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Online shops that sell

Shopify and WooCommerce stores built for mobile checkout, with product content written to be found. New builds, redesigns and migrations from platforms that have outgrown you.

Mobile checkout

Stores built for buying on a phone.

Products found

Descriptions written to rank.

Migrations

Moved from platforms you have outgrown.

Shopify or WooCommerce

The right platform for your shop.

Where online shops lose sales

Traffic is rarely the first problem. Most stores we look at are losing people who already arrived.

The checkout fights the customer

Too many steps, no guest checkout, no wallet payments. Most abandoned baskets are a checkout problem, not a price problem.

Product pages say nothing

Manufacturer copy, one photo and no sizing, delivery or returns detail. Every unanswered question is a reason to leave.

It is slow on a phone

Image heavy themes with a dozen apps loading. Most shoppers are on 4G with no patience.

Nothing ranks

Thin product descriptions and no category content, so the store depends entirely on ads to make a sale.

Is your store losing sales?

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What a store build covers

Everything needed to open the doors properly, not just a theme with your logo on it.

Theme design

A custom look built on a solid theme, designed around your products rather than the demo store it shipped with.

Product content

Descriptions, specifications, images and structured data, written so pages can rank and questions get answered.

Checkout and payments

Guest checkout, Apple Pay and Google Pay, clear delivery options and returns stated before the basket.

Shipping and tax setup

Zones, rates, thresholds and tax configured correctly, which is where plenty of stores quietly lose money.

Apps, kept minimal

Only what earns its place. Every app is weight on the page and a monthly fee.

Analytics and tracking

Ecommerce tracking set up properly so you can see where sales come from and where baskets are lost.

Stores we have built

Two recent Shopify builds. Both sell very different things, and both had to work on a phone first because that is where nearly all of the traffic lands.

A fashion Shopify store built by NE1, shown on a phone
A fashion store. Built mobile first, because that is where almost every visit starts.
A homeware Shopify store built by NE1
A homeware store selling into two countries, with a second language and its own provenance rules.

See more of our work

Shops, trades, clinics and professional firms, all built to look good on a phone and get found.

See our work

How a store build runs

1

Discovery

Your products, your margins, how you ship and who buys. The answers shape the whole build.

2

Design and build

Built on a private staging link with real products in it, so you review the actual shop rather than a picture of one.

3

Migration and testing

Products, customers and orders moved across, redirects mapped, and the full checkout tested end to end.

4

Launch and support

Go live, then care plans, product content and SEO to keep it growing.

Shopify or WooCommerce?

We build both and will tell you which suits your business rather than which suits us. If WordPress suits you better, see our WooCommerce websites page.

  • Shopify suits most retailers. Hosting, security, payments and apps handled. You sell rather than maintain.
  • WooCommerce suits awkward products. Courses, bookings, hire, variable pricing and anything that needs to live inside a content heavy site.
  • Shopify costs more monthly. Platform fee plus apps. Usually worth it for the time it saves.
  • WooCommerce costs more attention. Hosting, updates and security are yours, which is what a care plan covers.
  • Migration is routine. We move stores between the two regularly, with redirects so the rankings come with you.
  • Neither fixes a product problem. If the margins or the postage do not work, no platform will rescue it, and we will say so.

Planning a new store or a move to Shopify?

Tell us what you sell and how you sell it now.
We will come back within one working day with advice and a fixed price.

Get a quote

Ways to work with us

Store builds are quoted on product count, migration and how much content needs writing.

New store

Theme design, product setup, payments, shipping and launch. Priced on the size of the catalogue.

Migration

Moving from another platform with products, customers, orders and redirects handled.

Ongoing

Care plans for WooCommerce, plus product content and SEO on a monthly plan.

Tell us how many products you sell and where you sell them now, and we will come back with a fixed price.

E-commerce questions

Can you move my shop without losing rankings?

Yes. Every old URL is mapped to its new home before launch, which is the step that protects the traffic you already have.

How many products can you handle?

From a dozen to several thousand. Large catalogues are imported rather than typed, and we agree the data format up front.

Do you write product descriptions?

We can. Most clients supply the specifications and we write the descriptions so they read well and stand a chance of ranking.

Which payment providers do you set up?

Shopify Payments, Stripe, PayPal, Klarna and the usual wallets. Whatever your customers expect to see.

Can I update products myself?

Yes, both platforms are straightforward for day to day product work, and we hand over with everything in your name.

Do you do subscriptions or trade pricing?

Yes, both are possible on either platform. Tell us the rules and we will scope it.

Choosing the right platform to sell online

How Shopify, WordPress, Wix and Squarespace compare, so your shop starts on the right platform.

Let's get your website working harder

Tell us what you are planning and we will come back within one working day with honest advice and a guide price. No tech speak, no sales pitch.

Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm. Based at North Tyneside Business Centre, North Shields.