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Turning an incomplete website into a brand's first real sales channel

Company Freelance
Year 2026
Type E-Commerce · Redesign
Role Freelance Designer
Overview

The brand had no functional digital presence — a half-built site, no visual identity, broken pages, and zero mobile configuration. The goal was to deliver a complete, conversion-ready site that could generate real sales from day one.

+43% Sessions growth post-launch
1st Sale recorded post-launch
100% Pages functional on delivery
Process
01

Identity first, functionality after

The problem wasn't purely technical. Without visual coherence, the site couldn't generate trust regardless of how functional it was. The homepage and brand language were redesigned first — using Rodriguez's identity as the structural axis — before touching the purchase flow.

Full-page audit — before vs after Full page audit before and after
02

Purchase flow audited page by page

Every step of the e-commerce flow was mapped and corrected — product pages, cart, and checkout. Missing pages were built from scratch: promotions, general catalog, and accessories. Nothing was assumed functional until tested.

Product page + collection & cart — before vs after
Product page before and after Collection and cart before and after
03

Competing visually with bigger brands

The design criterion was clear: the gap between Rodriguez and established competitors shouldn't be visible. Every component — product cards, collection pages, cart — was designed to match the visual standard of larger e-commerce players.

Figma spec vs delivered result Figma spec vs delivered result
Results
+43% Sessions in the immediate post-launch period
0 → 1 First real sale generated through the site
100% Pages functional — mobile configured from scratch
Desktop — after Desktop after
Mobile — after Mobile after
Key learning
01

Trust is the real bug

A broken site isn't a technical problem — it's a trust problem. Fixing functionality without fixing identity would have delivered a working site no one believed in.

02

Design credibility converts into revenue

The redesign's first real proof wasn't a metric on a dashboard — it was the brand's first sale through the site. Once the credibility problem was solved, nothing stood between a visitor and a transaction.