Local retail and specialty shops
Bring people through the door, and link to your shop online
What matters
What your website should do for you
Curation over catalogue
Highlight new arrivals, categories and expertise rather than duplicating a full catalogue.
Accurate hours and location
Visitors need to know you are open and how to get there.
Services and events
Repairs, fittings, classes or events give people a reason to visit.
Pages your site could have
A starting point. We plan the final pages around your content.
- Home
- New arrivals, hours and location
- Shop
- Categories and links to the online store
- Services
- Repairs, fittings, classes
- Events
- Workshops and launches
- Visit
- Hours, parking and accessibility
Features you can add
Product showcases
Featured items linking to your online store.
Hours with holiday overrides
Regular and holiday hours.
Events listing
Workshops and launches.
Store integration Larger addition, quoted separately
Embedded product collections from Shopify or Square.
In your own words
Changes you could ask for
Request 01
“Feature our new fall wool collection on the home page with these photos and a link to the Shopify collection.”
Request 02
“Add a Saturday knitting class starting 2 November, $45.”
Request 03
“We are open until 8 p.m. on Thursdays in December.”
A fictional example
Moving from an old site
Before
A specialty shop's website is a Shopify theme that shows only products, not the classes and repair services that bring people in.
The move
We rebuild the marketing site on Replit with services, events and featured products, linking to the existing Shopify store for checkout.
After
Staff feature products and events through Replit Agent.
What we will ask you for
- Photos of products and the shop
- Services and events
- Hours and location
- Store platform links
Works with tools you already use
- Store platforms such as Shopify, Square or Lightspeed
- Event ticketing
Questions
Common questions
Can we sell products on the website?
Yes. We link to or embed your existing store, or build a store into the site with a payment provider such as Stripe.
Do I need to update products in two places?
Featured items link to your store, so stock and prices stay in one place.
How is this different from bakeries?
Retail sites focus on curation, services and events rather than daily menus.