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Chatbot subscription sites built to UK consumer, payment and tax law from the start.

Codeeo provides AI chatbot subscription website development UK software companies rely on to sell their assistant as a recurring product to customers in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We build pricing pages that meet the drip pricing rules, checkout with Strong Customer Authentication, card, Direct Debit and pay by bank options, VAT invoices that feed Making Tax Digital, and an account area where customers change plans and cancel without a fight. The aim is a platform that sells on its own and stands up to scrutiny from the CMA, HMRC and the ICO.

We have no office in the UK. Our team of 80+ in Dubai, Riyadh and Karachi works with UK clients remotely, running discovery, reviews and launch checks by video call, so you can be based anywhere from Aberdeen to Truro and work the same way.

Built for
UK registered software companies selling AI chatbot plans nationally to small businesses, larger enterprises, public bodies and, in some cases, consumers.
Typical timeline
Timing is fixed after discovery, when the legal requirements, payment methods, buyer types and integrations are clear, and it is recorded in a written plan you sign off before design.
What you own
Every account behind the platform, including the billing engine, payment processor and Direct Debit provider, plus the subscriber data, invoice history, plan rules and source code.
Rated
4.7 / 5 from 23 Google reviews

200+ companies servedFrom a first store to an ADX listed developer

Modon
Majid Al Futtaim
HP
Belkin
Dulsco Group
OneClickDrive
Hanayen
HMS
Clocksprings
Ghezlan

What the platform covers

The parts of a UK subscription business the law and your buyers care about.

Selling chatbot subscriptions across the UK means meeting several sets of rules at once. Consumer law decides how prices are shown, when customers can cancel and what they must be told before renewal. Payment regulation decides when a bank can challenge a card payment. Tax law decides what goes on each invoice and how it reaches HMRC. Data protection law covers both billing records and the conversations your bots hold. On top of that, buyers vary widely: a sole trader in Cardiff, a housing association in Glasgow, a retailer with stores in every region and a public body buying through a government framework. Our AI chatbot SaaS website development UK work brings those requirements into one platform, built on a billing engine such as Stripe Billing, Chargebee or Recurly and connected to your chatbot product, your accounting software and your CRM, so compliance is part of the design rather than a list of fixes after launch. The same platform then supports growth from your first few hundred customers to national contracts.

Explain your project
  • Transparent pricing pages

    Headline prices that include every unavoidable charge, VAT shown clearly as included or excluded, and allowances described in conversations, channels and seats. This follows the drip pricing provisions of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, which the CMA has been able to enforce directly since April 2025.

    Prices on the page match the first invoice.

  • Pre-contract information and consent

    Before payment, customers see the plan, the renewal date, the notice they will get and how to cancel. For consumers, the checkout records express consent to start the service at once and their acknowledgement of how that affects the cancellation right under the Consumer Contracts Regulations.

    Every subscriber's agreement is recorded and easy to retrieve.

  • SCA ready checkout

    The first card payment is authenticated through 3D Secure when the issuing bank requires it, and later renewals run as merchant initiated transactions. Apple Pay and Google Pay are offered alongside cards, and card fields are hosted by the processor so card data never reaches your servers.

    Renewals go through without customers being challenged every month.

  • Direct Debit and pay by bank

    Bacs Direct Debit for customers who prefer it, with mandate setup, advance notice and the Direct Debit Guarantee, plus Open Banking pay by bank for annual payments. Each method is matched to invoices automatically, and failed collections trigger the same recovery steps as declined cards.

    Businesses pay the way their finance teams already work.

  • VAT and Making Tax Digital

    Invoices carry your VAT number and the correct treatment for UK customers, reverse charge for overseas businesses and local tax for overseas consumers where it applies. Records sync to Xero, Sage, QuickBooks or FreeAgent, ready for Making Tax Digital returns.

    Quarterly VAT is filed from clean records.

  • Renewal reminders and easy exit

    Reminders before annual renewals and at the end of any introductory period, a cancellation route in the account area that takes a few clicks, and confirmation emails. We build this now with the Act's separate subscription contract regime in mind, which has been delayed but is still expected.

    You are ready for the subscription rules when they commence.

  • Public sector purchasing

    Quotes, purchase orders, invoice payment terms and order forms for councils, NHS bodies, universities and other public buyers, including those buying through frameworks such as G-Cloud. Public sector contracts can be billed annually without a card on file.

    Public sector deals bill as cleanly as card sign-ups.

  • Data protection by design

    Billing data, account data and chatbot transcripts mapped with lawful bases and retention periods under UK GDPR, cookie consent under PECR, and a trust page listing sub-processors and hosting locations for buyers' due diligence. Customers can also download a data processing agreement from the account area.

    Procurement questionnaires get straight, documented answers.

  • Usage metering and fair overage

    Your chatbot reports conversations, resolutions or model usage to the billing engine, and customers see a running total against their allowance. Warnings go out before a limit is reached, and any overage charge is disclosed on the plans page and in the terms, so it never appears on an invoice as a surprise.

    Model costs are recovered without disputes over unexpected charges.

  • Nation aware business details

    Company name, registration number and registered office shown as UK disclosure rules require, terms that state the governing law, and a version of your terms for customers in Scotland where your adviser recommends one. Welsh language pages can be added for Welsh buyers, and Northern Ireland customers are handled on the same footing as the rest of the UK for digital services.

    Customers in every nation see terms that make sense for them.

Who this is for

Four kinds of UK chatbot company we build for.

National selling raises different questions depending on who your customers are. These are the situations UK vendors bring to us most often for AI chatbot subscription platform development UK teams can run without constant manual checks, and the emphasis each one needs.

01

Vendors selling mainly to small businesses

Your customers are shops, trades, clinics and agencies all over the country who buy online without speaking to anyone. They need a simple plans page, card and Direct Debit options, a quick bot setup and an account area they can manage alone. We keep the flow short and make sure the price they see is the price they pay. Failed payment recovery, card updates and plan changes all happen in the account area, so a small support team can serve thousands of customers.

Self-serve only works if the terms are clear.

02

Vendors who also sell to consumers

Some chatbot products, such as personal assistants or creator tools, are bought by individuals. Consumer sales bring cancellation rights, stricter pricing rules and clearer renewal information. We build the consent records, cancellation flows and reminders that consumer law expects, and keep them separate from business plans. If a consumer plan includes an introductory price, the account area and reminder emails state clearly what the full price will be and when it applies.

Consumer and business plans follow different rules.

03

Vendors selling to the public sector

Councils, NHS organisations, universities and housing providers in all four nations often buy chatbots for citizen and tenant questions. They pay by invoice, may buy through a framework and look closely at accessibility and data protection. We build the invoicing, accessibility and trust content they check. In Wales, public bodies may need Welsh language content, and the platform can carry both languages with the same plans and prices.

04

Vendors scaling to national enterprises

Retailers, banks, utilities and insurers want annual contracts, negotiated limits, single sign-on, several business units on one account and detailed usage reporting. We extend self-serve billing with enterprise order forms and account hierarchies so both models run on one system. Usage can be reported per business unit or per region, which helps national organisations allocate costs between their teams in different parts of the country.

Six stages to a UK compliant subscription platform.

  1. 01Requirements and rulesWe list your buyer types, the consumer, payment, tax and data rules that apply to each, and the questions for your legal adviser to settle before any design work begins.
  2. 02Plans and billing modelPlans, allowances, add-ons, enterprise terms and public sector pricing agreed, then configured in a billing engine chosen for your currencies, reporting and accounting needs.
  3. 03Design for clarity and accessPricing, checkout, account and cancellation screens designed for plain language and tested against WCAG 2.2 for Equality Act duties.
  4. 04Integration buildWebhooks to your chatbot platform, accounting and CRM links, Direct Debit and pay by bank setup, and tax configuration, built and documented.
  5. 05Compliance testingPrice displays, consent records, SCA challenges, failed payments, VAT cases, cookie consent and cancellation routes tested scenario by scenario.
  6. 06National launch and reviewExisting customers migrated with proper notice, first billing cycles reconciled against the ledger, and a review agreed for changes in law or your plans.

Technology

What we build this with.

The platform usually combines a Next.js or WordPress marketing site, a custom account area, Stripe Billing, Chargebee or Recurly, GoCardless for Direct Debit, and links to Xero, Sage, FreeAgent, HubSpot, Salesforce or Microsoft Dynamics 365.

01Web

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • Laravel
  • WordPress

02Commerce

  • Shopify Plus
  • WooCommerce
  • BigCommerce
  • Headless storefronts

03Data and cloud

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Docker

04Marketing and tracking

  • GA4
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Search Console
  • Meta Pixel
  • Looker Studio

Questions UK chatbot companies ask about subscription sites.

It depends mostly on the number of buyer types and payment methods.

A self-serve platform for small businesses paying by card is the quickest build. Adding consumer sales, Direct Debit, public sector invoicing, enterprise contracts, multiple currencies or a migration from another billing tool each extends the work. We agree scope and releases in discovery, then confirm the timing in a written plan before design begins. Cost follows the same drivers, along with the number of integrations with accounting software, CRM and your own product.

Tell us what the business needs. We will tell you what to build first.

Schedule a free consultation and get a written recommendation, with costs, before you commit to anything.

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PROVEN RESULTS

4.7 / 5from 23 Google reviews