Urban Software
E-Commerce Development

Storefronts that turn traffic into revenue

Fast, trustworthy online stores with checkout that doesn't leak: built on Shopify, headless, or fully custom, depending on what you actually need.

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Product page load

-30%

Typical cart abandonment

PCI

Compliant payments

Service Overview

Every second of load time is money leaving

Most stores don't lose sales on price: they lose them at checkout, on mobile, on a slow product page. We build stores where the fast path to purchase is the obvious one: quick loads, clear stock, local payment methods and a checkout with nothing in the way.

  • Sub-second product pages, because speed is conversion
  • Checkout tuned to remove every avoidable step
  • Local payment methods and currencies that buyers trust
  • Inventory, orders and fulfilment wired to your back office
Key Features & Capabilities

Everything you get, built in

A complete, production-grade toolkit, engineered to the same premium standard across the board.

Speed as Strategy

Sub-second pages. Every 100ms of delay measurably costs orders.

Checkout That Converts

Guest checkout, address autofill, wallets, no dead ends.

Trusted Payments

Cards, Apple Pay, Tabby, Tamara, PCI-compliant throughout.

Inventory Sync

Stock, orders and fulfilment connected to your ERP or back office.

Merchandising & Search

Faceted search and collections that surface what sells.

Analytics That Explain

Funnel tracking that shows where the money leaks.

Technologies We Use

A modern, battle-tested stack

We pick the right tools for the job and keep them current, no legacy baggage.

Shopify
Next.js
Hydrogen
Stripe
WooCommerce
Sanity
Algolia
Klaviyo
Our Development Process

How we bring it to life

A transparent, milestone-driven workflow, you always know exactly where your product stands.

01

Discovery & Consultation

We dig into your goals, users and constraints to define what success looks like, no assumptions.

03

UI/UX Design

High-fidelity, accessible interfaces and interactive prototypes designed to convert and delight.

04

Development

Clean, typed, well-tested code shipped in tight iterations with regular demos, you see progress weekly.

06

Deployment

Zero-downtime releases on resilient, auto-scaling cloud infrastructure with CI/CD baked in.

Why Choose Urban Software

Engineered for the long term

An enterprise-grade partner obsessed with quality, performance and your outcomes.

Senior Engineers Only

Every line is written by experienced engineers who own the outcome.

Performance Obsessed

Sub-second loads and 60fps are the baseline, not an upgrade.

Security First

Hardened, audited and compliant by default across every project.

Scalable by Design

Architecture that grows with you, no rewrites at 10×.

Real Communication

Direct access to your team, weekly demos and clear updates.

Long-Term Support

We stay on as your engineering partner well beyond launch.

Project Timeline

From kickoff to launch

A realistic, transparent timeline: most projects ship in weeks, not months.

  1. 1

    Platform & Catalogue

    Week 1

    Shopify, headless or custom: decided on your catalogue and margins, not fashion.

  2. 2

    Design & Merchandising

    Week 2–3

    Storefront, collections and the path to checkout.

  3. 3

    Build & Integrate

    Week 3–6

    Payments, shipping, tax, inventory and marketing tools.

  4. 4

    Launch & Optimise

    Week 6–8

    Migration, QA across devices, then conversion testing on live traffic.

FAQ

Questions, answered

Shopify for most stores: it handles payments, tax and PCI so you don't pay us to rebuild them. Custom or headless when you have unusual pricing, deep ERP integration, or a catalogue Shopify's model fights. We recommend the cheaper option when it fits.

Let's collaborate

Let's build your next digital product

Tell us about your E-Commerce project and we'll map a clear path from concept to launch: no pressure, no jargon.