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Trade catalogues for West Midlands manufacturers

Engineering and manufacturing firms around the region often sell to other businesses rather than the public, and their websites have to reflect that. Buyers want to log in, see account-specific pricing, download spec sheets and request quotes for large quantities. These features are usually built in custom PHP or Laravel, or by extending WooCommerce with B2B logic, at $8 per hour. Many firms also want enquiries pushed into HubSpot and approved orders passed to Xero, so sales and accounts are not retyping the same details.

• Trade login with customer-specific price lists
• Quote request forms that capture drawings and quantities
• Downloadable datasheets kept in one managed library

Selling jewellery and handmade goods online

The Jewellery Quarter has a long history of making and selling precious items, and today many workshops there and across the city also sell online. That brings particular requirements: products with many variants for metal, size and stone, made-to-order lead times, engraving fields, and good zoomable photography. Both Shopify and WooCommerce can handle this when configured well. Because many items are personalised, check with an adviser how cancellation rights under the Consumer Contracts Regulations apply, then have the product pages and order emails worded to match.

Campaigns built around trade shows and conferences

Birmingham hosts a busy calendar of exhibitions and conferences, including at the NEC on the edge of the city, and local exhibitors often want a dedicated landing page, a lead capture form and a follow-up email sequence before each show. These are quick hourly jobs: a WordPress or HubSpot landing page, a QR code that leads to a mobile-friendly form, and a CRM workflow that tags contacts by event. Planning a few hours ahead of each show avoids last-minute stress.

Sites that serve many communities

Birmingham is home to communities speaking many languages, and charities, faith organisations, clinics and local service providers frequently need sites in more than one language. Practical tasks include adding a translation plugin, building language switchers, supporting right-to-left scripts where needed, and making forms accessible on older phones. Simple accessibility improvements such as proper headings, alt text and keyboard-friendly menus can usually be fitted into a few hours at $7 per hour.

A short brief that saves hours

A good brief does not need to be long. State what is wrong or missing, where it happens, what success looks like and any deadline. Attach logins for a staging site rather than live admin where possible. With that, an estimate can be sent before work begins, and fixed-price packages are available if you prefer a set scope. Everything is remote, with no Birmingham office, and the schedule overlaps your working day.