Where the Winds Blow / WooCommerce · Integration · Migration

Evolving a store while it kept trading.

An established Mah Jongg store needed storefront changes, review automation and a new hosting environment. I handled the theme implementation, API connection and server move.

WordPress

WooCommerce

API integration

Hosting migration

Where the Winds Blow project diagram: WooCommerce connects to a review API. More than 2,100 reviews were collected in the first year; reported conversions increased 17 percent following the theme work.

Implementation overview · Illustration of the work described below.

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Where the Winds Blow

WooCommerce · Integration · Migration

The problem to solve.

The store needed a simpler customer experience, automated review collection, and a server move while it continued trading.

What I built.

  • Implemented a new WooCommerce theme to simplify the storefront.
  • Connected the review-solicitation tool through its API.
  • Migrated the hosting environment without interrupting the store.

What changed.

+17%

Conversions following theme work

2,100+

Reviews collected in the first year

  • Conversions increased 17% following the theme work.
  • The review integration collected more than 2,100 reviews in its first year.
  • The migration completed without downtime or loss of search rankings.

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Where the Winds Blow WooCommerce project preview

A historical preview of the delivered website.

Historical project results reported by the author. The source does not provide calendar dates or the conversion measurement window. The no-downtime result applies to the completed migration.

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