retail project

Harbor & Vine

An elegant redesign for a neighbourhood florist whose home-made site was holding back online orders.

Industry
Retail
Services
Website Audit, New Website, Care Plan
Timeline
4 weeks
Platform
Website builder
Launched
2024
the starting point

The challenge

Harbor & Vine’s owner had built the first site herself late at night, and it showed. Photos were stretched, the order form broke on phones, and same-day delivery cut-off times weren’t mentioned anywhere.

A Website Audit turned up twenty-three issues. The big three: slow pages, a confusing checkout and no reason to trust a florist you’d never heard of.

what we did

The approach

We kept everything customers loved about the shop: the hand-tied style, the seasonal stems, the personal notes. Then we rebuilt the site around ordering. Clear delivery cut-offs, an occasion-led menu and a simple three-step checkout.

On the Care Plan, I update the seasonal collections every month, so the site always matches what’s in the shop window.

What I built

  • 01

    Occasion menu

    Birthdays, sympathy, just because: every bouquet is two taps away.

  • 02

    Delivery cut-off banner

    Shows today’s same-day deadline live at the top of the page.

  • 03

    Monthly refresh

    New seasonal collections added every month on the Care Plan.

  • 04

    Reviews up front

    Real customer reviews pulled onto product pages.

the numbers

The results

2.4×online orders versus the old site
23audit issues fixed before launch
12seasonal refreshes in the first year

“I used to apologise for my website. Now I send people to it on purpose.”

H&
OwnerHarbor & Vine
one last thing

Ready for a site that pulls its weight?

One designer on every call, page and fix. No pitch, no account manager, just straight answers and a site you’re proud to send people to.

Let’s talk
(drop me a line)

Email hello@headwaydesign.ca. I reply to every message myself.