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Case study · E-commerce website

An online shop that’squick and easy to buy from.

K2 Traders needed a new online shop that was fast, simple to buy from on a phone, and cheap to run. We built it from scratch, with no monthly hosting bill.

Client
K2 Traders
Industry
Retail
What we did
E-commerce website
Hosting
No monthly bill
K2 Traders website homepage and product navigation

The problem

A shop that needed to be simple to buy from

K2 Traders wanted to sell online without a slow, cluttered shop, a fiddly checkout on phones, or an expensive platform they’d be locked into.

What they needed

  • Pages that load quickly, especially on a phone
  • A clear path from product to checkout
  • Orders recorded cleanly in one place
  • Low running costs and full ownership of the shop

What we built

A fast shop they own outright

  • Fast pages

    Product pages load quickly, so shoppers browse without waiting.

  • Designed for phones

    Browsing, cart and checkout all work smoothly on a small screen.

  • A simple checkout

    Fewer steps from product to purchase, with a clear confirmation at the end.

  • Orders in one place

    Orders and customer details are recorded reliably so the team can send them out quickly.

  • Easy to look after

    Few moving parts, so there’s less to break and less to pay for.

  • Safe and owned

    Secure checkout for customers, and the shop belongs to K2 Traders, with no platform lock-in.

How we did it

How the shop came together

  1. 1

    Phase 1

    Planning

    Agreed the products, the shopping journey and what success looks like.

  2. 2

    Phase 2

    The shop itself

    Built the product pages, cart and phone-friendly checkout.

  3. 3

    Phase 3

    Orders and stock

    Set up a simple way to record orders and keep track of stock.

  4. 4

    Phase 4

    Checkout and confirmation

    Polished the checkout and added a clear order confirmation.

  5. 5

    Phase 5

    Testing

    Tested on different phones and computers and sped up the key pages.

Challenges

What was hard, and how we solved it

  • Keeping the shop fast on mobile data

    How we solved it: We kept pages light and loaded products efficiently, so they appear quickly even on a weak signal.

  • Stopping people dropping out at checkout

    How we solved it: We cut unnecessary steps and made each stage of the checkout clear.

  • Keeping running costs low

    How we solved it: We chose a setup with no monthly hosting bill and very little maintenance.

  • Clean order records

    How we solved it: We checked details as they’re entered, so orders arrive complete and tidy.

The result

A shop that’s quick to buy from and cheap to run

  • Faster pages across the shop
  • A simple checkout on a phone
  • Orders recorded cleanly in one place
  • No monthly hosting bill, and no platform lock-in
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