Online shop
From £995
- Product catalogue and categories
- Cart and checkout
- Payment gateway integration
- Order management
- Email notifications
- Delivery options
- SEO and analytics setup
- Security configuration
- Backups
Selling online
E-commerce Website Development
An online shop that handles products, payments, delivery and orders properly, so selling online does not create more admin than it removes. Based in Dundee, working with businesses across Scotland and the United Kingdom.
From £995 Starting price. Final cost depends on what the project needs.
Who it is for
- Retailers moving online
- Makers and small producers
- Trades selling parts or supplies
- Businesses currently selling through social media messages
- Shops wanting click and collect
- Anyone taking orders by phone and typing them up afterwards
What it solves
- Orders arriving as messages, then copied into a spreadsheet by hand
- No reliable record of what was ordered and what was paid
- Stock counts that are always slightly wrong
- Payment handled awkwardly, or not at all until collection
- No delivery options, so every order needs a conversation
- A marketplace taking a cut of every sale
What can be included
Not every project needs everything here. The scope is agreed before work starts, and the quotation reflects what you actually asked for.
The shop
- Product catalogue and categories
- Variations such as size and colour
- Cart and checkout
- Search and filtering
- Discount codes
Money and orders
- Payment gateway integration
- Order management
- Email notifications
- Customer accounts
- Stock tracking
Delivery
- Delivery options and rates
- Click and collect
- Order status updates
Around it
- SEO setup for product and category pages
- Analytics
- Backups
- Security configuration
- Performance work for a fast checkout
What you get out of it
- Orders arrive complete, paid and recorded, without a conversation first
- Stock and orders live in one place instead of three
- Customers can buy at eleven at night without waiting for a reply
- You keep the margin a marketplace would take
- Product pages that can be found in search on their own
What you receive
- A working shop you own, not a rented storefront
- Payment provider connected and tested with real test orders
- Delivery options and click and collect where wanted
- Order management you can actually run the business from
- A walkthrough of adding products and handling orders
- Product and category pages structured to be found in search
- Backups and security configuration before launch
What is needed from you
- A product list with prices, and variations if any
- Product photographs
- Your delivery rules and areas
- A payment provider account, or help opening one
- Your returns and terms wording, or a conversation about it
Security considered from the start.
An online shop is configured with HTTPS throughout, secure integration with your chosen payment provider, protected administrator access, kept-current software, backups and form protection. Card details are handled by the payment provider rather than stored on the site, which is both safer and simpler. Where relevant, development practices take recognised guidance from organisations such as OWASP and the UK National Cyber Security Centre into consideration.
Standards and guidance this work follows
Not a certification claim. These are the published references the work is measured against, so the decisions are somebody else's tested thinking rather than only mine.
Information Commissioner’s Office
UK data protection guidance. Shapes what a form asks for, how long information is kept, what a privacy notice says, and how cookies are handled.
OWASP
The Open Worldwide Application Security Project. Its guidance on authentication, access control, input validation, session handling and safe error messages informs how anything with a login or a form is built.
Google Search Central
Google’s own documentation on indexing, site structure, titles, headings and sitemaps. Followed so a site can be found, rather than guessed at.
WCAG 2.2
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Colour contrast, keyboard operation, focus visibility and text alternatives, so the site works for people using it in ways you may not expect.
Following recognised guidance is not the same as holding an independent certification, and none is claimed here.
How it works
Work out what you sell
Products, variations, delivery, payment and how orders reach you now. This is where most of the thinking happens.
Scope and quote
A written scope and fixed quotation before anything is built.
Build and test
Shop built, test orders placed end to end, payment and delivery checked properly before launch.
Launch and handover
Live, with a walkthrough of adding products, handling orders and reading the reports.
Pricing
What moves the price: how many products, how many variations, how complicated delivery is, whether customer accounts are needed, which payment providers, and whether an existing stock system has to connect.
Prices shown are starting prices. Final pricing depends on project requirements, functionality, complexity, integrations and third-party services. A clear quotation is provided before work begins.
Honest scope: secure integration with a payment provider is included. No payment card industry certification is claimed or held, and card details are deliberately never stored on your website.
Common questions
How much does an online shop cost?
From £995, with the final figure depending mostly on product count, variations and delivery rules. Twenty simple products costs considerably less than two hundred products in four sizes each.
Do you build WooCommerce shops?
Yes. WooCommerce suits most small business shops well and keeps you in control of your own store rather than renting space on someone else's platform.
Can customers pay by card?
Yes, through a provider such as Stripe or PayPal. Card details go directly to them and are never stored on your website, which is the correct way to do it.
Can I offer click and collect?
Yes, alongside or instead of delivery.
Can it connect to my existing stock system?
Often, depending on whether that system offers a way to connect. See API and AI integration.
Related services
Thinking about selling online?
Tell me what you sell and how orders reach you at the moment. That is usually enough to say what it would take.