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Store URL: thespideyspot.myshopify.com
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I would love you’re feedback about my store! If it needs and tweaks don’t hesitate to let me know
Welcome! The niche is smart. Jumping spider keepers are a really tight community and when someone finds a store that gets it, they spread the word fast. Your logo and graphics look great, the branding is obviously something you put time into.
A couple things I’d fix before promoting though.
The “Pictures coming soon!” placeholder on the Climbing Web is going to kill conversions. Even a quick phone photo with decent lighting would be way better than nothing. People won’t buy something for their spider’s enclosure if they can’t see what it actually looks like.
You’ve only got 2 products up right now, and one of them is a gift card. Gift cards work better once people know your brand and want to share it with someone. I’d focus on getting at least 5-8 real products listed first, then add gift cards later.
Also worth grabbing a custom domain when you can. The .myshopify.com URL makes the store look less established than it actually is. You can get a .com for around $14/year.
What other products are you planning to add? Hides, substrate, feeding tools?
I believe this is not a good thing for converting customers. getting customers to your site is a hard work already, you want to keep them enagaging, browsing the site, not encrouraging them to leave
you can consider adding more product, paying more attetion to site design (the alignment, layout also needed working on)
Best sellin collection is empty which is not a good thing for conversion as well.
Love the niche — jumping spider keepers are a passionate and specific community, and “spood-safe” framing is a smart angle. Branding already feels intentional.
That said, the store isn’t ready to promote yet. A few honest observations:
Only 2 products — one of which is a gift card. Gift cards work once people already trust and love your brand. Right now, focus on stocking actual products first — hides, substrate, feeders, decor. Aim for at least 5–8 before pushing traffic.
Empty collections — Enclosures, Starter Kits, Deals, Sale sections are all showing up in the nav but appear empty. Visitors clicking those and finding nothing will leave immediately.
Custom domain — The .myshopify.com URL signals early-stage to buyers. A custom domain is a small cost but makes a real difference in trust.
The foundation is there — clean layout, good mission statement, social presence. Just needs more product depth before promotion makes sense.