Case Study: Arbor Scientific achieves faster performance and easier content management with MTN Haus and Shopify Horizon

Arbor Scientific Shopify Horizon Upgrade

Arbor Scientific, a supplier of physics, chemistry, and STEM lab equipment for educators, faced challenges with its slow and expensive-to-maintain Shopify store. The platform relied on heavy customizations, the Shogun page builder, and a large stack of third-party apps, which prevented the internal team from updating content without developer help. To become a true education platform, they partnered with MTN Haus for a solution.

MTN Haus migrated the site to the Shopify Horizon theme, using its native flexibility to eliminate Shogun and reduce app dependencies. They implemented a metaobject-driven architecture for educational content and focused custom development on differentiating features. The result was a 12.2% increase in total sales, a 7.2% higher average order value, and improved conversion rates, all while giving the Arbor Scientific team full control over their content.

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