Modern - minimalist Shopify Store Design & Build
Budget: £3,000 – £5,000 GBP
PLEASE DO NOT APPLY WITHOUT RELEVANT FOOD ECOMMERCE SHOPIFY EXPERIENCE.
We are launching a premium UK-based ecommerce business focused on authentic Italian food and grocery products.
We are looking for an experienced Shopify designer/developer or small ecommerce team to help us build a modern, premium Shopify website.
IMPORTANT:
Please only apply if you have previous ecommerce experience building:
- food ecommerce websites
- grocery ecommerce websites
- premium FMCG ecommerce brands
- delicatessen/pantry-style stores
- beverage or specialty food websites
This is NOT a generic ecommerce project.
The website must feel:
- premium
- modern
- editorial
- clean
- highly visual
- easy to shop
- emotionally connected to authentic Italian food culture
Visual inspiration includes:
- Faire
- Ankorstore
- Sous Chef UK
- Mammafiore
- Eataly
Scope of work includes:
- Shopify store setup
- Theme recommendation and customization
- Homepage design
- Collection and navigation structure
- Product upload support
- Search and filter setup
- Mobile optimization
- SEO setup
- Product-level SEO
- Email capture/Klaviyo integration
- Analytics setup
- App setup
- Speed optimization
- Customer reviews integration
- Chatbot integration capability
- Future multilingual capability
Important requirements:
- Initial launch catalogue of approximately 150 SKUs
- Website structure must be scalable to 600+ SKUs over time
- Large prominent search bar
- Premium mobile experience
- Strong product merchandising
- Shop by brand/category functionality
- SEO-friendly structure
- Customer reviews integration
- Chatbot integration capability
- Future dual-language capability
- Conversion-focused UX
- Strong collection and navigation structure
We are looking for a partner who understands:
- premium food merchandising
- ecommerce conversion
- grocery shopping behaviour
- large catalogue navigation
- mobile-first ecommerce design
- SEO structure for food ecommerce
- multilingual ecommerce scalability
- customer retention functionality
- AI/chatbot integrations
Please provide:
- examples of previous food/grocery ecommerce stores
- Shopify portfolio links
- estimated timeline
- estimated cost
- what is included
- what information/assets you require from us
- confirmation that you have reviewed the full project brief document
- post-launch support options
Preference will be given to freelancers/agencies with strong Shopify food ecommerce experience and premium design capability.
A detailed project brief document is available and will be shared with shortlisted applicants.
Screening Questions:
1. What food or grocery Shopify websites have you built?
2. Which Shopify themes do you recommend for premium food ecommerce?
3. How would you structure a 150 SKU launch catalogue that later scales to 600+ SKUs?
4. Do you handle product uploads and SEO setup?
5. How do you optimize Shopify stores for mobile conversion?
6. Can you support future subscriptions, bundles and marketplace functionality?
7. What Shopify apps would you recommend for search, merchandising and customer retention?
8. Have you worked with stores containing 300+ SKUs?
9. What would you recommend to improve repeat purchases and basket size on a food ecommerce website?
10. What review platform/apps would you recommend for Shopify food ecommerce?
11. What chatbot or AI assistant integrations would you recommend?
12. How would you structure the website to support future dual-language functionality?
13. Do you have experience building multilingual Shopify stores?
Additional Visual Direction Clarification
The website direction is intentionally clean and minimal, similar in structure and simplicity to Faire, adapted to MAIO branding and colour palette.
We already have a strong idea of the visual direction and are not looking for an overly complicated custom-built website.
The focus should instead be on:
- premium product presentation
- intuitive navigation
- strong merchandising
- mobile-first UX
- search and discovery
- conversion-focused ecommerce structure
We are happy to use and customize a premium Shopify theme rather than build a completely bespoke website from scratch.
We are launching a premium UK-based ecommerce business focused on authentic Italian food and grocery products.
We are looking for an experienced Shopify designer/developer or small ecommerce team to help us build a modern, premium Shopify website.
IMPORTANT:
Please only apply if you have previous ecommerce experience building:
- food ecommerce websites
- grocery ecommerce websites
- premium FMCG ecommerce brands
- delicatessen/pantry-style stores
- beverage or specialty food websites
This is NOT a generic ecommerce project.
The website must feel:
- premium
- modern
- editorial
- clean
- highly visual
- easy to shop
- emotionally connected to authentic Italian food culture
Visual inspiration includes:
- Faire
- Ankorstore
- Sous Chef UK
- Mammafiore
- Eataly
Scope of work includes:
- Shopify store setup
- Theme recommendation and customization
- Homepage design
- Collection and navigation structure
- Product upload support
- Search and filter setup
- Mobile optimization
- SEO setup
- Product-level SEO
- Email capture/Klaviyo integration
- Analytics setup
- App setup
- Speed optimization
- Customer reviews integration
- Chatbot integration capability
- Future multilingual capability
Important requirements:
- Initial launch catalogue of approximately 150 SKUs
- Website structure must be scalable to 600+ SKUs over time
- Large prominent search bar
- Premium mobile experience
- Strong product merchandising
- Shop by brand/category functionality
- SEO-friendly structure
- Customer reviews integration
- Chatbot integration capability
- Future dual-language capability
- Conversion-focused UX
- Strong collection and navigation structure
We are looking for a partner who understands:
- premium food merchandising
- ecommerce conversion
- grocery shopping behaviour
- large catalogue navigation
- mobile-first ecommerce design
- SEO structure for food ecommerce
- multilingual ecommerce scalability
- customer retention functionality
- AI/chatbot integrations
Please provide:
- examples of previous food/grocery ecommerce stores
- Shopify portfolio links
- estimated timeline
- estimated cost
- what is included
- what information/assets you require from us
- confirmation that you have reviewed the full project brief document
- post-launch support options
Preference will be given to freelancers/agencies with strong Shopify food ecommerce experience and premium design capability.
A detailed project brief document is available and will be shared with shortlisted applicants.
Screening Questions:
1. What food or grocery Shopify websites have you built?
2. Which Shopify themes do you recommend for premium food ecommerce?
3. How would you structure a 150 SKU launch catalogue that later scales to 600+ SKUs?
4. Do you handle product uploads and SEO setup?
5. How do you optimize Shopify stores for mobile conversion?
6. Can you support future subscriptions, bundles and marketplace functionality?
7. What Shopify apps would you recommend for search, merchandising and customer retention?
8. Have you worked with stores containing 300+ SKUs?
9. What would you recommend to improve repeat purchases and basket size on a food ecommerce website?
10. What review platform/apps would you recommend for Shopify food ecommerce?
11. What chatbot or AI assistant integrations would you recommend?
12. How would you structure the website to support future dual-language functionality?
13. Do you have experience building multilingual Shopify stores?
Additional Visual Direction Clarification
The website direction is intentionally clean and minimal, similar in structure and simplicity to Faire, adapted to MAIO branding and colour palette.
We already have a strong idea of the visual direction and are not looking for an overly complicated custom-built website.
The focus should instead be on:
- premium product presentation
- intuitive navigation
- strong merchandising
- mobile-first UX
- search and discovery
- conversion-focused ecommerce structure
We are happy to use and customize a premium Shopify theme rather than build a completely bespoke website from scratch.