Websites and landing pages
Business websites, online shops, product launches and help centres, built to get visitors where they need to go.
Business sites · Online shops · Landing pages · Help centres
Read the Knockout Arcades rebuildApps, tools and websites.Built around your business.
I design and build websites, online shops and custom software for businesses, including my own.
Website · Business software · Shopify app · ConfiguratorScroll to change perspective
Practical software, properly built.
Looking for a ready-made app?What can I build for you?
A better website. A tool your team needs. A service your customers can use online. I can help work out the idea, design it and build it.
A small addition or a whole product, with the scope agreed before work starts.
Shape your projectWeb apps and customer portals
Give people a place to sign in, find information, manage requests or use a service built around them.
Customer accounts · Dashboards · Self-service tools
Booking, quoting and buying
Help customers book, configure a product, request a quote or pay. Work out the right flow for what you sell.
Booking flows · Configurators · Quote builders · Payments
Business tools and connected systems
Bring the information together, make a recurring task easier and give your team a clearer view of the work.
Internal tools · Reporting · Approvals · Integrations
Memberships and digital products
Build the website or web app around an offer, with accounts, protected content or subscription access where needed.
Member areas · Paid access · Subscription features
An idea into a first version
Work out what the first version needs to do, who it is for and how to build it in manageable stages.
Product planning · Interface design · Focused first builds
The work behind the offer.
These are real products in daily use. They show how I work and what to expect from your own project.
Case study · Website rebuild and migration
Knockout Arcades, rebuilt with nothing lost in the move.
Knockout Arcades is a business I co-own: a UK arcade-cabinet shop that moved from Hostinger’s website builder to a custom-built site. Every page address was accounted for, every product photo and review came across, and customers got a kit finder, a 3D assembly view, clearer specifications and much lighter pages.
- 51/51page addresses accounted for
- 77product photos carried across
- 94%less to download on a phone
Software with moving parts.
ProdBord brings orders and production work into a shared board. Application design, connected data and account systems.
Explore ProdBord
A website that explains the product.
prodbord.com pairs product information with a help centre and a clear route to the next step.
Visit the websiteA product configurator, working.
Choose dimensions and options. Watch the drawing and estimate update. Four live Dust Shack tools turn customer choices into enquiries with the details already filled in.
Try the live configurator
Visual Orders Queue
Product photos, note indicators and tags together in a simpler order-picking view.
Explore the appReal product screenshots. QVBundle and Visual Orders Queue are available on Shopify. Knockout Arcades and Dust Shack are businesses I co-own.
You'll work directly with me.
I'm Scott, the designer and developer behind appFabrication. I also co-run Dust Shack, so I know what it means to depend on a tool while running a business.
From the first conversation to design, development and handover, you'll work directly with me.
A clear start
I'll help you define what the work covers and agree a first stage with you.
Progress you can review
You see working stages and can give feedback while the project takes shape.
A proper handover
I'll walk you through what I've built and agree how you'll use, manage and maintain it.
Where to start
Let's find your
next build.
Tell me what you're looking for, or start with a problem you want to solve. A few questions will help me understand what you need and suggest where to begin. I reply with an approach and an indicative cost. No call needed unless you want one.
Your draft stays in this tab. Nothing is sent.
Clear this draft and start again?
What are you looking for?
Choose the closest fit. If you only know the problem, I can help you work out what you need.
Your earlier draft has been kept
Choose one of the clearer routes below. These earlier answers will stay marked as context to check.
Is anything else needed alongside it? Optional
Up to two. I'll keep your first choice as the main focus.
Share what you already have. You can skip the guided questions and review it next.
Only include information you are happy to share with Scott.
What does it need to do?
Tell me where you're starting and the main result you want. I can help you work out the details.
Already know something it needs to do? Optional
You can be certain about this part and still ask for advice on the rest.
You added this before changing the aim or users:
Is it still relevant? It stays marked as needing a check until you decide.
Does this capture what you need?
Your answers stay separate from the possible approach. I can help you work out the details.
Your starting brief
Review your answers
Worth exploring
A possible first step, not an agreed scope or quote.
No need to know the solution yet.
Your brief is ready.
Local preparation. No enquiry has been sent.
What happens next
You can download your brief or return to make changes. Once sending is enabled, I’ll review your brief and reply with an approach and indicative cost. A call is optional.
Your project brief
A branded document with your answers, a possible approach and the questions still to discuss.