Elegant Jewellery E-Commerce Website Build

My new jewellery brand needs a full-featured online store crafted from scratch on WooCommerce. The tone of the site must feel elegant and sophisticated, mirroring the premium nature of the pieces while remaining intuitive for shoppers on desktop and mobile. It should be responsive as well. Core experience I want customers to glide through a refined interface, locate items quickly with smart product search and layered filters (metal, gemstone, price range, occasion, etc.), read authentic customer reviews, and pay with absolute confidence through fully secured gateways (credit card, PayPal, Apple Pay and similar options you recommend). Design direction Clean typography, generous white space and high-resolution imagery should lead the aesthetic. Subtle animations are welcome as long as they do not slow load times or distract from the jewellery itself. The product pages need zoomable images, clear variant selection, and a discreet upsell section for matching items. Deliverables • Custom WooCommerce theme reflecting an elegant, sophisticated style • End-to-end store setup: catalog structure, tax and shipping rules, coupon & gift-card logic • Advanced search and multi-facet filters fully tested • Customer review module styled to match the theme • Integration of secure payment gateways and SSL configuration • Speed-optimised, mobile-responsive pages (Core Web Vitals green) • Basic SEO foundation: clean URLs, meta tags, schema markup for products • Launch checklist and a short video walkthrough so I can manage inventory, promotions and content with ease Acceptance criteria 1. Pages load in under 2.5 s on standard 4G according to PageSpeed Insights. 2. Checkout process passes a full test transaction on all integrated payment methods. 3. Search returns correct results in <1 s; filters update without page reload. 4. Theme validated for WCAG 2.1 AA colour-contrast guidelines. Timeline is flexible within reason, but I’d like an initial design preview within two weeks of project start so we can refine early. If you have portfolio pieces that echo this level of elegance, that will help me visualise what we can achieve together.