Online stores · BeeTop · since 2010

Ecommerce website design that starts with the category map

Stores on WooCommerce and Shopify with a category tree drawn from keyword research before design. Buyers reach the right shelf in two clicks, and Google can read the catalogue.

  • Online stores from $6,000
  • WooCommerce or Shopify
  • Category tree signed off first
  • Vitaliy leads every store build

What changes when the catalogue comes first

Four things you notice once the shop is live. All of them are decided while it is being built.

  • No category built for a term nobody types

    Every branch of the tree is matched to a real query before a template is drawn.

  • Shopping ads can start the day you open

    Product markup, the sitemap and a product feed are part of the build, with analytics beside them.

  • Category pages load fast on a phone

    Images, scripts and caching are tuned for Core Web Vitals before the domain goes live.

  • New ranges slot in without moving URLs

    The tree covers the full range you plan to stock, so you can launch small and add sections as stock arrives.

Why stores stall

Where most online stores lose sales

These four problems keep turning up in stores that come to us for SEO. Each of them begins at build time.

Problem 1

Categories nobody searches for

The menu mirrors the supplier’s price list, not the words buyers use. Pages overlap, filters create thousands of near-copies, and the store ends up depending on ads for every order.

What we do insteadWe build the category tree from search demand. Each category targets one intent, filter pages that have real demand get indexed, and the rest stay out of Google.
Problem 2

A checkout people abandon

Too many fields, surprise delivery costs and a forced account. Visitors who wanted to buy leave at the last step.

What we do insteadDelivery cost is shown before the basket, guest checkout is on, and we test the payment path on phones until it feels short.
Problem 3

Payments and shipping bolted on late

A store needs working payment providers, shipping rules and sometimes a link to stock or accounting software. Added at the end, they break things.

What we do insteadWe plan payment methods, shipping zones and any stock or CRM sync in the brief, so the build is shaped around them.
Problem 4

An admin only the developer understands

If changing a price needs a support ticket, the shop slows down. Closed platforms make it worse.

What we do insteadOn WooCommerce or Shopify your team adds products, edits prices and processes orders itself. Both handle a few dozen items or several thousand.

Catalogue work behind our stores

Category projects from Vitaliy's Upwork history, plus one store in Ukraine that we grew with SEO. Each card says where the work happened.

Upwork projects · several markets

A 143-category tree built from competitor keywords

Upwork projects. We grouped the keywords that competitors ranked for and turned the groups into 143 categories, each with a target query before design. The chart also covers a Dutch Shopify store with 47 categories, a haircare brand whose 73 categories were reworked, and eleven rival product pages folded into a single page through 9 redirects, on a domain with 595+ referring domains.

Haircare store · Ukraine

Overlapping categories split, about 100 sales a month

Online store in Ukraine. More than 70 categories were competing for the same searches. We separated them by search intent, 8–10 at a time. Organic search went on to bring roughly 100 sales a month to the shop. How the haircare store case went

What clients say on Upwork

Top Rated Plus, $100K+ earned on Upwork. Read every review on the profile.

See the Upwork profile

I had a very professional service from Vitaly. The work was completed to a high standard, and he was extremely helpful throughout. I would definitely hire him again and highly recommend his services.

Upwork client, WordPress site creation · 5.0 of 5

The job was completed. We prepared the high-quality text tests for my website for SEO, and Vitaliy provided excellent consultation throughout our collaboration. He explained everything in detail and educated my team and me.

Upwork client · 5.0 of 5

From keyword research to the first order

Four stages. You approve the category tree before anyone designs a template.

  1. Before design

    Research and category tree

    We study your range, your competitors and the search data, then draw the categories. You sign off the tree and the work plan.

    You get an approved category tree and a work plan

  2. After sign-off

    Design and catalogue

    Category and product templates come first, because those are the pages buyers reach from Google. Filters and navigation follow.

    You get category and product layouts you have commented on

  3. During the build

    Checkout and integrations

    Basket, payment providers, delivery and any CRM or stock sync. Product markup and the sitemap go in alongside them.

    You get a checkout that takes real payments

  4. Launch

    Products, tests, launch

    Products are loaded, test orders go through on desktop and mobile, and the store opens. Your team gets logins and a session on the admin.

    You get a live store, every login and a trained team

Store, or something smaller

Not every range needs a full store. Answer three questions to see which format fits and where its price starts.

What do you sell?
How many services and areas do you cover?
Do you need to sell online?

The prices shown are where each format starts on our site. Your brief sets the real number.

What might be stopping you

Doubts shop owners raise with us before they order a new store.

We already sell online. Do we need a new store?

Not always. Send us the address and within 24 hours our free review says whether the category tree, the checkout or the theme is holding you back. A few fixes and some new categories can cost less than a rebuild.

Which platform would we end up on?

WooCommerce when you want full control of the code and no platform fee. Shopify when you sell mainly abroad and never want to think about hosting. You hear our pick before the price is agreed.

Could the price grow while you build?

No. Stores start from $6,000, and once the brief and scope are agreed the figure is fixed. Extra integrations are priced at the start.

You are not in the UK. How does that work day to day?

We sign and get paid on Upwork. BeeTop's profile there is Top Rated Plus, past $100K in earnings, and you or we can close the contract whenever needed. Kyiv is two hours ahead of London. Vitaliy runs your store project himself.

Will the store rank first in Google?

We do not promise first place. We build a catalogue Google can read, with real demand behind every category, and monthly SEO after launch can push it higher.

A typical store builder and BeeTop

What a standard store quote tends to cover, next to what goes into ours.

A typical store builder and BeeTop
A typical store builderBeeTop
Store design A clean template in your colours Your brand, laid out around how buyers shop
Category architecture Mirrors the supplier price list Tree, URLs and internal links from search data
Product page template Photos, price and a basket button Photos, specs, reviews and stock status
Basket and checkout Default flow with a forced account Guest checkout and a short form
Payments and delivery Card payments switched on Providers, zones and rates planned in the brief
Filters Every combination open to Google Indexable only where demand exists
Speed and Core Web Vitals Looked at once someone complains Images, scripts and caching tuned before launch
Product markup and feeds No Schema, sitemap and a feed for Shopping
Training Logins sent over Logins plus a hands-on admin session
Covered 4 of 9 9 of 9

What happens next

Orders in the store's first year

  • Typical store build
  • BeeTop
  • Orders a flat catalogue never brings
  1. 1Shopping ads bring the first orders at launch
  2. 2Categories begin to rank around month 3
  3. 3Organic orders build through months 4–6
  4. 4Catalogue rebuilt for SEO around month six
A catalogue planned for search keeps adding orders, so ads stop being your only source of sales. Illustration of a typical path, not a forecast.

Everything is connected

Ads, search and analytics all lead to the store. If the category tree is drawn with them in mind, each one plugs in without a rebuild.

  1. Website each category built around one buyer query
  2. SEO organic winners show which products to advertise
  3. Google Ads orders matched to the ad that sold
  4. Analytics sales figures decide the next category (back to Website)
One system that earns Website each category built around one buyer query SEO organic winners show which products to advertise Google Ads orders matched to the ad that sold Analytics sales figures decide the next category
Vitaliy Hera, founder of BeeTop, at his desk
Vitaliy Herafounder of BeeTop

Start with the category tree

I plan the category structure while the store is being built, so organic search brings orders too and ads are not your only way to sell.

Send us your range and your target markets. The free outline arrives within 24 hours with a first category draft, the integrations you need and a price with a timeline.

We reply within an hour on working days.

Questions about building an online store

What does an online store cost?
Stores start from $6,000. The number of categories and products, the depth of the design, and integrations such as stock or accounting sync set the final price. You get that figure after the brief, and it has no hidden extras.
WooCommerce or Shopify, which do you recommend?
WooCommerce if you want full control over the code and SEO and no platform subscription. Shopify if you sell mainly abroad and would rather never think about hosting. We build on both, and the details of the second option are on our page about Shopify store development.
Is SEO part of ecommerce website development with you?
Yes, it’s the reason clients come to us. Categories, URLs, product markup and indexing rules are decided during the build. When the store is live, we can carry on with SEO for online stores month by month.
Can we add products and change prices ourselves?
Yes. Both platforms have an admin where your team adds products, edits prices and handles orders. We train whoever will run the store.
Which payment and delivery options can you connect?
Card payments and the usual online payment providers for your market, plus carrier rates and delivery zones. If you need sync with stock or accounting software or a CRM, we plan it in the brief.
Can we start small and grow the catalogue?
Yes. The category tree is drawn for the full range you plan, so new sections slot in later without moving existing URLs. You can launch with a few categories and add the rest as stock arrives.

Ecommerce website development at BeeTop

For us a store is a sales system with three users. The buyer wants to find a product and pay quickly. The owner wants to run the range without a developer. Google wants a catalogue it can make sense of. We have worked in SEO since 2010, and a lot of the stores we audit were built for the first two and forgot the third. Ecommerce website development with us starts from that third user, because it’s the one that brings orders without an ad bill.

Category structure planned before design

Many studios treat ecommerce web design as a visual job. Then nobody checks which categories people search for, how URLs should look or where duplicates will appear, and the store ends up ranking for almost nothing. We plan the catalogue as a search map. Logical category levels, short URLs, product markup and clean handling of filters give the store a base to grow on. You can read how that played out for one shop in our cosmetics store case study.

Buying, paying and running the store

Website design for ecommerce has to make the path to payment short. That means a catalogue with useful filters, product pages that answer the usual questions, and a checkout without needless steps. Payment providers, delivery and stock sync are wired in before launch. On WooCommerce or Shopify you manage products, prices and orders yourself, and the platform copes with a few dozen items or a few thousand.

Who needs a full store

Retailers, brands, manufacturers selling direct and wholesalers moving into retail. If you have a range and want people to pay on the site, you need a store. If you sell one product or are testing a niche, a landing page may be enough, and our overview of website formats compares them. Send us your range, and the online store development plan comes back with a category draft and a quote.