Valden, web design and development studio in Manchester

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We design and build websites for brands that have outgrown their first one. Strategy, design, development and launch, from one studio in Manchester.

We design and build websites for brands that have outgrown their first one. Strategy, design, development and launch, from one studio in Manchester.

Ancoats, Manchester
Websites since 2016

A website is the first

meeting with most of

your customers. We make

sure it goes well.

A website is the first

meeting with most of

your customers. We make

sure it goes well.

What we do

Websites and online stores, designed from a blank page and built on Framer, Webflow, Shopify or a custom stack. Then we look after them.

What we do

Websites and online stores, designed from a blank page and built on Framer, Webflow, Shopify or a custom stack. Then we look after them.

Who it’s for

Hotels, makers, retailers and B2B companies whose site no longer matches the business, usually with a marketing team of two to twenty.

What you get

A site that loads in under two seconds, a CMS your team can run alone, and a fixed price before we start. About the studio

Selected work

(41)

(41)

(41)

Four recent launches. Every screen is the live site we designed and built.

Four recent launches. Every screen is the live site we designed and built.

All 41 projects

All 41 projects

01 / 04

2025

Casa Ondara

Hotels, Mallorca

A booking-first site for six boutique houses, so guests book direct instead of through the agencies.

Web design

Webflow

Booking engine

Brand system

+38%

direct bookings

01 / 04

2025

Casa Ondara

Hotels, Mallorca

A booking-first site for six boutique houses, so guests book direct instead of through the agencies.

Web design

Webflow

Booking engine

Brand system

+38%

direct bookings

02 / 04

2025

Arkel

Electric motorcycles, Glasgow

Launch site and a live configurator for a new electric motorcycle, built for test-ride bookings.

Launch site

Next.js

Sanity

3D configurator

6,400

builds configured at launch

02 / 04

2025

Arkel

Electric motorcycles, Glasgow

Launch site and a live configurator for a new electric motorcycle, built for test-ride bookings.

Launch site

Next.js

Sanity

3D configurator

6,400

builds configured at launch

03 / 04

2024

Maison Verel

Fragrance, Paris

A mobile-first Shopify Plus store that sells a fragrance by feeling first and price second.

E-commerce

Shopify Plus

Art direction

3.4%

conversion, up from 1.9%

03 / 04

2024

Maison Verel

Fragrance, Paris

A mobile-first Shopify Plus store that sells a fragrance by feeling first and price second.

E-commerce

Shopify Plus

Art direction

3.4%

conversion, up from 1.9%

04 / 04

2026

Strade

Running footwear, Leeds

Headless store and drop pages the team can launch from Sanity in an afternoon.

Headless store

Shopify

Next.js

Drop pages

11 days

to sell through the spring drop

04 / 04

2026

Strade

Running footwear, Leeds

Headless store and drop pages the team can launch from Sanity in an afternoon.

Headless store

Shopify

Next.js

Drop pages

11 days

to sell through the spring drop

Pricing, in the open

Projects

Care plans

Business website

6 to 8 weeks

from £18,000

A full marketing site designed from the ground up, on a CMS your team runs.

Up to 8 custom-designed pages

CMS set-up and training

Motion and interaction

Technical SEO and analytics

Book the 30-minute call

E-commerce store

8 to 12 weeks

from £32,000

A store that sells the product properly, from catalogue to checkout.

Product, collection and checkout design

Shopify or headless build

Payments, shipping and tax set-up

Merchandising tools for your team

Book the 30-minute call

Custom build

Scoped together

from £60,000

Larger platforms, configurators and long-running partnerships.

Discovery and technical scoping

Multi-collection content architecture

Integrations and custom tooling

A dedicated team after launch

Book the 30-minute call

Business website

6 to 8 weeks

from £18,000

A full marketing site designed from the ground up, on a CMS your team runs.

Up to 8 custom-designed pages

CMS set-up and training

Motion and interaction

Technical SEO and analytics

Book the 30-minute call

E-commerce store

8 to 12 weeks

from £32,000

A store that sells the product properly, from catalogue to checkout.

Product, collection and checkout design

Shopify or headless build

Payments, shipping and tax set-up

Merchandising tools for your team

Book the 30-minute call

Custom build

Scoped together

from £60,000

Larger platforms, configurators and long-running partnerships.

Discovery and technical scoping

Multi-collection content architecture

Integrations and custom tooling

A dedicated team after launch

Book the 30-minute call

Every project gets a fixed price after a 30-minute call. Prices exclude VAT.

Twelve weeks, start to launch

A typical business site. Stores and custom builds are scoped in the first week.

A typical business site. Stores and custom builds are scoped in the first week.

01

Weeks 1 to 2

Discover

Discover

Workshops with your team, a look at the numbers and the competition, and a plain written brief we both sign off.

02

Weeks 3 to 6

Design

Design

Art direction first, then every page and state, designed in Figma and reviewed in the browser as a live prototype.

03

Weeks 6 to 10

Build

Built on the platform that suits your team, with a content model, image pipeline and tests behind it.

04

Weeks 10 to 12

Launch & grow

Launch & grow

Redirects, tracking and a calm launch day. After that, care plans, reporting and steady improvements.

In their words

Founders and marketing leads on what changed after launch.

Founders and marketing leads on what changed after launch.

Marta Ferrer

“Direct bookings were the whole brief. Nine months in, we pay the travel agents less and the site finally looks like the hotels.”

“Direct bookings were the whole brief. Nine months in, we pay the travel agents less and the site finally looks like the hotels.”

“Direct bookings were the whole brief. Nine months in, we pay the travel agents less and the site finally looks like the hotels.”

Marta Ferrer

Founder, Casa Ondara

+38%

direct bookings

Marta Ferrer

“They built a configurator that our engineers trust and our customers actually finish. Launch week was the quietest week we had.”

“They built a configurator that our engineers trust and our customers actually finish. Launch week was the quietest week we had.”

“They built a configurator that our engineers trust and our customers actually finish. Launch week was the quietest week we had.”

Callum Reid

Co-founder, Arkel

6,400

builds configured at launch

Marta Ferrer

“Valden understood that a fragrance is sold by feeling first. The store reads like our boutique and converts nearly twice as well.”

“Valden understood that a fragrance is sold by feeling first. The store reads like our boutique and converts nearly twice as well.”

“Valden understood that a fragrance is sold by feeling first. The store reads like our boutique and converts nearly twice as well.”

Hélène Morel

Creative director, Maison Verel

3.4%

conversion, up from 1.9%

Marta Ferrer

“Every drop page now goes live from Sanity in an afternoon. No tickets, no developer on standby, no drama.”

“Every drop page now goes live from Sanity in an afternoon. No tickets, no developer on standby, no drama.”

“Every drop page now goes live from Sanity in an afternoon. No tickets, no developer on standby, no drama.”

Rohan Mehta

Head of digital, Strade

11 days

to sell through the spring drop

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Questions, answered

Still deciding? A 30-minute call costs nothing and comes with a written recommendation.

Book a call

How do we start a project with Valden?

Send a short note through the project form or email us. We reply within one working day, book a 30-minute call, and send a written proposal with a fixed price and timeline within a week.

How involved does our team need to be?

Expect a two-hour workshop at the start, then a review every one to two weeks. We handle design, build, testing and launch. You bring the content decisions and final sign-off.

How long does a website take?

Most business sites take six to eight weeks and most stores eight to twelve. Larger builds are scoped in a paid discovery phase before we commit to dates.

Which platform will you build on?

Whichever suits the people who will run it. Framer and Webflow for marketing teams, Shopify for stores, and Next.js with Sanity when the site needs custom logic.

Do you look after the site after launch?

Yes. Every launch includes 30 days of fixes. After that, care plans start at £450 a month and cover updates, monitoring and small changes.

Do you work with clients outside the UK?

About half of our clients are in Europe and North America. We work across time zones with fixed weekly calls and a shared project channel.

Your next website

starts with a

30‑minute call.

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