🌻 Boutique Storefront Engineering • Boston, MA

Bring your dreams to life.

Handcrafted, sub-second storefronts for independent makers and boutiques. Keep your products and checkout in Shopify—we replace your laggy template and $500/mo of duct-taped apps with one quiet, dedicated engineering partner.

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0.38s Avg Page Load•$0/mo Paid Shopify Apps•0 Zoom Calls (100% Pin-Drop Async)

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Vogel's Golden Angle (137.50776°) • Zero External Video/ImagesMove cursor across canopy to stir breeze ➔

OUR PHILOSOPHY // THE UNSUNG HERO IN YOUR FOOTER

“Your craft is the star of the show. Big agencies make everything about themselves, and Shopify treats you like an invoice number. We are the soil, the roots, and the sunlight underneath making sure your shop blooms—asking for nothing more than a tiny homage at the very bottom of your footer.”

The Signature Stamp on Every Partner Storefront:

🌻 quietly tended by hellosunflower.studio

THE MAKER GARDEN // LIVE STOREFRONT SPOTLIGHTS

Real independent shops blooming on sub-second roots.

Every storefront is custom-engineered around the maker's story, product matrix, and workflow—backed by verified speed and real founder feedback.

My Victorian Heart(myvictorianheart.com)

Heirloom Crafting & Vintage Supplies

5.2s ➔ 0.38s Load21 Pin Revisions Shipped in 60 Mins

My Victorian Heart

Migrated off a slow, bot-targeted theme onto a calm, vintage-inspired headless storefront with edge bot protection and instant collection browsing.

Next.js Edge ISR (0.38s LCP)

Cloudflare Turnstile + ASN Shield

Shopify Storefront Cart API

Live Sunflower Pin Overlay

“I made some notes on the site. Thank you so much for making that so easy for me to do! Wow! It's amazing. I love the cleaner, more organized appearance and the softer background color. Everything is much nicer and easier on the eyes for sure!”
— Kimberly E., Founder of My Victorian Heart

Read Architectural Case Study →Visit myvictorianheart.com

Caffeine Melts(caffeinemelts.com)

Sublingual Performance Supplements

75+ SKU MatrixZero Third-Party Apps

Caffeine Melts

Pharmacist-formulated energy melts featuring a custom-engineered 30ct/15ct/8ct tiered bundle matrix, interactive 2x2 ingredient cards, real-time cart savings visualizer, and zero-redirect Shopify checkout sync.

75+ SKU Tiered Bundle Engine

2x2 Interactive Ingredient Matrix

Real-Time Cart Savings Visualizer

Zero-Redirect Shopify Checkout Sync

“Every partner store receives a permanent editorial feature and SEO backlink in the Sunflower Studio directory.”

Read Architectural Case Study →Visit caffeinemelts.com

🌻 Every partner store receives a permanent editorial feature and dofollow SEO backlink in the Sunflower Studio directory.Inspect Sample SEO Feature →

📌 INTERACTIVE SANDBOX // ZERO-ZOOM ASYNC WORKFLOW

Tap your live site at 10 PM. Wake up to it shipped.

Try the exact <MerchantFeedbackOverlay/> embedded into every Sunflower Studio storefront. Click any element below to drop a pin.

preview://myvictorianheart.com/?sunflower_pin_mode=drop

📌 Click any element below to drop a revision pin

✨ Free UPS Ground Shipping Over $75 • Heirloom Decoupage & Moulds

IRON ORCHID DESIGNS • IN STOCK (0.38s EDGE SYNC)

Victorian Botanicals Rice Paper & Collector Mould Bundle

$48.00

30ct Collector Pack (Save 20%)15ct Refill

PIN #2•Primary CTA Button•shipped

“Make this button forest green for our spring collection!”

Founder (Spring Drop) — 9:22 PM EST

APP-TAX CALCULATOR // DELETE YOUR DUCT-TAPED PLUGINS

Replace all of your Shopify apps with one partnership.

Toggle the third-party apps you currently pay for. Every app below injects render-blocking JavaScript into your storefront—we engineer all of them natively into your codebase for $0/mo in extra plugin fees.

LIVE APP-TAX AUDIT6 of 6 Apps Selected

Typical Monthly App Tax

$604/mo ($7,248/yr)

Eliminates +2,880ms of third-party JS lag

Your Sunflower Studio Partnership

$200/mo0.38s Edge Hosting Included

Direct App-Bill Savings:Save $404/mo ($4,848/yr)

THE CUMULATIVE FEATURE SEED VAULT // BESPOKE CAPABILITIES

Everything we can grow for your shop.

Every feature we engineer for a partner store joins our cumulative Seed Vault. Drop a pin anytime to have us plant these capabilities natively into your storefront—with zero recurring app subscriptions.

SEED VAULT // 01

01. Conversion & Merchandising

Sub-second buying flows engineered natively into your storefront.

Custom Bundle Builders
Multi-pack, mix-and-match, and tiered box builders with real-time per-unit math.
Fast Bundle / Kaching ($79/mo)0ms third-party script overhead
Tiered Volume Discounts
Automatic buy-more-save-more matrices (e.g., 30ct / 15ct / 8ct) synced to checkout.
Volume Discount Apps ($49/mo)Instant client reducer calculation
Slide-Out Cart Drawers with One-Click Upsells
Zero-lag cart drawer with complementary item pairing and deterministic state sync.
UpCart / Monster Upsells ($59/mo)Saves ~410ms cart mutation delay
Interactive Product/Scent/Shade Quizzes
Guided discovery flows that route shoppers directly to their tailored SKU bundle.
Octane AI / Quiz Kit ($99/mo)Zero external iframe payload
Free Shipping Progress Bars
Dynamic threshold trackers ($75 UPS Ground, VIP tiers) built straight into the cart.
Hextom Shipping Bars ($19/mo)0ms DOM injection shift
Dynamic Comparison Tables
Side-by-side formulation, material, or vintage specification charts.
Page Builder Widgets ($149/mo)Server-rendered RSC HTML

100% Native TypeScript/React$0 App Tax

SEED VAULT // 02

02. Customer Retention & Community

Turn first-time buyers into lifelong collectors without $199/mo widget bloat.

Bespoke User Account Portals
Warm, editorial member dashboards replacing sterile default account pages.
Customer Portal Apps ($49/mo)Edge-authenticated sessions
Points & VIP Rewards Systems
Native store credit, collector tiers, and birthday perks without floating launcher bloat.
Smile.io / Yotpo ($199/mo)Eliminates +620ms launcher script
One-Click Reorder Flows
Instant replenishment buttons for consumables, craft supplies, and supplements.
Reorder Master ($39/mo)Direct Cart GraphQL mutation
Wholesale / B2B Gated Pricing Tiers
Trade-only catalog views, net-terms minimums, and case-pack ordering.
Wholesale Gorilla ($69/mo)Zero flash of unstyled prices
Instant Back-in-Stock Alerts
High-converting restock waitlist capture wired to Resend & Shopify inventory webhooks.
Back in Stock Alerts ($49/mo)Server Action + Edge Webhook

100% Native TypeScript/React$0 App Tax

SEED VAULT // 03

03. Brand Storytelling & Editorial

Magazine-grade typography and tactile layouts worthy of your craft.

Interactive Shoppable Lookbooks
Editorial photography spreads with clickable pin hotspots that add directly to cart.
Lookbook Apps ($39/mo)Pure SVG + CSS coordinate pins
2x2 Ingredient & Material Breakdowns
Tactile specification cards for active compounds, provenance, and heirloom materials.
Shogun / Replo ($149/mo)Zero page-builder JS bundle
Native Maker Blog & Recipe Engines
Rich tutorial, project guide, and recipe layouts with embedded one-click supply lists.
Bloggle / DropInBlog ($49/mo)Static ISR edge caching
Seasonal Drop Landing Pages
Custom campaign microsites for holiday collections, limited batches, and collaborations.
GemPages ($149/mo)0.38s instant first paint
Zero-Lag Video Headers
Adaptive, poster-first studio footage and procedural animations that never block LCP.
Video Background Apps ($29/mo)100% Core Web Vitals pass rate

100% Native TypeScript/React$0 App Tax

SEED VAULT // 04

04. Fortress Security & Edge Speed

Sub-second global infrastructure and invisible bot protection underneath.

0.38s Global Edge ISR Caching
Catalog pages served from 300+ global edge nodes with instant on-demand revalidation.
Booster / Hyperspeed ($49/mo)5.2s ➔ 0.38s verified load
Cloudflare Turnstile Checkout Protection
Cryptographic edge bot challenges that stop card testing without annoying real buyers.
Blockify ($59/mo)Full Apple Private Relay parity
Automated Shopify Catalog & Inventory Webhooks
Real-time stock, price, and collection sync straight from your familiar Shopify Admin.
Sync Middleware ($79/mo)Sub-second webhook propagation
Rich JSON-LD SEO Schema
Automated Product, Offer, Review, and Breadcrumb structured data for Google Shopping.
JSON-LD for SEO ($39/mo)Rendered natively in document head
Built-in Sunflower Pin Overlay
Tap any element on your live site from your iPad at 10 PM, leave a note, wake up to it done.
Endless Agency Zoom Calls21 revisions shipped in 60 mins

100% Native TypeScript/React$0 App Tax

TRANSPARENT ASYNC PARTNERSHIP // THE 0-ZOOM RULE

One quiet engineering partner. Toggle your pace anytime.

“We don't do 45-minute Zoom meetings or endless email chains. Whenever you want a change—even at 10 PM from your iPad on the couch—just tap the element on your live site, drop a Sunflower Pin, and wake up to it finished.”

TIER 01 // STEADY BLOOMReplaces ~$604/mo in Apps

Care, Hosting & Revisions

$200/ month

Sub-second global edge hosting, Cloudflare security shield, real-time Shopify sync, and unlimited copy, color, styling, and layout revisions via the Sunflower Pin overlay.

0.38s Global Edge ISR Hosting & CDN included
Invisible Cloudflare Turnstile & ASN Bot Shield
Real-time Shopify Catalog, Inventory & Checkout sync
Unlimited copy, color, typography & layout revisions via Sunflower Pin
Permanent SEO spotlight & backlink in the Sunflower Studio directory

TIER 02 // ACTIVE GROWTHToggle Anytime

Active Feature Development

$500/ month (pause or drop to $200/mo anytime)

Everything in Care, plus active engineering of net-new custom features from the Seed Vault (seasonal landing pages, loyalty rewards, bundle builders, custom account portals). Toggle up to $500/mo for a big launch or Q4, and toggle back to $200/mo whenever you're cruising.

Everything in the $200/mo Care, Hosting & Revisions tier
Active engineering of net-new custom features from the Seed Vault
Bespoke bundle matrices, quizzes, VIP portals & seasonal drop pages
Priority overnight turnaround on multi-pin feature sprints
Flexible seasonal pacing: toggle between $500/mo and $200/mo at will