Online shops and websites for galleries, boutiques, artisans and producers
Websites for makers on the Fleurieu need to do a lot at once. Sell your work online, tell your story, show where your pieces are stocked and let people know which market you will be at next.
An online shop that is easy to run
Visitors come to the Fleurieu, fall in love with a ceramic bowl, a print or a jar of something local and go home. A few weeks later they want another one. If you have an online shop, they can buy it. If you do not, that sale is gone.
I build online shops in WordPress with WooCommerce. You can add products, change prices and manage orders yourself. Postage options, pickup and simple stock tracking are all set up for you.
For makers with a small range, the shop stays simple and quick to manage. For boutiques with hundreds of items, I set things up so adding products does not eat your weekend. See ecommerce websites for more.
Small creative and retail businesses across the region
Show current exhibitions, artist pages and opening hours. Sell selected pieces online too.
Clothing, homewares and gift shops that want their stock online for visitors who have gone home.
Potters, jewellers, woodworkers and printmakers who sell through markets, stockists and their own site.
A site that shows where you will be each weekend and takes orders the rest of the week.
Honey, olive oil, preserves and other produce with a story worth telling.
Wine has its own page with ideas for cellar doors and wine clubs.
Help people find you in person too
Many makers sell through a mix of their own studio, local shops and weekend markets. A stockist page lists every shop that carries your work, with links and towns, so people know they can find you in McLaren Vale, Willunga or Goolwa without asking.
A market dates page is just as useful. Keep it up to date and regulars will check it before they head out. I set it up so you can add a new date in under a minute from your phone.
These pages also help with search. People look for local makers and markets near them. A page that names the towns and the dates gives Google exactly what it needs.
Stockist and market pages link nicely to area pages like McLaren Vale, Willunga and Strathalbyn.
All prices include GST
Each website includes a free first year of WordPress maintenance, mobile friendly design, Google Analytics and full access to edit. Domain and hosting are extra.
$880
A simple home for your work
$2200
A full site without a shop
Most popular
$3300
From this price, with an online shop
Website support plans start at $19 a month after the free first year. See updates and support.
Good pictures matter more than anything else
Handmade work lives or dies on its photos. People need to see texture, colour and size. I lay out product pages so the photos do the work, with room for a short note about how each piece was made.
You do not need a professional photographer to start. Clear phone photos in natural light work well. I will give you a few simple tips. I resize and compress everything so the site stays quick.
Your Google Business Profile can show your products too, which helps people searching for local galleries and gift shops around Victor Harbor.
What creative businesses on the Fleurieu ask
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Website Design Victor Harbor builds online shops for makers, galleries and boutiques across the Fleurieu Peninsula. Nick builds them in WordPress with WooCommerce so you can add products and manage orders yourself. Advanced websites with an online shop start from $3300 including GST, with the first year of maintenance free.
Nick at Website Design Victor Harbor designs websites for artists, studios and galleries in Victor Harbor and nearby towns. Sites can include artist pages, exhibition news and an online shop for selected work. He works by phone, email and video call, so it suits busy studios.
Makers on the south coast can sell handmade products online with a WooCommerce shop on their own website, set up with postage and local pickup. Owning your shop means no marketplace fees on every sale and full control of how your work is shown. Clear photos and short descriptions make the biggest difference.
A market stallholder on the Fleurieu benefits from a website because it tells regulars where you will be next and takes orders between markets. Even a single page website at $880 can list market dates, stockists and contact details. It also gives you something to point to on your stall signage.
A stockist page lists every shop that carries your work, with the shop name, town and a link to their website or map listing. Keep it current so customers trust it. Naming towns like Willunga or Goolwa also helps people find you when they search locally.
A small boutique in Victor Harbor can compete with big online stores by focusing on local searches, visitors who found you in person and products the big stores do not carry. A well set up Google Business Profile and local SEO help people nearby find you first.
You can update your online shop yourself because every site is built in WordPress and WooCommerce with full editing access. Adding a product takes a few minutes once you have done it once. If you would rather hand it off, website support plans include help with small changes.
Related pages worth a look
Tell me what you make and where you sell it now. I will suggest the simplest way to get it online and selling.
