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Home of the Hangover

A mobile-first website rebuild for a specialty bottle shop in Big Bear Lake, connecting clearer positioning, practical customer actions, analytics, and launch support.

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Engagement
Website strategy, design, development, QA, and launch
Client
Independent specialty bottle shop in Big Bear Lake, California
Outcome
A clearer, responsive website with measurable customer actions

The challenge

A trusted local shop had outgrown its website.

The original site no longer reflected the business clearly or served customers well on mobile. Essential actions such as finding the store, calling, exploring its character, and understanding what made it distinct needed a more focused experience.

The product decision

Learn before adding ecommerce complexity.

The owners considered selling branded merchandise online. Instead of immediately building a storefront, the project prioritized a strong customer journey and analytics first, creating evidence that can guide whether ecommerce deserves future investment.

Connected delivery

One practical path from aging site to live product.

Clarify

Reframed the site around what customers need to know and do before visiting the shop.

Build

Created a responsive static experience with focused calls to action and maintainable implementation.

Measure

Added GA4 event tracking for meaningful interactions so future decisions can use real behavior.

Previous Home of the Hangover website

Before

The previous site had accumulated layout and mobile usability limitations.

Current Home of the Hangover website

After

The rebuilt site presents a clearer story and more direct customer actions.

Outcome

A modern foundation that fits the business today.

The new website is live, mobile-first, and instrumented for learning. It gives customers a clearer path to the shop while giving the owners a foundation that can evolve as evidence supports new investment.

What it demonstrates

Product judgment belongs in small projects too.

The work was not just a visual refresh. It connected business priorities, customer needs, implementation, QA, measurement, and launch into one disciplined delivery process.

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