WooCommerce Store Setup & UI

I’m launching a WordPress site that will sell physical products and I’d like an experienced WooCommerce developer to turn the blank install into a clean, modern-minimalist storefront.

The priorities are:
• A fast, uncluttered interface that matches a modern and minimalist aesthetic—think generous whitespace, clear typography, and mobile-first flow.
• Smooth catalogue and checkout experience for physical goods, including the usual product, cart and order pages fully styled to the overall look.
• A simple way for my team to add internal notes about repeat customers at the order or account level (any reliable “customer note” solution or lightweight plugin is fine as long as it’s maintained and easy to use).

On top of that, please:
– Optimise core settings, tax, shipping and at least one popular payment gateway so the store is ready to accept real orders.
– Make sure inventory can be tracked per product with straightforward stock-level updates from the dashboard.
– Keep the build lean; avoid theme-bloat and unnecessary plugins. Gutenberg or a well-supported page-builder is fine so long as performance stays solid.

Deliverables I’ll review for sign-off:
1. Live site on my host with theme, core pages and navigation in place.
2. At least one physical product set up as a working example.
3. Customer-note feature demonstrated and documented in a short screencast or PDF cheat-sheet.
4. All admin credentials, theme child files (if used) and a full site backup.

If you’ve built similar minimalist WooCommerce shops before, share a link or two—seeing your previous work will help me move quickly.