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AP Web Tech · Retail

Leelanau Gear

A website refresh that brought two sites under one brand and made seasonal store hours and directions easier to find.

RoleSenior Web Developer · end-to-end freelance ownership
Platform/scopeWordPress
AudienceRetail customers and store visitors

Project imagery

One storefront, ready for every screen.

Responsive desktop, tablet, and phone mockups displaying the Leelanau Gear storefront and outdoor retail brands.
Leelanau Gear’s unified storefront, shown across desktop, tablet, and mobile.

Reported outcomes

  • 50s–60s initial performance scores
  • 80s–90s scores within the first month

01 / Context

The work in context.

A refresh that brought two websites under one brand and made seasonal store hours and directions easier to find, alongside targeted website optimization.

02 / Challenge

The problem to solve.

Improve reported performance scores while bringing the storefront experience under a unified brand.

03 / Approach

How I approached it.

  • Address performance through targeted website optimization.
  • Bring two websites under one brand and make hours and directions easier to find.

04 / Implementation

What I delivered.

  • Delivered targeted website optimization.
  • Unified the two websites under one brand and improved access to seasonal store information.

05 / Constraints & tradeoffs

What shaped the work.

  • Two existing websites needed to come together under one brand while keeping seasonal hours and directions easy to find.

06 / Outcome

What changed.

Performance scores improved from the 50s–60s into the 80s–90s within the first month.

Scores reflect the first month after the optimization work; the underlying reports are not published here.

  • WordPress
  • Responsive web design

07 / Reflection

What I take forward.

Measured improvement can be meaningful without a full rebuild; the specific changes should be documented alongside the metric when available.