House of Coo Β· Organic Baby

Two shopping paths, one catalogue

The experience leads with two doorways, then guides shoppers into clear kits and sets by need β€” coming home, first photos, sleep, layering, early essentials, and gifting β€” instead of an endless catalogue. Individual items stay available too, especially sleepsuits and sleep sacks.

🍼 Shop for Your Baby
Parents shopping for their own baby
🎁 Shop for a Gift
Family & friends shopping for gifts
Shopping path Supporting Collection / need Kit / set Individual item Email capture

Shopify build notes

How each part of this tree is built. The two-path, kit-led experience comes from configuring navigation and collections β€” not custom development β€” so the pre-launch build stays fast.

Native β€” build as-is

No apps required

  • Two shopping paths β€” top-level Navigation menus (For my baby / For a gift), decoupled from collections so both draw from the same shelves
  • Category & experience shelves β€” automated + manual Collections over the same products
  • Products β€” size Γ— colour variants
  • Gifts by Price β€” automated collection, price condition
  • Guides β€” Blog Β· Story & Trust β€” Pages + metaobjects
  • Localization (/en-us Β· /fr-ca Β· .ca) β€” Shopify Markets
  • Gift cards β€” native

First-party apps

Free Β· Shopify-made

  • Email capture + ICP tagging β€” Shopify Forms β†’ Klaviyo (flows & segments)
  • Shop by Stage / Size β€” Search & Discovery filters (size is a variant, so filter β€” don't make a collection)
  • Fixed kits & gift sets β€” Shopify Bundles, with real inventory sync

Watch-outs

Plan these deliberately

  • Mix-and-match kits β€” paid third-party app. Launch with fixed curated kits instead.
  • Pre-launch waitlist / β€œNotify me” β€” password page + Klaviyo back-in-stock (not native)
  • Registry (Babylist) β€” external / third-party β€” Phase 2, not a launch blocker

Bottom line: the two shopping paths are just two top-level menus over one shared catalogue β€” pure configuration, no custom build. ~85–90% of this is native Shopify; the rest is free first-party apps (Forms, Search & Discovery, Bundles) plus Klaviyo.

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