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Pott Candles — Starter Pack Switching
June 18, 2026
Website improvement proposal

Let shoppers glide between starter packs

A way to add a row of swatches to each starter‑pack page — so customers can hop from Ocean Sea Salt to Tomato to Citronella in one tap, while every pack keeps its own page for Google & AI search.

Prepared for Ailis Recommended: lightweight custom build One‑off · no recurring cost Each pack stays its own page
The change

Today vs. after

Each pack already lives on its own page. We're adding the easy way to move between them.

Today
  • Each starter pack is its own page
  • No way to switch packs from the page
  • Shoppers must go back to a collection and hunt
  • Easy to lose people between scents
After
  • A swatch row to jump between packs in one tap
  • Feels like switching a variant
  • Every pack keeps its own URL, images & reviews
  • Better for Google & AI search discovery
What the shopper sees

On any starter‑pack page

Size switches in place. The swatch row jumps to another pack's own page — made to feel instant.

🌊

Ocean Sea Salt Starter Pack

£65.00
Size
Standard
Choose your pack
🌊
Ocean Sea Salt
🍅
Tomato
🌿
Citronella
🌹
Rose

↑ Visual mockup. The current pack is highlighted; tapping another swatch opens that pack's own page.

How it's structured

The model

Start with starter packs as the pilot. The same setup later extends to any other line.

Each starter packIts own Shopify product / page (Ocean Sea Salt, Tomato, Citronella…)
Size (Petite / Standard / Grand)A normal variant dropdown inside each pack — switches in place
The “family”All starter packs grouped together (via a collection + a simple link field)
The switcherA lightweight swatch row Kova builds into the product page
The build · recommended route

Step by step

A mix of quick Shopify‑admin setup (anyone on the team can do) and the switcher itself (built by Kova).

A Catalog Pott / Kova
  1. Make sure each starter pack is its own product (most already are).
  2. Keep Petite / Standard / Grand as variants (the size dropdown) inside each pack.
  3. Do not add a “scent” variant — switching scent is what the swatch row does.
B Group the packs Pott / Kova
  1. Create (or confirm) a “Starter Packs” collection containing every starter pack.
  2. Add a small “link” field on each pack pointing to that group — so the page knows its siblings (future‑proofs sub‑groups later).
C Build the switcher Kova
  1. Kova adds a swatch‑row component to the starter‑pack page template that lists the sibling packs and links to each one.
  2. We add a tap/hover pre‑load so jumping between packs feels instant.
  3. Highlight the current pack, and make sure it looks right on mobile (where most traffic is).
D Test & publish Kova
  1. Everything is built and reviewed on a duplicate / preview theme first.
  2. You approve it on preview, then we publish to the live store.
⚠️ All work happens on a duplicate / preview of the theme — the live store isn't touched until you sign off.
What we'll need

From the Pott side

Effort

What it takes

~1–2 days
one‑off build & setup
£0/mo
no app or plan upgrade
You own it
lives in your theme
If you'd prefer a different route

Other options we considered

All reach the same outcome. We recommend the custom build above, but here are the alternatives.

Third‑party app (e.g. Rubik Combined Listings)

Low effort

Mostly point‑and‑click, works on your plan. Trade‑offs: a monthly fee, another app to maintain, and we'd verify each pack stays its own indexable page.

Add the theme's native siblings section

Medium effort

Your theme (Palo Alto) supports a siblings feature in newer versions, but it isn't present in your current customized theme. A developer could graft it in.

Update the theme to the latest version

Higher effort

The newest Palo Alto includes siblings out of the box — but your theme is heavily customized, so those customizations would need re‑applying. Bigger project for one feature.

Shopify native “Combined Listings”

Not available

Shopify's own built‑in version does exactly this, but it's restricted to the Plus / Enterprise plan — not available on Pott's current plan.

Your decision

How would you like to proceed?

Either way, we build on a preview theme and start with starter packs as the pilot.

Recommended
1

Kova builds the custom switcher

We handle the whole thing end‑to‑end. We'll just need the pack list and swatch thumbnails from you.

2

Choose an alternative route

Prefer the app, the theme‑native section, or a theme update? Tell us which and we'll scope it.