No shop platform fee
Tier 1 shops use Stripe Payment Links — no Shopify subscription. You pay Stripe per sale (1.5% + 20p on UK cards) plus a Shop Care plan from £35/month.
No Shopify
E-commerce that loads fast
We build fast online shops for local retailers using the same static Astro stack as our marketing sites. Product pages load instantly; checkout is handled securely by Stripe or Snipcart — no bloated shop plugins.
Instant product pages
Every product page is pre-rendered HTML — the same sub-second loads as our service sites, not multi-second WooCommerce pages.
<1s LCP Main content appears in under one second — well inside Google's recommended limit.
Basket when you need it
Optional Snipcart overlay for shops that need a multi-item basket — served from the Cloudflare edge like every site we build.
Tier 2
Three tiers for every shop size
Not every retailer needs Shopify. We match the stack to your catalogue size so you are not paying for platform features you will never use.
Tier 1 (1–20 products): Static catalogue with a Buy now button per product via Stripe Payment Links. No Shopify or WooCommerce subscription — just Stripe transaction fees and our Shop Care plan at £35/month for hosting, deploys and product updates.
Tier 2 (20–100 products): Same fast catalogue plus a Snipcart basket. Snipcart costs roughly £16/month on low volume or 2% of sales above ~£750/month, plus Stripe fees and Shop Care at £35/month.
Tier 3 (100–500 products): Product sync at build time from Shopify or CSV, with webhook-triggered rebuilds when stock changes. Backend platform costs from £5–25/month depending on provider, plus Shop Care.
- Shop Care hosting: £35/month — edge delivery, SSL, deploys and product updates
- Stripe UK cards: 1.5% + 20p per transaction (unavoidable on any solution)
- Compare: Shopify Basic is £19–25/month before transaction fees, without our speed or hands-on support
Escape slow WooCommerce
Many local shops run WooCommerce on cheap hosting and wonder why product pages take four to eight seconds on mobile. We migrate your catalogue to static Astro pages, preserve your product URLs, and replace the checkout with Stripe or Snipcart.
The result: dramatically faster browsing, predictable Shop Care hosting instead of plugin-heavy bills, and no surprise renewals — while keeping the products and copy you already have.
FAQ
Common questions
What are the monthly running costs?
Shops need our Shop Care plan at £35/month — that covers edge hosting, SSL, deploys and product or price updates. On top of that, Stripe takes 1.5% + 20p per UK card payment. Tier 2 shops also pay Snipcart (~£16/month on low volume, or 2% of sales above ~£750/month). There is no Shopify-style platform fee on Tier 1. Domain registration (~£10–15/year) is separate.
Can customers buy multiple items at once?
Tier 1 uses one Stripe link per product (ideal for florists and gift shops). If you need a basket, we add Snipcart (Tier 2) — typically from around £16/month on low sales volume.
What about inventory and stock levels?
For catalogues under 500 products, stock updates on the next site rebuild — usually within minutes of you telling us or via an automated webhook. High-velocity retailers with hundreds of daily stock changes are better suited to a full platform like Shopify.
Do you handle product photography?
We can use your existing photos or recommend a local photographer. Images are optimised and sized for fast mobile loading as part of the build.
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