A private, working Shopify redesign before you decide anything
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Preview-first Shopify redesign

Good products deserve better stores.

I redesign your store first, and you see what you could have before you commit to anything. It's a working store, not a mockup — your real brand, your real products, there to have a click around.

Preview in 3–7 days Nothing to pay up front No account managers
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What changes when I rebuild your store

Step 01

First, the page has to make one thing obvious.

Most product pages read like a spec sheet. The reason to buy gets the same weight as the shipping policy, and the shopper has to work it out on a phone, in about ten seconds.

Step 02

Then the second unit has to be the easy choice.

A bundle ladder set against your real numbers, so buying two feels sensible rather than like an upsell someone bolted on at the end.

Step 03

And nothing at the cart should be a surprise.

A free-shipping threshold the shopper can see themselves moving toward, and every cost visible before checkout instead of after it.

What I build in

A prettier theme on its own won't move your numbers.

The design is the part you can see. These sit underneath it, and they're where the job earns its money back.

Where a Shopify store loses orders A funnel narrowing from visitors to repeat customers, with three leak points: no reason to buy, a basket that stays small, and costs revealed at checkout. VISITORS ADD TO BASKET CHECKOUT ORDER · THEN AGAIN NO REASON TO BUY BASKET STAYS SMALL COSTS REVEALED LATE
Every store leaks in the same three places. The redesign is where I close them.
0Funnel numbers

Add-to-basket rate, average order value, and basket-to-order rate.

0Full store builds

The base system has been through and refined across every one of them.

0Years in ecommerce

Building and running Shopify stores, with degrees in engineering and design.

How it works

I rebuild before I ask you to decide.

You see a private, working version of your own store before you choose whether to continue. There's no deck and no discovery call, and I don't ask for a retainer.

1

Send your store

Email your Shopify URL and tell me what feels off.

2

I rebuild it

If I can see a clear opportunity, I build a private version using your public brand and product material.

3

You click through it

Have a look on your phone, show your partner, and compare it with what you've got now.

4

Install or walk away

Choose handover or installation under a written scope. Or tell me it's not for you, and I'll close it there.

The systems underneath

Four things I build into every store.

Add-to-basket

The reason to buy comes first

Product pages built around a decision someone can actually make on a phone, with the reason to buy and the evidence for it ahead of the specification list.

Average order value

The second one should be the easy choice

A bundle ladder and a free-shipping threshold set against your real numbers, so the bigger basket feels like the sensible option rather than an upsell.

Basket to order

Nothing surprising at checkout

A cart that shows every cost up front, so shipping isn't a surprise at the last step.

Lifetime value

A reason to come back

Email capture with an offer worth giving an address for, and a free gift that unlocks at your spend threshold.

Pricing

Two ways forward.

First 5 Stores Pricing — the complete Grounded Carts rebuild at a reduced founding-client price while I build the initial portfolio and case studies. Nothing has been removed from the service.

Do it yourself
Theme Handover
Normally $1,200 AUD
$500AUD
For founders who can install it themselves.
  • A business read on your products, customers and category
  • A fully editable Shopify theme you own outright
  • Copy written in your brand's voice, not template filler
  • Cart drawer with every cost visible, free-shipping bar built in
  • Bundle ladder and threshold set against your numbers
  • Email capture and free-gift unlock
  • Setup documentation and one round of revisions
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Installed For You
Normally $1,800 AUD
$750AUD
You never open theme code, migrate a product, or QA a phone.
  • Everything in Theme Handover
  • I publish the theme in your Shopify admin
  • Your real product content migrated
  • Cart, navigation and collections configured
  • Mobile QA before you go live
  • Launch-week support
  • 30-day money-back guarantee
Send me your store

If, within 30 days of installation, you decide the new store isn't working for you, I refund the full amount. No questions, no fine print. The risk is on me.

Software by Grounded Carts

I also build the tools I wish more Shopify stores already had.

Grounded Carts isn't only storefronts. I build practical Shopify software around the problems merchants, customers and support inboxes run into every day.

See the apps
First app Grounded Order Edits Give customers a safe, controlled way to fix eligible orders after checkout, instead of turning every small change into a support ticket. Launching soon on the Shopify App Store
Start here

Send me your store.

If I can see a strong opportunity, I'll build the preview. If I can't, I'll tell you that rather than take the job anyway.

  • 01I reply within 48 hours, personally.
  • 02You don't need to get on a call to see it.
  • 03Your details are never shared or added to a list.
  • 04If it isn't a fit, I say so plainly.

Replies usually within 48 hours, from richard@groundedcarts.com

FAQ

Questions I hear often.

Do I pay before seeing anything?
No. That's the whole point of how I work. You see the working preview first. You only pay if you want it installed or handed over.
What if I don't like it?
No obligation and no follow-up calls. If you like the direction but want changes — different copy, a swapped section, different colours — tell me and I'll update it and re-share. If it's still not right, I close it.
Can I edit the site myself after install?

Yes, and it's the most important thing to understand about how I work. You get a proper Shopify theme with editable sections, blocks and settings, not custom code locked to me. Every section, product card, heading and image can be rearranged in Shopify's customizer.

Most agencies build custom code you have to come back to them for. I'd rather hand you something you can drive yourself.

How long does it take?
The preview takes 3 to 7 days. Installing it usually takes another 5 to 10 days once you've approved it.
Will this work with my Shopify apps?
In most cases yes. Reviews, email, subscriptions (Recharge, Stay AI, Skio), bundling and shipping calculators are usually straightforward, and I confirm compatibility before install. App setup itself isn't included; making the theme work cleanly with what you already run is.
Who am I dealing with?
Me — Richard. Nearly 15 years building and running Shopify stores and ecommerce businesses, with degrees in engineering and design. No account managers, no junior designers, no handoffs.
Last thing

Send me your store and I'll show you what it could become.

There's no deck and no pitch, and you're not committing to anything by asking.

Send me your store