UK ecommerce is mature, mobile-first and delivery-sensitive: shoppers compare against Amazon's next-day baseline, expect VAT-inclusive prices, use Klarna and Clearpay heavily in fashion and lifestyle, and abandon checkouts that do not offer their preferred carrier or a collection point. A store built for the UK has to reconcile cleanly with the accountant's software as well.
Payments and buy-now-pay-later
Stripe or Shopify Payments with Apple Pay and Google Pay; PayPal for the shoppers who still prefer it; Klarna and Clearpay for buy-now-pay-later; GoCardless Direct Debit for trade customers on account. Open Banking payments through TrueLayer where a bank transfer beats card fees on high-value orders.
VAT and accounting
VAT-inclusive display pricing, VAT invoices with your registration number, reduced and zero-rated products handled per line, EU and rest-of-world tax rules for cross-border orders, and order, payment and refund sync into Xero, Sage or QuickBooks Online so Making Tax Digital returns come from one set of numbers. Your accountant defines the rules; we implement and test them.
Delivery
Royal Mail Click and Drop, DPD, Evri and Parcelforce integrations for rates, labels and tracking; click-and-collect and local delivery zones; 3PL handoff; returns portals with prepaid labels; postcode address lookup at checkout to cut failed deliveries.
Privacy, consent and accessibility
We design for UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 (lawful basis, data-subject rights, records of processing, breach handling), ICO registration where your processing requires it, PECR for cookies and marketing consent, WCAG 2.1 AA for public-sector or accessibility-regulated sites, PCI DSS scope kept inside Stripe or GoCardless, and FCA rules where the product touches regulated payments or lending, at the time of writing (September 2026). Your counsel or DPO signs off; we implement.
Hosting and performance
Shopify hosts Shopify stores; WooCommerce and custom stores run on AWS London or Vercel in your accounts with a CDN in front; Core Web Vitals are a launch gate, not an afterthought.
Commercials
Quoted and invoiced in GBP through Stripe or Wise, or in INR if you prefer; the fixed price is set in the invoicing currency. We are an Indian entity and charge no UK VAT; your accountant advises on reverse-charge treatment. Platform subscriptions, apps and gateway fees are paid by you at cost.