The Best Shopify Design Agency for Your DTC Brand
Splash Creative builds Shopify storefronts that convert browsers into buyers and turn first-time customers into loyal fans. Strategy, branding, and development under one roof in NJ and NYC.
What a DTC Brand Actually Needs from a Shopify Agency
Brand-First Design
Your store is your brand. Every pixel, every typeface, every color decision is built around your identity so customers feel the brand before they read a word of copy.
Conversion Architecture
Beautiful design that does not sell is just art. We structure every page, product listing, and checkout flow around the decisions that move shoppers to buy.
Shopify Expertise
We work in Shopify every day. Custom themes, metafields, app integrations, and headless options when the project calls for it. No templates. No guesswork.
Klaviyo Integration
A great Shopify store and a great email program belong together. We connect and configure Klaviyo so your retention engine runs from day one.
DTC Growth Thinking
We understand CAC, LTV, and the economics of selling direct. Your store is designed to support paid social, SEO, and word-of-mouth, not fight against them.
Ongoing Partnership
Launching is the beginning. We stay close as your catalog grows, your audience evolves, and your brand needs to level up for the next stage.
Our Approach: Brand, Build, Convert
Most agencies hand you a pretty theme and call it done. Splash starts with brand strategy, because a Shopify store built on a vague identity will always underperform. We define your visual language, your tone, and your positioning before we write a single line of code. Then we design and build a custom Shopify storefront that expresses that identity and is engineered to move product.
Every project moves through three clear phases. First, discovery and brand alignment: we learn your customer, your category, and your competitive space. Second, design and prototyping: full Figma mockups reviewed and refined with your team before anything is built. Third, development and launch: clean Shopify build, QA across devices, integrations tested, and a go-live plan that treats launch day as a milestone, not a finish line.
Splash is based in New Jersey and serves DTC brands in NYC, Miami, and nationwide. Whether you are launching your first Shopify store or rebuilding a storefront that has outgrown its original design, we scope projects to match exactly where your brand is right now.
What You Get
Custom Shopify Theme
A storefront built for your brand, not adapted from a generic template. Optimized for speed, accessibility, and mobile performance from the first commit.
Full Brand Identity
Logo, color system, typography, and brand guidelines delivered alongside your store so every touchpoint, on and off Shopify, speaks the same language.
Product Page Design
Product pages built to answer objections, showcase creative assets, and guide the customer from consideration to add-to-cart with confidence.
Email and Retention Setup
Klaviyo connected, core flows built, and list segmentation configured so you capture revenue that paid acquisition alone cannot deliver.
Graphic and Campaign Assets
Launch creative, paid social assets, and on-brand graphics produced in-house so your store and your marketing look like they came from the same team. Because they did.
Clear Handoff and Training
Your team walks away knowing how to manage your store. Documentation, recorded walkthroughs, and real support, not a PDF and a handshake.
FAQ
What makes Splash a strong Shopify design agency for DTC brands specifically?
DTC is a distinct business model with its own pressures: high CAC, competitive ad markets, and customers who have seen every trick. We design for that environment. Our work combines brand depth with conversion discipline, and we integrate Klaviyo retention programs so your store does not rely entirely on top-of-funnel spend to stay profitable.
Do you build on custom Shopify themes or use existing ones?
We build custom. We do not reskin Dawn or any off-the-shelf theme and present it as a design. Your store is built from a clean foundation designed around your brand and your product catalog, which means it performs better and scales without hitting the ceiling a template creates.
Can you help with branding if we do not have a strong identity yet?
Yes, and we recommend it. Trying to design a store around a weak or undefined brand is one of the most common reasons Shopify redesigns fail to move the needle. We offer full brand identity work as part of an integrated project or as a standalone engagement before the store build begins.
How long does a Shopify design and build project typically take?
A full custom Shopify build with brand work runs roughly 8 to 14 weeks depending on scope, content readiness, and revision cycles. Store-only projects with an established brand identity can move faster. We give you a detailed timeline at the start of the engagement so there are no surprises.
Do you work with brands that are already on Shopify and need a redesign?
Frequently. Many of our projects are redesigns for brands that launched fast, grew, and now have a store that no longer matches their ambitions or their customer base. We audit your existing store, identify what is holding performance back, and rebuild with purpose.
Where is Splash Creative based and do you work with remote clients?
We are based in New Jersey with clients in NYC, Miami, and across the country. Most of our project work is remote-friendly with structured checkpoints, shared Figma files, and video reviews. Geography has not been a barrier for any of our DTC brand partnerships.