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Online stores built for UK consumer law, UK payments and nationwide delivery.

Q: How do the DMCC Act rules change the way we show prices?

Mandatory charges must sit inside the headline price. Since April 2025, drip pricing, where unavoidable fees appear only later in the purchase, is an unfair practice under the DMCC Act. Any charge a customer cannot avoid must be in the first price shown. Optional extras can still be added later if they are clearly optional. The Act also bans fake reviews, and its subscription contract rules are expected in 2027. We review displayed prices across product, basket and checkout before launch.

Q: Is selling to Northern Ireland different from selling to Great Britain?

For goods, yes, in some important ways. Under the Windsor Framework, Northern Ireland follows some EU rules for goods, including VAT treatment of goods and certain product rules, while remaining part of the UK customs territory. Moving goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland can involve schemes and paperwork that do not apply within Great Britain. We build the store to treat Northern Ireland addresses correctly, with your tax adviser confirming the setup. Shipping and duty rules can be set separately for Northern Ireland orders.

Q: Do customers in Scotland need different terms?

Your terms should recognise that Scotland has its own legal system. Consumer protection under the Consumer Rights Act applies across the UK, but Scots law differs from the law of England and Wales in areas such as contract and courts. Terms that name only English courts can be unfair to a Scottish consumer. We do not write legal terms, but we build the store so your adviser's wording is shown, versioned and accepted correctly for every order. Order confirmations can also carry the relevant terms version.

Q: Should a UK store offer pay by bank?

Often yes, alongside cards and wallets. Pay by bank uses Open Banking to move money directly from the buyer's account after they approve it in their banking app. It can lower processing costs and suits higher value orders, though some customers still prefer cards for their familiar protections. We usually add it as one option among several and review its share of orders after launch. Refunds to pay by bank orders are handled through your payment provider's tools.

Q: Do you work with UK clients in person?

We work with UK clients remotely, by video call. Codeeo has offices in Dubai, Riyadh and Karachi and no UK office. Discovery, design reviews, training and launch planning run on video calls with shared screens, and your advisers or other suppliers can join. Every decision is written up afterwards, which also helps head office teams keep branch managers informed. Training sessions are recorded so new staff can watch them later.

Q: How do we roll out a new store across branches in several cities?

In stages, starting with the branches and regions best placed to test it. We often switch on click and collect and stock visibility for a handful of branches first, check that stock figures, picking and handovers work, then extend city by city. Staff training, signage text and a simple branch guide go out with each stage. This avoids a national launch where one data problem affects every shop at once. Lessons from each stage are fed into the next before it starts.

Q: What affects the cost of online store development in the UK?

Scope, integrations, branches, data and compliance needs. Online store development UK businesses commission varies with catalogue size, the number of warehouses and branches to connect, ERP and accounting integrations, Northern Ireland and export handling, and the amount of content to create. Ecommerce website design UK shoppers find easy to use takes careful work too. Custom ecommerce website development UK retailers choose for unusual pricing or trade rules costs more than a platform build. We quote in writing after discovery. Ongoing platform and app costs are listed separately.

Codeeo provides ecommerce website development UK retailers, brands and wholesalers can trade on in all four nations. We build online stores whose pricing, checkout, terms and data handling follow UK rules from the first release: all-in prices under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, cancellation rights under the Consumer Contracts Regulations, consent under PECR and UK GDPR, and payments that pass Strong Customer Authentication. Then we connect the stock, warehouses and branches that let you sell to the whole country.

Compliance is not a page of small print added at the end. It shapes how prices are displayed, what happens at checkout, how returns work and which tags may load. Building it in from the start costs far less than retrofitting a live store after a complaint. It also gives customers in every part of the country the same clear experience.

Plan your UK store Web development and eCommerce

Built for: Retailers with branches in several UK cities, online only brands, wholesalers and manufacturers selling to customers across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Typical timeline: Timing is agreed in discovery once markets, branches, integrations and data are understood, then recorded in a written plan before design starts.
What you own: The store code, content, product and customer data, payment and courier accounts, analytics and hosting, all in accounts your company controls.
Rated: 4.7 / 5 from 23 Google reviews

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

What the store can include

The national rules and systems a UK store has to handle.

Selling online across the UK means one market with several sets of rules underneath it. Great Britain and Northern Ireland treat goods differently for VAT and product rules. Scotland has its own legal system, so terms written only for England and Wales can be a poor fit. Consumer law now reaches into how prices are shown and how reviews are gathered, and the ICO expects consent to work in practice, not just on a banner. On top of that sit national payment options, carriers with different reach to remote postcodes and stock spread across warehouses and shops in different cities. These are the capabilities we build into UK online stores. We select them with you in discovery, according to what you sell, where your customers are and how your business is set up.

Explain your project

All-in prices from the first view
The DMCC Act's drip pricing rules require mandatory charges to be included in the price a shopper first sees. We build product, basket and checkout displays so unavoidable fees are part of the headline price, while genuinely optional extras such as express delivery are offered clearly and separately.
Prices that comply and do not shock buyers at the last step.
Terms that fit all four nations
Checkout links to terms, privacy and returns pages your legal adviser approves, with wording that recognises customers in Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as England and Wales. Each order stores the version of the terms accepted, so you can show what applied.
A clear record of what each customer agreed to.
VAT across Great Britain, Northern Ireland and abroad
UK VAT on domestic orders, correct handling for goods moving to Northern Ireland under the Windsor Framework, and export or destination tax rules for overseas sales. VAT invoices are produced automatically for business buyers, and reports match what your accountant files.
Tax handled by rules rather than manual adjustments.
UK payment methods
Cards with Strong Customer Authentication, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal and pay by bank through Open Banking, which sends money straight from the buyer's bank app. Payment provider choice is based on your order values, refund volume and settlement needs.
Buyers pay the way they prefer, and fewer payments fail.
Consent and data rights
A consent tool that genuinely blocks non essential cookies and tracking until a choice is made, as PECR requires, plus marketing preferences that respect the soft opt in rules. Admin tools handle UK GDPR requests to access or erase a customer's data.
Marketing data you can defend if the ICO asks.
Stock across several warehouses and branches
Orders are allocated to the warehouse or branch that can fulfil fastest, with stock levels synced from each location. Click and collect shows which shops in which towns hold an item, and transfers between sites are tracked.
One national store that uses all your stock, wherever it sits.
Delivery rules for every postcode
Courier services and charges set by postcode area, so the Highlands, the Scottish islands, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland see accurate dates and prices before they pay. Lockers and parcel shops can be offered where couriers support them. Carrier choice can differ by region.
Fewer complaints from customers outside the main cities.
Accessible to WCAG 2.2
Templates and checkout designed and tested against WCAG 2.2, covering keyboard use, screen readers, contrast, focus visibility and target size. The Equality Act expects reasonable adjustments, and an accessible store also tends to convert better for every shopper.
A store more people can actually use and buy from.
Product information the law expects
Fields for the details different goods must carry: unit prices for groceries under the Price Marking Order, allergens for food, safety warnings and manufacturer details for regulated products, and age restrictions where they apply. Required fields stop a product going live with gaps.
Listings that stay complete as the range grows.
Repeat orders, ready for subscription rules
Subscribe and repeat options for consumables, with reminders before each charge and easy cancellation from the account page. The DMCC Act's subscription contract rules are expected in 2027, and we design repeat ordering so it can adapt when they arrive.
Recurring revenue built on terms customers understand.

Who this is for

Four kinds of UK businesses that build national stores with us.

A store that sells to the whole country has to work for a buyer in Aberdeen as well as one in Exeter, and for staff in head office as well as staff in a branch. Codeeo has delivered 200+ projects across the UAE and the US, rated 4.7 from 23 Google reviews, and our team of 80+ works with UK clients remotely. Discovery, design reviews and launch planning all run by video call, with written notes after each session. The four groups below cover most of the businesses that ask us about a national store.

Retailers with branches in several cities

Chains with shops in different towns want the website to support the branches, not compete with them. We connect each shop's stock, offer collection and returns in store, and attribute online orders to the branch that fulfils or influences them, so local managers see the website as part of their sales rather than a rival. Branch staff can also place online orders for customers in the shop when a size is missing.

Branch attribution rules are agreed before launch.

Online only brands selling nationwide

Brands without shops depend entirely on the store and the courier. We focus on fast pages, clear delivery promises for every region, a returns flow that keeps costs down and customer accounts that make reordering easy. Analytics and consent are set up so marketing spend can be judged on reliable numbers. Delivery promises are tested against real courier performance in each region, then adjusted.

Businesses based in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland

Sellers outside England often find that standard templates assume English law, English delivery and GB-only VAT. We build terms references, delivery zones and tax handling that fit where you are, and for Northern Ireland sellers we plan for the different rules on goods moving to and from Great Britain and the EU. Welsh language content can be added where your customers expect it.

Your legal and tax advisers confirm the final wording.

Manufacturers and wholesalers with national accounts

Suppliers serving trade customers across the UK need account pricing, credit terms, bulk ordering and VAT invoices, often alongside a consumer shop. We build both on one catalogue and connect them to the ERP or accounting system already running the business. Trade buyers in every region see their own prices and delivery terms once signed in.

Six stages to a store that trades nationally.

01Discovery and compliance mapWe document your products, customers, branches and systems, and list the consumer, tax and data rules that affect each part of the store. Gaps are flagged early.
02Commercial and legal rulesPricing display, delivery zones, returns, VAT handling and terms are agreed with you and your advisers before screens are designed. Advisers can review drafts directly.
03Design and accessibilityTemplates and checkout are designed on real products and tested against WCAG 2.2 with your team reviewing each step by video call. Issues are fixed before build.
04Build and integrateWe build the store and admin, then connect payments, couriers, warehouses, branch tills, ERP and accounting, testing every connection with realistic orders. Failures are logged and retried.
05Staged rolloutLaunch can start with one region or a few branches, then extend city by city once orders, stock and collection work as planned. Each stage has a short review.
06Measure and improveWe track conversion, delivery issues, returns and compliance changes after launch, and plan improvements with you from what the data shows. Reports go to head office monthly.

How we work together

Three ways UK businesses work with us.

Most UK clients begin with a fixed scope build for the first release, priced after discovery against a written specification. Once the store trades, many continue on a monthly plan covering improvements, new integrations and changes required by new regulations. Larger retailers with several brands or a long roadmap sometimes take a dedicated team that works inside their planning cycle. Every arrangement is remote, with video reviews, shared boards and written updates. Ownership of code and data stays with you under every option.

Fixed scope

A defined build with a deadline

We agree what the product has to do, write it down with a price and a date, and build exactly that. Changes are priced before they are made, not discovered on the invoice.

Written scope and acceptance criteria
Fixed price and delivery date
Weekly build on a URL you can open
30 days of fixes after launch

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Dedicated team

A product that keeps evolving

Named engineers who work your hours, join your standups and stay on the codebase. You direct the backlog; we own the quality of what ships.

Senior engineers, not a rotating bench
Your tools, your repo, your process
Monthly, cancel with 30 days notice
A lead who answers for the team

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Retainer

Something live that needs looking after

A monthly block of hours for improvements, fixes and the small requests that otherwise wait months. Unused hours carry for a quarter.

Agreed response times
Monitoring and dependency updates
A monthly report of what changed and why
Priority access to the same team that built it

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Technology

What we build this with.

We build on Shopify, WooCommerce, headless architecture with Next.js and fully custom platforms, and connect to ERPs such as Business Central and Odoo. The right choice depends on catalogue size, branch count, integrations and your team's skills, and we set out the reasons in writing. Where an existing system works well, we connect to it instead of replacing it.

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 businesses ask before building a store.

What laws does ecommerce website development in the UK need to account for?

Consumer, data, payment, tax and accessibility rules all shape the store.

The main ones are the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and the Consumer Contracts Regulations for sales and cancellations, the DMCC Act for pricing and reviews, UK GDPR and PECR for data and cookies, Strong Customer Authentication for card payments, VAT rules and the Equality Act for accessibility. Sector rules such as age restrictions or product safety apply on top. We build to these, and your legal adviser approves the final wording. The list is reviewed again before launch in case anything has changed.

How do the DMCC Act rules change the way we show prices?

Is selling to Northern Ireland different from selling to Great Britain?

Do customers in Scotland need different terms?

Should a UK store offer pay by bank?

Do you work with UK clients in person?

How do we roll out a new store across branches in several cities?

What affects the cost of online store development in the UK?

Services that usually go with this one.

Payment integrationCards, wallets and pay by bank connected to your checkout, with Strong Customer Authentication handled properly.Business CentralFinance, stock and orders in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, linked to your online store.Digital marketing and SEOSearch and paid campaigns that bring UK buyers to the new store and measure what they spend.

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

Online stores built for UK consumer law, UK payments and nationwide delivery.

The national rules and systems a UK store has to handle.

All-in prices from the first view

Terms that fit all four nations

VAT across Great Britain, Northern Ireland and abroad

UK payment methods

Consent and data rights

Stock across several warehouses and branches

Delivery rules for every postcode

Accessible to WCAG 2.2

Product information the law expects

Repeat orders, ready for subscription rules

Four kinds of UK businesses that build national stores with us.

Retailers with branches in several cities

Online only brands selling nationwide

Businesses based in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland

Manufacturers and wholesalers with national accounts

Six stages to a store that trades nationally.

Three ways UK businesses work with us.

Fixed scope

Dedicated team

Retainer

What we build this with.

Questions UK businesses ask before building a store.

Services that usually go with this one.

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