Kerusso: 27% sales lift on Shopify 2.0
Summary
Kerusso, a faith-based apparel and lifestyle brand serving both wholesale and retail customers, had outgrown the platform it was built on. Its online store still ran on Shopify 1.0, a framework that had quietly become a ceiling on the brand's ambitions. To break through it, Kerusso partnered with TulipTech for a full Shopify 2.0 migration.
The brief was simple to state and demanding to deliver: move the entire store to Shopify's more powerful 2.0 architecture without losing data, sales or brand consistency, and come out the other side with a faster, more flexible, future-proof website. TulipTech began with a comprehensive audit of the existing store, pinpointed the highest-impact areas for improvement, and migrated the platform piece by piece while safeguarding every record along the way.
The payoff was immediate and measurable. By tapping into Shopify 2.0's modular sections, deeper customisation and optimised loading speeds, Kerusso launched a sleeker, faster storefront that its own team can now update without waiting on developers. Backed by TulipTech's ongoing maintenance and support, the brand now runs on a reliable, scalable foundation that drove a 27% increase in sales and a 50% rise in visitor traffic: a genuine e-commerce growth story built on a smarter platform.
The challenge
On Shopify 1.0, Kerusso kept running into the same walls. What should have been quick, everyday changes turned into developer tickets, and the gap between the brand it wanted to present and the store it could actually build kept widening. Four constraints stood out:
The migration itself raised the stakes further. A store migration is delicate work: performance had to improve, not regress, so visitors could browse and buy without friction; every existing integration and plugin had to keep working flawlessly inside the new framework; and images and code needed careful optimisation to keep load times low. The challenge, in short, was to modernise the entire e-commerce platform while protecting the sales and stability the business already depended on.
Our approach
TulipTech treated the project as a controlled, collaborative migration rather than a risky rip-and-replace. The work started with a comprehensive assessment of Kerusso's existing Shopify 1.0 store, mapping out data, integrations, templates and the specific pain points holding the team back. That audit became the blueprint for a phased migration to Shopify 2.0.
From there, the team worked shoulder-to-shoulder with Kerusso throughout the transition, keeping a tight feedback loop so that feature decisions and layout refinements reflected real business priorities. Legacy code was stripped out and rebuilt against Shopify 2.0 best practices, third-party integrations were re-tested inside the new architecture, and every migrated record was verified to guarantee a seamless, secure data transfer.
Crucially, TulipTech engineered for the long term, not just launch day. Optimised templates, cleaner asset handling and streamlined workflows were built to make future updates fast and low-risk. Rigorous cross-device and cross-browser testing then confirmed a consistent experience everywhere before go-live, so the store that launched was one both Kerusso's team and its customers could trust from day one.
Key capabilities
The rebuilt store gave Kerusso a set of capabilities that simply were not possible on the old framework:
Together, these capabilities shifted Kerusso from a developer-dependent store to a flexible, self-serve platform, one where the team can respond to trends, launch seasonal campaigns and test new ideas at the speed the market demands.
Technology, security and compliance
Shopify 2.0, structured metafields and performance-budgeted theme code. Payment handling remains entirely within Shopify, so PCI compliance never left the platform.
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In their words
Shout out to the team at TulipTech and Masum Shamjad. Masum and his team have consistently brought forward excellent talent to address various project needs for us. Whether infrastructure, development or BI, they are doing a great job for us and are a valued partner on many fronts.
Results
The Shopify 2.0 migration transformed Kerusso's e-commerce operations on every front. Technically, the store now runs flawlessly across mobile, tablet and desktop, backed by clear maintenance protocols that keep it stable and dependable.
Operationally, the internal team gained a level of autonomy it never had before. Marketing and content staff can update product pages, collections and promotions independently, dramatically reducing reliance on developers and letting the brand react to market trends and seasonal moments in real time.
Most importantly, the numbers moved: a 27% increase in sales, expanding Kerusso's customer base and lifting revenue significantly; a 50% surge in visitor traffic, widening the top of the funnel and the brand's reach; and higher conversion rates, driven by fast, reliable navigation and a cohesive storefront-to-checkout experience that made purchasing effortless for new and returning customers alike.
With a cleaner codebase, better app compatibility and a scalable Shopify 2.0 foundation, Kerusso is now positioned for sustainable long-term growth, free to focus on strategy while continuing to refine the store around real user insights.
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