Design

Klaviyo Template Design

We've already said a lot about the importance of email to ecommerce growth. But chances are you know that — you're here because you want your emails to look better. Or work harder. Or both.

We approach Klaviyo template design with one philosophy: build a system, not a collection of one-offs. One-off bomber emails might look great on the day they're sent. But given the volume of email a growing ecommerce brand should be sending — campaigns, flows, transactional messages — starting from scratch every time isn't sustainable. And using the same tired template week after week bores everyone, including you.

What We Build

A Klaviyo template system typically includes a modular component library (hero sections, product grids, feature callouts, testimonial blocks, countdown timers, and more), a base campaign template that can be rapidly dressed up for promotions, a flow-specific template set optimized for automated sequences, and a transactional template suite (order confirmation, shipping notification, review request). We design for flexibility — the same components that work in a plain-text-feeling founder email should also work in your biggest seasonal promo. That's the system.

The Flows We Design For

On the flow side, our templates are built to support your most revenue-generating automations: abandoned cart and browse abandonment, welcome series, post-purchase sequences (including review requests and cross-sells), win-back campaigns for lapsed customers, back-in-stock alerts, and subscription billing and management flows. Each of these has its own conversion objective and its own design requirements — the urgency of an abandoned cart email looks different than the warmth of a welcome series.

Design to Test

Because we build modular systems, A/B testing becomes genuinely easy. Swap a hero image. Test a two-column layout versus a single column. Try a different CTA button color. With a component-based approach, these tests don't require redesigning the entire email — you swap one block and run the test. Email may win or lose on subject lines and offers, but great design turns a good offer into a great one. And great systems make great design repeatable at scale.

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—Angela Foddrill, Owner, Baske

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