E-commerce stores engineered to convert and scale

The honest answer is: it depends on your business. WooCommerce gives you complete control — custom functionality, full code access and no transaction fees — but requires a developer for complex changes and you are responsible for hosting, security and updates. Shopify is a hosted platform with a lower technical overhead and a mature app ecosystem, but customisation is constrained by the Liquid templating system and transaction fees apply unless you use Shopify Payments. For B2B, complex integrations or heavily customised functionality, we generally recommend WooCommerce. For D2C brands, fashion and retail wanting speed to market, Shopify is often the better fit. We will advise honestly during our scoping call.

Yes. We handle migrations from Magento, OpenCart, PrestaShop, BigCommerce, Wix Stores, Squarespace Commerce and any other platform. A migration involves extracting your product catalogue, customer records, order history, reviews and content — then remapping and redirecting all URLs to preserve your organic search rankings. We run the migration on staging, verify every key URL, test checkout end-to-end and only cut over to production when everything is confirmed. We provide a full URL redirect map as a deliverable.

A Launch-tier store typically takes 6–8 weeks from design approval to launch. Growth-tier builds with integrations run 10–14 weeks. Enterprise builds are individually scoped but typically 16–24 weeks depending on complexity. The biggest variable is content and product data readiness — the faster your catalogue is clean and ready to import, the faster we can complete testing. We share a milestone-based project plan at kickoff so everyone knows exactly what is due when.

E-commerce SEO is built in from the ground up — not added as an afterthought. Every store we build includes: semantic HTML with correct heading hierarchy, product and category schema markup, canonical URL configuration, XML sitemap generation, breadcrumb navigation, faceted navigation handling to prevent duplicate content, optimised image alt attributes and Open Graph tags. We also preserve all existing URLs and redirect any changed ones during migrations, protecting your accumulated organic rankings. For ongoing SEO performance, we offer a dedicated SEO retainer.

Yes. We have built integrations with Sage, Xero, SAP, Brightpearl, Linnworks, Cin7, ShipStation, Royal Mail Click & Drop and numerous bespoke systems via REST APIs. Integration scope varies significantly — a read-only stock feed is far simpler than bi-directional order and inventory sync — so we scope integrations individually after reviewing your system's API documentation or export capabilities. We can work with your ERP vendor's technical team directly where needed.

Yes. All stores include a post-launch support period (30 or 60 days depending on tier) during which we fix any issues at no charge. Beyond that, our e-commerce retainers cover platform and plugin updates, security monitoring, performance reviews and ongoing development. E-commerce is never "done" — conversion rates can always be improved, new integrations added, and functionality expanded — so most clients continue working with us after launch. Retainers are priced monthly with no long-term lock-in.