Customer portal development

Customer and client portal development for UK businesses. One secure login where customers manage their account, orders, bookings and documents, linked to the systems you already use.

In short

A customer portal is a private, secure area of your website where clients can help themselves. They can check orders, update bookings, pay balances and download documents. A custom portal is built to fit your specific data and workflows, not the other way around.

Common uses

  • Loyalty and membership accounts
  • Managing bookings and balances
  • Trade and wholesale orders
  • Client reports and documents

What customers can do in it

Move the tasks that fill your inbox to a place customers can reach any time. We design each one with as few steps as possible.

1

Sign in

A secure login for every customer, with access levels set by your team.

2

See what’s happening

Order status, upcoming bookings and points on one screen.

3

Change things

Update details, change a booking or add to an order.

4

Pay or download

Pay a balance, download invoices and contracts.

5

Get help

Send your team a message with the complete history included.

Two shoppers walking through the Bluewater shopping centre

Bluewater loyalty platform

Case study

Bluewater × Landsec

Landsec needed a loyalty platform for Bluewater that they couldn’t build. Members sign up, collect rewards and see offers in one account, using a Webflow front end and a custom back end.

  • Member sign-up and login
  • Rewards and offers for each member
  • Admin tools for the centre team
  • Designed for rollout to other sites

Built to keep data safe

Portals hold personal data, so we build access, hosting and privacy into the first sprint.

1

Users only see their own data

Accounts, roles and permissions control visibility down to individual records.

2

UK GDPR compliant from the start

Consent, data requests and deletion are built in.

3

Hosted on Cloudflare

Fast, secure back end hosting with your Webflow site in front.

Portal software vs custom

Off-the-shelf portals are quick to set up. Custom builds win when your customers and data don’t fit their standard shape.

Portal software
Custom portal
Time to launch
Days or weeks
A few months, launched in stages
Fits your workflow
Your workflow adapts to it
Created around your process
Branding
Limited theming
Perfectly aligned with your brand, on your own domain
Integrations
A standalone ecosystem
Any system with an API
Per-user fees
Usually charged per seat
None
Best for
Standard support portals
Accounts, bookings, loyalty and trade orders

Questions

What is the cost of a customer portal?+
The price depends on the number of user types, the screens they need and the systems involved. Tell us what you need and we’ll give you a price.
Is it possible to add a portal to our current Webflow site?+
Yes. Clients sign in through your existing website, while the portal operates on a custom back end.
Can it link with our CRM?+
Yes. We can connect to CRMs, ERPs, payment providers and your own databases through their APIs.
Will it function on mobile phones?+
Yes. We design portals for mobile first, and they can be saved to a phone’s home screen like an app.

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