Athlone

Practical, and mostly remote. We have no office in Ireland, so projects run through video calls, a shared project board and short written summaries after each meeting. You choose English or German as the project language – useful if your site also needs German-language content for customers on the Continent. Germany is just one hour ahead of Irish time, so working days overlap almost completely. You deal with the same contact person from kick-off to launch. Where a face-to-face session with your sales, quality or IT people would help, for example to map out a customer portal or the structure of a multilingual site, we travel to Athlone for a workshop.

A professionally built website starts at €3,000. Multilingual sites with several language versions, product databases or system integrations come in higher, depending on scope. Custom software and web apps start at €15,000 – think of a portal where clients across EMEA follow the status of samples, documents or orders. After an initial conversation we define the scope with you and quote a fixed price, so you are not left with open-ended hourly bills. Invoices are issued in euro, which keeps accounting simple for Irish companies, and for VAT-registered businesses in the EU the reverse-charge mechanism generally applies.

A compact company website usually takes around six to ten weeks from kick-off to launch. Each additional language adds time, mostly for translating and reviewing content, so it pays to plan translations early rather than at the end. Custom software takes longer: a first usable version of a web app is typically ready after three to five months, with further features added in stages. The pace depends a great deal on how quickly content, feedback and access to existing systems arrive from your side. At the start we agree a schedule with clear milestones, so your team knows when its input is needed and when to expect results.

Yes. We build online shops for retailers and manufacturers, including B2B shops with customer-specific prices, order histories and quick reordering. For cross-border sales we set up multiple languages and currencies, VAT handling for customers elsewhere in the EU and the payment methods buyers expect in each market. Every shop is fast, GDPR-compliant and built to meet the accessibility requirements of the European Accessibility Act. Whether you run a shop in Athlone town centre and want to reach customers online, or supply technical products to buyers across Europe, we plan the catalogue structure, checkout and the link to your stock management or ERP system together with you.