The Refinery

Expertise

Deep knowledge of modern web platforms

With experience in designing engaging user experiences, rich content ecosystems and scalable commerce solutions, we are well positioned to help you build a robust platform to scale your business. Work with a trusted partner on your next project.

Headless Commerce

Fast, secure and scalable approach to e-commerce

A modern approach to e-commerce that decouples the front-end and back-end of an online store. This allows for a sophisticated content management system to be paired with an e-commerce platform such as Shopify. Engineered for security, speed and scalability.

  • Advanced content modellingCraft CMS

    Create rich, dynamic content experiences that integrate seamlessly. Craft CMS provides advanced content architecture that Shopify alone cannot match, allowing for sophisticated content structures, flexible fields, and complex relationships between content types. This integration delivers content-rich shopping experiences while maintaining the robust commerce capabilities of Shopify, giving merchants the best of both worlds without compromise.

    Advanced content modelling
    Craft CMS
  • Enhanced site performance and speedShopify Hydrogen & Oxygen

    Deliver lightning-fast shopping experiences with Shopify's modern frontend framework. Hydrogen's React-based components combined with Oxygen hosting enable server-side rendering, streaming, and intelligent caching strategies that dramatically improve page load times. This architecture keeps your storefront responsive even during traffic spikes, ensuring customers enjoy seamless browsing regardless of device or location, directly improving conversion rates and SEO rankings.

    Enhanced site performance and speed
    Shopify Hydrogen & Oxygen
  • Unlimited development flexibilityReact Router

    Break free from platform limitations with a truly customizable architecture. Unlike monolithic e-commerce platforms that force businesses into predefined patterns, a headless commerce approach provides total flexibility to create a customised, brand-consistent experience. We can craft bespoke solutions using modern frameworks without hitting functionality roadblocks, allowing your digital presence to evolve in alignment with your unique business requirements instead of being constrained by platform boundaries.

    Unlimited development flexibility
    React Router
  • Global availabilityShopify Markets

    Reach international customers with localized experiences and native performance. Cloudflare's global edge network combined with Shopify Markets enables region-specific content, pricing and product availability while maintaining exceptional speed worldwide. This architecture automatically serves content from the nearest geographic location to each visitor, reducing latency for international users and creating truly localised shopping experiences that drive conversions across borders.

    Global availability
    Shopify Markets

Migration projects

12+ years of experience in migrating e-commerce projects to modern, scalable platforms
Comprehensive Requirements Analysis

We begin with a detailed requirements checklist that captures your current functionality, identifies critical workflows, and documents content structures that need to be preserved or enhanced during migration.

Data Migration

We ensure that all data that can be migrated is done both carefully and accurately. This includes product data, customer information, site content and order history.

Process optimisation

Migration presents the perfect opportunity to improve admin processes and workflows.

We carefully evaluate your existing processes to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies, then design solutions that aim to improve content management, product updates, order processing and customer interactions.

Performance-Driven Architecture

Every migration we undertake focuses on three core principles: improved performance metrics, increased flexibility for content management, and infrastructure designed for future scalability as your business grows.

Transition Support

We ensure continuity through the entire migration process with minimal disruption to your business.

Our handover includes a comprehensive documentation website, SEO monitoring and ongoing partnership options.

Migration projects

Advanced Content Architecture

Our philosophy: elegant simplicity

While we excel at complex implementations, we believe the best solutions are often the simplest ones. We design content architectures that hide complexity from content editors while providing the flexibility your business needs to grow.

Single-Source Content Deployment

Model your content once and deploy it everywhere

From treatment menus and service listings to promotional blocks and e-commerce functionality

Field Type Optimization

Intuitive content management interfaces

Leverage Craft CMS's robust field types to create tailored editing experiences that simplify complex content structures

Content Relationships

Dynamic content connections

Build meaningful associations between content types that reflect your business logic and enhance the user experience

Multi-Channel Publishing

Publish once, deploy everywhere

Content sources that seamlessly feed multi-site frontends, applications, and third-party integrations simultaneously.

Ready to begin?

We're excited to hear about your project and help you get started.

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