Ladders UK Direct is one of the UK's top online ladder stores. They offer great prices on a wide range of ladders, work platforms and other height access solutions for tradespeople and DIYers alike. And unlike many of the ladders you'll find online, all products sold by Ladders UK Direct come from respected manufacturers whose ladders are tested and certified safe to use.

We first worked with Ladders UK Direct some years ago, building them an ecommerce website that launched in late 2019. Since then, the online landscape has changed significantly – and while we continued to tweak and optimise the site over the years, everything was still built on top of that same ageing foundation.

By the end of 2025, the Ladders UK Direct website was beginning to show its age. It was still functional, still performing well, but weighed down by years of bolted-on extras. The time had come for a more comprehensive update.

So we rebuilt the whole website from the ground up to create a faster, smoother and more modern ecommerce site that's easier for customers to navigate and easier for the Ladders UK Direct team to manage.

Supplements Direct has been a familiar name in the UK fitness world for years – the place you'd go for your protein, creatine and so on. But as their customers' needs evolved beyond the gym, so did their brand. They wanted to move from being 'just' a sports supplement retailer to a trusted destination for everyday vitamins, health and wellbeing.

That's where we came in. Designer Websites were asked to create a new ecommerce website that would...

• Look clean and credible to a broader audience (without alienating the fitness-focused customer base)
• Provide a smooth shopping experience for mobile and desktop users
• Encourage repeat orders for daily vitamins and health supplements
• Perform brilliantly in search engines

And that's exactly what we built! Visit www.supplementsdirect.com now to see the results for yourself, or read on to learn more about this project.

In today’s constantly-evolving digital world, a functional and well-designed ecommerce website is a must if you want to attract and retain new customers.

Landing pages are great for ecommerce website sales and lead generation, as they tend to convert better than blog posts and other page types. A landing page is often the best way to present a direct call-to-action (CTA) to your target audience, as landing pages can be much more tightly focused on a specific goal.

Christmas is almost here, and amongst the last-minute gift shopping, you might also be wondering what steps you should be taking to prepare your business for the Christmas shutdown.

When it comes to running an ecommerce site at Christmas, it’s so important to prepare ahead of time to make sure that you and your team are ready. You can do this by taking steps to ensure that your customers aren’t left feeling disappointed.