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Case Study — E-commerce

Aura Botanics

A premium, conversion-optimized Shopify store for an organic skincare brand — rebuilt to match the quality of the product itself.

Client Aura Botanics Ltd.
Year 2025
Role Design & Development
Stack Shopify, Custom Theme
Aura Botanics e-commerce storefront on desktop
The Challenge

A generic theme hiding a premium product.

The Solution

A fully custom Shopify theme.

The Result

+45% conversion rate

Business Impact

+$18k est. annual revenue

The Challenge

A great product, hidden behind a generic theme.

Aura Botanics had a great product but their existing Shopify theme felt generic and failed to convey their premium, organic brand identity. Conversion rates were stagnant despite strong repeat-customer sentiment.

Product photography looked washed out in the stock theme's layout, and the checkout flow added friction right where customers were most ready to buy.

The Solution

A custom theme built around the product.

I designed and developed a completely custom Shopify theme from scratch, focused on a nature-inspired aesthetic with high-quality macro photography, elegant typography, and smooth micro-interactions throughout the shopping experience.

The checkout flow was streamlined to reduce friction, and every product page was rebuilt to let the ingredients and packaging photography do the selling.

Shopify Custom Theme UI/UX Conversion
The Results

A store that finally matches the brand.

+45%

Conversion Rate

Growth within 3 months of launch, from the new theme and streamlined checkout.

+30%

Average Order Value

Driven by better product storytelling and smarter bundle placement.

98/100

Lighthouse Performance

Fast load times even with full-bleed, high-resolution product photography.

Beyond the numbers, the new theme gave Aura Botanics a storefront that finally felt as considered as the product itself — a significant boost in brand perception alongside the conversion gains.

Under the Hood

Built on Shopify, styled from scratch.

Shopify Liquid Custom Theme GSAP Shopify Checkout

The theme was hand-coded in Liquid rather than built on an existing Shopify theme framework, keeping the markup lean and giving full control over the checkout-adjacent pages that off-the-shelf themes tend to leave generic.

GSAP handles the product-page micro-interactions — image zoom, ingredient reveal, and add-to-cart feedback — layered on top of Shopify's native checkout so the fast, secure purchase flow itself was never touched.

Organic skincare products displayed on a retail shelf
Close-up of organic skincare oils and cream textures with botanical leaves
Close-up of dark green botanical leaves
Colorful botanical oils in glass bottles with white flowers

See the finished store in action.

Explore the full, live experience — from the homepage through the product story.