Kent crafts retailer
Online crafts shop
Magento development for a Kent crafts retailer
Replatforming a Kent crafts shop so the team could bulk upload products and improve the store.
- Magento
- Development
Web development Kent
Applications, ecommerce and integrations
Established 2002
Discovery Park, Sandwich
Web development in Kent for complex sites, systems and integrations
Our developers at Discovery Park build the parts of a website that templates cannot: bespoke functionality, web applications, ecommerce platforms and integrations with the systems your business already runs on.
- PHP, Laravel, WordPress and Shopify development
- APIs, CRM, ERP and payment integrations
- Bespoke portals, booking and registration systems
- UK-based support and maintenance
Sitting down together
A development partner close to home
Complex projects go better when developers understand the business. For Kent clients, that often means sitting down together at our office or yours to map how orders, bookings, stock or customer data flow today, and where the website should take work off your team.
We build with PHP and Laravel for bespoke applications, WordPress for content-led sites and Shopify, WooCommerce, CS-Cart and Magento for ecommerce. AI tools support our developers with tasks such as testing and documentation; the architecture and code review stay with experienced people.
Projects for Kent businesses have included replatforming a crafts retailer to make bulk product uploads practical, and rebuilding a catering equipment supplier’s site to cut the maintenance costs caused by old code.
What our developers build
Development services
Bespoke web applications
Portals, dashboards, quoting tools and workflow systems built in Laravel or PHP.
Integrations and APIs
Connections to CRM, ERP, stock, payment, booking and marketing platforms.
Ecommerce development
Custom features and integrations on Shopify, WooCommerce, CS-Cart and Magento.
Legacy rescues
Taking over and stabilising sites built by others, then planning a sensible path forward.
Performance and security
Speed, hosting, security hardening and Cyber Essentials-aligned practice.
Support and maintenance
Updates, monitoring, fixes and ongoing improvements from a UK team.
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Local projects
Selected Kent case studies
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Kent catering equipment supplier
Ecommerce
Responsive rebuild for a Kent catering equipment supplier
Replacing old code that was driving up maintenance costs with a conversion-led responsive build.
- Responsive design
- Development
Stour Academy Trust
Sturry and Hersden schools, Kent
Responsive websites for Kent schools
One of the first responsive school websites in Kent, for Sturry and Hersden schools in the Stour Academy Trust.
- Responsive design
Canterbury Food Bank
Charity, Canterbury
Website redesign for Canterbury Food Bank
A complete redesign for a Canterbury charity working with partner organisations across Kent.
- Web design
- Development
Exploring Kent
Information site for visitors and residents
Web design for Exploring Kent
Information architecture and design for a site serving visitors to Kent and people who live here.
- Web design
- Branding
Kent tree surgeon
Tree surgery and horticulture
Website for a Kent tree surgeon
A redesign to reflect a growing Kent horticulture business and win more local work.
- Web design
Kent furniture retailer
Two stores and an extensive ecommerce site
eCommerce PPC for a Kent furniture retailer
Search and Performance Max for a Kent retailer with two stores: 84% more conversions and a 42% lower cost per conversion.
- Search
- Performance Max
Dream Days
Indian wedding catering and planning, Kent
Local SEO for Kent wedding planners
Website traffic doubled in one year and leads rose fivefold.
- Local SEO
Orbital Mailing
Mailing services, Kent
Local SEO for Orbital Mailing
Local on-page work, citations and a verified Business Profile to lead Kent searches such as ‘mailing services in Kent’.
- Local SEO
Visit Kent
Kent’s tourism body
Tourism advertising for Visit Kent
Paid search awareness campaigns to increase brochure and event literature enquiries for Kent’s tourism body.
- Paid search
Your local team
Based at Discovery Park, working across Kent
Our team works from Innovation House at Discovery Park, Sandwich. We meet clients here and around the county, and work with businesses in Canterbury, Maidstone, Ashford, Thanet, Dover and Folkestone, as well as across the UK and overseas.
ExtraDigitalUnit 3, Ground FloorInnovation House, Discovery ParkRamsgate Road, SandwichKent CT13 9ND
Selected work
Work for Kent and UK clients
Florists, Kent
Essentially Hops
Ten hours of consultancy for a Kent florist’s in-house developer: answers and plugin advice on WordPress and WooCommerce.
WordPress · WooCommerce · Consulting
Fire engineering
The FDS Group
When a long-standing client restructured into business units, we turned two websites into four without losing their SEO value.
WordPress Multisite · Design · Development
Children’s charity
The Children’s Society
The online shop for fundraising essentials and Christmas cards, updated with the new branding and integrated with the fulfilment system.
ExtraCMS · Integration · eCommerce
Organisation development and business change
Agilier
A bespoke site we first built in 2009, migrated to WordPress in 2020 with a reskin, better navigation and SEO.
WordPress · Migration · Design
Selected clients
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Which technologies do you develop with?
Mainly PHP and Laravel for bespoke work, WordPress for content sites, and Shopify, WooCommerce, CS-Cart and Magento for ecommerce, plus the APIs of the platforms you use.
Can you take over a site another developer built?
Yes. We review the code, hosting and security first, fix urgent issues, then recommend whether to improve the existing build or replace it.
Do you build mobile apps?
Yes, including iOS, Android and cross-platform apps that share data with your website or back-office systems.
Do you use AI to write code?
AI tools help our developers with routine tasks, but experienced developers design, write and review the code that goes live.
Still have a question?
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