Design and build
Responsive sites designed around what the business needs the visitor to do, then built to be edited by the people who have to keep them current.
Websites, built and hosted here.
Where the company began, in 1999. Design, build, ecommerce and bespoke software — with the hosting and the support under the same roof, so there is nobody to blame but us.
Building websites since 1999In Welwyn Garden City
1999Building websites since
3Ecommerce platforms: Shopify, WooCommerce, OpenCart
OnePhone call for the build and the hosting
25Google reviews
Twenty-five years of platforms.
Tristar started as a web agency in Welwyn Garden City in 1999, building content-managed sites with our own software long before that was something you could download. We moved to WordPress, OpenCart and Shopify when it became obvious that clients should own their platform rather than licence ours.
That history is the useful part. We have migrated enough sites between enough platforms to be honest about which one suits you, including when the answer is the one you already have.
What the service covers.
Ecommerce
Shopify, WooCommerce and OpenCart, including migrations between them.
- Catalogue and payment integration
- Stripe, PayPal, Worldpay and Mollie
- Platform migration without losing search rankings
Bespoke software
When off-the-shelf will not do it, we build. Previous work includes an offline-capable Android application and internal systems that are still running.
Ongoing care
Updates, security, backups and the small changes every site needs, handled rather than quoted for each time.
Platforms we work with.
How it works.
Free Website Review
We look at what you have and say whether to keep it or rebuild it.
Design and build
Built on the platform that suits the job, then launched without drama.
Hosted here
On our own servers in UK facilities, so there is one team to call.
Ongoing care
Updates, backups and monitoring handled behind the scenes.
Questions we get asked.
Which platform should we use?
Usually WordPress for content, Shopify or WooCommerce for retail. The honest answer depends on who maintains it and what it integrates with, which is the first thing we will ask about.
Do you host what you build?
We can, on our own servers in UK facilities, and most clients do. It means one phone call when something is wrong rather than two companies disagreeing.
Can you take over a site someone else built?
Often yes. We will look at it first and tell you whether taking it on is sensible or whether you would be better off rebuilding.
More from Web Development.
Ecommerce DevelopmentShopify, WooCommerce and OpenCart, built and maintained by a team that has moved stores between all three without losing their search rankings.WordPress & Content ManagementBuilt so the people who keep the site current can do it without calling us — and maintained so it does not quietly become a security problem.Bespoke Software DevelopmentMost firms need one awkward thing that no off-the-shelf product does properly.SEO & Webmaster ServicesTechnical fixes, content structure and the measurement to show whether any of it worked.White-label for AgenciesDesign agencies that would rather not employ developers, and developers who would rather not run servers.Web Client GalleryTwenty-five years of sites across retail, manufacturing, hospitality and professional services — many of them still clients.
One accountable partner for all of it.
Thirty minutes with a senior engineer, then a written one-page summary you keep whether or not you work with us.
- Twenty to thirty minutesWith a senior engineer, on a video call.
- A written summary you keepOne page, yours whether or not we ever work together.
- No obligationNothing to sign at the end, and no pressure to.