Media Lion
eCommerce Web Design
eCommerce Web Design & Development
Media Lion builds online stores that sell — fast storefronts, frictionless checkout, and merchandising that moves product, from WooCommerce to custom carts.
Most online stores do not have a traffic problem. They have a friction problem: a checkout that asks for too much, a product page that answers too little, and a phone experience that is an afterthought. Every one of those is a leak between a visitor and a sale.
Media Lion has spent 18 years building websites and custom digital tools for clients across the country. Today we do that work from Travelers Rest, South Carolina, for national brands and Upstate businesses alike — and commerce, from small focused catalogs to storefronts with real inventory and shipping logic, is a core part of that work.
Media Lion builds across many industries — see the full range on our Types of Work page.
Why a store needs more than a theme
The shops that actually convert are the ones that remove friction everywhere it hides. That means:
- verifiedProduct pages that answer the buyer’s real questions before they have to ask
- credit_cardA checkout that is fast on a phone and does not punish guests
- storefrontMerchandising — bundles, cross-sells, collections — that raises average order value without feeling pushy
- speedFast load times, because on mobile every second of delay is measurable lost revenue
What we build for eCommerce
We scope to the catalog and the operation behind it rather than dropping in a demo theme. The components we assemble most often:
- storefrontCustom storefronts — on WooCommerce, Shopify-style setups, or a custom cart when the logic demands it
- credit_cardFrictionless checkout — guest checkout, saved carts, and payment, tax, and shipping rules that reflect how you actually ship
- storefrontMerchandising systems — collections, bundles, and cross-sells that move product
- storeReal inventory and operations — stock, variants, and fulfillment that connect to the tools your team already runs
- speedPerformance and SEO — fast product pages with the structured data that earns rich results
Selected work
What matters on a commerce build
Selling online has its own set of non-negotiables. We treat them as baseline:
- credit_cardMobile-first checkout. Most storefront traffic is on a phone; the buying flow is designed there first
- speedSpeed. Product and category pages tuned for Core Web Vitals, because latency is lost revenue
- shieldTrust signals. Clear pricing, shipping, and returns where shoppers look for them, plus secure, PCI-aware payment handling
- search_insightsSEO foundation. Product and collection schema so your catalog shows up the way it should in search
Built in the Upstate, working nationally
We are based in Travelers Rest and build stores for brands across the country. Eighteen years of commerce and marketing work travels wherever the customers are.
Talk to us
If you are launching a store or fixing one that leaks sales, we would like to hear what you are selling. Reach out through the contact form and we will get back to you from a real Upstate area code.