Shopify stores designed and launched
So every page, email and reply sounds like the same brand
Brand Voice Guide: Write How You Sound Down Once and Reuse It Everywhere
When every page sounds different, shoppers feel it. Our brand voice guide service captures how your brand speaks, shows it in examples from your own store and gives writers rules they can follow. From $290, fixed price.
- Voice traits drawn from your answers and pages
- Examples written for your own store
- Words to use and words to avoid
- A cheat sheet for freelancers and staff
From$290
Delivery4 to 20 working days
Revisions2 rounds
Our track record
450+ Shopify Stores Launched Since 2015. Your How-we-sound Document Gets the Same Care.
A voice guide turns a feeling into rules. We listen to how you talk about your brand, study your pages and write down how it should sound, with examples so anyone can match it.
Average rating from verified clients
Building Shopify stores since
Secure checkout
Pay through a protected checkout and keep a full order record.
Two revision rounds
Included in every package, so the result matches what you pictured.
Backup before changes
We work on a duplicate of your theme, never on your live store.
Who this is for
Brand Voice Guide: Who We Work For
A voice guide suits particular situations. We meet these six situations most often.
You are a good fit if
- You want a written brand voice guide for your store
- You can share pages and examples of how you speak
- You need a fixed price and a written scope before work starts
- You own the brand and approve the guide
Brands with several writers
Freelancers and staff each write differently.
Stores about to scale content
More pages and emails are coming.
Stores after a rebrand
The look changed and the words did not.
Owners with inconsistent replies
Support and marketing sound like two companies.
Founders who write everything
You need to hand some of it over.
Brands wanting a distinct personality
Competitors all sound the same.
Problems solved
Why Brands End Up With Many Voices
Inconsistent voice is rarely a decision; it is what happens without a guide. These six problems are the ones we see most.
- Every writer sounds different.
Pages written by five people read like five brands.
- The guide is vague.
Be friendly and professional means nothing to a writer.
- No examples exist.
Rules without sample lines cannot be applied.
- One tone fits all.
A joke belongs in a post and not in a refund reply.
- Briefing takes forever.
Each new writer needs the same long explanation.
- Staff guess.
Support replies drift from the brand.
What we can do
Brand Voice Guide: What the Work Covers
Six jobs make up the work. Your package decides how deep each one goes.
Listening and review
We interview you and read your pages, emails and replies.
Voice traits
We define a few traits with plain-language meaning.
Tone by channel
We show how tone shifts across site, email, social and support.
Examples
We write before-and-after examples from your own pages.
Word lists
Words and phrases to use and avoid are listed.
Cheat sheet
A one-page summary writers can keep open.
What is included
What Is Inside Your How-we-sound Document Package
Everything in your Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation order falls into one of six groups. The comparison table below shows how far each group goes by package for how-we-sound document.
Listening
- Founder interview
- Page and email review
- Support reply review
- Competitor voice scan
Voice
- Voice traits
- Meaning of each trait
- What each trait is not
- Voice in one sentence
Tone
- Website tone
- Email tone
- Social tone
- Support tone
Examples
- Before-and-after lines
- Sample headlines
- Sample replies
- Sample subject lines
Words
- Words we use
- Words we avoid
- Spelling and style notes
- Names and capitalisation
Hand-over
- Guide document
- Cheat sheet
- Written notes
- Recorded walkthrough
Your part: products, brand assets and approvals for Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation. We handle the how-we-sound document work and the checks.
Voice audit
How Your Existing Pages Are Checked Against the Voice
The walkthrough shows a voice audit across your store: each row is a place where words reach customers, checked for fit with the traits in the guide, flagged where the tone drifts and re-checked after the fix.
Portfolio
Store Design Styles We Build
These storefront designs show how layout, product detail and trust cues change from one niche to the next, which is the same care that goes into Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation.
Pet travel accessories store design
Pet travel accessories
Fitness creator store design
Fitness creator
Electronics store design
Electronics
Fitness store design
Fitness
Streetwear store design
Streetwear
Fitness apparel store design
Fitness apparelProcess and timeline
How Your How-we-sound Document Is Delivered, Start to Finish
Six steps from brief to handover. You approve the work before anything touches your live store, and the calculator sets the pace for the how-we-sound document.
- 1
Brief and asset review
Your products, brand and goals are the starting point. We turn them into a written plan for your how-we-sound document.
- 2
Choose how we get access
Choose a collaborator request, or have us work in our Partner account and hand over the result. Owner passwords and card details are never needed for the how-we-sound document.
- 3
Listen and review what you already say
We interview you about how the brand should sound, read your pages, emails and replies and mark where the voice is strong, weak or missing.
- 4
Write the guide and prove it with examples
We write the traits, tone rules and word lists, add before-and-after examples from your own pages and finish with a one-page cheat sheet and a short walkthrough.
- 5
Compare the result with the brief and with your store
Store changes get tested on real devices, and files and pages are checked against the plan. We fix what differs before your review of the how-we-sound document.
- 6
Deliver and hand over
Once you approve, the how-we-sound document is delivered with working files and notes. You own everything, and two revision rounds are included.
Compare your options
Template or tool, Freelance gig, General agency or Our How-we-sound Document Service?
Four usual ways to get a voice guide. This comparison shows who builds from your own pages and gives writers examples.
| What matters | Template or tool | Freelance gig | General agency | Store Design Expert |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built from interviews and your own pages | Generic adjectives | Sometimes | Yes | Yes |
| Before-and-after examples | No | Sometimes | Sometimes | Yes |
| Tone shifts by channel | No | Sometimes | Yes | Yes |
| One-page cheat sheet for writers | No | No | Extra cost | Yes |
| Price known before work begins | Cheap but open-ended | Yes | Quote only | Yes |
| Shopify store and checkout expertise | Learning | Varies | General | Yes |
| Two structured revision rounds | No | Varies | Extra cost | Yes |
| Source files and notes delivered in writing | No | Rarely | Sometimes | Yes |
Inside every project
What Protects Your Store and Your Budget During Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation
Work on your brand and catalog is a big trust, so these six habits protect your how-we-sound document on every package.
Your voice, not a borrowed one
We build the guide from your words and pages, avoid copying another brand's phrases and keep it practical enough that a new writer can apply it on day one.
Least access needed
We ask only for the access your how-we-sound document needs, through Shopify's own sharing tools where a store is involved, and remove it when we finish.
Working files are yours
Final and working files for your how-we-sound document are handed over, so another person could use them later.
Checked before you look
Every how-we-sound document item is checked against the brief first, so your review covers taste and wording, not faults.
No promised sales
We make how-we-sound document to help shoppers decide, and we never promise revenue, rankings or reach.
Rights respected
We only use images, fonts, music and text you own or that are properly licensed in your how-we-sound document, and we say which.
Interactive price calculator
Build Your How-we-sound Document Package
Choose a package, then tell us about your volume, your brand voice guide needs and how soon you want it. The fixed price and delivery window update with every click.
Request a custom quote
Very large volumes, several brands or stores, rush schedules and unusual formats for how-we-sound document are scoped separately and quoted at a fixed price.
Request a QuoteChanged your mind? Choose Tuneup Essential, Tuneup Plus or Tuneup Premier above to return to the instant calculator.
Packages and comparison
How-we-sound Document Package Comparison
Line-by-line detail of what each package covers, useful when choosing between a light pass and a full how-we-sound document service.
| What is included | Tuneup Essential $290 | Tuneup Plus $690Recommended | Tuneup Premier $1,490 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three to four page guide | Included | Included | Included |
| Three to five voice traits | Included | Included | Included |
| Do and do-not lists | Included | Included | Included |
| Words we use and avoid | Included | Included | Included |
| Ten sample lines | Included | Included | Included |
| Eight to twelve page guide | Not included | Included | Included |
| Tone shifts by channel | Not included | Included | Included |
| Before-and-after examples | Not included | Included | Included |
| Support tone section | Not included | Included | Included |
| One-page cheat sheet | Not included | Included | Included |
| Complete voice system | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Voice workshop | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Five rewritten sample pages | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Email and ad voice rules | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Writer onboarding pack | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Typical delivery | 4 to 7 days | 7 to 12 days | 12 to 20 days |
Your Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation price and delivery estimate come from the calculator above, so there is no surprise at checkout.
Why Store Design Expert
Brand Voice Guide: Why Brands Choose Us
Anyone can list adjectives. Store owners hire us for the interview, the examples drawn from their own pages and the cheat sheet that makes the guide usable.
Rules shown through examples
Every trait comes with sample lines from your own store.
Daily work across Shopify copy
Product pages, emails, policies and ads are everyday material for us, so the guide covers real places.
Rated 4.9+ by verified clients
These reviews come from verified Store Design Expert clients, in their own words, and your how-we-sound document follows the same process.
Prices you can plan around
Every package, option and extra has a visible price, sized by volume, detail and speed for your how-we-sound document.
You talk directly to the person doing your Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation work
You write to the person handling your how-we-sound document, not a ticket queue.
Experience since 2015
More than 450 Shopify stores launched means few catalog, content or launch problems are new to us, how-we-sound document included.
What we need to get started
What We Need Before We Start Your How-we-sound Document
Three ways to give access, then a short list of facts about your how-we-sound document.
Accept our collaborator request
Share your store address and accept our request so Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation can begin. The owner can grant what we need for your how-we-sound document and remove us in one click.
Taking over existing work? That is fine
Let us know what exists, and who made it. We review your how-we-sound document first and agree what to keep.
Or share a restricted staff login
A staff account with limited permissions works too for how-we-sound document, though the collaborator route is easier to revoke.
How you talk about the brand
Answer a short questionnaire or take a call.
Pages and emails
Share links or give us a collaborator invite.
Brands you admire
Share a few whose tone you like.
Owner passwords and card details are never requested for your how-we-sound document. Access for Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation is granted through Shopify's own tools and removed when the work is done.
Testimonials
What Store Owners Say Before You Order Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation
Verified Store Design Expert clients describe the brief, the work and the handover in their own words, and your how-we-sound document follows the same path.
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Store Design Expert was very knowledgeable about what I needed done to fix my Shopify store and how to improve the store layout. The project was completed very quickly, and I will definitely use them for support as my business grows.
ST
Samuel T.United States
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Very satisfied with the work. Most importantly, Store Design Expert responded promptly to my questions and concerns. Thank you!
KB
Kyle B.United States
Verified
Outstanding work and outstanding customer service. Five stars! I will absolutely use Store Design Expert again for my next book.
KM
Katharine M.United States
Verified
Store Design Expert was great! They delivered exactly what I asked for and even offered helpful extra suggestions. Highly recommended.
PW
Paul W.United States
Verified
I request Store Design Expert every time I have a project. They are professional and give real attention to detail, which makes the work stand out.
LK
Laura K.United States
Verified
They kept communicating until the problem was fully resolved, and the result was great.
HJ
Henry J.United States
Verified
Super helpful and patient. I am new to ecommerce and Store Design Expert talked me through the whole process and even fixed my payment bridging for me!
LR
Lois R.United Kingdom
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I am beyond satisfied! Store Design Expert went above and beyond on my project. Highly recommended!
MD
Michael D.United States
Verified
The experience was tailored to my brand and specifications to the letter. I love the result.
EP
Eric P.United States
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“developing a brand voice” or “brand voice in marketing”: owners type these when they need Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation, and the packages above are priced for that job.
FAQ
Brand Voice Guide: Your Questions Answered
Answers on cost, timing, access, files and what happens after delivery for how-we-sound document.
How long does a brand voice guide take?
Most projects take 4 to 20 working days, depending on package, number of channels and how quickly you can talk to us. Before you pay, the calculator shows what Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation will cost and how long it takes.
Will the guide help freelancers and agencies?
Yes. The cheat sheet and examples are written so a new writer can match your voice without a long briefing, and the top package adds an onboarding pack for outside writers.
What do you need from me to start Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation?
Send links to your pages and emails, a short questionnaire answer and a few brands whose tone you like. We begin with the interview.
What is the price of Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation?
You can order Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation from $290; the most it reaches, with all options selected, is $4,490.
How are the Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation packages different?
Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation comes in 3 packages: Tuneup Essential at $290 (4 to 7 working days), Tuneup Plus at $690 (7 to 12 working days) and Tuneup Premier at $1,490 (12 to 20 working days).
What does Tuneup Essential include for Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation?
A short brand voice guide of three to four pages: voice traits, what to say and avoid, a words-we-use list and ten sample lines in your voice for your store. It includes: Three to four page guide; Three to five voice traits; Do and do-not lists; Words we use and avoid; Ten sample lines. Tuneup Essential costs $290 and takes 4 to 7 working days.
What do I choose when I order Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation?
Beyond the package, Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation needs 4 decisions from you: how detailed should the guide be (Three to four pages, Eight to twelve pages, Complete voice system); how many channels does it cover (Website and email, Add social and support, Add ads and packaging); who will use the guide (You alone, Your team, Freelancers and agencies); how soon do you need it live (Standard, Sooner, Fastest).
Are there optional extras for Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation?
Optional extras for Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation include Live voice workshop (+$240), Rewrite of one key page (+$220), Support reply snippets (+$130), Email subject line bank (+$110), Translation-ready notes (+$110) and Recorded walkthrough (+$90).
Can I get a custom quote for Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation?
For Brand Voice & Tone Guide Creation work outside the packages, choose Request a custom quote. We put the scope in writing and give you one fixed price before we begin.
Ready when you are
Brand Voice Guide: Order Your Package
Choose a package, watch the fixed price settle and have a team that has launched 450+ Shopify stores write down how your brand sounds so it sounds that way everywhere.
Fixed price · Two revision rounds · Files handed over