Online stores

vane & co.

Original-design tees, hoodies and caps, printed on demand and shipped to the door.

The idea that was picked from the suggestions

I run an apparel brand with original designs for a niche audience, printed on tees, hoodies and caps as orders come in. I want an online store where fans browse the designs, pick sizes and buy, with everything shipped to their door.

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The result.

This is the full homepage WPMaven built, top to bottom. Scroll inside the frame, or press Play scroll.

The homepage

vane & co.
The full vane & co. homepage: a neon yellow apparel store with graphic tees, hoodies, caps and pins, a sticker-board hoodie customizer and a how-it-works section.

The shop page

vane & co.
The vane & co. shop page: graphic tees, hoodies, caps and pins with prices on a neon yellow background.

Some images on this site were generated with AI.

How it was built, step by step.

Every screenshot below comes from the real build. Click one to see it larger.

  1. Describe the business

    No idea yet? The suggestions screen offers openings to start from. Pick one and the box fills in for you. This one came from the suggestions, and you can edit the text before moving on.

    The suggestions screen: cards with business ideas to start from, and a note that any business you can describe works.Suggestions (opens a larger view)The Describe step for vane & co.: the idea in the WPMaven create box, with a blank site preview beside it.The idea in the box (opens a larger view)

  2. WPMaven reads it back

    Before it builds anything, WPMaven reads the sentence back as a plan: the business, the team, the pages, the plugins (the add-ons the site runs on) and the first products. It named the brand vane & co., planned 8 pages (including Size Guide and FAQ) and lined up the store plugins and a print-on-demand one. You can tweak anything before the build starts.

    The read-back for vane & co.: the business, the team, the pages, the plugins and the first products, each ready to confirm or edit. (opens a larger view)

  3. A first-year estimate

    WPMaven drafts an estimate from your sentence: how many orders or bookings the first month might bring, how that could grow over a year, the usual size of one and the running costs. The chart carries on to two years. It is an estimate to help you plan, based on assumptions you can change. Once you start selling, your real numbers show next to it on your Home.

    The first-year estimate for vane & co.: a chart, a monthly table and the assumptions behind them, which can be edited. The screen says it is an estimate to help you plan. (opens a larger view)

  4. Pick a style

    WPMaven explores four style directions and applies each one to the preview on the left as you try it. Hover one to try it on, click to choose it. Here the direction called Pop Cyber Manifest was picked.

    Four style directions explored for vane & co., shown as cards; hovering one previews it on the site on the left.Four directions (opens a larger view)The chosen direction, Pop Cyber Manifest, previewed on the vane & co. site on the left.The one picked (opens a larger view)

  5. The team builds it

    The team builds the site while you watch: the homepage first, then every page, a review of each page and the move into WordPress. The progress card on the right names the current phase.

    The build starting for vane & co.: a progress card on the right and the chosen style already showing in the preview on the left.Starting (opens a larger view)The build under way for vane & co.: the progress card names the current phase while the site fills in on the left.Under way (opens a larger view)

  6. Ready to launch

    When the build ends you get the live preview, a list of what the team did, a drafted launch post and a first week of marketing tasks. The launch post and the marketing tasks are drafts: they go out only after you sign up.

    The Ready to launch screen for vane & co.: the finished site on the left, and on the right a list of what the team did, a drafted launch post and a first week of marketing tasks. (opens a larger view)

Watch it get built.

A timelapse of the real build recording, sped up. It has no sound.

In the video: an idea is picked and goes into the box, WPMaven reads it back, the estimate is drafted, a style is picked, the site takes shape while the team builds it, and the Ready to launch screen appears.

Now build yours.

Describe your own business in a sentence and the team builds it while you watch. Free to build, no card to start.

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The box opens with this sentence filled in. Change it to describe your own business.