Services · Website development · Fashion websites

Websites for Birmingham fashion houses that turn browsers into showroom visits.

We handle fashion website development Birmingham retailers, occasion wear houses, designers and manufacturers rely on to bring people through the door: galleries that show every outfit properly, showroom visit requests, WhatsApp and phone enquiries tracked to the right person, and local search that puts the shop in front of people searching across the West Midlands. Many Birmingham fashion businesses sell most of their stock in person, after a long conversation. The website's job is to start that conversation well.

We build the brand site and its enquiry routes. Selling online is a separate project that we can plan for later, and the site is structured so a shop can be added without starting again. Codeeo works with Birmingham clients remotely, with planning, reviews and training run over video call and every agreed point written down.

Built for
Occasion and bridal wear showrooms, city centre boutiques, Digbeth designers, menswear and tailoring shops, and clothing manufacturers in Birmingham and the wider West Midlands.
Typical timeline
Timing is fixed together after discovery, based on how many collections need photographing and loading and whether you want to launch before the busy wedding and festival months.
What you own
The website code, domain, hosting account, editing logins, photo library and all enquiry data belong to your company and sit in accounts you control.
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 we build into the site

The parts that bring Birmingham customers to the shop.

A family planning a wedding wardrobe may visit three or four showrooms before choosing one, and often decides which to visit by looking at websites and social pages first. A student browsing on the bus from Selly Oak wants to know what is in stock at a city centre boutique before making the trip. A buyer from another retailer wants to see a manufacturer's range without phoning. Each of these people arrives at the website with a different question, and the site needs to answer it in a few taps and then make the next step obvious. We start by mapping the enquiries your staff already handle by phone, in the shop and on WhatsApp, then design pages that answer the common ones and capture the details for the rest. The list below is a menu, not a fixed package; most Birmingham projects use six or seven of these.

Explain your project
  • Outfit galleries by occasion

    Collections organised the way customers think: bridal, mehndi, walima, party wear, menswear, kidswear, or by season for a high street style boutique. Each outfit page shows several angles, close detail of embroidery or fabric, and an enquiry button that sends the outfit reference with the message.

    Staff know exactly which piece a customer is asking about.

  • Showroom visit requests

    A request form that asks for the occasion, the date of the event, how many people will come and which outfits they liked online. Your team confirms by phone or message. Bridal houses often use this to spread visits across the week instead of facing a crowded Saturday.

    Fewer walk ins at peak times and better prepared appointments.

  • WhatsApp and call tracking

    Click to chat and click to call buttons that open with a pre filled message naming the page the visitor was on. Clicks are recorded in analytics, with consent, so you can see which collections and which local search results produce the most enquiries.

    You know which pages make the phone ring.

  • Local search and branch pages

    A page for each shop with address, opening days you set, parking and public transport notes, and LocalBusiness structured data. We align the details with your Google Business Profile so a search for occasion wear near Soho Road or a boutique near the Mailbox points to the right branch.

    Each branch shows correctly in map and local results.

  • Pages in community languages

    Where your customers prefer it, key pages and enquiry forms can run in Urdu, Punjabi or Bengali alongside English, including right to left layout for Urdu. We translate only the pages that matter and mark each version properly for search engines.

    Older family members can read the site in their own language.

  • Trade range for manufacturers

    For garment makers and wholesalers, a range section for retail buyers with minimum order guidance, fabric options and a trade enquiry form. Detailed trade pages can be restricted to approved accounts so pricing stays private.

    Buyers from other shops get answers without a phone call.

  • Made to order and alterations

    Pages explaining your tailoring, alterations and custom order process, with a form to upload a reference photo and give rough measurements. The page sets expectations on stages and lead times you choose, without promising dates the workroom cannot keep.

    Custom enquiries arrive with what the tailor needs to quote.

  • Easy editing for shop staff

    A content system set up so whoever runs your social media can add a new outfit from a phone: photos, name, occasion tags and a short description. No developer is needed for weekly updates, and roles stop junior staff from changing settings by accident.

    New stock is online the same day it is photographed.

  • Fast pages on mobile data

    Embroidered and embellished garments need detailed photographs, which can make pages heavy. We compress and resize images automatically, lazy load galleries and keep scripts lean so the site passes Core Web Vitals on a mid range phone over mobile data.

    Detailed photography without slow loading.

  • Accessible by design

    Readable text over photographs, buttons large enough for any thumb, forms that work with a screen reader and outfit images described properly for people who cannot see them. We test against WCAG 2.2 AA before launch. Service providers have duties under the Equality Act, and a family's oldest member should be able to use the site as easily as the bride.

    Every customer can browse and enquire without help.

Who this is for

Birmingham fashion businesses we are a good fit for.

Birmingham's fashion trade is wide: South Asian occasion wear on Soho Road, Ladypool Road and around Alum Rock, independent boutiques and designers in the city centre and Digbeth, menswear and tailoring, and clothing manufacturers and wholesalers serving retailers across the country. These businesses sell in very different ways. Below are the four situations we see most often and what we usually recommend for each. Customers are just as varied: families travelling in from Coventry, Leicester or further for a wedding wardrobe, students from the city's universities, office workers around Colmore Row and visitors in town for a concert or a show at the NEC. A good site speaks to the customers you actually want, not to everyone at once.

01

An occasion and bridal wear showroom

Your customers plan months ahead and come as a family. The site should show full outfits beautifully, explain how visits work and capture the event date so your team can follow up at the right time. Community language pages and a strong WhatsApp route usually matter more here than a blog.

Visit requests and outfit references are the core.

02

An independent boutique or designer

You compete with the large stores at the Bullring and Grand Central by offering something they do not. The website should make your edit and your personality clear, show what is in the shop now and help people find you. A small editorial section helps you appear for local style searches.

Personality and a simple stock showcase.

03

A clothing manufacturer or wholesaler

Your buyers are other businesses. They need range information, capability details such as fabrics, cut and sew capacity and minimums, and a quick way to request samples or a call. A gated trade area keeps commercial terms away from competitors.

Trade enquiries and private range pages.

04

A retailer with several West Midlands branches

Customers need to find the nearest shop and know what each one specialises in. We give every branch its own page and search presence while keeping brand and collection content shared, so one update appears everywhere it should.

Branch pages that share one content source.

From first call to launch in six stages.

  1. 01Understand how you sellOn a video call we go through how customers find you today, which enquiries come by phone, WhatsApp and walk in, and what staff wish they knew before a customer arrives.
  2. 02Plan pages and languagesWe agree the collection structure, branch pages, enquiry forms and which pages need Urdu, Punjabi or Bengali versions. You approve the page map before design starts.
  3. 03Photography guidanceGood outfit pages need consistent images. We give your photographer a short brief on angles, backgrounds and detail shots so every new collection fits the design without editing.
  4. 04Design and buildTemplates are designed for phones first, then large screens. We build them, connect forms to email or your CRM, set up click tracking and add structured data for each branch.
  5. 05Load, test and trainWe load the first collections with your team, test every form and button, check accessibility and page speed, and train staff on adding outfits by phone.
  6. 06Go live and reviewWe launch with redirects from any old site, submit the sitemap and review enquiry data with you after the first weeks to adjust forms and pages that are underperforming.

Technology

What we build this with.

For most Birmingham boutiques and showrooms we recommend WordPress with a custom lightweight theme, because staff can learn it quickly and plenty of local help exists later. Manufacturers with large ranges or several brands may suit a headless setup with Next.js. We explain the trade offs, including hosting and long term upkeep, before you choose.

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

What Birmingham fashion businesses ask before starting.

Because the work is judged on screen, and we make the process visible.

A fashion website succeeds on clear outfit pages, quick loading, local search and an easy enquiry route. All of that can be planned and reviewed by video call, and a shared staging site lets you check progress at any time. We are open that we do not visit Birmingham shops. What we offer instead is a written scope, recorded decisions and a team that has built sites for retailers where visits and conversations, not online checkout, drive sales.

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