Ecommerce for subscription box businesses

Ecommerce Website for Subscription Box Businesses

Build an online sales system for your subscription box business. Take recurring orders, collect payments, manage dispatches and grow sales from one shop. Ecommerce packages start at £2,495, with care, tracking and marketing available as your business grows.

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From £2,495

Ecommerce build price

£99 a month

Required Ecommerce Care

£3,995

Ecommerce Growth package

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AI Receptionist answering

Selling through Etsy, Amazon, eBay or Not On The High Street can help you start. However, every order comes with a fee. You also hand over much of the customer relationship. The marketplace controls the checkout, customer data and repeat buying opportunities. That makes it harder to build a loyal subscriber base around your own brand.

A proper online shop gives your subscription box business a home you control. Customers can choose a plan, pay securely and manage their subscription without sending you messages every month. You keep the customer list, the buying data and more of the margin from every order.

The problem

What is costing Subscription Box Businesses work right now

Marketplace fees cut every order

Etsy, Amazon, eBay and Not On The High Street can bring attention, but they take a share of sales. That reduces your margin and leaves you dependent on someone else's rules.

You never own the customer

A marketplace controls much of the buyer relationship. You may struggle to build an email list, promote the next box or encourage a second purchase on your own terms.

Subscription changes create admin

Customers pause, skip, change addresses and ask about renewal dates. Without the right shop, you manage those changes by email and risk mistakes during a busy dispatch cycle.

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How the system works

What you get

Included in the build

Every client also takes Website Care at £59 a month. Everything else is modular.

01

Subscription product pages

02

Recurring payment setup

03

Stripe and PayPal payments

04

Secure checkout

05

Shipping and delivery rules

06

Stock and order management

07

Customer account area

08

Google Merchant Centre

09

Abandoned basket recovery

10

Email marketing integration

11

Sales tracking and reporting

12

WooCommerce specialist support

Pricing

Packages for Subscription Box Businesses

Products, payments, shipping, tracking and marketing ready from day one. Ecommerce Care is £99 a month rather than £59, because a shop needs more looking after than a brochure site.

Ecommerce Launch

£2,495

Everything you need to start selling properly online.

Best for: Businesses launching their first serious online store.

  • WooCommerce website
  • Up to around 30 products loaded
  • Product categories and filtering
  • Stripe and card payments
  • PayPal if required
  • Shipping configuration
  • Discount and coupon system
  • Customer accounts
  • Transactional emails
  • Ecommerce conversion tracking in GA4
  • Google Merchant Centre setup
  • Technical and on-page SEO foundations
  • Mobile-first checkout
  • Copywriting for the main site pages
  • Training so you can run it yourself
  • Audience Simulator access, included
  • 2 rounds of revisions
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Ecommerce Growth

£3,995

Built to grow orders, not just take them.

Best for: Shops that need marketing, automation and repeat custom built in.

Everything in Launch, plus:

  • Up to 100 products
  • Conversion-focused product pages
  • Abandoned basket recovery
  • Product reviews
  • Email capture
  • Mailchimp or Klaviyo integration
  • Upsells and cross-sells
  • Enhanced product filtering
  • Google Shopping feed
  • Meta catalogue and pixel
  • Enhanced ecommerce analytics
  • Automated customer emails
  • 3 rounds of revisions
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Ecommerce Pro

From £5,995

For established businesses with real operational complexity.

Best for: Larger catalogues, trade pricing, subscriptions and systems that must talk to each other.

Everything in Growth, plus options such as:

  • Subscriptions
  • Memberships
  • Wholesale and trade pricing
  • Complex product variations
  • Custom product builders
  • Accounting integrations
  • Fulfilment integrations
  • Advanced shipping rules
  • Custom checkout functionality
  • Migration from an existing store
  • Larger catalogue import

This is a starting price. Once you need ERP, API or genuinely bespoke logic, we quote that separately rather than squeezing it into a fixed package.

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Ecommerce Care £99 a month Required

Everything in Website Care, sized for an online shop. A store has payments, stock and plugins to keep working, so it needs more attention than a brochure site.

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All prices exclude VAT.

Monthly

Everything else is modular

Website Care is required for every client. Add anything else when you need it, and drop it when you do not.

Website Care

Required

£59 a month

Hosting, SSL, daily backups, security monitoring, software updates, uptime monitoring, up to 30 minutes of content changes each month and email support.

AI Receptionist

£169 a month

Answers every call 24/7 in your business name, takes the job details, qualifies the caller and texts you immediately.

A human receptionist costs £24,000 to £28,000 a year. A live answering service runs £200 to £450 a month.

Website Chatbot

Price on application

Answers visitor questions on your site around the clock, using only what it has been taught about your business, and captures the enquiry before they leave.

Most visitors will not ring and will not fill in a form. They ask one question, get no answer, and leave.

Google Ads Management

£449 a month

Campaign management, bid and budget optimisation, ad copy testing, negative keyword management, landing page optimisation and a monthly reporting call.

Your ad spend goes direct to Google and is never marked up. Minimum recommended spend is £400 a month.

SEO and Content

£249 a month

Two optimised pages or articles a month, local SEO, Google Business Profile posts, citation building, rank tracking and monthly reporting.

Automated Social Media

£99 a month

Plans, writes and posts your social media to Facebook and Instagram. You approve a month of content in one sitting.

Intelligent Marketing Coach

£49 a month

A marketing plan built around your business, broken into weekly tasks, so you always know the next thing to do.

Extra Support Time

£75 a month

An additional 2 hours a month for changes, new pages and seasonal updates.

Bundles

Bundle them and pay less

The same modules, priced lower when taken together.

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Care plus Receptionist

£199 a month

Saves £29

Care plus Receptionist plus Ads

£595 a month

Saves £82

Everything

£795 a month

Saves £141

No Upfront Option

£199 a month , 24 month term

No setup fee. A template site built for your trade, with hosting, care and the AI receptionist included. For businesses who want to start now without the upfront cost.

Start with no upfront cost
  • No setup fee
  • Template site built for your trade
  • Up to 5 pages
  • Hosting and Website Care included
  • AI Receptionist included
  • Live in 5 working days

Terms

  • 50% on signature, 50% on launch.
  • Monthly billing starts at launch, with a 12 month minimum term and monthly thereafter.
  • Ad spend is billed separately by Google and is never marked up.
  • Modules can be added at any time.
  • All prices exclude VAT.

Quote request

Get a price for your subscription box business website

Two minutes of questions and we will send back a real number, not a range. Website packages start at £1,295, ecommerce from £2,495, and there is a no upfront option at £199 a month.

  • A fixed price, not a range
  • Reply within one working day
  • No obligation and no sales sequence
What do you want the website to do?

We use your details only to reply to this enquiry. No lists, no sharing.

The result

What changes once it is live

Your own customer list grows

Customers buy through your shop, not only through a marketplace. You can send useful updates, promote future boxes and build repeat buying around the brand you own.

Recurring orders need less handling

Customers get clearer choices for plans, payments, pauses and skips. Your team sees cleaner order information and spends less time sorting changes through scattered messages.

Every box is easier to buy

Product pages explain the contents, value, delivery cycle and payment terms. New customers can make a confident choice without waiting for you to answer basic questions.

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Your online shop runs the sales operation

Your website becomes the hub for every part of the customer journey. It shows each box clearly, explains what arrives, takes payment and sends order details to your team. Customers can sign up at any time, even while you are packing this month's dispatch. You spend less time answering basic questions and more time improving the box.

We build the shop around the way your business actually works. That may include monthly plans, prepaid subscriptions, one-off gift boxes, add-ons or different delivery dates. We also connect order tracking and customer emails, so buyers know what is happening after checkout. Your shop keeps selling while you source products, pack boxes or take a well-earned day off.

This is an ecommerce website for subscription box businesses, built around repeat orders rather than one-off sales alone.

  • Product pages that explain each box
  • Recurring and one-off purchase options
  • Secure checkout and payment collection
  • Order emails and delivery updates
  • Stock and order management

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More local customers find your boxes on Google

People search Google for gifts, treats and specialist products close to home. They may look for monthly food boxes in Newcastle, beauty subscription boxes in Sunderland or a North East gift subscription for a birthday. We organise your shop so Google can understand what you sell and show the right pages to the right people.

Your Google Business Profile gives local shoppers useful information about your business. We help keep your opening details, website link, products, photos and updates accurate. We also create useful pages and content around the boxes you offer. This gives customers more reasons to visit your shop instead of choosing a marketplace listing.

Our subscription box business website design can support customers across the UK while making your Newcastle base clear. We work with businesses in Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Sunderland, Durham, North Shields, South Shields, Whitley Bay, Wallsend, Jarrow, Washington, Cramlington and Blyth.

  • Local search setup
  • Google Business Profile support
  • Product and collection pages
  • Useful buying guides
  • Google Merchant Centre setup

More detail

More on websites for subscription box businesses

The rest of what subscription box businesses ask us, tidied away. Open what you need.

Subscription boxes need more explanation than a standard product. Customers want to know what is inside, when it ships, how often it arrives and whether they can pause. Your product pages answer those points before someone leaves or sends a vague message on social media.

We write and arrange pages around buying decisions. Customers can compare plans, understand the value and see what makes your box different. Clear delivery dates and payment information reduce hesitation. A simple checkout then turns that interest into a paid order without asking you to manually confirm every detail.

Your online shop for subscription box businesses can also collect useful information before a sale. For example, a gift buyer may need a delivery date, recipient details or a short message. The right fields make the order easier to fulfil and easier to price.

  • Clear subscription plan choices
  • Gift message and recipient fields
  • Delivery date information
  • Mobile-friendly product pages
  • Abandoned basket recovery

A new customer cannot hold your box before buying. They judge the business through photos, reviews and the detail on your website. Recent reviews can answer the worries that stop a first order, such as product quality, packaging, delivery times and whether the contents feel worth the price.

We help you request feedback after an order or delivery cycle. The message can point customers to the right place and make leaving a review simple. Good comments can then support your product pages, Google Business Profile and marketing emails. You build proof from real buyers instead of relying only on your own claims.

Reviews also show you where the service needs work. If several customers mention late dispatch or unclear renewal dates, you can fix the process before it creates more cancellations. That protects trust and helps reduce churn over time.

  • Review request messages
  • Customer review display
  • Google Business Profile reviews
  • Product photography guidance
  • Trust-building delivery information

Customers may call while you are packing boxes, speaking to suppliers or dealing with a delivery problem. A missed call can mean a missed gift order, a cancelled subscription or a customer choosing another shop. Our AI Receptionist answers 24/7 in your business name, so callers are not left wondering whether anyone is there.

It takes the caller's details, records what they need and sorts urgency. Someone asking about a late parcel is treated differently from a wholesale enquiry or a potential corporate gifting order. It then texts you the information immediately, so you can respond with the right answer instead of calling back with no context.

The AI Receptionist costs £169 a month on its own. Website Care plus Receptionist costs £199 a month. That bundle includes the required shop care and saves £29 compared with buying both modules separately.

  • Answers calls day and night
  • Uses your business name
  • Takes order and enquiry details
  • Sorts urgent calls
  • Texts you straight away

Once your shop and tracking are ready, Google Ads can put your boxes in front of people already looking to buy. We build campaigns around searches such as gift subscription boxes, monthly snack boxes or specialist boxes for a particular interest. The advert sends each person to the most relevant product or collection page.

Google Ads Management costs £449 a month. This includes campaign management, bid and budget changes, advert testing, removing unhelpful searches, product page improvements and a monthly reporting call. Ad spend is paid directly to Google. We never mark it up, so you can see exactly what you are spending on clicks.

Tracking shows which adverts led to purchases, subscription sign-ups, abandoned baskets or enquiries. It can also show whether a first order becomes a repeat customer. That gives you a clearer view of which sales activity brings real business, not just website visits.

  • Google Shopping campaigns
  • Google Merchant Centre
  • Advert copy testing
  • Abandoned basket tracking
  • Sales and order reporting

A new shop needs regular reasons for customers to return. SEO and Content costs £249 a month and includes two useful pages or articles each month, local search work, Google Business Profile posts, business listing work, position tracking and a monthly report. Topics could cover gift ideas, seasonal boxes, ingredient choices or what to expect in your next dispatch.

This work supports both new and returning customers. A helpful guide can introduce your box to someone searching for a gift. A clear update can help an existing subscriber understand seasonal changes. We keep the content tied to your products, your dispatch calendar and the questions customers actually ask.

Automated Social Media costs £99 a month. It plans, writes and posts Facebook and Instagram content for your approval. The Intelligent Marketing Coach costs £49 a month and turns your marketing into weekly tasks, so you always know what to do next.

  • Two content pieces each month
  • Google Business Profile posts
  • Local search work
  • Automated Facebook and Instagram
  • Weekly marketing plan

Ecommerce Launch costs £2,495. It suits a new or smaller subscription box business that needs to start selling properly online. You get the core shop, product pages, payments, checkout, delivery setup, order handling and the essentials needed to take orders with confidence.

Ecommerce Growth costs £3,995 and is the package most businesses should choose. It gives you more room for subscription options, better customer journeys, tracking, abandoned basket recovery, marketing connections and growth work. It suits a business ready to move customers away from marketplaces and build repeat sales on its own website.

Ecommerce Pro starts from £5,995. It is for established businesses with larger product ranges, more complex stock, fulfilment, customer accounts or business processes. Every shop needs Ecommerce Care at £99 a month. It includes hosting, security, daily backups, software updates, monitoring, support and up to 30 minutes of content changes each month.

If you want to start without the upfront build cost, the no upfront option is £199 a month for a 24 month term. It includes a template shop built for your business, hosting, care and the AI Receptionist. All prices exclude VAT. Build payments are normally 50% on signature and 50% at launch.

  • Ecommerce Launch, £2,495
  • Ecommerce Growth, £3,995
  • Ecommerce Pro, from £5,995
  • Ecommerce Care, £99 a month
  • No upfront option, £199 a month

The honest comparison

Why do some websites cost £199?

It is a fair question, and it deserves a straight answer rather than a sales pitch.

If you simply need a basic online presence, a low-cost website builder may be enough. Somewhere to point people who already know your name. If that is genuinely all you need, do that and spend the money elsewhere. We would rather tell you that than take a fee for something you will not use.

Our websites are designed for established businesses that want Google traffic to turn into calls, enquiries and customers. Copy, tracking, conversion setup and ongoing management are built in. That is a different product solving a different problem, and it is priced accordingly.

Who writes the words

A £199 builder site

You do, usually at 11pm, into a blank box.

A Look North website

We do. Copywriting for every page is included, written around the jobs you actually want.

Whether it shows up on Google

A £199 builder site

It will rank for your business name. Not much else.

A Look North website

A page for every service and every town you cover, structured so each one can rank.

What happens to an enquiry

A £199 builder site

A contact form emails you. If you miss it, you miss it.

A Look North website

Quote forms written for your trade, instant SMS and email alerts, and every enquiry stored so none are lost.

When the phone rings and you are on a job

A £199 builder site

It goes to voicemail. Most callers hang up and ring the next business.

A Look North website

Our AI receptionist answers 24/7 in your business name, takes the details and texts you straight away.

Knowing what is working

A £199 builder site

A visitor counter, if that.

A Look North website

Call tracking, conversion tracking and call attribution, so you know which clicks became real jobs.

Getting reviews

A £199 builder site

You remember to ask, sometimes.

A Look North website

Review generation set up so a request goes out after every job, with the results shown on your site.

What happens after launch

A £199 builder site

Nothing. It sits there until you cancel the subscription.

A Look North website

The Marketing Coach gives you a plan broken into weekly jobs, so the site keeps earning its keep.

Who owns it

A £199 builder site

The platform. Stop paying and it disappears.

A Look North website

You do. The code, the domain, the hosting account and the content are yours.

Speed on a phone

A £199 builder site

Template bloat, often slow, which costs you rankings and visitors.

A Look North website

Built mobile first, because that is where almost every local search happens.

When something breaks

A £199 builder site

A help centre article and a support queue.

A Look North website

Website Care at £59 a month: monitoring, backups, updates, and a person who answers.

We have a £199 a month option too. It is not the same thing.

If the upfront cost is the blocker rather than the quality, we do a no upfront option at £199 a month on a 24 month term. That is not a builder subscription. It is a real site built for your trade, with hosting, Website Care and the AI receptionist included, live in 5 working days. The difference between that and a £199 builder site is the difference between renting a van and renting a parking space.

£199 a month

24 month term, nothing upfront

Start with no upfront cost

What the difference buys

What you actually get for the difference

Not features. The things that change how much work comes in.

01

Every call answered

A missed call is a customer ringing your competitor. The AI receptionist picks up 24/7, qualifies the job and texts you. Most trades win back more than the cost of the whole website in the first few months.

02

Found for the work you want

One page cannot rank for eight services across twelve towns. We build a page for each, so you show up for the specific job someone is searching for right now.

03

Enquiries you can price

Not "how much for a bathroom?" but property type, scale, access, timing and photos. You quote accurately, first, without a site visit.

04

Proof that compounds

A review request after every job. In a year you have the review count competitors cannot catch up with, and reviews are the last thing a customer checks before calling.

05

Words written for you

Copywriting for every page is included. No blank boxes, no writing your own service descriptions at 11pm, no page that sounds like everyone else.

06

Proof of what paid off

Call tracking and conversion tracking show which clicks turned into jobs. You stop guessing which half of the marketing worked.

07

A plan for after launch

The Marketing Coach turns a strategy into weekly jobs small enough to actually finish. That is why our sites are still growing a year later.

08

You own the lot

Code, domain, hosting, content and your Google Business Profile. Nothing switches off if you leave, because nothing was rented to you.

If a basic presence is all you need, a builder is the sensible choice and we will say so. If you want the phone to ring more often, that is what we build. Get a fixed price.

FAQ

Subscription Box Businesses ask us these most

Price, timescales and ownership, answered for a subscription box business.

Ecommerce Launch costs £2,495. Ecommerce Growth costs £3,995 and is the option most businesses should take when they need stronger subscription features and marketing connections. Ecommerce Pro starts from £5,995 for larger or more complex operations. All prices exclude VAT. Ecommerce Care is required after launch at £99 a month because an online shop needs more attention than a brochure website.
The correct starting price for an ecommerce build is £2,495 for Ecommerce Launch. The no upfront option is different. It costs £199 a month on a 24 month term and includes a template shop, hosting, care and the AI Receptionist. We do not hide the build cost in a vague quote. We will recommend the package that fits your products, payment needs and dispatch process.
The timescale depends on your product range, content, payment setup and subscription rules. A simpler launch shop will take less time than a business with several plans, gift options, stock connections and complex dispatch cycles. We agree the work and delivery plan before starting. You will need to provide product details, images, prices, policies and access to any systems we must connect.
Ecommerce Care includes hosting, website security, a security certificate, daily backups, security monitoring, software updates, uptime monitoring, up to 30 minutes of content changes each month and email support. It is required for every ecommerce client. A shop handles payments, customer details, stock and working extensions. It needs regular attention to keep orders and checkout working safely.
Yes, we can plan the shop around pauses, skips, changes and cancellations. The exact setup depends on the payment and subscription tools your business needs. We will map the rules before building, including renewal dates, dispatch cut-offs and address changes. The aim is to let customers manage normal changes themselves while giving your team a clear view of what needs packing.
Yes. A subscription box business often needs both recurring plans and one-off purchases. Your shop can show monthly subscriptions alongside gift boxes, seasonal products, add-ons or prepaid plans. We will structure the products so customers understand the difference before checkout. That helps gift buyers avoid signing up for a renewal when they only want one delivery.
We work with Stripe and PayPal, subject to the account and subscription features your business needs. Stripe is often useful for recurring card payments and payment records. PayPal gives customers another familiar way to pay. We will explain the fees, account requirements and setup steps before launch. Payment charges are paid to the chosen provider, not added secretly by us.
Yes. We can organise the customer journey around your dispatch calendar, cut-off dates and renewal schedule. The shop can explain when an order will leave, what happens after the cut-off and how tracking is shared. We will also consider seasonal changes, bank holidays and product availability. Clear rules reduce avoidable support messages when you are busy preparing the next batch.
Yes, but you must follow each marketplace's rules and avoid moving buyers in ways they prohibit. Your own shop gives you a place to promote through search, email, social media, packaging inserts and direct campaigns. We can help create clearer product pages and buying reasons for your own website. You keep the customer relationship from orders placed there, rather than paying a marketplace for every repeat sale.
The AI Receptionist answers every call 24/7 in your business name. It takes the caller's details, records what they need, sorts urgent matters and texts you immediately. It can handle common questions about boxes, delivery or enquiries when you are unavailable. It does not replace your judgement. It gives you useful information quickly, so you can return the right calls in the right order.
The AI Receptionist costs £169 a month on its own. Website Care plus Receptionist costs £199 a month, which saves £29. The receptionist answers calls, captures the details and sends them to you by text. It is especially useful during packing, dispatch and supplier calls, when a missed customer may otherwise move to another subscription box business.
Google Ads Management costs £449 a month. This covers campaign management, bid and budget changes, advert copy testing, removing unhelpful searches, product page improvements and a monthly reporting call. Your advert spend is billed directly by Google and is never marked up by us. We track clicks through to orders, subscriptions and enquiries, so the report covers more than visits.
Yes. SEO and Content costs £249 a month and includes two pages or articles, local search work, Google Business Profile posts, business listing work, position tracking and monthly reporting. Automated Social Media costs £99 a month and covers approved Facebook and Instagram content. The Intelligent Marketing Coach costs £49 a month and gives you a weekly marketing plan built around your business.
The website and its content belong to your business once the agreed project has been paid for. Your customer information stays connected to your business accounts and must be handled according to data protection rules. We can manage hosting, updates and support, but we do not present the shop as a marketplace listing that you can never control.
Monthly modules have a 12 month minimum term, then continue monthly. This gives enough time for the work to be planned, delivered and assessed properly. It also covers the ongoing systems and support needed to keep your shop maintained. Build payments are 50% on signature and 50% at launch. All prices exclude VAT, and extra modules can be added at any time.
Yes. The no upfront option costs £199 a month on a 24 month term, with no setup fee. It includes a template ecommerce shop built for your trade, hosting, care and the AI Receptionist. This option suits a business that wants to start taking orders now without the upfront build payment. We will explain what the template includes before you agree.

Where we work

Working across the UK

We build local landing pages for every town you cover. These are the areas we work in most often.

Newcastle upon Tyne Gateshead Sunderland Durham North Shields South Shields Whitley Bay Wallsend Jarrow Washington Cramlington Blyth Morpeth Hexham Ponteland Chester-le-Street Consett Gosforth Jesmond Heaton Tynemouth Killingworth Houghton-le-Spring Seaham Bedlington

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