Boutique Resources for Starting and Growing Your Boutique
Start here if you're planning a boutique, fixing your website, trying to get more sales, or figuring out what to work on next.
Start your boutique
The guides that walk a brand new boutique from idea to live store, without overspending or overbuilding.
The full step-by-step pillar guide — niche, vendors, Shopify, pricing, and launch.
Every step from idea to first sale in the right order.
Realistic startup cost ranges with line items most owners forget.
How to size your first buy without overspending.
Set up an at-home boutique without overbuilding too early.
Dropship, print-on-demand, and pre-order paths that actually work.
Plan your boutique business
Templates, examples, and calculators for building a realistic plan before you spend on inventory or ads.
A simple, real-world business plan built for boutique owners.
Three filled-out examples to model your own plan on.
Add up inventory, platform, branding, and launch costs.
Plan units to buy by category based on sell-through goals.
Find true margin after fees, shipping, and markdowns.
Know your numbers
Free calculators built specifically for boutique owners — no spreadsheets to download.
Every calculator in one place — startup, profit, sales, conversion, inventory.
Turn a revenue goal into a weekly traffic and order target.
See the orders or revenue you need to cover real costs.
Plan markdowns without selling below your margin floor.
Estimate revenue your email list should be producing.
Check whether traffic or the store itself is the bigger fix.
Get more boutique sales
Diagnose the real blocker — traffic, conversion, pricing, or follow-up — before adding another tactic.
A practical diagnostic for stuck stores — fix the real blocker first.
Translate a revenue goal into weekly traffic, orders, and AOV.
Benchmark your store's conversion rate and what to do next.
See the email revenue your list should be making.
One-on-one coaching with Carina for boutique owners who are stuck.
Practical boutique coaching focused on next steps, not motivation.
Get personalized help
Ways to work with Carina directly, from a one-time audit to ongoing coaching.
A structured, prioritized review of your homepage, products, offer, and traffic.
Work directly with Carina on the next layer of fixes.
Focused coaching on website clarity, traffic, pricing, and sales planning.
Application-based, longer-term private coaching with Carina.
Self-paced training for launching, growing, and selling more.
Have a dropship-ready Shopify store built for you.
Carina's curated boutique vendor and wholesale source list.
Built by a boutique owner, for boutique owners
Carina Hatton has owned a boutique since 2013 and has helped build or review thousands of Shopify stores. Grow Your Boutique is built to give boutique owners practical tools, calculators, and no-fluff guidance for starting, fixing, and growing an online boutique.
Get Your Boutique in Front of More Shoppers
Grow Your Boutique helps you plan, price, fix, and grow your boutique. The Boutique Collective is Carina's shopper-facing boutique discovery site, built to help shoppers find boutiques by style, category, location, and gift needs. If you already own a boutique and want more shopper visibility, you can explore getting listed on The Boutique Collective.
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