point of sale so that their inventory is easier to manage across the two sales channels.
From a user experience perspective we wanted to recreate the instore experience as much as possible, working with the Gibsons team to create product collections to help users find what they are looking for easily but also encouraging users to browse.
The theme selected by Verdant Spark fits the brand perfectly and is very fast, acheiving high page speed scores and improving the user experience.
The Crafty Kit Company
SHOPIFY STORE
The Crafty Kit Company are a local company in East Lothian, but with an international reach. Having operated for the last 7 years using an OpenCart based solution, the operation was stretching the limits of that platform. Together with Jo, we redesigned the site to freshen it and migrate all of her products and core content into Shopify, with particular focus on the user experience for her key user persona to ensure that all collections and products are easy to find.
Spice Pots
SHOPIFY STORE & THEME CUSTOMISATION
Verdant Spark recently undertook a redesign of the Spice Pots Shopify store. Spice Pots are an East Lothian business that make delicious spice blends. Their old site needed a refresh so we installed a new theme which was then customised to suit their brand and products.
Verdant Spark created custom landing pages for their two blogs so they could group blog posts into categories that would be easy for users to navigate.
Minato Sushi
SHOPIFY STORE | APP DEVELOPMENT
Verdant Spark created a Shopify ecommerce store with a private application that facilitates order management for Minato Sushi, an East Lothian based sushi business.
We worked with Jen and Tom at Minato to create a back end Shopify application that makes their business easier to manage on a day to day basis.
Customers are able to choose a delivery day on the cart page and request a delivery slot, and feedback on the new site has been extremely positive.