Dubai, UAE
Blooms Flowers
A customised Shopify flower-and-gifting store for the UAE, with occasion-led merchandising and an SEO programme.
Read the case studyOnline stores from £799
E-commerce Website Development for UK Businesses
Shopify and WooCommerce stores that browse well on a phone, take payment reliably and are built to be found on Google. Start with a small store of up to ten products, or ask us to scope a larger catalogue, a migration or a redesign.
- Small store from £799, one-off
- Shopify or WooCommerce, chosen for your catalogue
- Payments and UK shipping set up and tested
- Store SEO foundations from launch
Where online stores lose sales
Most stores do not fail because of the products. They lose people at the same few points.
Collections are hard to browse on a phone
Tiny filters, slow images and endless scrolling. Mobile shoppers give up before they reach the product they wanted.
Product pages leave questions unanswered
No sizing, delivery or returns information near the button. Shoppers leave to check, and many never come back.
Checkout surprises
Delivery costs appear late, payment options are limited or the checkout breaks on one browser. Every surprise costs orders.
We plan the catalogue, product pages and checkout around how your customers buy, then test the full purchase journey before launch.
Shopify or WooCommerce?
We build on both and recommend one in writing after we have seen your catalogue. Here is the honest short version.
| Factor | Shopify | WooCommerce |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Most new stores, fast launch, low maintenance | Content-led stores on WordPress, full control, unusual product rules |
| Hosting and security | Hosted and maintained by Shopify | Your own hosting; updates and backups needed |
| Running costs | Monthly Shopify plan, plus apps and transaction fees | Hosting, plus paid extensions where needed |
| Payments | Shopify Payments, PayPal and other supported gateways | Stripe, PayPal and other supported gateways |
| Our work examples | Blooms Flowers (customised Shopify store, UAE) | Cuddles and PSM Parts World (WooCommerce, Dubai) |
Does the £799 starter store fit?
Tick anything your store needs at launch. If none apply, the starter store is likely to fit. Each ticked item is a normal request we quote for separately.
Starter store likely fits. One platform, one language and currency, up to 10 simple products, one payment integration and UK shipping, from £799.
If you tick any item, we scope it and send a fixed quote before work starts.
Request an online-store proposalPayments, shipping and what is in scope
Clear boundaries, so the fixed price stays fixed.
One payment integration, tested
We connect one supported gateway (for example Shopify Payments, Stripe or PayPal) and run real test orders through the full checkout before launch. Your gateway account, its approval and its fees are between you and the provider.
UK shipping zones and rates
Flat, weight-based or free-over-a-threshold rates for UK zones. Courier integrations and live rates are quoted separately.
Mobile product pages
Images, price, options, delivery and returns information placed where a phone shopper needs them, next to the button.
Collections that browse well
Sensible categories, filters where they help and fast-loading images, so shoppers reach the right product quickly.
Store SEO foundations
Product and collection titles, descriptions, clean URLs, structured product information and a sitemap.
Stores and storefronts we have built
Grouped honestly by what each project actually is. Case studies open on our original UAE website, where they were first published.
Integrated stores
Full product, cart and checkout on the store platform.
Dubai, UAE
Cuddles
A WooCommerce redesign for a kids' ethnic-wear store, built to be simpler for customers to buy from.
Read the case studyLarge trade catalogue
A big catalogue built for trade buyers to navigate.
Dubai, UAE
PSM Parts World
A WooCommerce store for a DENSO auto parts distributor, built so trade customers can navigate a large catalogue.
Read the case studyStorefronts with an external checkout
Custom storefronts that hand off to a separate checkout. Shown as design and catalogue work, not native payment builds.
United Kingdom (as labelled in our portfolio)
PepLab
A research-use-only reagent storefront with an age gate, multi-market logic and an external checkout hand-off.
Read the case studyUnited Kingdom (as labelled in our portfolio)
Shifa Labs
A physician-founded wellness storefront that routes visitors to booking, WhatsApp and an external checkout.
Read the case studyOriginal client locations are kept. We do not show sales figures we cannot verify.
Stores we built that now show on Google
Product and collection searches where stores we built appear. Each screenshot is dated and shows the exact query.
Red Pink Roses Bridal Bouquet
Blooms Flowers
bloomsflower.ae
Website built and SEO by UpStream
Cited in Google's AI Overview, shown in the local business card and ranking as an organic product result.
See the case study
indian kids ethnic wear
Cuddles
cuddles.ae
Website built and SEO by UpStream
Organic result plus the Cuddles Google Business Profile panel.
See the case study
Private Dinner Floral Styling Dubai
Blooms Flowers
bloomsflower.ae
Website built and SEO by UpStream
Organic result.
See the case studyScreenshots of Google search captured in September 2026. Results vary by location, device and search history, positions change, and rankings are not guaranteed.
How a store project runs
Each stage is signed off by you before the next one starts.
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1
Catalogue and platform check
We confirm your products, variants, payment gateway and shipping, and recommend Shopify or WooCommerce in writing.
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2
Store design
Your branding applied to the shop, collection, product and cart templates, reviewed on desktop and mobile.
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3
Products, payments and shipping
Products loaded (up to ten in the starter scope), one payment integration connected and tested, UK shipping zones and rates set.
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Test orders and launch
Test orders through the full checkout, one round of revisions, then launch.
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Handover
Training on adding products and managing orders, plus 30 days of bug support.
A starter store typically takes three to five weeks from receiving your product content. We confirm gateway compatibility and your catalogue before quoting a fixed price.
What the £799 small store includes
A complete starter store, one-off. Larger catalogues, migrations and integrations are scoped and quoted before work starts.
Small online store
From £799 one-off
- One agreed platform: Shopify or WooCommerce
- One language and one currency
- Up to 10 supplied simple products
- Standard shop, collection, product, cart and checkout templates
- Up to three information pages (for example About, Delivery and Returns, Contact)
- One supported payment integration, set up and tested
- Basic shipping setup (UK zones and rates)
- Store SEO foundations: product titles, descriptions, collections and sitemap
- Handover training and 30 days of bug support
Quoted separately
- Complex variants, bundles or product configurators
- Migration from another platform
- Subscriptions or recurring orders
- B2B or trade pricing
- Custom integrations (ERP, stock, accounting or courier APIs)
- Extra languages or currencies
Pair it with SEO
- SEO from £199 a month, 3-month minimum
- AI search add-on £79 a month with SEO
Prices are in pounds sterling and exclude any taxes that apply to your purchase. Third-party costs are always separate: hosting, domains, platform subscriptions, themes, apps, payment-gateway and transaction fees, and ad spend. We confirm your catalogue and payment-gateway compatibility before a fixed quote.
Not ready to enquire? Choose your next step
Useful on their own, with no email needed.
Free toolStore launch checklistProducts, payments, delivery, policies and testing, ready to download.Open GuideShopify or WooCommerce?Shopify or WooCommerce for a small UK store? Compare the whole jobOpen GuideOnline-store launch checklistA practical UK online-store launch checklist: products, checkout and handoverOpen
E-commerce website development by city
We work with businesses anywhere in the UK, remotely. These city pages cover local buying journeys and a worked example for each.
England
Northern Ireland
Working with us from the UK
We are honest about how we work: UpStream is a UAE company with a real team, serving UK businesses remotely.
How it works
- Calls by video, booked at a time that suits UK working hours
- Work reviewed on live preview links, approved by email
- One named point of contact for your account
- Monthly reports in plain English, with a walkthrough call
- Accounts, domains and content always in your name
What we do not claim
- A UK office or a UK-registered company
- On-location UK photography or filming
- Guaranteed rankings, leads or AI citations
- Reviews, results or clients we cannot show
E-commerce website development questions
How much does an online store cost?
Our small store starts at £799, one-off: one platform, one language and currency, up to 10 supplied simple products, standard store templates, up to three information pages, one payment integration, basic UK shipping, store SEO foundations, handover and 30 days of bug support. Platform, theme, app, gateway and transaction fees are separate.
Should we choose Shopify or WooCommerce?
Shopify suits most new stores: hosted, secure and easy to run, with a monthly subscription. WooCommerce suits businesses that want full control on WordPress, have content-heavy sites or unusual product rules. We recommend one in writing after the catalogue check.
Can you improve our existing online store?
Yes. We can redesign templates, speed up the store, fix product and collection SEO, or improve checkout without rebuilding from scratch. That work is quoted separately from the starter store.
What payment and delivery setup is included?
One supported payment integration (for example Shopify Payments, Stripe or PayPal), set up and tested with real test orders, and basic UK shipping zones and rates. Extra gateways, courier APIs and complex shipping rules are quoted separately.
Can you migrate our store from another platform?
Yes, as a separately quoted project. We plan product, customer and order migration, and the redirects that protect your search visibility.
Will the store rank on Google?
We build the foundations: clean product and collection pages, titles, descriptions, structured product information and a sitemap. Ongoing ranking work is our SEO plan; large-catalogue SEO is quoted separately.
Request an online-store proposal
Tell us what you want to improve. We reply by email with the first steps and a clear price.
- A reply by email, usually within one working day
- A clear scope and a fixed price before any work starts
- No phone call needed unless you want one