Fleamapket is a leading directory dedicated to showcasing the world’s best places to buy antiques and vintage treasures. The Fleamapket team sought a robust WordPress solution to efficiently manage and monetize their global directory of hundreds of listings. Our solution provided a visually stunning, seamless website with an interactive world map and the ability to charge for listing submissions or offer premium access to exclusive content. We chose Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) over WooCommerce for its lightweight framework optimized for digital products and services. To further enhance the user experience, we implemented a custom event management tool that links events and shows to specific listings, as well as custom filters to refine searches beyond the default settings. In addition, the client wanted a mobile app for iOS and Android; we identified and oversaw an app developer and ensured the successful launch on the App Store and Google Play. Our development focused on aesthetics, functionality, speed and security. We continue to provide daily maintenance, including plugin and WordPress core updates, security scans, and regular backups.
Flea Market Insiders
Fleamarketinsiders.com is a top-ranked travel and lifestyle blog that receives over 145,000 page views per month from 75,000 unique visitors (from over 150 countries). The blog is regularly cited as a trusted source of information in the travel & lifestyle industry and has been featured in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Homes & Antiques, Refinery 29, NPR, HGTV Magazine, Forbes and the Huffington Post. With a rapidly growing monthly readership, the editorial team at Flea Market Insiders needed a complete overhaul of their blog’s interface, brand, structure and content organisation, while ensuring their site followed web best practices. We migrated their database and web content to a more efficient service provider and optimised their site by improving their WordPress installation through site speed optimisation (5x faster than before), SEO and WP security measures. Plugin and WordPress core file updates, security scans and backups are all part of the day-to-day maintenance service we also provide to fleamarketinsiders.com.
Treehouse map
Treehouse map is a leading directory of the world’s finest treehouses and treehouse hotels. The team behind Treehouse map needed a robust WordPress theme to efficiently manage and monetize a global directory of hundreds of hotel listings. We delivered a visually stunning, mobile-friendly website complete with an interactive world map, a “Book Now” widget with affiliate links to booking.com, an easy-to-use members area with a dashboard, bookmarking capabilities, and an advertising section powered by WooCommerce – allowing treehouse owners to promote their properties with a recurring fee model. Our solution prioritized speed, security, and functionality while maintaining aesthetic appeal. We also provide daily maintenance, including plugin and core WordPress updates, security scans, and backups to ensure a seamless user experience and optimal site performance.
Vintralab
Vintralab is an e-commerce site that sells digital downloads of enhanced quality images of original vintage luggage labels. Our client wanted a minimalist and lightweight platform that would load quickly on low bandwidth, look great on desktops and mobile devices, and provide a seamless shopping and checkout experience (with a client management module). After researching and testing a number of plugins, we implemented a solution that offered an advanced shopping experience combined with a secure checkout system (PayPal and Stripe), whilst ensuring that the speed imperative and multi-device user experience were respected.
VintageLab
VitangeLab was launched in May 2015 by two home decor and second-hand furniture enthusiasts. They approached us to help them create an online marketplace specifically dedicated to showcasing a selection of very specific goods from a handful of trusted, professional eBay antiques dealers. This marketplace was unique in that it needed to be able to store up to 1,000 carefully curated and referenced items and rely exclusively on eBay’s affiliate programme. In addition, we implemented technology that automatically ‘vacuums’ a very specific range of eBay items, helping to dramatically reduce the site’s daily maintenance costs.