Building brand consistency and e-commerce functionality.

Airhead, a manufacturer and distributor of watersports recreational gear, had grown through acquisition and as a result, had five—that’s right—different websites, all with their own look and feel. With the spring and summer fast approaching, Airhead needed a cohesive web presence as soon as possible.

Element Three helped us make sense of our brand and then effectively translated the message across our e-commerce site. Not only is the new site more intuitive for users and performing better than ever, it also sets our company up for success going forward.”

Building a smarter, faster website.

The older sites included very little automation, requiring updates to be made manually—so we stylized the Shopify app to fit the Airhead brand, meaning the Airhead team didn’t need to painstakingly build landing page after landing page. They could simply use the drag-and-drop builder to put the right modules in the right places, giving them the framework to level up the website as it grows.

We also automated the fulfillment process. The site now automatically updates the number of products in stock and orders are automatically recorded in the site’s ERP system, rather than requiring Airhead’s internal team to manually input those numbers.

Consistency. Consistency. Consistency.

Each of the five websites we were merging had a slightly different twist to it from a branding perspective. So one of the most important goals for the new site was to ensure consistent branding throughout.

As part of our larger partnership with Airhead, we had already gone through the process of refreshing the Airhead brand. That would serve as the foundation for merging the existing sites; rather than taking bits and pieces of the disparate sites, we simply reworked the content to fit the newly upgraded brand architecture.

An instant success.

From consistent branding to e-commerce functionality, the new Airhead site was a big hit from day one. Sales rocketed the first weekend the new site was live and continued to perform after launch—increasing e-commerce revenue by 192% YoY.