Little Fire Digital for Bespoke Website Development in Gateshead
Our team members at Little Fire have been working countrywide for decades. We’ve fixed a lot of intricate problems and implemented many great solutions.
In our history, Little Fire have: developed stock control systems for regional supermarket franchise, integrated the Brightpearl Retail Operating System with bespoke websites, created unique product types to sell maps from Google maps, bonds to help build AFC Wimbledon’s Plough Lane Stadium; and a streamlined checkout page to sell mountaineering trips online.
Bespoke Web Development in Gateshead – Every Challenge is Unique, Every Solution Different
Your business is yours and you’ll know more about it than we can guess at. So, instead, here are few brief examples to demonstrate some of the wins we’ve achieved.
Web Development for Businesses Worldwide
Reaching for the Summit
For over 35 years, Jagged Globe has been the foremost firm running high-altitude expeditions for customers. They were the first English company to organise a professionally-led attempt on Everest. Jagged Globe serve clients worldwide.
We didn’t design the website but we have done a huge number of projects. All whilst preserving the original scheme with its impressive photography.
It’s not been without difficulty, to stay up to date we have had to:
- Redesign so that the site meets Google’s mobile-friendly standard.
- To meet the PCI (Payment Card Industry) requirements, we coded for the Sagepay (Opayo) payment system to take client deposits online.
- Completely redesigned the online booking interface. Existing clients can now book a trip in as few as 5 clicks.
- Implemented a application for recording customer capacity. Climbing in the wilderness can be dangerous and is typically physically exacting – Jagged Globe need to know that each client is fit to travel.
- Integrated the Jagged Globe site with the SendInBlue email marketing system so the mailing lists are completely GDPR compliant.
- To help the client show the many pictures that the customers collect, we have implemented systems to upload and manage clients’ pictures in bulk.
Bespoke Web Development for Online Retail in Rowlands Gill
Rails of Sheffield, are one of largest online retailers of model railways and toys in the North of England – with a volume of orders to match. When they came to Little Fire, we needed to deliver enterprise-level e-commerce.
We developed a new site on the rock-solid Shopify system that has proven to be the solution that Rails of Sheffield need.
The new site fixes a number of problems:
- The model railway market has pre-orders with extraordinarily long delivery timeframes. We have created a on-off, distinct pre-order system using javascript integrated directly into the Shopify framework.
- Stock management and order fulfilment is processed using Peoplevox. We coordinated development teams to get Peoplevox talking to Shopify and the client’s two ebay shops.
Whatever you‘re selling, we’d like to hear from you.
Website Development for
New Businesses Nationwide
Little Fire Digital built the website for Worthing beauty business, Casafia, when they needed something a little different. This was a dream task for Little Fire; we worked with our client to design the logo and branding which features subtle colourways with clean, modern layout.
The website integrates with the Pabau Customer Relationship Management System – a system developed specifically for the medical aesthetics market.
Pabau is seamlessly integrated with Mailchimp to handle client communications so we built the Pabau email templates so that they matched the lovingly created branding of the corporate website. Mailing list sign up forms on the main site add clients straight to a Mailchimp list and the customer is able to change their preferences without ever leaving casafia.com.
To keep communication simple, the IRC widget plugs straight into Facebook Messenger – our client’s usual chat platform.
Web Development for Fundraising
AFC Wimbledon were in a bind. They had decades ejected from their historical home ground, Plough Lane, and had amazingly managed to buy a site and start building the their new home ground on the same street, Plough Lane, in Wimbledon.
The new stadium was almost completed but they had run out of money.
Under near-impossible time pressure, we stepped up, worked like slaves and delivered a bespoke platform from which the Dons could sell bonds and raise money from their supporters.
It has been the most successful fundraising effort in the history of the English football league, and Little Fire helped it to make it happen. Read the case study to find out more.
“Wimbledon fans are always at their best in a crisis and we like a challenge. So when we needed to stop control of the club being sold off in late 2019, a few of us suggested launching a Bond scheme.
That idea went from concept to a live website in a fortnight thanks to the tireless efforts of Simon and Little Fire.
They had to deal with all of the standard website challenges (design, layout, content etc) as well complying with legal regulations and compliance policies that were being finalised as we went along.
Oh, and that fortnight included Christmas and New Year. It was a difficult brief on an impossible timescale, but they threw themselves into it wholeheartedly and delivered a well-designed, easy-to-use robust and secure solution under all that pressure.
And the campaign? Well that raised over £5m in a matter of weeks and is the largest bond raise by a British football club ever. If Little Fire can produce work like this so quickly and effectively, I can only imagine how much they could achieve for your business if you give them a sensible timeframe. We are indebted to Simon and his team. You helped Bring The Dons Home.”
Charlie Talbot
The Plough Lane Bond
Web Development and Related Services for Rowlands Gill and Gateshead
Custom Web Development, Rowlands Gill
To get a better idea of what we do, who we’ve done it for and how we do it, check out some of our case studies.
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