E-commerce · Shopify + Nonprofit Launch

Nonprofit Shopify Store & Conversion System — a launch-ready store with donation infrastructure

A purpose-driven Shopify store and nonprofit web presence — combining e-commerce, donation logic, pop-up conversion systems, and transparency infrastructure in one coordinated launch.

2 Milestones

Scope

Shopify

Platform

3 Sites

Delivered

The store is the commercial engine behind a nonprofit ecosystem supporting two affiliated initiatives. Building it meant balancing e-commerce conversion best practices with donation flows, dual fulfillment (print-on-demand and handmade), and discount logic for a pre-launch audience — all against a hard launch date and three interconnected web properties.

Key Results Achieved

A conversion-engineered launch across three properties

Timed pop-ups, cart recovery, discount stacking, and a checkout donation layer working together from day one.

3

Web properties launched together

2-stage

Cart & checkout recovery system

On schedule

Hard launch date met

The approach

Challenge & solution

The challenge

The challenge was scope and timeline: a hard launch date, two active milestones, three interconnected web properties, and conversion infrastructure — timed pop-ups, cart logic, checkout fallbacks — that all had to work together from day one. The affiliated initiatives also needed an interim presence to build audience before their full sites went live.

Business challenges
Hit a hard launch date across three properties
Balance e-commerce conversion with donation flows
Build a pre-launch audience for the affiliated initiatives
Keep two fulfillment paths clean behind one storefront
Technical challenges
Coordinate timed pop-ups and a two-stage cart recovery
Add a checkout donation block and round-up without breaking checkout
Route orders to the correct fulfillment path automatically
Stand up interim email-capture pages for the affiliated sites

Our solution

Built entirely within Shopify — native apps for pop-up logic, discount stacking, and checkout customization, print-on-demand fulfillment, and a checkout-extensibility donation layer — with all three web properties sharing a coordinated design language and email-capture infrastructure.

Core features delivered

Timed pop-up system

Sign-up pop-ups calibrated to engagement depth — earlier on the homepage, later on shopping pages — catching visitors before they leave without disrupting the browse.

Cart & checkout recovery

A cart pop-up triggers for visitors with items who haven’t checked out, and a fallback fires at checkout — a two-stage recovery for abandoned intent.

Discount code infrastructure

Stackable pre-launch codes each serve a distinct audience segment and launch objective.

Help Fund donation block

A checkout donation selector plus a round-up-to-the-nearest-dollar option turns each transaction into a chance to fund the initiatives.

Dual fulfillment routing

Product-level logic routes orders to print-on-demand or handmade fulfillment — clean backend, no customer-facing complexity.

Interim affiliate pages

Under-construction pages with email capture and a discount incentive build the audience before the full sites go live.

Under the hood

Architecture & technical build

Shopify-native and conversion-engineered. Native apps drive pop-ups, discount stacking, and checkout customization; print-on-demand handles automated fulfillment while the handmade path is managed via product-level tagging and manual routing.

Architecture overview

Shopify checkout extensibility for the donation and round-up layer
Product-level tagging drives dual fulfillment routing
Shared design language and email capture across three properties
Discount stack logic segmented by audience

Key technical components

Pop-up & cart engine

Timed sign-up pop-ups plus a two-stage cart/checkout recovery flow.

Checkout donation layer

A Help Fund donation block and round-up option added via checkout extensibility.

Fulfillment router

Product-level tagging routes each order to print-on-demand or handmade fulfillment.

Email-capture pages

Under-construction pages with incentives to build the pre-launch list for affiliated sites.

Tech stack

Outcomes

Results & impact

Early outcomes

Launched with a fully engineered conversion system from day one
Every transaction can fund the affiliated initiatives at checkout
No conversion opportunity left unaddressed

Business impact

Affiliated initiatives have an active web presence before full sites exist
Email capture and incentives build audience from day one
Transparency infrastructure ready for public financial reporting
Our Work

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