Ecommerce website design
We build custom ecommerce websites that look great, load fast and turn visitors into paying customers. Every site is tailored to your business, from the first product page to the final checkout.
Our latest ecommerce websites
PoolBar London
An e-commerce website with a glamorous approach to the suncare market in the US.
Firework Crazy
A redesigned store for one of the largest fireworks suppliers in the UK.
Mermaids Swimwear
A new e-commerce website and paid search strategy for a boutique swimwear brand.
Convert browsers into buyers
Your customers make their minds up in seconds. Every store we build earns those seconds three ways: how it looks, how it sells, and how it runs.
Designed to look the part
People judge a store the way they judge a shop window: instantly. We design ecommerce websites that make your products look worth every penny, with considered layouts, strong photography and a brand presence customers trust before they've read a word.
Nothing off the shelf, nothing that looks like a theme. Your store is designed from scratch around your products and your customers.
Built to convert
Looking good gets a visitor's attention; a frictionless journey gets their order. We obsess over the path from landing page to payment: fast loading, clear navigation, honest product pages and a checkout that never gives anyone a reason to leave.
Watch the journey: land, browse, add to basket, pay. Seconds, not minutes.
A complete solution behind the scenes
The part your customers never see is the part that runs your business. We connect your store to the systems you already rely on, EPOS and stock sync, accounting, shipping and fulfilment, so an order placed online updates everything, everywhere, automatically.
One admin area for products, orders, stock and customers. Built just for your business, not bolted together from plugins.
Built around what you sell
From fashion to trade supplies, we design ecommerce websites around the way your industry buys, because a great fashion store and a great parts store are not the same site.
Fashion ecommerce websites built around fast browsing, rich product imagery and effortless checkout.
Fashion & apparel
Homeware ecommerce stores with large catalogues, variations and inspiration-led shopping journeys.
Homeware & furniture
Trade ecommerce websites with account pricing, bulk ordering and dedicated trade login areas.
Trade & B2B
Builders merchant and DIY stores handling weight-based delivery, bulk pricing and huge ranges.
Building supplies & DIY
Food and drink ecommerce with subscriptions, hampers, delivery slots and everything perishable demands.
Food & drink
Health and beauty stores built for repeat purchases, bundles and loyal returning customers.
Health & beauty
Sports ecommerce websites with size guides, technical specs and filtering that finds the right kit fast.
Sports & outdoors
Electronics stores with comparison tables, spec-heavy product pages and trust-building reviews.
Electronics & tech
Hobby and specialist ecommerce with deep catalogues for passionate buyers who know what they want.
Toys & hobbies
Automotive ecommerce with fitment search, part lookup and catalogues running to thousands of SKUs.
Automotive & parts
Pet ecommerce stores built for subscriptions, repeat food orders and customers who buy monthly.
Pets
Jewellery ecommerce where photography leads, with personalisation, gifting and considered checkout.
Jewellery & accessories
How our ecommerce web design process works
Five clear stages from first call to life after launch. You'll always know what's happening, what's next and who's doing it.
Discovery
Before anything gets designed, we get to know your business inside out, so every decision from here has a purpose.
- Kick-off call to understand your goals, customers and competitors
- Review of your existing site, what’s working and what isn’t
- Sitemap agreed so we know exactly what we’re building
- Project timeline confirmed with clear milestones
Design
We create a design built around your brand and your customers. You'll see and approve everything before we write a single line of code.
- Wireframes to map the customer journey through your store
- Full visual design presented for your feedback
- Two rounds of revisions included as standard
- Final sign-off from you before we move to build
Build
Our developers bring the approved design to life. Every ecommerce website we build is custom, fast and built to grow with your business.
- Custom WooCommerce or Shopify build
- Fully responsive across all devices
- Payment gateway and third party integrations set up
- Tested across browsers and devices before you see it
Handover and training
Before we go live, we make sure you and your team are completely comfortable running the store. No technical knowledge needed.
- Walkthrough of your new store on a staging link before launch
- CMS training so your team can manage products, orders and content
- Bespoke training videos provided for future reference
- Any final amends completed before sign-off
Launch and beyond
Go-live is just the beginning. We handle the technical side of the launch and stay on hand to make sure everything runs smoothly.
- Pre-launch checklist completed in full
- Redirects and SEO migration handled to protect your existing rankings
- 30 days of post-launch support included as standard
- Ongoing care plans to keep your store fast, secure and up to date
Everything you need to run your store
Your ecommerce website should make your life easier, not add to your to-do list. Every store comes with the tools to manage products, orders and customers yourself.
Shipping that works your way
Flat rate, free shipping, click and collect or carrier-calculated. Configured to match how you and your customers work.
Products and stock, easy to manage
Add, edit and organise products without technical knowledge. Stock updates automatically so you’re never caught short.
Orders and returns, all in one place
See every order as it comes in, process refunds and keep customers updated without switching systems.
Trade and B2B areas
A separate login for trade customers with exclusive pricing, products or terms. Retail and trade stay clean and separate.
A checkout customers actually enjoy
Fast, clear and built to reduce drop-off, designed around the moment a customer decides to buy.
Discounts and promotions
Run sales, create discount codes and set up offers from your dashboard, no developer needed.
Sales and product reporting
See what’s selling, what isn’t and where revenue comes from. Clear reports you can act on.
Upselling and cross-selling built in
Related products and upgrades suggested at the right moment. More value for customers, more revenue for you.
Search and filtering that finds it fast
Smart product search with live suggestions and filters, so customers reach the right product in seconds.
Reviews that sell for you
Product reviews collected automatically and displayed where they persuade, on product pages and in search.
Abandoned baskets, recovered
Automatic emails win back customers who almost bought. Some of the easiest revenue your store will ever make.
Customer accounts and wishlists
Saved details, order history and wishlists that bring customers back and make reordering effortless.
Payments your customers trust
Cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal and Klarna, with multi-currency if you sell abroad.
Gift cards
Sell digital gift cards that bring new customers to your store and let happy ones spread the word.
Product bundles
Group products into bundles and kits that lift average order value and move more stock together.
Subscriptions and repeat orders
Let customers subscribe and save, turning one-off buyers into predictable monthly revenue.
Loyalty and rewards
Points, perks and referral rewards that give customers a reason to come back to you, not a marketplace.
Back-in-stock and pre-order alerts
Sold out doesn’t mean sale lost. Customers get notified the moment it’s back, and pre-orders capture demand early.
Live chat and WhatsApp
Answer the question that’s blocking the sale, right there on the product page. Chat where your customers already are.
Fast, secure and built to last
Speed scores your competitors will envy, SSL as standard and hosting that keeps your store up on your busiest day.
Ready for up and cross-selling in the cart
The cart is where buying decisions are sealed. Ours are designed to nudge order values up and drop-offs down, without ever getting in your customer's way.
- Integrated free shipping progress bar that encourages one more item
- Customers make changes right from the cart, no page reloads
- Order bumps at the perfect moment to increase average order values
- Discount codes applied directly, so offers never cause drop-off
At home on WooCommerce and Shopify
We build on the two platforms that power most of the world's online stores, and we're partners with both. We'll recommend the right one for your business honestly, based on your products, your team and how you want to grow.
WooCommerce
Built on WordPress, endlessly flexible and ideal for large catalogues, trade areas and stores that need to work exactly your way. Most of our ecommerce builds live here.
Shopify
Fast to launch, simple to run and brilliant for brands that want a lean, reliable store. We design and build Shopify stores that don’t look like a template.
Real stores, real results
Every one of these started as a store that wasn't pulling its weight. Here's what changed, and what it did for the business.
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Plays nicely with the tools you already use
Payments, shipping, accounting, email, reviews. We connect your store to the services that run your business, so orders flow through without the copy and paste.
Replatform without losing what you've built
If your current site is holding sales back, we'll move you to a better one, carefully. Replatforming is a core part of what we do, not an afterthought.
- Every product, order and customer record moved intact
- Existing SEO protected with a full redirect and migration plan
- Zero downtime: your current store sells until the new one takes over
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What our clients say about working with us
Sarah Aspinall
Breaking Ballet
“We have seen great work from the team at designbox. From WordPress development to liaising with our in-house and remote dev teams, to paid search, the results have been great. I would highly recommend them.”
Kim Waller
Lick Library
“I have been working with designbox for the past two years and have always had exceptional customer service and support. We used them initially to redesign our website. The work is always delivered to the highest standard and the team are fantastic. Highly recommend.”
Emily Bryant
Amberjack
Nicole Osborne
Wunderstars
“Great hands-on service from start to finish. From idea generation, logo and branding through to a functioning website, the team were always on hand with suggestions and high quality implementation. Would happily recommend to all.”
Richard Combs
Intrinsic Capital
“designbox have been brilliant in supporting us in both marketing and web development. The team have been reliable and efficient in everything they have done for us.”
Esther Smith
Battlesbridge Horse & Country
Tommie Hession-Harris
Player Path
“designbox have been a huge support for me and my business for the past five years. Their up-to-date knowledge of digital design, marketing and the tech industry itself is fantastic, and I would recommend them to anyone.”
Samantha Wells
Tern Heads
“We’re absolutely delighted with the service we receive from designbox, who manage my website and SEO among other things. They have helped us to grow the business over the last few years with a website to be proud of and a steady stream of new clients. Would highly recommend.”
Penny Hawker
CHC Aesthetics
Dale Harris
Greenoaks
“Very helpful and professional company with some of the most friendly and talented staff I’ve met. They made us a beautiful website and have been cooperative with any assistance that we’ve needed since. Would highly recommend!”
Danny Whitefoord
Chiltern Co
“We have been working with Brandon and the team for the last few years and are very happy with their work. Brandon is very responsive and easy to work with.”
Tom Billings
Beach Equity
Kirsty Pile
KA Naturals
“Excellent service, highly professional staff who are all more than happy to give an extensive insight into online marketing campaigns in a digestible, understandable presentation. We have since moved all of my online marketing over to designbox across multiple companies.”
Robert Foster-Jones
Sunshine Co
“designbox completely saved my website and have created a completely unique website tailored to my needs. The support is second to none, nothing is ever too much to ask, and they go above and beyond to provide solutions or meet my design requirements. I have had nothing but great feedback from customers and the team are always at the end of the phone if we have any queries.”
Daisy Lethbridge
Mermaids Swimwear
Why designbox
A few honest reasons clients choose us, and stay with us.
Ecommerce is what we do
It’s not a section of our services, it’s the core of what we’ve built our reputation on. We’ve launched ecommerce websites across a wide range of industries, and that experience shapes how we think about your store from the very first conversation.
You talk to the people doing the work
No account managers in the middle. From your first call to your launch day, you deal directly with the designers, developers and content writers building your site. Faster decisions, clearer communication, no misunderstandings.
We think beyond the build
A well-designed store that nobody finds isn’t much use to anyone. We build with SEO, speed and conversion in mind from day one, so your site is set up to perform from the moment it goes live.
Our clients don’t tend to leave
We think that says more than any award could. When an agency gets results and treats clients well, they stick around. We’re proud of the long-term relationships we’ve built and we work hard to keep earning them.
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A store is just the start
The best ecommerce websites are launched, then grown. Because everything at designbox is in-house, the team that built your store can also fill it with customers.
Ecommerce SEO
Get your products found on Google. Category and product page optimisation, technical SEO and content that ranks.
AI search optimisation
Show up when customers ask ChatGPT, Claude and Google AI what to buy. The next frontier of being found.
Google Ads & Shopping
Search, Shopping and Performance Max campaigns that catch buyers at the exact moment they’re looking, managed by a Google Partner.
Website care and support
Updates, security, backups and a team on call. Ongoing aftercare plans that keep your store fast, safe and selling.
Meta ads
Facebook and Instagram campaigns that put your products in front of the people most likely to buy them.
Email marketing
Automated flows, abandoned basket recovery and campaigns that turn one-time buyers into regulars.
Questions we're asked most
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Ecommerce web design at designbox
Ready to build a store that sells?
Tell us about your business and we'll come back with honest advice and a realistic figure, usually within one working day.
