Sarris Candies

Sarris Candies is a beloved retailer known for its premium chocolates and sweet treats. Looking to modernize their digital storefront, the brand partnered with Shero to move from a legacy custom .NET system to a more scalable, mobile-friendly, and marketing-flexible.

Shopify Migration Subscription Program Shopify SEO Design
Sector Premium chocolate
What we did Migration to Shopify
Technology Shopify
The Ask

The Sarris marketing team approached Shero with a clear goal: to migrate their site to a platform that would not only deliver scalability and lower total cost of ownership but also empower their team with an easy-to-update CMS, flexible collection pages, and the ability to market and sell online in creative new ways.

Finding the Solution

Shero identified Shopify Plus as the best solution. The platform offered: Scalability to handle seasonal traffic spikes. Mobile-first capabilities to improve customer experience. CMS flexibility to enable quick marketing updates without heavy developer reliance. Robust integrations with apps like Judge.me Product Reviews | Where Trust Drives Commerce , ShipStation, Loopz, and more. Given the client’s unique workflows, Shero combined Shopify’s core features with custom solutions and integrations , ensuring the site could support both day-to-day operations and highly specialized product offerings.

Bringing it to Life

To bring Sarris Candies’ vision online, Shero delivered a complete eCommerce transformation: Custom Templates Pages A refreshed homepage built for storytelling and promotions. A product detail page with nutritional tables and variant support. A blog, recipe hub, and branded content pages to engage customers. Custom Features Functionality Custom Bar Wrappers: Customers can design their own chocolate bars by changing fonts, wrap colors, and adding personalized text, previewing designs in real time. Custom Cakes: Shoppers can select flavors, add a custom message, and schedule a store pickup date and time at checkout. Custom Assortments: A mix-and-match builder lets customers fill a box with their favorite chocolates, including quantity controls by flavor. Advanced Ordering Options: Tier pricing, massive order support, multiship, and store pickup were built to support both individual and bulk buyers. Store Locator: Easy access to Sarris’ physical retail locations.

Overcoming Challenges

Working with multiple apps and integrations often led to functionality conflicts. Shero addressed this by developing custom middleware solutions and collaborating directly with third-party vendors to ensure best practices were applied consistently across the tech stack.

The Impact
5
Custom product experiences built
3x
Faster page load speed vs legacy .NET platform
4
Key integrations delivered

The new Shopify Plus site delivered immediate results: A modern, mobile-friendly storefront that better engages today’s shoppers. Streamlined content management , allowing the marketing team to update CMS and collection pages with ease. Operational resilience with scalable infrastructure to support holiday surges and large orders. Standout custom features like personalized bar wrappers, cake ordering, and assortment building, setting Sarris apart in the online candy market. Sarris Candies now has a future-proof platform that combines flexibility, performance, and innovation.

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