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midejewelries

Custom jewelry platform with a filtered inventory archive and enquiry-led conversion.

Client
Mide Jewelries — luxury retail
Role
Web developer & UI/UX designer
Timeline
4 weeks
Year
2024
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Device · 390 × 844Idle
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01

Overview

A luxury jewelry storefront doubling as an inventory archive: structured product arrays, real-time pricing, filtered grid browsing and lead capture built for buyers who expect a consultation rather than a checkout button.

02

The problem

Luxury buyers rarely convert on a first visit, and inventory changes constantly as pieces sell or get commissioned. A static catalog would be stale within a week and would lose every high-intent enquiry.

03

Approach

  1. 01Built product data as structured arrays with material, stone, collection and price fields so filtering is derived, not hand-maintained.
  2. 02Real-time pricing so a change propagates to grid, detail view and enquiry payload at once.
  3. 03Editorial grid layout with generous whitespace and large imagery to match the price point.
  4. 04Inventory filtering by category, material and price band, with shareable result states.
  5. 05Lead capture attached to every product so an enquiry carries the exact piece and price.
04

Strategy & UX decisions

  • Editorial grid with heavy negative space to match the price point — luxury buyers read restraint as credibility.
  • Filter state is derived from structured product data and shareable by URL, so the client can send a curated selection.
  • The CTA is a consultation, not a cart: enquiry capture is attached to every piece with its exact price.
05

Challenges

  • Multi-dimensional filtering slowed as the archive grew; memoised derived lists and indexed by category.
  • Balancing luxury restraint with commerce clarity — early layouts hid the price and the enquiry action.
  • Keeping the private inventory archive and the public storefront on one source of truth.
06

Learnings

  • →In luxury retail the CTA is a conversation, not a cart.
  • →URL-shareable filter state is worth building from day one; clients send filtered views to buyers constantly.
  • →One canonical product array removes an entire category of sync bugs.
07

Tech & tooling

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Filtered inventory model
  • Lead capture forms
  • Custom domain
08

Outcome

  • Buyers browse an always-current archive instead of a PDF lookbook.
  • Every enquiry arrives with product and price context attached.
  • Inventory updates take minutes, not a redesign cycle.
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