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NOT YOUR AVERAGE SHOPIFY WEBSITE DESIGNER.
I like Shopify. Quite a lot, actually.
What I don't particularly like is seeing perfectly good businesses squeezed into the same layouts, the same sections and the same perfectly acceptable theme with a different logo stuck at the top.
Design, products, collections, custom sections, copy, SEO, payments, shipping, code and all the other bits that turn a Shopify store into something that actually belongs to the business behind it.
A perfectly serviceable specimen
Familiar. Functional. Entirely unlikely to frighten the horses.
PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE.
WHICH IS HALF THE PROBLEM.
SHOPIFY IS THE PLATFORM.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE PERSONALITY.
Looking for a web designer on the Mornington Peninsula, need help with an existing website or have a digital problem that has been sitting on your list for considerably longer than you would like to admit? Studio Von Terrible is an independent web design and digital studio based in Mornington, Victoria, working directly with small businesses on websites, Shopify, SEO, website growth and the assorted technical gremlins that come with running a business online.
You can contact Studio Von Terrible using the form above or email studio@vonterrible.com.au. Your message comes directly to Alicia Von Terrible. There is no receptionist, account manager or mysterious person called Brad standing between you and the person who will be doing the work. Lucifer does insist on screening all correspondence, although his administrative contribution remains questionable.
If you are planning a new website, the Shopify Website Design service covers complete website design and development projects built around your business, customers, content, search visibility and the way people need to use the site. This includes ecommerce websites and Shopify stores as well as websites for service businesses that need a stronger online presence.
If your existing website has good bones but needs new pages, better content, additional functionality, new products or collections, stronger structure or further development, Website Growth is designed for exactly that. A website does not have to be demolished every time the business changes. Sometimes it needs somebody to work out what is worth keeping and where it should grow next.
Businesses wanting to understand why they are not being found, where their search opportunities lie or what their website should target next can explore SEO & Search Strategy. That work can include SEO audits, keyword research, competitor research, search intent, local search, content opportunities and technical SEO issues affecting how search engines understand a website.
And if your problem refuses to fit politely into a package, Villain for Hire covers website support, Shopify support, website updates, content, graphics, technical troubleshooting, digital housekeeping and the miscellaneous digital nonsense businesses inevitably accumulate. You do not need to know what the problem is called before getting in touch. Describing what has gone wrong is usually enough to begin the investigation.
First, I read what you send me. Properly. I want to understand the business, what you are trying to achieve, what already exists and where things appear to be going wrong. If you are enquiring about a new website, it helps to tell me a little about the business, your current website if you have one, what you would like the new site to do and anything you already know needs to be included.
If you are contacting me about an existing website, Shopify store, SEO problem or assorted digital emergency, send whatever information you have. A link to the website and a plain-English description of the problem are an excellent start. Screenshots, examples and mildly exasperated explanations are also welcome.
From there I can work out whether the job belongs under website development, SEO, Website Growth, Villain for Hire or something more specific. If Studio Von Terrible is a good fit, we can talk about the next step. If it is not, I would rather tell you than invent a service you do not need.
Studio Von Terrible is based in Mornington on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, providing web design, website development, Shopify, SEO and digital support for small businesses throughout the local area.
Across the Mornington Peninsula, I work with businesses in Mornington, Mount Martha, Mount Eliza, Moorooduc, Tuerong, Baxter, Somerville, Tyabb, Hastings, Bittern, Crib Point, Somers, Balnarring, Balnarring Beach, Merricks, Merricks Beach, Merricks North, Point Leo, Red Hill, Red Hill South, Main Ridge, Shoreham, Flinders, Cape Schanck, Boneo, Fingal, St Andrews Beach, Rye, Tootgarook, Blairgowrie, Sorrento, Portsea, Rosebud, Capel Sound (Rosebud West), McCrae, Dromana, Safety Beach, Arthurs Seat and surrounding Mornington Peninsula communities.
Studio Von Terrible also works with businesses throughout Frankston and the surrounding area, including Frankston, Frankston South, Frankston North, Karingal, Langwarrin, Langwarrin South, Skye, Carrum Downs, Seaford and Sandhurst, along with neighbouring businesses throughout Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs.
My reach is considerably longer than the local map. I also work remotely with businesses across Melbourne, Phillip Island, Gippsland, Ballarat, Bendigo, regional Victoria, country Victoria and elsewhere across Australia.
Most web design, website development, SEO and digital support projects work perfectly well online, so you do not need to be local to work with Studio Von Terrible. Files travel. Meetings travel. Websites are famously difficult to contain within municipal boundaries.
If your business is closer to the Mornington Peninsula or Frankston and the project benefits from an on-site visit, photography, meeting the people behind it or seeing how customers experience the business in person, I am also quite fond of escaping The Lair occasionally.
Studio Von Terrible is deliberately independent. When you contact me, you are speaking to the same person who will be thinking about the website, customer experience, content, search visibility and technical details if we work together.
That matters because digital problems have an irritating habit of crossing departmental boundaries. What looks like a website problem can turn out to be a content problem. A search problem might expose weak site structure. A Shopify problem might be affecting the customer journey. Sometimes several small problems have formed an alliance and are causing trouble together.
You do not need to decide whether you need a web designer, web developer, SEO specialist, Shopify support or somebody to stare suspiciously at the whole thing. Tell me what is happening and I will start there.
You do not need to arrive with a technical diagnosis, a list of acronyms or intimate knowledge of DNS records. Tell me about your business, what you are trying to achieve and what is currently driving you mad. I will work out where the problem sits and whether Studio Von Terrible is the right villain for the job.
You can explore all the ways to work with Studio Von Terrible, investigate completed projects in the Case Files, or visit The Lair if you would prefer to know more about the person you are about to invite into your business.
Otherwise, send your message through the contact form. Tell me what you are plotting, what needs fixing or what you would like your business to become. Studio Von Terrible is based on the Mornington Peninsula and works with good businesses wherever they happen to be.
