Case Study · E-Commerce
Himal Handicrafts
WORDPRESS
WOOCOMMERCE
CUSTOM THEME
Client
Himal Handicrafts Co-op
Role
Design & Development
Timeline
6 Weeks
Platform
WordPress + WooCommerce
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Overview
A storefront for artisans, run by artisans
Himal Handicrafts is a small cooperative in Bhaktapur selling handwoven textiles made by local weavers. Before this project, they sold entirely through Instagram DMs and word of mouth — no catalog, no checkout, no way to track what was actually in stock.
That constraint shaped almost every decision that followed, from how products get added to how stock is tracked to how the checkout itself was built.
Himal Handicrafts Co-op
Retail · Handmade Goods
Services Provided
- UI/UX Design
- WordPress Development
- WooCommerce Setup
- Staff Training
Tools Used
FIGMA
WORDPRESS
WOOCOMMERCE
ELEMENTOR
Industry
- Retail / Handmade Goods
The Challenge
Before launch, growth had a ceiling built into the workflow itself.
The cooperative was selling real, well-made products — the problem was never demand. It was that every part of the buying process still ran through a phone, by hand.
04
Unresolved Problems
01
No Online Catalog
Products were only shown through scattered Instagram posts.
02
Manual Order Handling
Every order and payment was tracked by hand over direct messages.
03
No Stock Visibility
Nobody had a real-time view of what was actually left to sell.
04
No Mobile Friendly
Most customers browsed on their phones — the site wasn't built for that.
The Solution
A system built to answer each one
Same four numbers as the challenge above — this is what replaced each problem.
01
Full Product Catalog
Browsable categories, search, and filtering — always current.
02
Self Serve Checkout
WooCommerce checkout with saved order history.
03
Real Time Inventory Sync
Stock syncs automatically, both online and on the shelf.
04
Mobile First Experience
Designed and tested on real phones, not resized after the fact.
04
Problems Solved
The Approach
Three decisions that shaped the build
Every project has a handful of calls that end up mattering more than the rest. These were the ones here.
/01
Inventory Tied to Reality
WooCommerce stock counts sync directly with what's physically on the shelf, so the site never sells something that isn't there.
/02
A Checkout Non-Designers Can Edit
Product pages and the checkout flow were built with Elementor and ACF, so the team can add new pieces themselves without touching code.
/03
Mobile First, Genuinely
Most customers browse on phones over patchy connections, so the entire build was designed mobile-first and tested on real 3G speeds, not just resized in a browser.
The Work
A closer look
A few key screens from the finished build.
Homepage · Desktop
Product Page · Mobile
Checkout Flow
The Result
What changed after launch
Measured in the first month after going live.
3.2×
Increase in Monthly Orders
vs. pre-launch baseline
1.4s
Average Page Load Time
tested on real 3G speeds
02
Support Tickets in First Month
team managed it independently
"Andesh didn't just build our site — he made our team confident enough to run it ourselves."
Priya Shrestha — Founder, Himal Handicrafts
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