Case Study: Pangaia speeds up global ecommerce growth with Shopify Plus and We Make Websites

Pangaia made $75M in revenue while growing its team 12X

Pangaia, a materials science company and Shopify Plus merchant, faced significant challenges in scaling its ecommerce operations to match its rapid global growth. Their original online store was simplistic, lacked key features like a search function, and had slow performance, which hindered international expansion. They needed a robust, custom-built solution that could not only handle their pace of innovation and product launches but also effectively communicate their core sustainability mission to customers.

The vendor, We Make Websites, executed a comprehensive rebuild of Pangaia's store on the Shopify Plus platform. The solution involved consolidating the site for a unified brand experience, implementing multi-currency functionality via Shopify Payments, and adding features like a "notify me" pop-up for out-of-stock items to aid customer retention and sustainable production planning. The results were highly impactful: site speed was dramatically slashed from 4.24 seconds to 2.44 seconds, and the new flexible framework provided the foundation for ongoing innovation and a sophisticated tech stack, sparking a long-term partnership with We Make Websites.

Pangaia

Taylor Dean

Digital Director