Doric Design Butcher's shop Demo
Interested in building an online shop for your business?
Demo features
We've built two demo shops where you can:
- visit the online shop and see different ways to display your products, show Sales and special offers, apply discounts, manage reviews, share on social media
- see plain shop designs and think about how you would want to personalise the shop's look and feel to reflect your business
- try creating a test order to see how the checkout works
Shopify is very flexible, it can help you get started online, expand your current shop or scale up and support you as your business does more online. Our demos aim to give you a flavour of the possibilities and show you how we can help.
Have a read through the features on the demos and try the links to see them in action in our demo shops.
Product options
Shopify allows up to 3 different product options, for example size, colour and style. Our shop demos allow you to see some of the standard ways Shopify displays products and more advanced display options we have developed for our clients. Follow the links below to try the features.
Standard functionality - butchers shop demo
Show different sizes with availability
Customers can select a product size and see if it's in stock
Doric Design enhanced functionality - clothes shop demo
Show all styles in a selected colour
Customers can change the colour to see all available styles in that colour
Show all colours in a selected style
Customers can change the style to see all available colours for that style
Sale prices
Within Shopify, sale prices can be applied to a single product, or just for certain options within the product, for example to the small and/or medium sizes. There are no restrictions on how many sale prices can be applied.
Standard functionality - clothes shop demo
Show different sale prices depending on size
Customers can see the discount applied to specific size
Automatic discounts
Shopify makes setting up discounts very straight forward. It can be done for a single product, a group of products, or at order level.
Discounts can be set up as
- buy X get Y at a discount or free
- a percentage
- a fixed amount
Only one automatic discount can be active at any one time on your shop, but you can schedule different discounts for different times.
Standard functionality - clothes shop demo
Buy X get Y free
Add 2 women's hoodies that are on sale to your cart and add a t-shirt for free
X% discount when order amount is over £Y
When your order amount is over £100 a 10% discount is applied at checkout
Local delivery and store pickup
Our demos cover two different ways to provide local delivery and store pickup functionality
Shopify local delivery and store pickup app - Clothes shop demo
Demo of Shopify's own Store Pickup + local Delivery functionality
Options to choose a store pickup or local delivery are given on the checkout page
Store pickup is set for our location in Balmedie, and will be avilable to pickup from 24 hours after the order was placed
Local delivery is set for a 30 mile radius of Balmedie, so to test this out use an Aberdeen postcode, for example AB25 1EB and make sure your order is over £10
Details of the shopify app can be found here Shopify Local Delivery
Extra functionality (using a PAID app) - Butchers shop demo
Demo of Zapiet Store Pickup + Delivery App
Customers can check if their post code is eligable for deliveries or store pickup from any page on the site (Banner at to of the page)
Options to choose a store pickup or local delivery are given on the shopping cart page
Deliveries to Ellon (Example post code AB41 1AS) are set for Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
Deliveries to Balmedie (Example post code AB23 8AB) are set for every day except Sunday
Customers from both areas can also select a store pickup between 9am and 4pm an hour after submitting the order
There are many settings you can pick with this app, for example, how much preperation time to allow (which can be varied for each day of the week), how far in the future customers are allowed to select their delivery and much more.
Customer Reviews
Adding customer reviews to your products can be done by adding a free app written by Shopify.
Customers are given the opportunity to leave reviews of your products which you can choose to approve before they are shown on your shop. You can also respond to reviews.
Standard functionality (using a free app) - clothes shop demo
Product review
Men's hoodie with an approved customer review and reply
Promoting your products online
You or your customers can share pages from your shop online at the click of a button.
We can help you add Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and other share buttons to all of your pages.
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Create your own test order
Follow our easy guide to creating a test order to see how the checkout works using our demo shops
Creating a test order
1. Shopping cart
The shopping cart, bag or basket can be found at the top right on all pages in the Shopify shop. This is becoming the standard place for this on most websites. As a customer shops the cart will show the number of products added. Along the top you will also find:
- name of the shop or the logo
- categories of products
- site search*
- customer login / account (can be an image of a person, or text)*
Along the bottom of the page you will see links to a refund policy, terms of service and a privacy policy among other links, which can also all be changed, or switched on or off.
In the shopping cart customers can add a note/special instructions to the seller
2. Browsing and selecting goods
You can view all products in a category by selecting the product category, for example mens or womens in the clothes shop demo
Clicking on a product image or name you will take you to the product page. In the product page you can try selecting product options, for example size, weight, colour, style and the quantity.
When you are happy with your product selection add the product to the cart by clicking "Add to cart". If you want to add another product navigate to a product page and add to cart again, the number of products in the cart is shown on the top right of the page.
3. Checkout
Now you have products in your shopping cart choose to "check out" from the cart page
The check out page has 3 elements:
- Information - where your customer can select a delivery method or pick up from one of your stores
- Shipping - this is shown if the customer has requested a delivery
If the customer post code matches the local delivery criteria, the local delivery option will be shown - Payment - where your customer will enter their card details
4. Paying for your demo order
No payment will be taken by entering details into the demo payment system
Use these dummy card details to successfully place the order:
| Card number | Use the number: 4242424242424242 |
| Name on card | Has to be at least 1 initial followed by space and a surname, e.g. "A Smith" |
| Expiration date | Needs to be in the future, e.g. / |
| Security Code | Any 3 numbers |
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Why use Shopify for your online shop
Find out why we chose to work with Shopify and the benefits it can bring to your business
Why Shopify?
Our goal
During lockdown we decided to spend time researching different ways we could build online shops for small businesses. We felt that there would be an increased demand for businesses to go online and that Doric Design was in a good position to help our fellow business owners get the most out of their online shops, whether it was venturing online for the first time or looking to expand their online work.
We found that today there are many different offerings out there, all with their own pros and cons.
Our criteria
We wanted to find a system that met these criteria
- function for UK businesses (Including GDPR compliance for UK customers)
- be active in the UK market (and have an understanding of what UK based business need online)
- be secure (PCI compliant)
- be stable and have good support with clear and simple documentation
- be easy to use on a daily basis for our clients
- have a clear, simple interface for shop owners, preferably with apps for phones and tablets
- be customisable enough for a business to brand the site as their own
- be able to grow with businesses as they expanded
- provide value for money
- be more a complete platform that could be set up quickly
- where 3rd party apps are needed to provide extra functionality for a shop the apps needed to be of high quality and work well
Our method
We started by finding out what offerings might fit our criteria, which included
| Magento Open Source | IONOS 1&1 | one.com | Opencart |
| Shopify | WIX | WooCommerce | Big Commerce |
| Squarespace | Etsy | Shop Blocks | 3dcart |
| Volusion | EKM | Zen Cart | Shop Wired |
| EBay | Amazon |
We then turned to review sites to help us whittle down the list, which included
| Mobile Transaction | 7 best ecommerce platforms for small businesses in the UK |
| Website Builder Expert | 10 Best Ecommerce Website Builders For Small Business |
| Merchant Machine | 21 Top Ecommerce Platforms For UK Businesses: 2020 Comparison |
| Startups | The 6 best ecommerce platforms for small businesses in 2020 |
We chose 5 that we felt Doric Design could bring value to as web design company
For each of these we built and tested demo shops
We looked through documentation and customer forums,trying out customisation options, creating orders, paying for orders, shipping orders and looking at the sales statistics
Our conclusion
For us Shopify had the best balance of functionality, ease of use, personalisation, stability, security and scalability with great documentation and support at a fair price. And while they are based in Canada, they have a large customer base in the UK.
In their system there is a clear separation between system's core functionality and 3rd party apps. This means that the integrity of the shop is strong, it can function away for the extra apps. The app developers themselves are also well supported by Shopify and apps vetted by Shopify before being offered to customers building shops, making the job of supporting customers faster and easier for Shopify.
We found the documentation thorough with online training courses and guides for both customers and partners, such as ourselves. The community forums are busy and friendly making them an excellent place to find and offer support.
As a Shopify partner there is a clear pathway for us to use when working with you from initial discussion, gathering your shop's requirements, building and handing over your shop to you. Based on our experience with lots of online projects we know that many clients want us to stay involved to help, especially as they get used to a new way of working online. Shopify has thought about this and allows us to stay involved if you want us to.
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Create your own test order
Follow our easy guide to creating a test order to see how the checkout works using our demo shops
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Why use Doric Design to help build your online shop
Find out how we can help, our experience and a bit about us
Why Doric Design?
How we can help
We aim to provide you with an online shop that meets your needs.
We work with you to define exactly what you need from your shop and how best to meet these requirements with Shopify and any additional tools (apps) you may need.
We will always aim to find a solution that offers you the best value for money.
Our experience
We are Dan and Carolyne Wood, a husband and wife team with experience in IT development, e-commerce systems and website management across the public, private and voluntary sectors. We have worked for a range of companies both large and small.
We're also Shopify partners which means we have been trained in how to use Shopify and we work on developing new tools (apps) to enhance how Shopify works for you. We've built shops using Shopify to gain experience with the system and understand what it can offer our clients.
Our approach to building your shop
We offer a free initial consultation where we can talk to you about what you want to achieve with your website and online shop. We are happy to talk to you about your shop whatever you are planning, you may be just starting out online or moving a shop, or expanding your existing online shop. Whatever your plans come and talk to us to see if we can help.
We want to provide you with a website that meets your customer's needs using a system that meets your needs. Our development aims to create websites that are accessible to everyone, secure and optimised for search engines so your site gets found online.
Once your shop is up and running we can help you become familiar with the Shopify system so you can run the site yourself. But of course we'll still be available to help if you need us.
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Why use Shopify for your online shop
Find out why we chose to work with Shopify and the benefits it can bring to your business
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Adding extra apps to your Shopify account
Find out what extra apps (functionality) we recommend you use and why
Extra Shopify tools (apps)
Shopify is a pretty well rounded system for managing your online shop. But if you need specific functionality that is not included in Shopify there are tools known as apps to help.
We can help you identify where gaps may exist, and what apps are available.
Here you can find some apps that we think should be considered for most shops.
Royal Mail Click & Drop integration
Royal Mail Click and Drop (FREE integration to your existing Click & Drop account)
Simple integration to Royal Mail Click & Drop
- Order details are sent to Royal mail every 10 to 15 minutes
Updates from Click & drop being sent back to Shopify every 30 minutes
Shipping costs are calculated based on the weight of goods to be sent which would be stored on Shopify
Shipping labels are created by Click & drop ready for you to print
You can then take your packaged and labelled goods to a post office, or arrange a collection
or you can even drop your packages in a post box if they are small enough and you do not need tracking or proof of postage -
Postage Prices
Current Royal Mail postage costs can be found here
FreeAgent
FreeAgent Integration with a FreeAgent account (FREE integration to your existing FreeAgent account)
This app is a must if you use FreeAgent:
- All of your orders, synced automatically
No need to manually enter each order into your FreeAgent account. Let the integration
automatically pull through all of your important order information automatically, while neatly
converting your returns and refunds into FreeAgent credit notes. You’ll receive this
information bundled up into a single daily import. -
Easily customisable categories
Select the income and expense categories that you’d like to use for orders and fees in your
FreeAgent account or use the pre-selected default categories if you prefer. -
Taxes, fees and delivery costs covered
The integration automatically transfers and allocates VAT for every order, applying the correct
rate of VAT to each individual sale. It also handles the fees from Shopify and any payment providers.
Local delivery
Zapiet Store Pickup + Delivery App (From $29/month or $278.40/Year after 14 day free trial)
This app has many features, including:
- Allow customers to check delivery eligibility on your homepage
- Postal code validation for driving distance, maximum radius and matching
- Support for multiple dispatch locations and delivery-only stores
- Set days and times when deliveries are not available
- Offer delivery slots as customisable time ranges such as 2pm-5pm
- Offer an unlimited number of delivery slots at each location
- Support for your network of delivery-only stores
Payment for local delivery using this app has to be taken at time of order
A demo of this app can be seen on the Butcher's shop demo site
*NOTE* Shopify now has it's own free local delivery option (Not as advanced as the Zapiet Store Pickup + Delivery App)
You can see this on our clothing store demo site Make sure your order is for more than £10 and choose to ship to an address with postal code starting AB
Facebook Messenger Bot
Facebook Messenger Bot by Judge.me (From $0.02 per FB user each month after the first 50 users in that month)
Chatbot for automatic replies + Sell on Facebook Messenger
- Allow customers to discover the items you sell
- Let customers know about special deals using Messenger
- Encourage customers to get updates on their orders through Messenger
A demo of this app can be seen by selecting chat on our facebook page
or on the Facebook messenger site
Product Reviews
Shopify Product Reviews app (FREE from Shopify)
This app has many features, including:
- Theme-friendly design Reviews automatically match your store's look and feel
- Easy customization - Edit layout options, text and colours without needing to code
- Bulk actions - Publish, hide, filter, and manage reviews quickly and easily
- CSV import and Export - Import and export your reviews as a spreadsheet
- SEO-friendly review scores - Add review scores to your Google search results.
On our clothing shop demo site you'll see this app in action
Fraud Filter
Shopify Fraud Filter app (FREE from Shopify)
This app will put orders on hold and alert you if they match criteria set by you, for example:
- If an order is for more than a certain number of items
- If an order has more than a certain value
- If a customer has more than a certain number of outstanding orders
As this functionality is only visible in the shop admin pages click the link above to see screenshots, or contact us for a demonstration
Automatic Backups
Talon Commerce - Automatic Backups (From $9/month for up to 1,000 products after 14 day free trial)
This app has many features, including:
- Restoration Browser - Find previous versions of individual products, collections, blog posts, shop pages, and theme files. Compare items to the current version with our advanced version comparison interface. Restore to that version with a click
- Shop Recovery - Recovery an entire category to a specific date with a single click.
As this functionality is only visible in the shop admin pages click the link above to see screenshots, or contact us for a demonstration
Selling on multiple channels
Veeqo Inventory and Shipping platform for ecommerce (From $150/month or $1,440/Year after 14 day free trial (Extra £20/month + for Amazon FBA - See link for details))
Keep your inventory synced across multiple channels including:
- Amazon (Worldwide)
- Ebay (Worldwide)
- Etsy
- And more.. See link above for more detail
There is a YouTube video to give you an overview of what Veeqo can offer
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Cost calculator
Use our calculator to get an idea of the costs for setting up and running your online shop
Cost calculator
Use our calculator to get an idea of the costs involved in creating and running your online shop. It only takes a few minutes and when we talk to you in person we can go through all this in more detail and create you a tailored, detailed proposal.
To get an idea of costs right now select the options that best reflect you , we'll ask about your website domain (do you have one or need a new one), the Shopify plan you feel suits you best, any extra tools (apps) you may need, how many transactions you expect and about your business size.
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