The Chocolate Season

Shopify website redesign for a chocolate boutique that increased conversion by 48%

The Challenge

The Chocolate Season is a European-inspired artisan chocolate shop in the Midwest run by chocolatier Erika Jensen and her husband Brad. Erika and Brad came to us wanting to merge their two websites and move to the Shopify platform to elevate the ecommerce experience. The project goals were to dramatically increase the online portion of the business’ sales and create a standout branded website design that would differentiate them from competitors. Erika and Brad specifically wanted their new site to emphasize gift and corporate chocolate offerings, as well as to reduce frequent customer questions.

Our Approach

We created a fresh and appetizing new website design that features the shop’s beautiful product photography and sweet brand touches at the forefront. Large decadent images of chocolate delights accented by brand patterns and icons and paired with friendly copy capture The Chocolate Season’s warm, love-filled brand personality. The navigation strategically categorizes all the shop’s offerings with a highlight on gifts while the special-designed Custom Gifts page showcases corporate and special event gift options with an order form directly on the page.

Our Roles

Visit the website

78%

increase in Revenue per User

48%

overall conversion rate increase

46%

organic search revenue

The Chocolate Season website — High quality photography and sweet brand touches convey the shop’s warm, friendly personality.

mobile website design for a chocolate company — Mobile page designs for a chocolate boutique.

High-quality photography paired with brand elements and our custom copywriting work to create a delicious and inviting website design for this chocolate boutique. Along with search engine optimization work and Klaviyo email marketing, the website redesign helps bring in organic traffic, email marketing revenue, and an increased overall conversion rate.

We created custom icons to fit in with The Chocolate Season’s new brand and illustrate the shop’s unique selling proposition—quality, artisanal chocolate from a family-run boutique.

custom icons for a chocolate company — Custom icon design for a chocolate boutique.

Product page design for a chocolate shop showcasing an About Us section.

Special touches like an About Us section on product pages help bring a personable feeling to the shopping experience and show customers who is behind the brand. This storytelling approach builds trust and buy-in from potential customers.

Our experience with Aeolidia was very customer-oriented and they made great efforts to get to know our brand personally, versus creating just a cookie cutter website for a food service business. Their communication with us was very streamlined and each department we worked with always had an eye for detail. Everyone we worked with took our feedback to heart and made sure we were getting exactly what we dreamed our business needed. We appreciated their guidance in areas we were not as well-versed in, and love the ongoing relationship we have even after the site was completed. We know we will always have a business ally in our corner with Aeolidia.