The Challenge
A D2C retail brand's WordPress site took over four seconds to load on mobile, and shoppers were abandoning carts before checkout even opened.
Case Study · Web Development
A Storefront Rebuilt for Speed
A D2C retail brand's WordPress site took over four seconds to load on mobile, and shoppers were abandoning carts before checkout even opened. We rebuilt it as a lean custom site with the same content team could still edit, cutting load time to under a second.
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NDA-protected engagement
The Story
What we walked into, and what we built
What We Built
We rebuilt it as a lean custom site with the same content team could still edit, cutting load time to under a second.
The Result
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mobile load time
Client and platform names stay under NDA, consistent with the rest of our case studies — the engineering, and the outcome, are real.
How We Delivered This
The same path, every project
Clear stages, visible progress, and ownership that continues after launch.
01
Discovery
We map requirements, existing systems, constraints, and success criteria.
02
Architecture
Technical planning, risk review, and technology decisions documented before build.
03
Development
Iterative sprints with visible progress and working demos every sprint.
04
QA & Validation
Testing against real scenarios before anything reaches production.
05
Deployment
Controlled releases with rollback plans and zero-downtime where possible.
06
Support
Continuous improvement after launch, because production issues are our problem too.
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