PREPARED FOR: KC, MJ & STEVIE
Slime Time Vintage × Buddy
Let's turn the 90s concept into a real online store._
You've already got the look.
Now let's turn the Slime Time concept into a fully functioning ecommerce store — keeping all the weird, nostalgic, colourful 90s energy while putting Shopify underneath it to handle the serious stuff.
PRODUCTS. STOCK. ORDERS. DISCOUNTS. CHECKOUT.
All without turning Slime Time into another generic Shopify website.
NOW LOADING…
Concept: approved. Commerce: pending your go-ahead.
See the concept in the wild.
Take a walk through the approved Slime Time look and feel — this is the front end we'll be wiring straight into Shopify.
▶ VIEW DEMOThe concept is already there.
Slime Time doesn't need another stock-standard ecommerce template. You already have a creative direction that feels unmistakably yours — nostalgic, weird, colourful and packed with the things that made growing up in the 80s and 90s so good.
The next step is making it work as a real store.
Buddy will take the approved Slime Time concept and connect the ecommerce experience to Shopify, giving you the personality of a completely custom website with the familiar Shopify tools you already know how to use behind the scenes.
Keep the fun.
Add the commerce.
The demo products currently on the concept site are placeholders. Your real Shopify catalogue will replace all of it at build time.
Two halves, one store.
- ✓Custom 90s-inspired design
- ✓Creative navigation
- ✓Retro interactions
- ✓Product discovery
- ✓Collections
- ✓Product pages
- ✓Mobile experience
- ✓Slime Time personality
- ✓Products
- ✓Inventory
- ✓Prices
- ✓Orders
- ✓Checkout
- ✓Discounts
- ✓Customers
- ✓Shipping
- ✓Store management
You keep managing the business in Shopify. We make the shopfront feel like Slime Time.
Don't rebuild what already works.
Rather than throwing away the concept you've already approved and starting again with a generic Shopify theme, we'll use the existing Slime Time direction as the foundation.
We'll refine the current build where required, connect the ecommerce functionality to Shopify and make sure the complete customer journey works properly across desktop and mobile.
This keeps the project leaner, faster and more affordable while protecting the creative direction that made the concept exciting in the first place.
RECOMMENDED APPROACH
Custom Slime Time storefront + Shopify commerce
- SLIME TIME WEBSITE↓
- SHOPIFY PRODUCTS↓
- CART↓
- SHOPIFY CHECKOUT↓
- ORDER!
Everything needed to get selling.
- ✓Existing Slime Time concept retained
- ✓Refinement of the approved visual direction
- ✓Custom homepage implementation
- ✓Responsive desktop, tablet and mobile layouts
- ✓Slime Time's retro interactions and visual details
- ✓Product presentation
- ✓Collection/category presentation
- ✓Navigation
- ✓Basic search experience
- ✓Cart experience
- ✓Customer journey refinement
- ✓Shopify store connection
- ✓Shopify product catalogue connection
- ✓Product data and pricing integration
- ✓Collections/categories
- ✓Product availability / inventory connection
- ✓Cart connection
- ✓Shopify checkout
- ✓Basic Shopify navigation integration
- ✓Discount functionality through Shopify
- ✓Order management through Shopify
- ✓Customer information handled through Shopify
- ✓Domain connection
- ✓Production deployment
- ✓Basic technical setup
- ✓Responsive QA
- ✓Browser testing
- ✓Cart and checkout testing
- ✓Product journey testing
- ✓Basic on-page SEO setup
- ✓Final pre-launch QA
- ✓Go-live support
- ✓Buddy support throughout the build
- ✓Regular communication
- ✓Technical troubleshooting during development
- ✓One consolidated revision round
- ✓Launch assistance
You won't need us to add a T-shirt.
Once the website is live, Slime Time will continue managing the everyday ecommerce side through Shopify.
Products
Add, remove and update products yourself.
Stock
Shopify keeps track of what's available. Especially useful when you're selling one-off vintage pieces.
Collections
Create collections for clothing, toys, gaming, cartoons, new drops or whatever comes next.
Prices
Update pricing whenever you need.
Orders
Manage orders, fulfilment and customer details from Shopify.
Discounts
Create discount codes and promotions.
Customers
Customer information remains inside Shopify.
Marketing
Continue using Shopify's marketing ecosystem and compatible apps.
Buddy builds the experience. Shopify runs the store. You stay in control.
A weird website with a very sensible backend.
SLIME TIME (FUN PART)
SHOPIFY (SENSIBLE PART)
The customer doesn't need to know what's happening behind the scenes. They get the fun part. You get Shopify.
That means the Slime Time website can look completely different from a standard ecommerce store without creating an unnecessarily complicated system for you to manage.
- ✓Familiar Shopify admin
- ✓Reliable ecommerce infrastructure
- ✓Secure checkout
- ✓Product management
- ✓Inventory management
- ✓Order management
- ✓Discount codes
- ✓Customer records
- ✓Shipping configuration
- ✓Reporting
- ✓Huge ecosystem of ecommerce apps
Your control panel = Shopify.
You've already said you're comfortable managing Shopify, so we're not going to charge you to do things you can easily handle yourself. This is one of the reasons we can keep the initial build affordable.
Built for one-of-one finds.
A lot of Slime Time stock is special because once it's gone, it's gone. The website should lean into that.
The structure below is an example of how the store could be organised — not a fixed requirement. You can shape collections however you like inside Shopify.
- ✓Sold badges
- ✓Low-stock messaging
- ✓One-of-one messaging
- ✓New drop labels
- ✓Year/era labels
- ✓Size
- ✓Condition
- ✓Brand
- ✓Category
- ✓Featured finds
These use Shopify product data wherever practical, so they stay accurate as you update stock.
Weird ideas are welcome.
The initial scope focuses on getting a strong ecommerce foundation live. Anything below can be added later as a separate piece of work — these are future possibilities, not part of the base build.
About the auction concept
The current demo includes experimental auction-style functionality as part of the creative concept. A true live bidding/auction system involves additional ecommerce logic and is not included in this initial scope. If Slime Time wants live auctions in future, Buddy can scope this separately.
Installing Slime Time…
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Connect the Slime Time build with the Shopify store and establish the required ecommerce structure.
Implement products, collections, product views, cart, navigation and checkout pathways.
Optimise the experience across desktop and mobile and complete the consolidated feedback round.
Connect the final domain, complete QA and take the store live.
From concept to checkout.
Target: approximately 2–3 weeks from commencement and receipt of required access/content. Subject to Shopify access, content availability, supplied product information, client feedback, third-party integrations and timely approvals.
Shopify connection + core build
Products + collections + responsive integration
Feedback + QA + launch
SLIME TIME SHOPIFY WEBSITE
$1,890
AUD + GST
One-off project investment
No ongoing Buddy retainer required.
Shopify subscription fees are separate and paid directly by Slime Time. For the initial store, Shopify Basic should provide the core ecommerce functionality required.
INCLUDED
- ✓Custom Slime Time website implementation
- ✓Shopify ecommerce connection
- ✓Product + collection integration
- ✓Cart + checkout
- ✓Responsive development
- ✓Domain connection
- ✓QA + launch
- ✓Project support (duration of the project only)
- ✓One consolidated revision round
What's separate?
Not included in the $1,890 + GST project:
If we discover something outside the agreed scope, we'll flag it before doing additional billable work. No surprise invoices.
What we'll need from Slime Time.
- ✓Shopify access
- ✓domain/DNS access where required
- ✓final logo/brand assets
- ✓product photography
- ✓product titles
- ✓pricing
- ✓descriptions
- ✓sizing
- ✓condition information
- ✓collection/category decisions
- ✓shipping configuration
- ✓store policies
- ✓one consolidated round of feedback
Slime Time will manage the ongoing product catalogue, so Buddy is not required to manually maintain every future product listing.
Need a Buddy later?
Project support is included during the duration of the project only — from kick-off through to launch day.
After launch, you're welcome to manage everything yourself. If you'd rather have an extra pair of hands, Buddy also offers ongoing Shopify Website Care & Support.
Plans currently available from $299 + GST per month. Completely optional — no lock-in support requirement.
View website support →Call us when you need us. Ignore us when you don't. We're still Buddies.
What if we want everything inside a native Shopify theme later?
That's possible too.
If Slime Time eventually wants the entire approved experience rebuilt directly as a native Shopify theme, Buddy can scope that as a separate future project. A native Shopify theme approach can provide deeper control through Shopify's theme editor and consolidate more of the front-end experience directly into Shopify.
But for a new business, we don't believe you need to pay for a full rebuild before proving the store.
Start lean. Keep the personality. Upgrade only when there's a reason to.
Creative enough for Slime Time. Technical enough for Shopify.
Buddy specialises in building online experiences that don't feel like templates. We combine design, ecommerce and technology so businesses don't have to choose between something that looks great and something that actually works.
For Slime Time the goal is simple: don't make the creative concept more boring just because we're adding ecommerce.
Creative
Protect the personality that makes Slime Time different.
Practical
Use Shopify for the day-to-day ecommerce work you already understand.
Supported
Have a local Buddy available through the build, launch and beyond if you need us.
Got a question? Email Buddy.
Anything you want changed, clarified or costed differently — send it straight through. You'll hear back from Kristian at Buddy, usually same business day.
READY PLAYER SLIME.
The concept is approved. The store knows what it wants to be. Now we just need to connect the fun part to the part that takes people's money.
SLIME TIME × BUDDY