Sell to your summer customers in February.
Online stores for island retailers, built so the visitor who loved your shop in August can still buy from you when they are back home in Ohio.
Nantucket retail has a shape most businesses do not. Enormous foot traffic for twelve weeks, then a long quiet stretch. The customers do not disappear in September. They just go home.
An online store turns a one-week visitor into a year-round customer. The person who bought a sweater in July and wants another in November has nowhere to go unless you give them somewhere.
We build stores that make that easy, and that you can actually run without hiring someone to run them.
What's included
How it works
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Scope
What you sell, how many products, what you already use, and what shipping realistically looks like.
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Build
Store, payments, shipping rules, and inventory sync. You see it as it comes together.
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Load and test
Products in, real test orders, real shipping quotes. Nothing launches untested.
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Launch and train
You get walked through orders, refunds, and inventory before we hand over the keys.
If you need to be selling before a season starts, say so at the first conversation. There is a faster track built around a defined product set and a proven layout, and the deadline changes what we recommend.
Who this is for
Shops, galleries, makers, and food producers on Nantucket who already sell well in person and have no way to sell the other nine months. Also useful for businesses shipping wholesale, or anyone whose current store is slow, dated, or impossible to update.
Common questions
Shopify or WooCommerce?
Shopify if you want less maintenance and standard retail. WooCommerce if you already run WordPress, need unusual product rules, or want to avoid platform fees. We recommend based on your situation, not a preferred vendor.
Can I sell from the island without a warehouse?
Yes. Most island retailers ship from the shop. We set up rates and workflows around that instead of pretending you have a fulfillment center.
What about the off-season?
That is the point. The store runs whether or not the shop is open, which is what turns a summer visitor into a year-round customer.
How much does an online store cost?
Quoted as a fixed number before work starts. What moves it is how many products you carry, whether inventory has to sync with your register, how complicated shipping gets, and whether your product photography is ready. A twenty-product maker and a three-hundred-product shop with point-of-sale sync are different builds. Tell us what you sell and you get a real number.
Will it sync with my register?
Usually yes, depending on your point-of-sale system. We confirm before you commit to anything.
Can I run it myself?
Yes. Adding products, changing prices, and processing orders are all things we train you on before launch.
Selling well in July and nowhere in January?
Tell us what you sell and how. We will come back with a platform recommendation, a timeline, and a number. Prefer to talk? Call 508-257-1154.