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About Mapodo.de ecommerce store

Mapodo.de is a retailer for automotive engine oils based in Hamburg. The customer came to us with the requirement of adding a fresh touch to the old design of the existing Magento based store. The existing design was pretty old and outdated. One of the main requirement and also a challenge was to keep the existing user experience flow and building a fresh, modern design. The client wanted to keep the positioning of elements of existing design because if we change it drastically the existing customers may find it difficult to follow.

We created a wireframe to make sure the user experience is maintained as it was before. This wireframe was given to our designer and a design was created based on the wireframe. The first mockup itself was liked and selected by the customer. The design was relaxed, used the brand colors and also with very minor changes to the existing structure of the website. Since we had a mobile first approach to this project we also spend a lot of time in creating a good UI and UX for the mobile screens. The spacing of each elements were handled carefully to take up as little space as possible but also not to compromise on User Experience.

Our senior Magento developers then converted this design into a Magento theme along with the modifications required in the backend for handling specific requirements related to selling the niche products (motor oils). Some adjustments were requested for the listing pages and product detail page to accommodate customization based on oil products. We could execute the changes without any additional cost.

We had set up a developement environment where everything is tested by the customer and then on his confirmation it was moved to live server. The migration of the new theme to the live server was handled carefully and it was carried out during the less busy hours of European market (between 3am – 6am). There was basically no downtime and we had a happy customer with his associates appreciating the new website.

We continue to support the store and we are also planning the next upgrades.