Point Clinic gets Shopified

We recently launched an e-commerce section of the Point Clinic website. Play handled the graphic design and photography, and Bust Out Solutions implemented the e-commerce functionality. We used Shopify, a Ruby on Rails e-commerce engine built by the folks at Jaded Pixel. Shopify allows you to create a full-blown e-commerce store in literally a few minutes if you use one of their pre-built templates. If your company is like Point Clinic and has a specific look and feel to your website, Shopify provides a template engine called Liquid that allows you to create custom designs. The learning curve for Liquid is rather shallow so I was able to run through several design iterations with Play.

Shopify also comes with an impressive admin interface that allows users to maintain items and item attributes, set stock on hand, create collections, set promotions, define shipping and handling rates, manage orders and backorders, track demand, and even create a blog. All basic retail functionality is available via the Shopify admin pages, giving you full power to run your online store.

We’re now offering Shopify design and engineering services to anybody who wants to get a relatively cheap e-commerce site up and running in no time. Contact us if you’re interested in hearing more.