The Project

Fishing Superstore

Advanced eCommerce Features for Complex Marine Products

Built a comprehensive suite of custom features including intelligent product finders, enhanced review systems, visual shopping experiences, and smart cart functionality to handle complex marine product catalogues and customer needs.

Fishing Superstore is a 100% Australian-owned retailer based on the Sunshine Coast, selling 2,500+ fishing, boating and camping products to anglers and boat owners nationwide. LION has partnered with Fishing Superstore since 2021 across SEO, SEM, Meta and email, and the same team that drives their traffic also builds the store it lands on.

Their catalogue asks a lot of the customer. Boat covers have to match an exact make, model and length. Promotions run on spend thresholds, free gifts and tiered offers. The range runs deeper than a standard three-level menu can show. And most shoppers arrive on mobile, where each of those problems is hardest to solve.

Fishing Superstore needed a store that did more of that work for the customer. We built a set of custom features inside their Shopify store to help shoppers find the right fit, trust what they’re buying, and add more to the cart.

The Problem

The Challenges

01

Complex Product Discovery

Customers struggled to find the right boat covers from thousands of SKUs with specific make/model/year requirements. Traditional search and filtering couldn’t handle the complexity of boat-specific fitment.

02

Mobile Review Engagement

Yotpo’s floating review widget wasn’t mobile-compatible, but 60%+ of FSS traffic came from mobile devices. Reviews are critical for high-ticket marine products but weren’t accessible to most customers.

03

Custom Mega Menu

FSS’s extensive product catalogue required a mega menu with multiple levels of navigation, rich media, and dynamic content. Shopify’s native menu system couldn’t support the required complexity or performance.

04

Complex Cart Offers

FSS runs sophisticated promotions (spend thresholds, free gifts, tiered discounts) but Shopify’s native cart couldn’t handle dynamic offer visualization, progress tracking, or automatic gift management.

The Solution

Solutions Delivered

Challenge 1: Complex Product Discovery

Solution: Custom Boat Cover Finder

Fishing Superstore Boat Cover Finder, showing the boat-brand selection step in a guided fitment wizard
The Boat Cover Finder: a guided wizard that narrows 1,000+ SKUs to exact-fit covers, starting from the customer’s boat brand.

What we built:

  • Interactive finder embedded directly in main navigation
  • Multi-step wizard (boat make → model → type → length)
  • Real-time matching across 1,000+ boat fitments
  • Exact fitment guarantee messaging
  • Mobile-optimised interface

Technical approach:

  • Custom Shopify app with product metafields for fitment data
  • Cached fitment database for instant responses

Result:

  • Higher boat cover conversions
  • 42% fewer returns on boat covers
  • Faster product discovery

Challenge 2: Mobile Review Engagement

Solution: Custom Yotpo Mobile Widget

Fishing Superstore mobile review panel, showing a 4.9 star rating from 176 reviews with individual product reviews
The rebuilt mobile review panel: thumb-reachable, collapsible, and showing product-level reviews on the 60%+ of traffic that is mobile.

What we built:

  • Custom sitewide floating review widget
  • Mobile-responsive design with touch optimisation
  • Bottom-anchored position for thumb accessibility
  • Collapsible interface to preserve screen space
  • Review count badge with live updates

Technical approach:

  • Custom JavaScript wrapper around Yotpo API
  • LocalStorage for widget state persistence

Result:

  • More mobile review submissions
  • Higher review widget engagement
  • Stronger mobile trust signals

Challenge 3: Custom Mega Menu

Solution: Dynamic Mega Menu

Fishing Superstore mega menu expanded, showing four levels of category navigation across lures and marine gear
The custom mega menu: four navigation levels where Shopify natively allows three, with category and type columns side by side.

What we built:

  • Multi-level navigation with rich media support
  • Large product category displays
  • Optimised for performance and mobile usability
  • Custom admin interface for easy updates

Technical approach:

  • Menu goes level 4 deep while Shopify natively allows up to level 3

Result:

  • More multi-product purchases
  • Increased category page engagement
  • Improved navigation experience

Challenge 4: Complex Cart Offers

Solution: Smart Cart Functionality

Fishing Superstore slide-out cart showing line items, quantity steppers, cross-sell suggestions and a running order total
The smart cart drawer: live line-item editing, “you may also like” cross-sells and a running total, without leaving the page.

What we built:

  • Goal Progress Bar: Visual tracker for next offer tier
  • Custom Upsell Block: Dynamic product recommendations
  • Free Gift Manager: Auto add/remove when thresholds met
  • Tiered Messaging: Context-aware prompts

Technical approach:

  • Custom cart.liquid template with real-time calculations
  • Custom JavaScript for gift/discount automation
  • AJAX cart API for seamless gift management

Result:

  • Higher average order value
  • Fewer abandoned carts
  • More offer redemptions

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