Shopify Code(x) Course Information

Lead a Multiple 6 Figure Shopify Studio with Confidence.

Go from DEY (Do Everything Yourself) to being able to Design, Delegate, then Decompress. Grow your profits, or your team with more clarity and build the design business of your dreams.

Go Beyond the Theme

What if you had the support to change the framework of your business to run a multi-6-figure even 7 figure studio that is just SIMPLER?

What if you could learn how to streamline your core offering to start offering more profitable, quicker turnaround services to fill the gaps?

What if you had he support to: outsource to people who KNOW what they’re doing, have a support network of entrepreneurs at all stages, and the month to month support as you grow?

I’ll show you how to unlock design freedom, tailor a streamlined process, and pursue profit to unlock your schedule and grow your team.

I want you to grow your profits by 50% in the next 6 months, add support that you desperately need and clarity in the process that gets you there.

Clients don’t want boxy boring templates they are limited to.

If you want to charge higher ticket and have your clients wowed, you need to unlock the next level of Shopify which is being able to customize templates to achieve the look you want.

1. Being able to head home early and spending some time with your family and friends instead of spending hours on a project. Let’s end the late night code-until-your-eyes-bleed projects just to have something for your portfolio.
2. Having a streamlined and repeatable process that you’re able to outsource to a junior designer or developer. This means no longer feeling disappointed and having to red line work because it doesn’t match your vision.
3. Being able to operate from where the ‘money resides’. You know Shopify projects can demand a higher ticket clientele and you now need to know how to create custom designs so you can confidently charge those prices…
4. Know exactly what to do in every step of the process. You’re time is most valuable when spent in action mode, so the checklists, breakdown of each phase, and resources to help get unstuck are there every step of the way.

Here’s the problem…

You want to go beyond just being a brand designer, you know your *dream* clients need more than that, and you would LOVE to offer it with the same confidence you can with your branding services.

But currently you lack the confidence and know how… you think that:

• Shopify is complicated
• It’s too expensive for the clients you’re attracting
• That you need to be a professional coder
• That you don’t have the time to learn how to the proper mechanics of how to code so you don’t make a profit ever because you outside these parts
• You get overwhelmed trying to piece together how-to’s from tutorials that are confusing at best
• You can’t make your own templates to streamline your design process for lower ticket clients

If you want to learn how to grow from just a brand designer to a full-service studio that can create custom high quality shopify stores, I have something for you…

The step by step program that shows you how to create high quality custom Shopify websites while ditching the cookie cutter templates for good!

• End-to-end process map from inquiry to project management to delivery
• SOPs for Design to development to bring on team with ease
• Templates on Figma to accelerate your design process
• Create clarity with project management and scope lessons for ecommerce
• Learn Web design (UX/UI) methodologies specifically for ecommerce
• Development checklists to keep you in action mode
• In depth tutorials and wiki resources for code snippets you can keep forever!
• Designer friendly trainings on Shopify Liquid
• Handoff process for site launches and testing protocols for custom work
• Tips and tricks on tools that will help streamline your operations
• A community of designers like you to lean on and developers to collab with

HOW IS THIS COURSE DIFFERENT?

Shopify Code(x) is like nothing out there, I’m not giving you cookie cutter templates (See! You don’t want those either!).

As a brand and web designer myself I know exactly what it’s like to want to over deliver to your clients and burn the candle at both ends.

I’m also not only showing you how to create high quality custom Shopify websites… but how to deliver an exceptional customer experience that will have clients eager to get on your books and refer you to all of their industry friends.

These tools helped me unlock my genius zone in my agency and create a consistent experience for my clients to stay out of my inbox after launch and move into high-paying strategic services they pay >20k for.

Here’s what you’ll get:

Module 01: The Frictionless Process

Start the way you mean to go on and use my ClickUp process (with templates!) to create your own streamlined client experience and profitable process. Learn the basics with contracts, proposals, pricing, workflow, onboarding, discovery calls, and more.

Module 02: Designing for eCommerce

From industry standard tools, to the strategic frameworks you didn’t know you needed. We’ll learn how to run a discovery session with your client to pull out unique details (that you need to design before you find scope creep later!). How to build a simple and repeatable user-journey thinking system. Then we will build a scalable design system and provide you with tools to accelerate the design process that will wow your clients.

Module 03: Become a Shopify Expert

Not just a typical walkthrough of the Shopify Admin. We’ll see real client examples of unique site setups from all aspects: Blogs, Products, Collections, Pages, Settings, and more. Learn how to hack the system to fit unique business use cases and apps that require an organization system you can easily train your merchant on. Plus learn advanced concepts your clients will inevitably ask you about like: Shipping Profiles, SEO tips, and when to use an existing site or development site.

Module 04: Shopify Templates

Working smarter not harder, we’ll show you some of the most robust and performant themes on the market as a great jumping off point for a custom build experience. We’ll give you tips on what to look for in great templates, the difference between the 1.0 and 2.0 paradigms, and how to identify the difference between semi-custom and fully custom services.

Module 05: Development Environment

We’re going to get you coding faster than lightning by ditching the janky Shopify code editor and getting you a professional tooling setup. Plus you’ll learn how to connect your computer to your theme using both ThemeKit and/or Shopify CLI for a fast development workflow. Plus you’ll learn the development, staging, and production workflows to save yourself some liability nightmares.

Module 06: Coding Basics

Beginner, or seasoned pro, we’ve seen people teach HTML and CSS concepts that are just plain-wrong. We will go over some theory and high level concepts you MUST know before putting your hands elbow deep into theme files. We’ll visit concepts like CSS Specificity, Inheritance laws, HTML attributes, and finally tie it together so you’re ready for the Liquid priming lessons. Finally, you’ll get an introduction to using the Inspector, your new design/code BFF and some more tools you may have never heard of before.

Module 07: Liquid

Not just a snooze-fest 101. If you’re a designer, you’ll love how we have visualized the theory behind concepts like tags, operators, loops, filters, and more. If you’re a seasoned pro you’ll learn more in depth concepts like stacked filters, section specific CSS, partitioned CSS files, and Schema JSON simplified.

Module 08: Custom Theming

Get ready to demystify the ability to make Shopify sections by deep-diving into best practices for the Shopify Customizer and schema grouping. We’re going to set you up for success with creating themes that are performant, easy to manage for your clients, and are easy to developer FASTER. Plus, if you’re interested in creating Shopify Templates or sections yourself you will love our tips on saving snippets that can be re-used, and general UX tips for a best-in-class theme design.

Module 09: Testing, Debugging & Remediation

No one wants to be known as the agency who can’t deliver a clean site. I will show you my QA process to thoroughly test and fix your customizations, plus you can steal our templates to automate this in your PM tool and keep your clients in the loop. PLUS, document your store and leave your client wow-ing with our Shopify Documentation templates, testing checklist, and tools to make you more confident and less anxious about the more important piece of development.

Module 10: Smooth out your launch

Don’t leave your client hanging, and never open your inbox with anxiety of something being broken EVER again. Our handoff checklist, launch plans, and tools for managing client feedback will ease your fears and leave room to celebrate with your client AND get incredible testimonials to book more work.

Module 11: Implement a Theme With Me

Come behind the scenes with me as I implement a semi-custom design from the Prestige theme into something unique and special. See some unique tips and tricks of implementing custom design features, sections, and Shopify specific hacks.

About Author

Hi, I’m Lea!

CREATIVE DIRECTOR + OWNER OF ARQ DESIGN STUDIO

I’ve been coding since 12 years old, back in the good old days of Neopets and MySpace profiles. I turned my nerdy passion into a thriving multi-six-figure design studio. I get to do what I love everyday helping entrepreneurs bring their small business dream to life with the platform they demand: Shopify.

I have been developing Shopify stores for 5 years, and through a lot of sleepless nights, projects going hundreds of hours over budget, and nightmare tech issues – I decided to do things differently and offer customized experiences for clients who value design in a way that offers freedom and profitability and I want to help you learn how to do the same.

Creating this strategic process and learning these skills has allowed me to work with 6 clients a year and make multi-five figure months while working from home, remotely on vacation, and aorad. All while serving clients I feel deeply connected to.

I’m on a mission to help you build a thriving eCommerce design business that challenges you and gives you freedom to live the life you desire.

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