FASHION & APPAREL
A Shopify fashion store built around product discovery
We rebuilt the store with clearer navigation, stronger filters and a smoother mobile checkout, so shoppers could find styles faster and buy with confidence.
SHOPIFY AGENCY FOR SPORTS & FITNESS BRANDS
Sports ecommerce development for activewear brands.
BRISTM does sports ecommerce development on Shopify for activewear, gym equipment and sports nutrition brands. We build stores that stay up on drop day, help buyers pick the right size, deliver a 40 kg rack without drama and turn a first tub of protein into a subscription. Then we give your community a reason to come back.
BRISTM in numbers
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76
Fashion & lifestyle stores launched
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12
Fashion categories served
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30
Average lift in conversion rate
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24/7
Support during launches and sales
WHY BRISTM
We build sports stores for launch days, the right fit and the next refill.
Sports and fitness shoppers buy in bursts: a new colourway, a January gym set-up, a tub of protein that runs out in a month. As a Shopify agency for sports and fitness brands, BRISTM plans the store for those moments. We make drops hold up under traffic, fit guides clear, heavy deliveries predictable and repeat orders automatic.
- Drops & launches
- Size & fit
- Shopify Development
- Subscriptions & loyalty
THE CHALLENGE
Sports and fitness brands sell three very different things in one store.
A fitness ecommerce website often sells clothing that has to fit, equipment that weighs 40 kg and nutrition that runs out every month. Each one needs its own product pages, shipping rules and reasons to reorder. These are the four gaps we see most.
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Drop days
“The site crashed and my size sold out.”
Drops planned on Shopify with countdowns, early access for members, per-customer limits set with Shopify Functions and back-in-stock alerts. We load test apps and theme before launch.
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Size and fit
“Will a medium fit, or do I size up?”
Size guides per product type, fit notes from reviews, model height and size on every photo, and a fit finder that suggests a size from height and usual size.
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Running out
“I ran out of protein and bought it elsewhere.”
Nutrition subscriptions with Utterbond: subscribe and save, flavour swaps, skip or pause in the customer portal and automatic retries for failed payments.
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AI visibility
“My AI assistant suggested another brand.”
Fabric, fit, sport, weight, dimensions and nutrition facts go into structured product data, so ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot and Shopify’s Agentic Storefronts can recommend the right product.
SPORTS & FITNESS ECOMMERCE SERVICES
Sports ecommerce development for every part of your range.
Six services cover apparel, equipment and nutrition in one Shopify store. Most brands start with the store or a launch, then add bundles, subscriptions and loyalty as the community grows.
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Activewear Shopify store design
Shop-by-sport collections, fit notes and model sizes on every product, drop and pre-launch pages, and fast mobile pages for shoppers coming from social.
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Shopify development for fitness equipment brands
Freight and two-person delivery rules, assembly add-ons, product specs like max load and footprint, and Shopify Functions for purchase limits on drops.
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Migration to Shopify
We move products, size variants, customers, order history, loyalty points and active subscribers to Shopify, with 301 redirects so rankings carry over.
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Bundles and subscriptions
Home gym bundles and "complete the kit" offers with Rebolt, plus protein and supplement subscriptions with Utterbond, both our own Shopify apps.
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AI & automation
An AI fit and training-gear assistant that answers size and product questions, plus Shopify Flow automations for low stock, drop tagging and VIP customers.
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Growth marketing and loyalty
Klaviyo flows for launches and refills, loyalty and referral programmes with apps like Rivo, reviews with fit ratings, and GA4 tracking you can trust.
WHAT WE PLAN FOR
Built around how sports brands launch, ship and keep customers.
Before we design a page, we plan the parts of a sports and fitness business that decide whether the store works: how sizes run, how drops are released, how heavy kit gets delivered, when customers reorder and how your community stays involved.
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Sizes and fit
Size charts per brand and product type, fit data from reviews and variants set up so filters show only sizes in stock.
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Drops and launches
Countdown pages, member early access, purchase limits and a launch-day checklist for apps, stock and support cover.
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Heavy and bulky items
Freight, pallet and two-person delivery options by postcode, with lead times and assembly shown before checkout.
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Reorders and refills
Subscription schedules set per product, such as a 1 kg tub every 4 weeks, with easy flavour swaps.
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Community and teams
Loyalty points, ambassador codes, Shopify POS for events and pop-ups, and Shopify B2B for club and team kit orders.
SPORTS & FITNESS
A launch-ready activewear store
Sport wear sells training wear and protein online. BRISTM rebuilt the store for product drops, added fit guides and set up nutrition subscriptions on Shopify, so customers could shop the drop, find the right size and reorder on autopilot.
View the case study
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10
Weeks to launch
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6
Drops run on the new store
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8
Subscription products set up
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320+
Size variants migrated
Sports & fitness ecommerce FAQ
Questions? We've got answers.
Still unsure? Write to us at hi@bristm.com and a sports and fitness ecommerce specialist will reply.
Sports ecommerce development covers designing and building an online store for activewear, equipment or sports nutrition. At BRISTM that means drop-ready product launches, size and fit tools, delivery rules for heavy kit, bundles, nutrition subscriptions, loyalty and the marketing flows that bring customers back, all built on Shopify.
BRISTM projects start from $5,000. A fitness store on a customised Shopify theme usually takes 8 to 10 weeks, and a fully custom build takes 3 to 6 months. The price depends on how many product types you sell, delivery rules for heavy items, subscriptions, integrations and the number of markets.
Yes. Shopify's hosting scales for traffic spikes, so problems usually come from heavy apps, slow themes or poor stock rules. We trim scripts before launch, add countdown and early access pages, set per-customer limits with Shopify Functions and test the full buying path before the drop goes live.
We add size charts for each product type, show model height and size on photos, and pull fit feedback from reviews onto the product page. Where it helps, we add a fit finder that suggests a size from height and usual size, which cuts the "order two, return one" habit.
Yes. We set up subscribe and save, flavour swaps, and pause or skip options with Utterbond Subscriptions, our own Shopify app, rated 4.7 stars. Failed payments are retried automatically. VIBAL ENERGY TEA, a US drinks brand on the app for almost five years, called out its "great customer service".
We set up delivery rules by weight, size and postcode, so racks, treadmills and bikes get freight or two-person delivery while small items ship by parcel. Lead times and assembly options show on the product page and in checkout, and orders pass to your 3PL or freight partner with the details they need.
AI assistants recommend what they can read. We add fabric, fit, sport, sizes, weight, dimensions and nutrition facts to structured product data and schema, and connect your catalogue to Shopify's Agentic Storefronts where available, so ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot can match your products to questions like "squat-proof leggings".
SPORTS & FITNESS ECOMMERCE INSIGHTS
Notes on selling sport and fitness on Shopify.
Practical guides from activewear, equipment and nutrition builds: drops, delivery, subscriptions and AI search.
Launches
A launch-day checklist for Shopify product drops
What to test, trim and switch off before the countdown ends.
Delivery
Shipping heavy gym equipment from Shopify
Setting freight, two-person and parcel rules that customers understand.
AI search
Getting activewear recommended in ChatGPT and Gemini
The fit, fabric and sport data AI assistants read before they suggest a product.
LET'S BUILD YOUR FASHION STORE
Ready to build a Shopify fashion store that works harder?
Tell us where your brand is today, a new launch, a redesign, a migration or scaling to new markets. As a Shopify agency for fashion brands, we'll reply with a clear plan, timeline and quote.