01- Pet Care
- Shopify
- 6 weeks
HeyBuddy
A premium, high-converting web experience for HeyBuddy built to explain the product clearly and turn curious pet parents into customers.
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For Chicago food, beverage and consumer goods brands selling direct, where subscriptions, shipping costs and repeat purchase decide whether DTC pays off.
[ SHOPIFY AGENCY · CHICAGO · ILLINOIS · UNITED STATES ]
[ ECOMMERCE IN CHICAGO ]
Chicago is often called the capital of American food and beverage manufacturing. Food Dive reported that the two industries employ about 130,000 people in the city, and Mondelez International runs its global headquarters from Fulton Market. That depth of CPG talent means many Chicago DTC brands are started by people who know retail and wholesale well, and who are now adding a direct channel on Shopify.
Logistics is Chicago's other advantage. Six of the seven Class I freight railroads operate in the city, and the region combines rail, interstate highways and one of the busiest cargo airports in the country. For a DTC brand, a central warehouse here can reach both coasts by ground more evenly than one on either coast, which helps keep shipping promises and costs in check.
We work with Chicago brands remotely as a Shopify agency focused on what makes food and CPG work online: subscriptions, bundles, average order value and retention. Our Shopify developers build on Shopify and Shopify Plus, including B2B for brands that also sell wholesale; our CRO team tests offers and product pages; and our marketers run Meta, Google and TikTok with Klaviyo email and SMS to drive repeat orders.
[ KEY SECTORS ]
[ SERVICES ]
One team for the build, the conversion work and the marketing that brings shoppers back.
[ WHAT WE PLAN FOR ]
Country-wide rules on tax, payments and shipping are covered on our United States page. These are the details specific to Chicago.
[ WORKING TOGETHER ]
Our team works from Pakistan (PKT, UTC+5, no daylight saving), which means our working day runs while the US is asleep. In practice that is useful: you brief us at the end of your day, and progress, previews and written updates are waiting when you start the next morning, on every US time zone. Live calls are the trade-off. Our meeting slots are 10:00–12:00 and 14:00–16:00 PKT, Monday to Friday. The afternoon slot falls at 4:00–6:00 a.m. Eastern in winter (5:00–7:00 a.m. in summer), so it suits early risers on the East Coast; for Central, Mountain and Pacific teams it lands even earlier, so most of our US work runs on async video walkthroughs, shared boards and daily written updates, with calls booked when a decision needs a conversation.
Live call times, Chicago time (Mon–Fri)
11pm–1am & 3am–5am
12am–2am & 4am–6am in daylight saving time
Written updates every working day, with a shared project board you can check any time.
Book a call in your time zone[ RELATED WORK ]
Shopify projects for brands selling to customers in United States and beyond.
01A premium, high-converting web experience for HeyBuddy built to explain the product clearly and turn curious pet parents into customers.
02A luxury skincare storefront that pairs science-led products with an elegant, editorial shopping experience built for confidence and trust.
03A bright, story-driven home for The Glo Companies, bringing five sensory-play brands, wholesale and fulfillment together on one Shopify site.
04A playful, high-energy storefront for Moo'd Up's better-for-you chocolate milk mix, built to make nutrition feel fun and subscriptions effortless.
[ MORE IN UNITED STATES ]
[ FAQ ]
Pick a subscription app that supports skip, swap and pause from the customer portal, then offer a modest subscribe-and-save discount and flexible delivery intervals that match how fast the product is used. We build the product page so one-time and subscription options are clear, and set up Klaviyo flows for upcoming orders, failed payments and win-backs to reduce churn.
Yes, on Shopify Plus. Shopify B2B lets you create company accounts with their own catalogs, price lists, minimum quantities and payment terms, while retail shoppers see the normal storefront. For brands on other plans, a separate wholesale store or an app can work. We help you choose and set up the approach that fits your order volume.
Start with real numbers: pick-and-pack fees, packaging and carrier rates by zone and weight. Then set a free-shipping threshold above your average order, push multi-packs and bundles to raise order value, and use subscriptions for predictable volume. We test threshold levels and bundle offers so you can see the effect on conversion and margin together.
Pakistan is 11 hours ahead of Chicago in winter and 10 in summer, so our working day covers your night and updates are ready each morning. Our meeting slots land around midnight and before dawn Central time (the later one is 3:00–5:00 a.m. in winter), so collaboration runs mostly on recorded walkthroughs, shared task boards and daily written updates, with calls booked for key decisions.
[ LET'S TALK ]
Tell us about your store, your customers and where you want it to go. We'll come back with clear next steps and a project scope.