Year
2025
Industry
Hospitality & Food
Space of work
Branding / Web Development
Timeline
8 Weeks
Introduction
Building a coffee brand presence that felt warm, intentional, and ready to sell.
Aurora Roasters already had the product, the story, and the potential — but the digital experience was not there yet. The existing website felt unfinished, the brand lacked cohesion online, and the business did not have the ecommerce foundation it needed to support direct sales or wholesale growth. What was needed was not a surface-level refresh, but a full rebuild. The brand had to feel more consistent, the website had to function as a real sales channel, and every touchpoint had to work together in a way that felt thoughtful and commercially clear. The direction was to create a digital presence that matched the quality of the product itself — warm, premium, and easy to move through. The result needed to support both immediate usability and long-term growth.
Challanges
Turning an unfinished website into a complete ecommerce system.
The project began with a full rebrand designed to give Aurora a clearer and more cohesive visual identity. From there, the website was rebuilt on Shopify with the structure and functionality needed to support a growing coffee business, including product collections, subscriptions, wholesale inquiries, and supporting content like brew guides. Rather than treating each piece as separate, the goal was to make the entire experience feel connected. Brand, store, navigation, product presentation, and supporting visuals were all shaped as one system so the site could do more than look better — it could sell more clearly. AI-generated photography was also developed to give the brand a more polished and consistent visual world online. That imagery helped elevate the storefront experience while creating a stronger sense of quality across the site.
Final thoughts
Creating a digital foundation built to support both direct sales and future growth.
The final result gave Aurora Roasters a live Shopify storefront with the tools needed to operate more confidently online. Direct-to-consumer sales, wholesale functionality, and subscription-ready ecommerce were all brought into one clearer system. Just as importantly, the brand now had a stronger visual presence to match the quality of the product. The site moved from unfinished and limiting to intentional, functional, and growth-ready. Aurora Roasters launched with a more complete digital foundation — one that could support the business not only as it was, but as it continued to grow.
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