Sandbanks DigitalWeb Design Pokesdown
Pokesdown has reinvented itself as Bournemouth's vintage quarter, 'Pokesdown for Vintage', a run of Christchurch Road thick with antiques emporiums, vintage dealers, makers, record shops and the cafés that grew up alongside them. We build websites and custom web apps for the traders behind that scene, and it starts, as ever, with a free demo, a working preview of your site you can look over before committing to anything.
A boutique agency that knows Pokesdown
Pokesdown is a specialist. Where Boscombe next door mixes everything, this end of Christchurch Road has become known for one thing, vintage, antiques and making, to the point that people travel to browse it. That changes what a website is for. Buyers here research a piece, a dealer or a maker before they set off, so the site is often the shop window that decides whether the trip happens at all.
Selling one-off stock is its own discipline. Every item is unique, sells once and needs its own photography and story, which most off-the-shelf shop systems handle badly, they assume rows of identical products. We build for the reality: single-item listings, honest 'sold' handling, and an enquiry route for the pieces that need a conversation before they change hands.
We take Pokesdown work on from our Poole base along the coast, and you deal with the two founders who build the site, not a middleman. It sits within our wider web design in Bournemouth work across BCP, next to the independent trade we build for in Boscombe and Southbourne.
Built for Pokesdown businesses
We build to fit the business in front of us, never a fixed package off a list.
Vintage and antiques dealers
'Pokesdown for Vintage' is the draw, emporiums, dealers and single-unit sellers along Christchurch Road. We build gallery-led sites that show stock beautifully, with enough detail per piece to sell it before someone walks in.
Makers and independent retail
The quarter is full of makers, upcyclers, record shops and small independents. We build sites that carry that handmade character, with a simple shop or made-to-order enquiry flow where selling online genuinely suits the work.
Online shops for one-off stock
Antiques and vintage break the usual shop mould, everything is one of one. We build stores that handle single-item listings, sold markers and enquiry-to-buy properly, rather than force unique pieces into a supermarket-style catalogue.
Cafés and creative studios
Between the dealers sit cafés, tattoo and creative studios that share the quarter's character. We build warm, photo-led sites with booking or menus, made to look right on the phone where most people find them.
Custom web apps
Stock, listing, enquiry and booking tools scoped to a trade built on one-off pieces and personal relationships, real inventory and reservations rather than a form that ignores what's actually still for sale.
Local SEO for the vintage quarter
Ranking for 'web design Pokesdown' and the vintage-and-place searches that bring buyers down Christchurch Road, plus nearby Boscombe and Southbourne. Niche volume, but a highly intentional, travel-to-buy audience.
Web design across Bournemouth
Local pages for the areas we work in most often. Don't see yours? We still cover it, get in touch.
Why Pokesdown businesses choose us
We're a newer agency, founded in 2025 by two Dorset-based founders. Rather than a wall of reviews, here's what you can count on from day one.
You deal with the founders
Your brief goes straight to Elliot and Dan, who do the designing and the coding between them. Kept in-house from start to finish, never outsourced.
A free demo before you commit
First we build you a live demo, free of charge and with no deposit or contract attached. Carry on only if it's genuinely what you want.
Local to Pokesdown
From our Poole studio Pokesdown is a quick trip, which means we know how the area trades and can come to you in person when that's useful. Part of our web design across Dorset.
Fixed, honest pricing
You'll see a fixed, line-by-line price before any work begins. No creeping extras, no shock bills; sites start at £75 a month, £0 upfront.
Common questions
Do you offer a free web design demo for Pokesdown businesses?
Yes. We make you a free, working mockup of your homepage first, a real preview you can click around instead of a flat picture, so you can weigh it up honestly before money or paperwork enter the picture. If it misses, you've lost nothing.
Are you local to Pokesdown?
Very. The studio's in Poole, a short trip round the coast, and Pokesdown is a stretch we know, the vintage and antique dealers, the makers and the cafés along Christchurch Road. Happy to meet you down there rather than keep everything on email.
Can you build an online shop for a vintage or antiques seller?
Yes, and it's a genuinely different build to a normal shop. Everything you sell is one of one, so we set the store up around single-item listings, clear 'sold' handling and enquiry-to-purchase where a piece needs a conversation, rather than a catalogue that assumes endless stock.
Do you work with makers and independent sellers?
Regularly. Whether you sell finished pieces, take commissions or run a shared unit, we build a site that shows the work at its best and makes buying or enquiring simple, scaled to a one-person operation rather than a big retailer's overhead.
How much does a Pokesdown website cost?
Price doesn't move with your postcode. A standard small-business site is £0 to start and from £75 a month with hosting and support, on a 12-month plan. A fully bespoke build (custom design, a CMS, proper photography) is a fixed one-off, generally between £3,000 and £8,000 depending on scope.
Do you cover Boscombe, Southbourne and the rest of Bournemouth?
Yes, the whole of BCP. Pokesdown sits on Christchurch Road between Boscombe and Southbourne, so we work right across the three. There are dedicated Boscombe and Southbourne pages too, all part of our wider web design in Bournemouth coverage.