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An SME moving online
You are launching a first professional store for an established local business.
E-commerce built around your operation.
I build online stores for Belgian businesses that need more than a generic theme: local payments, practical shipping rules, inventory, B2B pricing and connections to accounting or internal systems. You keep control of the roadmap and the running costs.
Who this is for.
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A business with a product range
An existing catalogue needs reliable online ordering, stock and fulfilment.
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A niche product
Your configuration, pricing or ordering process does not fit a standard platform.
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A B2B seller
Customers need account-specific prices, repeat ordering, invoices or ERP integration.
What is included.
Catalogue
Products, variants, inventory, pricing, discounts and an editing flow that fits your range.
Belgian payments
Bancontact, Payconiq, cards, Klarna and SEPA through providers such as Mollie or Stripe.
Shipping
bpost, DPD, collection, free-shipping thresholds and rules based on weight, region or order value.
Operations
Orders, customers, exports, email and accounting connections without a tower of plugins.
Scope and pricing.
Core store
from €2,500
A focused catalogue with standard payment and delivery flows.
Product management, checkout, Bancontact and order emails.
Business store
€5,000–€15,000
A broader store with customer accounts, inventory and business integrations.
Discount rules, accounting sync, advanced shipping and reporting.
B2B or specialised
priced per project
A portal with business pricing, complex stock or system-driven products.
Customer-specific catalogues, approvals, ERP links or multi-brand operations.
Use a platform when it is the sensible choice.
For a small standard catalogue, Shopify or WooCommerce can be faster and cheaper. I will say so when custom development would add cost without adding value.
Custom e-commerce becomes useful when pricing, inventory, fulfilment or integrations are specific enough that plugins and workarounds start running the business.
Designed for Belgian customers and operations.
Bancontact, Payconiq, bpost, DPD, European VAT and accounting tools such as Yuki, Exact or Octopus can be designed into the flow from day one.
Structured product data, fast product pages and clean URLs provide the technical SEO base. Google Shopping feeds and analytics can be added where useful.
How we work.
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Discovery
We map products, customers, pricing, payment, stock and fulfilment.
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Proposal
The scope includes integrations, transaction assumptions, schedule and fixed pricing.
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Build and test
You test products, orders, payments and fulfilment before launch.
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Launch
The store goes live with monitoring, analytics and an agreed support route.
Frequently asked questions.
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How much does a custom online store cost? +
A core store starts around €2,500. A business store with accounts, stock management and accounting integration generally falls between €5,000 and €15,000. B2B portals and specialised commerce are scoped separately.
Should I use Shopify or custom development? +
For fewer than roughly 25 products and a standard process, Shopify or WooCommerce is often the sensible choice. Custom development becomes valuable for specialised products, B2B pricing, complex inventory or deep business-system integrations.
Can I manage products myself? +
Yes. The administration is designed around your catalogue so you can add products, adjust prices, manage inventory and handle orders without developer involvement.
Which payment methods are supported? +
Bancontact and Payconiq can be combined with Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Klarna and SEPA through providers such as Mollie or Stripe.
What about SEO and Google Shopping? +
Product pages receive appropriate structured data, metadata and a fast technical foundation. A Google Shopping feed can be generated, and genuine customer ratings can be marked up when they are visibly collected on the product pages.
What happens once the shop is live? +
Hosting, updates and monitoring can be covered by a maintenance agreement. You manage the catalogue; new payment methods, integrations and design changes can be added without a mandatory long-term contract.
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