Independent digital studio UK · 2026

Websites. Handled.

Strategy, design and development for businesses that care how they appear, how they are found and how people buy.

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Beautiful is the starting point.
Useful is the standard.

01Latest buildCustom Shopify / live

We’re only as good as
our last build.

Anges de Sucre is our current proof: a real custom Shopify build for a premium London cake business.

LIVE SITE / DESKTOP ANGES DE SUCRE · CUSTOM SHOPIFY
Desktop homepage of the Anges de Sucre website showing cake discovery choices and custom Shopify design
01 / DESKTOP Real live homepage

A premium product.
A clearer route
to the right cake.

The custom Shopify build brings product discovery, search structure, responsive behaviour and local-delivery complexity into one clear buying journey.

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LIVE SITE / MOBILE

Same system.
Smaller screen.

The same hierarchy, choices and brand language rewritten for a phone. This is the live responsive homepage, not a concept mock-up.

Open the live site ↗
Mobile homepage of the Anges de Sucre website showing Luxury Cakes London and Surrey
Anges de Sucre · live mobile homepage
01 Product discovery 02 Search structure 03 Custom theme 04 Buying journey
02Point of viewDesign / Search / Code

Design is not
decoration.

A beautiful website that cannot be found, understood or used is just an expensive picture.

01

Search visibility

Structure and semantics are designed in from the beginning, not added as an SEO tidy-up later.

02

User-centred

Every screen should make the next decision easier rather than ask the visitor to admire the interface.

03

Simple journeys

Clear choices, fewer dead ends and less work between arrival and the action that matters.

04

Beautiful code

Fast, responsive and maintainable underneath the visual layer. Build quality should survive the screenshot.

03ServicesThree genuinely different products

Choose your
level of ambition.

Open each service for the detail. The price is visible because nobody enjoys agency hide-and-seek.

01

Rapid website

from £2,500
+

For launches, campaigns and compact business websites with one clear job. Small on purpose, not cheap by accident.

  • Focused information architecture
  • Custom visual design
  • Responsive development
  • Search-friendly foundations
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02

Custom Shopify

from £10,000
+

Bespoke ecommerce for businesses that need custom architecture, merchandising and journeys rather than a theme with different colours.

  • Product + collection architecture
  • Custom sections and interactions
  • Conversion-focused journeys
  • Performance + maintainable code
Discuss Custom Shopify ↗
03

Build + Manage Shopify

£2,500 upfront
+ £500 / month
+

A full custom Shopify build with the build cost spread across a 24-month managed relationship. We design it, build it and stay involved.

  • Full custom Shopify build
  • 24-month minimum
  • Maintenance included
  • Ongoing sensible improvements
See Build + Manage ↗
04ShopifyBuilt beyond the theme

Commerce should feel like the brand.

Shopify.Without the
Shopify look.

We start with the products, the customer and the way the business sells. Then the system is designed around them.

Product architecture01
Search visibility02
Collection + merchandising logic03
Custom sections + interactions04
Conversion-focused journeys05
Performance + maintainable code06
05Build + Manage ShopifyFull custom build
Less upfront. More relationship.

Built.
Managed.
Still handled.

£2,500upfront
+
£500/ month · 24 months

A complete custom Shopify build with ongoing maintenance and improvement. Minimum commitment £14,500.

Ask about Build + Manage ↗
01Full custom build

Design, theme development, product structure, responsive build and launch.

02Spread the build cost

A lower initial project payment, with the relationship funded monthly.

03Maintenance included

Reasonable changes, upkeep, technical maintenance and sensible improvements.

04Review after two years

We reassess what the business and website need rather than pretending a site is finished forever.

06Start a projectNo polished brief required

Give us therough version.

Tell us what the business does, what the website needs to achieve and which way you want to buy it.

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