Case Study · E-commerce

Project Bloom — LCP 3.2s to 0.9s, conversions +186%

Project Bloom case study — D2C E-commerce. D2C beauty brand replaced bloated Elementor theme with a lean block-based custom build.

Project Overview

The brief.

E-commerce
Industry
WordPress + WooCommerce
Services
4 months
Engagement
4 specialists
Team size
The Challenge

Why they came to us.

A bloated WooCommerce theme was killing both rankings and conversions. JS-heavy pages, broken schema, mobile-hostile storefront.

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    LCP 3.2s on mobile - Core Web Vitals deep in the red.
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    67% bounce rate - visitors leaving before product pages even rendered.
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    32-plugin Elementor stack - slow editor, conflicts, security issues.
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    Broken product schema - no rich results on commercial queries.
Before engagement
3.2s
LCP mobile
67%
Bounce rate
32
Plugins active
28
PageSpeed score
The Strategy

Our approach.

Migrate to a custom block-based theme with WooCommerce as a clean storefront layer. Performance budget enforced. Zero plugin bloat. SEO baked in.

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    Custom block-based theme - semantic HTML, native WP blocks, no page builders.
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    WooCommerce optimisation - checkout streamlined, schema validated.
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    Performance budget - LCP under 1s, INP under 200ms, CLS under 0.05.
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    SEO architecture - product schema, internal linking, sitemap segmentation.
Strategic pillars

Block-based theme

Native Gutenberg, no Elementor, fully maintainable by in-house team.

WooCommerce custom UX

Streamlined checkout, optimised faceted nav, validated product schema.

Performance budget

LCP under 1s, INP under 200ms, CLS under 0.05 - hard targets in CI.

Results

Measurable outcomes.

★★★★★

PageSpeed went from 32 to 96 in three weeks. Conversions followed - bounce rate dropped 19% and add-to-cart rate climbed 11%. Best WP build we have ever owned.

HR
Hema Reddy
CTO - ShopVibe

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