Marketplace and e-commerce developmentA web store or marketplace that's effortless to buy from and to manage.
Online shops and multi-vendor marketplaces designed to turn browsers into buyers, simple for your team to operate.
Marketplaces & E-commerce
Sound like you?
Brands heading online, and founders opening a marketplace.
Validating a marketplace concept ahead of the full build? Begin with an MVP
- Visitors reach your shop, but not enough of them purchase.
- Keeping catalogue, pricing and inventory current takes far too long.
- Sellers, buyers and payouts must work together in your marketplace.
What we cover
All handled, from start to finish.
- 01Web storesShopify, WooCommerce or bespoke, picked to suit your selling style.
- 02MarketplacesOne platform covering seller onboarding, listings, commissions and payouts.
- 03Payments & checkoutCards and digital wallets accepted, plus a checkout customers complete quickly.
- 04Stock & catalogueYou can handle variants, categories, stock and products by yourself.
- 05Tax & shippingShipping rates, zones and UK VAT configured correctly from day one.
- 06IntegrationsAnalytics, email marketing, stock and accounting, all connected.
Pricing
Separate pricing for stores and marketplaces.
Choose a store or a marketplace, then the tier that suits you. We settle your price ahead of any work.
A sale-ready store
Basic
£1,000
A branded store built on Shopify, WooCommerce or custom code, ready to accept orders.
- Shopify, WooCommerce or bespoke
- Styled to match your brand
- Tax, shipping and payments
- First products uploaded for you
More stock to offer
Growth
From£2,000
A larger catalogue plus features an expanding shop requires.
- All that Basic includes
- Search, filters and collections
- Email sign-up, reviews and discounts
- Conversion tracking and analytics
Shaped to suit your business
Advanced
From£3,500
Custom design and features, linked into the tools your business relies on.
- All that Growth includes
- Custom design and functionality
- CRM, accounting or stock integrations
- SEO and speed optimisation
We settle the price with you ahead of any work beginning. Each provider bills you directly for platform, app and payment fees.
Arrange a free callWorth knowing first
Why some online shops convert.
Looks rarely cost a shop its sales. Visitors drift away while searching, browsing product pages or paying.
- 01
Fast pages matter
Slow pages send buyers packing, particularly on mobile. Our pages stay lean, with only the apps and scripts you truly need.
- 02
Your product pages close the sale
Sharp images, truthful descriptions, delivery estimates and reviews settle the doubts that put buyers off.
- 03
A checkout done in seconds
Short forms, digital wallets and guest checkout reduce abandoned baskets.
- 04
Trust keeps marketplaces moving
Checked sellers, transparent fees, truthful reviews and dependable payouts bring buyers and sellers back again.
Compare
Shopify, WooCommerce, or something bespoke?
Three solid options for varied needs. We'll suggest whichever suits your selling style.
Shopify
- Best for
- Quick launches, minimal maintenance
- Ongoing costs
- Subscription and add-on apps
- Flexibility
- Solid, inside Shopify's limits
- Multi-vendor
- Via external apps
- Launch speed
- Fastest
WooCommerce
- Best for
- Stores that already use WordPress
- Ongoing costs
- Paid plugins and hosting
- Flexibility
- Strong, via plugins
- Multi-vendor
- Using plugins
- Launch speed
- Fast
Bespoke build
- Best for
- Marketplaces and non-standard purchase journeys
- Ongoing costs
- Servers and upkeep
- Flexibility
- Complete
- Multi-vendor
- Native, shaped around your rules
- Launch speed
- Longest
What you get
All you take away.
Everything is yours, documented and ready to use, with or without us.
- Documented
- Passed to you
- Yours for good
- 01Shop or marketplace styling
- 02Product range configuration
- 03Payment and checkout setup
- 04Delivery, shipping and tax settings
- 05Bringing on sellers, plus payouts (marketplaces)
- 06Conversion tracking and analytics
- 07Back-office training
- 08Going live and hand-off
Technology stack
Dependable tools, picked to suit your product.
- ShopifyShop platforms
- WooCommerceShop platforms
- WordPressShop platforms
- ReactBespoke builds
- Next.jsBespoke builds
- TypeScriptBespoke builds
- Tailwind CSSBespoke builds
- Node.jsBespoke builds
- Express.jsBespoke builds
- PostgreSQLDatabases & hosting
- MongoDBDatabases & hosting
- SupabaseDatabases & hosting
- AWSAWSDatabases & hosting
- VercelDatabases & hosting
- StripePayments & reporting
- XeroPayments & reporting
- Google AnalyticsPayments & reporting
- Google Tag ManagerPayments & reporting
Weighing up e-commerce & marketplaces?
Say what you need and we'll reply with a proposed plan, a delivery schedule and a transparent cost.
What you gain
A store that converts
Quick-loading pages and an easy checkout that convert visitors into orders.
Simple to manage
Stock, pricing and orders stay under your control.
Built for growth
Bring in more products, sellers and channels when you expand.
- 200+
- Products shipped
- 4.3
- Trustpilot score
- 2–4weeks
- Idea to proven MVP
- 2locations
- Islamabad, PK & Birmingham, UK
Client feedback
Straight from them.
“TechClues turned our rough sketch into a live MVP in less than six weeks. A working build landed in front of us every week, and the price stayed exactly as first quoted.”
“Our previous website looked decent enough yet never generated any enquiries. Once TechClues rebuilt it, the pages loaded more quickly and calls from Google began arriving inside the first month.”
“We turned up with an unfinished prototype that AI tools had produced. They cleaned it up, made it secure and prepared it for genuine customers, while explaining each decision in plain English.”
The process
Four simple steps.
- 1
Compass
Plan
Decide on the platform, catalogue, delivery rules and payments.
- 2
Canvas
Design
Shape the store to fit your customers' buying habits.
- 3
Forge · Bridge
Build
Construct the shop, wire up payments and upload your products.
- 4
Sentinel · Everest
Check & go live
Run genuine orders from start to finish, then launch.
Why choose TechClues
What draws founders to us.
Validate first
We check demand up front, so real users stand behind each feature.
Defined scope, honest price
Open pricing with frequent updates. No surprises.
Made to grow
Tried-and-tested tech such as React, Next.js and AWS, built for growth.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
An online store starts at £1,000 (Basic, on Shopify, WooCommerce or custom-built), with Growth from £2,000 and Advanced from £3,500. A marketplace starts from £5,000 (Launch), with Growth from £8,500 and Scale from £15,000. Your price is agreed before any work starts.
Insights
More to read.
Want to take the first step?
Grab a free 30-minute slot and we'll plot out your journey with you.
- 30 minutes, with no commitment
- Scope and cost fixed from the start
- Everything we create belongs to you
- 4.3 on Trustpilot