A Trade-Only Ecommerce Platform
Following on from the Granite Setts Direct retail site, I built GSD Trade, a dedicated B2B platform for supplying wholesale granite setts, kerbstones and paving to trade customers such as landscapers, architects, builders merchants, civil engineering companies and local authorities.
Unlike the retail site, GSD Trade is not open to the general public. Customers create a trade account and log in to shop, so the whole experience is built around the needs of professional buyers placing bulk orders rather than one-off retail purchases.
How It's Built
The site is built with Nuxt JS, server-side rendering pages for speed and search visibility. Product, cart, account and order functionality come from the ElasticPath headless commerce API, with payments handled by Stripe.
Page content is managed in DatoCMS, so the team can update the site without needing a developer. The product catalogue is organised by stone type, finish and colour, with site-wide search to help trade buyers find exactly what they need quickly. The site is hosted on Netlify.