Shopify Developer — Luxury Golf Brand Launch (Taiga/Hehku Theme) | 2–3 Week Sprint | ASAP Start

We're Solevaire, a new luxury golf lifestyle brand launching for Holiday 2026. Our flagship product is a premium leather bag built around what we call The Turn: the ritual of moving cleanly from office to course to dinner. The bundle includes the bag itself, a co-engineered shoe brush, deodorizing balls, a microfiber towel, a steel cigar kit, and a collectible 16-page magazine (Fresh Air Vol. 01) that ships with every purchase. We're launching with one product in three colorways (leather / darker brown, forest green, navy blue). No accessories, no additional SKUs at launch. This means our entire site — especially the product page — has to work like a story-driven landing page, not a traditional multi-product catalog. Brand tone: quiet luxury, editorial, tactile. Think heritage leather goods brands and boutique hotel websites — not typical Shopify DTC. Our taglines are "Clean. Fresh. Elevated." and "Elevate Your Step." Everything on the site should reinforce craftsmanship, exclusivity, and calm confidence. No aggressive urgency, no discount popups, no cluttered merchandising. Where we are:brand identity locked (color palette, typography, monogram), product photography and video in progress, brand copy being written in parallel. We'll deliver assets on your schedule as we finalize them. Traffic assumption: the majority of our launch traffic will come from Instagram and TikTok, so mobile-first execution is non-negotiable. - Domain: airsolevaire.com - Instagram: @solevaireco --- The Project Build our Shopify store on the Hehku style preset of the Taiga theme by Woolman. We've already vetted several themes and confirmed this one. We are not looking for a custom theme build — we want a developer who knows Taiga/Hehku deeply and can configure it expertly to feel like a bespoke luxury site rather than a template. Scope Summary - Full theme setup and configuration on Hehku/Taiga - Product page built as a long-form, story-driven journey (brand story, materials, craftsmanship, lifestyle imagery, video, FAQ, trust badges) - Sticky Add to Cart, slide-out cart, Shop Pay integration - 4–5 nav items max (Shop, Our Story, FAQ, Contact) - Mobile-first QA on every section - Performance optimization (site speed is a launch priority) - SEO basics, meta tags, favicon, 404, policy pages Detailed Feature Configuration Below is exactly how we want the theme's built-in features configured. Please review before proposing — if any of this is impractical within Hehku, flag it in your proposal. Cart & Checkout - Sticky cart: **Yes** — subtle, on-brand, always accessible on long product page - Slide-out cart: **Yes** — clean and minimal - Sign in with Shop: **Yes** - Pre-order: **Yes** — needed for waitlist/early access - Cart notes: **Yes** Marketing & Conversion - FAQ page: **Yes** — priority - Trust badges: **Yes** — priority - Press coverage / "As seen in" section: **Yes** - Stock counter: **Yes** — tasteful ("limited first release" style), not urgency-driven - Contact form: **Yes** — simple - Blogs / EU translations: TBD — let's discuss based on shipping regions Merchandising - High-res images, galleries, image zoom: **Yes** — priority - Product video: **Yes** — priority, will carry storytelling weight - Lookbook / lifestyle imagery section: **Yes** - Product tabs (materials, care, dimensions/capacity, shipping/returns): **Yes** - Color swatches (3 colorways): **Yes** — priority - Product options tied to colorway: **Yes** — priority - Usage / "how it works" section: **Yes** - Image hotspots / rollover for feature callouts: Nice-to-have - Product measurements (dimensions and capacity): included in the product description / relevant product tab - Animation: Subtle only Product Discovery - Sticky header: **Yes** - Back-to-top button: **Yes** - Mega menu, filtering/sorting, collection nav, enhanced search, infinite scroll, swatch filters, recently viewed, recommended: **Disable / hide** — we don't need catalog features Overarching Non-Negotiables 1. Site speed and performance — luxury feel dies with a slow site 2. Mobile-first execution across every page and interaction 3. Simple, restrained navigation 4. Product page as a story-driven journey with the buy button always accessible via sticky cart 5. No discount popups, no aggressive urgency tactics 6. Trust-building elements (FAQ, trust badges, shipping/returns clarity) must be easy to find --- Timeline - **Start:** Immediately upon hire - **Delivery:** **2–3 weeks maximum** from kickoff to launch-ready - **Progress cadence:** Weekly video check-ins with me (30–45 min), plus async updates as needed We are in a **firm go-live window**. If you can't commit to this timeline, please don't apply — we'd rather find that out now than mid-project. --- Who We're Looking For - Deep experience with **Taiga theme and the Hehku preset by Woolman** (please cite specific past builds) - Portfolio showing **premium / luxury brand** aesthetic sensibility, not high-volume DTC - Strong **communicator** — clear written updates, responsive within 24 hours on weekdays, comfortable jumping on a call when needed - **Firm on deadlines** — you meet what you commit to, and you flag risks early - Able to **start this week** and hold weekly check-ins for the duration of the project --- To Apply Please include: 1. 2–3 examples of Shopify builds you've done, ideally on Taiga/Hehku or comparable premium themes 2. Confirmation you can **start within the next few days** and deliver in the **2–3 week window** 3. A brief note on how you'd approach the **story-driven product page** with sticky cart and long-form scroll 4. Your fixed-price bid or estimated hours (please be specific) 5. Time zone and typical working hours Skip the generic intro. I read every proposal personally, and the ones that engage with the specifics of this brief will get replies first. Looking forward to hearing from you. — Jordan, Founder, Solevaire