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Freelance e-commerce developer

Custom online shop development

I design and build online shops for brands, retailers and distributors in Belgium.

5.0
15 years of experience
The problem

You don't run a shop. You rent one.

Every sale pays a toll, and the lease gets renegotiated without you.

On the marketplace, your product is a line sorted by price.

Same supplier photo, same copied description, twelve sellers on the same reference. The buyer takes the cheapest and you will never know you were compared. Your margin gets decided without you.

Your brand disappears into a template.

Your products look good in real life, your selection took years to build. Online: a grid of identical thumbnails and text lifted from the supplier catalogue. Nothing that sets you apart in store survives on screen.

Abandoned carts never tell you why.

A four-step checkout, a redirect to an unfamiliar page, a payment method missing at the wrong moment. The customer leaves, the cart stays, and all it leaves you is a number with no explanation.

The more you sell, the more you pay.

A subscription, a percentage on every transaction, and a thirty-euro-a-month add-on every time a feature is missing. Your growth funds somebody else's infrastructure, and the bill climbs with your revenue.

The solution

Own your shop instead of renting it.

You pay for the build once, and every sale after that is entirely yours.

With this new shop, your margin funds your stock, not a platform.

And your customers buy from you, not from a results grid.

People always buy from someone.

Your selection, your convictions, what you refuse to stock and why. That is what makes people pay three euros more with you than elsewhere. A shop with a voice steps out of the penny-by-penny comparison.

A product page should sell as well as a shelf does.

Large-format photos, the use properly told, clear materials and sizes, instant display on mobile. Your products come across online the way they come across on the shelf. And you add a reference, a price or a promotion in a few clicks, without calling anyone.

A checkout gets measured, then fixed.

One-page payment, Bancontact on the same footing as cards, two-tap confirmation on a phone. Plus tracking that shows you exactly where carts are lost, so you correct instead of guessing.

Growing no longer raises your bill.

No percentage taken on your sales, no subscription that climbs with your revenue: only your payment provider's fees apply, as they do everywhere. Your product pages show up on Google and in AI answers, and that visibility belongs to you.

What my clients say

SME owners with the same need as you: a site that matches what they sell.

Sébastien is always attentive and understood our needs perfectly when it came to redesigning our website! The new site looks great and was delivered on time. We've already gained a few customers thanks to the improved SEO of the new site
Didier Boulvin

Didier Boulvin

Coddy

Numinam's contribution to the development of our App has been significant in its success with our B2C and B2B customers.
Stephane Draux

Stephane Draux

Founder • Spengo

Numinam (One More Pixel) is doing a fantastic job for Euronet. They’ve started the mission in saving our web-site from a cyber-attack. We had lost a lot of information and they had to rebuild our web-site. They had to recover the data left on our…
Valérie Van Belle.

Valérie Van Belle.

Managing director • Euronet

At Nallian we build solutions that are trusted by the world's leading airports, ground handlers and logistics companies. But our website no longer reflected that level of excellence. This redesign ensures our first impression matches the quality of…
Jean Verheyen

Jean Verheyen

CEO • Nallian

The new website much better reflects who we are. It tells our story more clearly, it's easy to navigate, it looks fresh and modern. It is more Nallian.
Joke Aerts

Joke Aerts

Director of Marketing • Nallian

Numinam's technical and design vision has enabled us to improve our lead generation flows. A big step forward.
Jérôme Van De Sande

Jérôme Van De Sande

Product & Data Leader • Heat Me

Numinam has completely modernized our website. The design is clearer, more credible, and our visitors understand what we do. A real leap in quality. Also worth noting is the excellent collaboration between Numinam and our development agency. Thank…
Olivier Lafosse

Olivier Lafosse

Founder & CEO • Heat Me

It was a real pleasure to do business with Sebastien. He did a great job and transform our inefficient and boring website to a nice one that generate leads. Moreover, Sebastien is a patient and reliable partner and he's always ready to help.
Shirley Boterdael

Shirley Boterdael

Marketing & Com. Manager • Highcodata

Over 15 years of experience, put to work for your shop

You don't talk to a salesperson who reports to a project manager, who briefs a developer and a designer: all those people sit in front of you, in one person, from the very first meeting.

01 UX / UI design

from €595

Before a single line of code, we clarify the buying journey and the image your brand projects. The design then does the work of creating desire and clearing doubts before payment.

What's included

  • Research and scoping
  • Mockups and clickable prototype
  • Conversion-focused copywriting
  • Design system

What you get

  • Approved mockups
  • Navigable prototype
  • Visual guidelines

02 Lightning-fast shop build

from €1,190

I build your shop from scratch: it loads in under a second and turns visitors into orders. Bancontact and cards integrated from day one, catalogue managed independently, and code that is 100% yours.

What's included

  • Astro development
  • Loads in under a second
  • Bancontact, cards and mobile wallets
  • Editable catalogue and promotions

What you get

  • Shop live
  • Code, domain and access (100% ownership)
  • Hands-on training

03 SEO / AEO / GEO

from €595

Your customers search for a product on Google and ask ChatGPT for advice before buying. I structure your product pages so they show up in both places, and I send you the ranking report so you can watch it move.

What's included

  • Technical SEO
  • Product structured data
  • Category pages and buying guides
  • Rank tracking

What you get

  • Indexed, structured shop
  • Ranking report
  • Content recommendations

04 Automation

from €595

Cart recovery, confirmations, order tracking, stock synchronisation: I automate what fills your days, with or without AI. Measurable results within 4 to 6 weeks.

What's included

  • Process audit
  • n8n workflows
  • AI integrations
  • Connecting your tools

What you get

  • Workflows in production
  • Documentation
  • Hours won back every week

05 Follow-up and support

I don't hand over a project and vanish. Updates, optimisations, A/B testing and dashboards: I stay your partner for the long run.

What's included

  • Maintenance and updates
  • A/B testing
  • KPI dashboards
  • Ongoing optimisation

What you get

  • Regular reports
  • Measured improvements
  • A single point of contact

How we'll work together

At each step, you know what I do, what you approve and how long it takes.
100%
  1. 01 Scoping call and project setup

    We go over your goals, sort out the paperwork, and I show you the tools we'll be using together.
    5%
  2. 02 Mockups and validation

    I show you a custom mockup for you to pick apart before a single line of code is written.
    15%
  3. 03 Development

    I build your shop: fast, and faithful to the design we approved. You get a live preview throughout.
    55%
  4. 04 SEO / AEO / GEO optimisation

    The shop is ready, but it needs analysis and serious fine-tuning to prepare its arrival on the web.
    15%
  5. 05 Launch and training

    Go-live, catalogue migration, tracking configured, your team trained on the back office.
    5%
  6. 06 Follow-up and optimisation

    3 months of support included, free of charge. Nobody does that.
    5%
Let's look at what your platform takes from you.

Let's look at what your platform takes from you.

25 minutes to look at your situation together: what your platform takes from you every month, where your checkout loses customers, what your product pages weigh on Google today. You leave with a clear diagnosis, even if we never work together.

It's free, there's no commitment, and you get me directly on the phone. The developer you talk to is the one who will build your shop.

Book my free 25-minute call

Frequently asked questions

How much does a custom e-commerce website cost at Numinam?

The cost of a custom e-commerce website depends on the scope: number of products, payment integrations, inventory management and how much automation you need. A shop built with Snipcart (simple catalogue, Stripe and Bancontact payment, up to a few hundred products) starts at around €5,000 to €8,000. A more advanced site with Medusa.js (multi-currency, vendor portal, order automation) starts from €16,000. In both cases there is no commission on your sales and no monthly subscription to a third-party platform. A 25-minute call is enough to scope your requirements and give you an estimate.

How long does it take to deliver an e-commerce website?

An online shop built with Snipcart (product catalogue, integrated payment, order management) is delivered in 4 to 6 weeks. A more complex e-commerce project (dynamic catalogue, multi-stock management, ERP integrations or advanced automation) requires between 10 and 16 weeks. The timeline depends directly on functional complexity and the speed of your sign-offs. The wireframe and validation phase runs before development: what you approve is what gets built.

Why choose Snipcart or Medusa.js over Shopify?

Shopify is a convenient way to start quickly, but its business model gets in the way as you grow: commission on sales, a subscription that climbs with the features you add, and limited room to customise without going through its ecosystem of paid plugins. With Snipcart or Medusa.js you pay no commission on your transactions, the code is yours, you host it where you choose and you can change it without asking a platform.

Run the three-year calculation with your own volume before deciding: below a certain turnover, Shopify stays the cheaper option, and I will say so.

Which payment methods can I integrate on my online shop?

I integrate the payment methods that matter on the Belgian and European market: Stripe (Visa, Mastercard, American Express), Bancontact, which is the most used method in Belgium, PayPal, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay for mobile. For B2B, deferred payment (Klarna, Alma) or automated SEPA transfers can be added. Every integration complies with PSD2 and 3D Secure.

Will my e-commerce site rank well on Google?

SEO for e-commerce is a topic in its own right. I handle native technical SEO from the development phase: clean canonical URLs for each product and category, Schema.org structured markup (Product, Offer, BreadcrumbList), dynamic XML sitemap, OpenGraph tags for social sharing, and optimised load times (PageSpeed 95+). Product pages and category pages are designed to be both readable by Google and optimised for conversion. I can also support you with a full SEO/GEO strategy to position your shop on high-commercial-intent queries in your sector.

What happens if you are no longer available for my project?

The complete source code of your shop lives in your own Git repository (GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket) and you own it from day one. Secure access is shared with developers I trust who know the project. It is built with standard open-source technologies (Astro, Snipcart, Medusa.js, Node.js), so another experienced developer can take over, and the technical documentation is delivered with it.

What I cannot promise is being available forever; what I can guarantee is that my leaving does not block you.

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