Service
Custom e-commerce. No Shopify tax.
Shopify, BigCommerce and Wix eCommerce are fine for someone. But if your products don't fit their assumptions, bundles, made-to-order, trade pricing, subscription boxes, multi-currency, you spend more time fighting the platform than selling. A bespoke store built on Laravel fits how you actually sell, keeps the transaction fees, and doesn't lock you in.
What a proper custom shop includes.
No compromises on the bits that matter, because there's no template telling us what's easy and what isn't.
Stripe, done properly
Apple Pay, Google Pay, Klarna, Stripe Tax for UK/EU VAT handling. Wired directly into the site, no hosted checkout jumping you off-brand.
Real stock management
Variants, low-stock alerts, back-in-stock emails. Out-of-stock means "hide the buy button", not "let them check out and surprise them later".
Shipping & zones
UK zones, next-day surcharges, free over £X, click & collect, weight-banded pricing. Configured to match how you actually ship, not what Shopify allows.
Bundles & made-to-order
Products that build from components. Pick-your-own bundles. Per-order customisation. All the scenarios that start with "well, normally you'd need a plugin for that..."
Subscriptions & boxes
Monthly, quarterly, curated. Cancel/pause/skip flows. Dunning. Without paying 1-3% in extra fees to Recharge or a similar SaaS.
Trade pricing & accounts
Hidden trade prices, minimum order quantities, customer-group VAT rules. The retail/trade hybrid shop is exactly where bespoke wins.
The quiet cost of renting a shop.
A rented platform charges you every month, takes a cut of each sale, and adds subscriptions for the features that aren't built in. Those costs quietly add up for as long as you trade, and you're renting the whole time. A bespoke store is a one-off build that you own, with no monthly platform fee and no cut of your sales beyond your payment provider.
And whatever you've paid, you still don't own it. Your customer database sits in their warehouse. If they change their terms, you move or you pay.
£0/mo
No monthly platform fee
Yours
Your code, your data, your shop
0%
Transaction fees beyond Stripe
Fast
PageSpeed 95+ without a CDN bandaid
E-commerce questions.
Isn't a rented platform like Shopify cheaper?
Over time, usually not, but the bigger point is what you're left with. With a rented platform you pay every month and own nothing at the end. A bespoke store is a one-off build you own outright, with no monthly platform fee and no cut of your sales beyond your payment provider. I'll always scope and quote it up front so you can weigh it up.
Can you migrate my existing Shopify store?
Yes. Products, customers, order history, URLs, SEO redirects. I've done it several times. Launch day is a weekend, you go to bed on Shopify and wake up on your own store, same URLs.
What about PCI compliance and security?
Card data goes directly to Stripe, never touches your server. That keeps PCI compliance at SAQ-A (the simplest tier). I also handle HSTS, CSP, rate-limiting and two-factor for the admin by default.
Do you integrate with accounting / fulfilment / EPOS systems?
Yes, Xero, QuickBooks, ShipStation, Royal Mail Click & Drop, Lightspeed and plenty of others. If it has an API, it can talk to your store.
Testimonials
What people say.
Don't just take my word for it. Here's what clients and colleagues have to say.
"Unlike some other companies we spoke to, he never tried to upsell unnecessary features."
Chris
On behalf of Dr Lynda Parnham, Wiltshire Psychology Service
"The whole process was smooth, easy and worry free. I was impressed how quickly the project was completed."
Karen Hartland
Director, Belviston Developments
"I felt an enormous relief finding that person who I could totally trust to promote my business and very much to the same standards I'd set myself to make a success of my business."
Tim Verrall
Managing Director, Xcellence-DS
Portfolio
Recent builds
Belviston.co.uk
A property developer stuck with a hosting company's website builder. Two design directions to choose from, and a bespoke site she owns outright, live inside a week.
WiltshirePsychology.co.uk
A careful mobile-responsive retrofit of a 20-year-old psychology practice website. Same URLs, same hosting, zero SEO disruption, delivered ahead of schedule and under budget.
HealthyURL.co.uk
An AI-powered website audit platform. Scan any site across 8 categories, get AI-generated fix guides, and track repairs over time.
Outgrowing Shopify?
Let's have a chat about what a bespoke build would look like for your shop, and whether it\'s the right call.