Case Study: Piper Computer Kit achieves 10X year-over-year sales growth with Shopify Plus

The Maker Of Wooden Computers Grew Sales 10X By Helping Children Create, Not Just Consume, Technology

Piper Computer Kit, a startup that sells wooden DIY computer kits to teach children engineering and coding, faced rapid post‑Kickstarter demand and an urgent holiday fulfillment challenge with a tiny team packing orders from a rented storage unit. To handle global growth and high-volume sales, Piper upgraded its storefront to the enterprise ecommerce platform Shopify Plus.

Shopify Plus gave Piper scalable infrastructure, location-based sales visibility for targeted marketing, easy third‑party integrations (for example ReCharge subscriptions) and premium support, enabling smoother fulfillment and new recurring revenue options. As a result, Piper sold thousands of units worldwide, expanded into markets like Australia, Japan and Canada, and recorded 10X year‑over‑year sales growth (2015–2016); Piper also reports student confidence in computers and electronics increasing by as much as 20%. Shopify Plus was central to that scale and agility.

Piper Computer Kit

Tommy Gibbons

Incharge of Making Customers