Case studies

Five rebuilds, and what changed after.

More than a gallery of screenshots. Each of these shows the site before we touched it, the site afterwards, and the numbers underneath, including the ones that are harder to boast about.

sx rankings chart
+314%
Net sales, Boba Licious
9.1K
Users in one quarter, GX Slingshots
5
Rebuilds written up
Real data
From client analytics, not estimates
How to read these

What actually counts as a result?

A prettier website is not a result. A result is a number that moved, or a job the site can now do that it could not do before. Two of these show money and traffic. Three show a rebuild where the point was never a conversion rate.

The numbers are from analytics
Not estimates. WooCommerce and Google Analytics, comparing a real period after launch against the same stretch before it.
The screenshots are the real sites
Captured before we started and after we finished, so you can judge the difference yourself.
Where there's no number, we say so
A precinct website is not measured in sales. Pretending otherwise would be easy and would tell you nothing useful about the work.
The five

Which projects have write-ups?

Five, and each one has its own page with the full story: what was wrong, what we changed, and what happened afterwards.

CASE STUDY 01
E-commerce · Redesign and SEO

Boba Licious: A DIY shop that grew to R482K in sales.

A self-built store rebuilt into a proper WooCommerce business with a wholesale route, in three weeks.

+314%
Net sales
R116 553 to R482 934
Net sales, before and after
The rebuilt Boba Licious siteAfter
CASE STUDY 02
Sporting goods · Redesign and SEO

GX Slingshots: More visitors in one quarter than the whole year before.

A specialist retailer with a strong brand and a weak site. 9.1K users in one quarter against 8.4K the whole previous year, and events tracked from zero to eight.

+184%
Users
9.1K vs 8.4K
One quarter vs the whole previous year
The rebuilt GX Slingshots siteAfter
CASE STUDY 03
Precinct · Redesign, IA and SEO

Blackheath CID: An old website rebuilt for a city improvement district.

A city improvement district whose site had aged past what the organisation needed. Rebuilt around reporting a fault and finding a document.

No sales figure
Judged on what members can now do
The old Blackheath CID siteBefore
The rebuilt Blackheath CID siteAfter
CASE STUDY 04
E-commerce · Full store redesign

Checkalot: A crowded store rebuilt into one clear shop.

One store trying to be five, across home, kids, outdoor, pet and wellness. Structure rebuilt first, brand second.

About 5 seconds
To follow the path to checkout
The old Checkalot siteBefore
The rebuilt Checkalot siteAfter
CASE STUDY 05
Travel and tourism · Redesign and migration

Toerbroers: Fifty tours and a tourism campus on one site.

An Afrikaans tour operator and tourism campus. Fifty tours moved into one clear layout, with the year's 87 departures on one page.

585
Visitors in the first 7 days
3.6K
Page views
The old Toerbroers siteBefore
The rebuilt Toerbroers siteAfter
Questions we get asked

Questions about these results.

Are these numbers real?

They come straight from the clients' own WooCommerce and Google Analytics accounts, comparing a defined period after launch against the equivalent period before it. Where a result is partly down to something other than the website, such as a season, a promotion or more stock, we would rather say so than claim the whole thing.

Will my site get the same results?

Honestly, we do not know, and anyone who tells you otherwise is guessing. A site going from self-built to properly made has more room to move than one that is already decent. What we can say is what changed and why, so you can judge whether your situation looks like any of these.

Why do three of these have no sales numbers?

Because sales figures would be meaningless for them. A precinct website, a retail rebuild judged on structure and a tour operator's new layout are not measured by a conversion rate, and we would rather say so than invent a percentage.

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