Case Study 01 · E-commerce · Shopify Rebuild

340% Increase in Mobile Conversion
for Anagrams Lifestyle.

How a struggling dropshipping store shed its "Generic" skin to become a premium, high-ticket brand.

After WombatCrafts
Before: Generic Theme

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The Problem

The $50 Theme Ceiling.

"Let's be honest: Anagrams looked like a thousand other stores. They were using a standard Shopify 'Liquid' theme that felt cluttered, slow, and — frankly — untrustworthy. High-end customers don't buy from templates."

anagrams.myshopify.com
4.2s FCP

Slow Load Times

4.2s to First Contentful Paint. Users gone before they arrived.

anagrams.myshopify.com
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same buttons. every store.
Generic UI

Zero Differentiation

The same buttons every Shopify store uses. Nothing says "premium."

anagrams.myshopify.com
No Brand Story

No Brand Identity

No brand story. Just a product list. Indistinguishable from 10,000 other stores.

anagrams.myshopify.com
→ SCROLL
72% Bounce

Mobile Was a Nightmare

72% of visitors left before scrolling once. The mobile layout was a port from desktop — an afterthought.

The Diagnosis

What the Audit Revealed.

Our audit revealed that the site was losing 60% of visitors before the page even fully loaded. The code was bloated with unnecessary apps and a rigid CSS structure that made mobile navigation a nightmare.

Old Template Site

18 Performance
42 SEO
55 Best Practices
61 Accessibility
VS

After WombatCrafts

98 Performance
96 SEO
100 Best Practices
92 Accessibility

The Build

Engineering the New Standard.

01

Bespoke Frontend.

Built from scratch. Zero templates. 100% brand DNA. Every breakpoint, every animation, every micro-interaction was designed and hand-coded specifically for Anagrams and their customers.

  • Custom design system & component library
  • Hand-coded CSS animations — no frameworks
  • Brand-specific typography & colour palette
02

The Shopify Connect.

We kept their backend completely intact. Orders, inventory, fulfilment, and every app they depended on — all still running inside Shopify. The customer experience moved to a lightning-fast custom UI. The operator experience changed nothing.

  • Shopify Storefront API integration
  • Zero backend migration risk
  • All existing apps & flows preserved
Custom Frontend
Shopify Backend
03

Mobile-First UX.

Designed for the thumb. Built for the eyes. We didn't shrink the desktop layout — we built the mobile experience first, then scaled it up. Every tap target, swipe gesture, and scroll mechanic was tested on real devices.

  • Mobile-first design & development process
  • Touch-optimized navigation & checkout
  • 72% → 28% mobile bounce rate drop

The Results

The Hard Data.

Six weeks post-launch. Numbers don't lie.

Metric Before (Template) After (WombatCrafts)
Load Speed 4.8s 0.9s
Conversion Rate 1.2% 4.1%
Average Order Value $45 $82
Mobile Bounce Rate 72% 28%
We didn't just get a new website; we got a new business. WombatCrafts understood that we weren't just selling products — we were selling a feeling. The results speak for themselves.
Founder, Anagrams Anagrams Lifestyle — Premium Dropshipping

Your Turn

Ready for your own Anagrams story?

We'll build you a free 1-page demo — custom-coded, zero templates — before you commit to anything.