Opulence.
03 · Web, Webshop & App Development

Software you own, delivered in slices you can use.

We design and build websites, e-commerce platforms, web applications and mobile apps for organisations whose digital estate spans brands, markets and regulators. Delivery runs in short phases, each ending in something you can review or release, and the code lives in repositories you control. Performance, accessibility, security review and measurement are part of the definition of done, not a follow-up ticket.

Sound familiar?

The problems that bring people to us.

  • 01

    A site that looks fine and performs badly.

    Slow pages, poor accessibility and no tracking. The redesign shipped in every market and the numbers didn't move.

  • 02

    A store that fights the business.

    Manual stock updates, a checkout that leaks at peak and integrations to the ERP that break on every platform update.

  • 03

    A product stuck in development.

    A year in and nothing usable, while the vendor still owns the code and the steering committee has stopped asking.

How web, webshop & app development runs

Our method, tuned for this work.

The same spine runs through every engagement, whatever the discipline. It keeps decisions visible and lets you see where you are at any point.

  1. 01

    Consult

    Understand the business, the users and what success looks like before choosing anything.

  2. 02

    Design

    Flows, wireframes and interface design tested with real users where it matters.

  3. 03

    Build

    Phased delivery with rejection gates, automated tests and a staging environment you can see.

  4. 04

    Launch

    Performance, accessibility and tracking verified, then a controlled release.

  5. 05

    Evolve

    Retained development that keeps the product improving after launch.

Why Opulence

Client-owned repositories.

Code, infrastructure and content live in accounts in your name from the first commit.

Design and engineering in one room.

Designers and developers work together from day one, so what is designed can be built and what is built looks right.

Instrumented from launch.

Analytics, error tracking and performance monitoring go live with the product, so the first month of data is real.

Traps to avoid
  • Choosing the stack before understanding the content and users.
  • Signing off a design without seeing it on a phone.
  • Letting the agency host the code in its own accounts.
  • Skipping performance budgets until launch week.
  • Treating accessibility as a legal box rather than a quality bar.
Tools and platforms
  • Next.js
  • Nuxt
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • WordPress
  • Sanity
  • Storyblok
  • Shopify Plus
  • WooCommerce
  • Medusa
  • React Native
  • Flutter
  • Figma
Platforms we work with in web, webshop & app development10 platforms
Shopify
WooCommerce
Vercel
Next.js
Webflow
Stripe
Adyen
Mollie
Atlassian
GitHub
Ways to work together

Three shapes of mandate. One standard.

01

Fixed-scope programme

A defined outcome, a defined team and a date. Best for audits, platform builds and migrations.

02

Retained partnership

A standing senior team with a rolling backlog. Best for marketing, security operations and product estates.

03

Embedded leadership

Our specialists inside your organisation, on your tools and governance, for as long as the mandate runs.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Every project starts with a short discovery that produces a written scope and timeline. Once requirements are settled the build runs as fixed-scope phases.

A marketing site typically takes eight to fourteen weeks from kick-off to launch. Stores and applications depend on integrations and features and are estimated after discovery.

It depends on content, team and integrations. We recommend after discovery and explain the trade-offs rather than defaulting to one tool.

You do. Repositories, hosting, domains and CMS accounts are created in your name and we work as collaborators.

Yes. We start with a technical review, then either stabilise and improve it or recommend a rebuild with reasons.

Yes, through a retained team with an SLA. Hosting runs in your cloud accounts under your own contracts.

Next step

Software you own, delivered in slices you can use.