Craft Unit – Agency for high-performance websites with Craft CMS

Craft CMS-agency for tailor-made solutions 

Unlike other CMSs, this open source, headless CMS offers tailor-made, scalable websites thanks to its comprehensive range of applications. It does not rely on themes (see also WordPress) or external technologies with associated security issues. Craft CMS is innovative, modular and gives developers a certain degree of flexibility in implementation. The user experience for editors is intuitive. Maintenance with functions such as inline editing and online preview is equipped with all the clear and intuitive functions of a modern content management system. Product configurators guide customers in a user-friendly, secure and effective manner, even for complex products and services that require intensive consultation. Sales and consulting processes are simplified to ensure optimal collaboration with our customers. Partially complicated price calculations are displayed in real time.

Official Craft Agency Partner

We are experienced Craft CMS service providers and partners from the very beginning (official Craft partner). Over the past 10 years, we have continuously specialised as a professional Craft agency, with experience from over 300 completed Craft projects, including optimisation, hosting, code reviewing, refactoring and relaunch. Ongoing training, close contact with the creators of Craft, Pixel & Tonic, and seamless integration into the advanced international developer network set us apart.

What convinces our customers

We really enjoy advising our customers (best customer service) because we know that our solutions meet most requirements and reduce problems. The craft CMS is a universal genius, especially when combined with its own e-commerce engine, it unfolds its full potential. It is ideal for companies (including smaller ones), medium-sized businesses, brands and corporations. Tailor-made websites, database applications, relaunches, product configurators, shops, landing pages, mobile and responsive applications, data hubs or any type of web environment for which there is no standard software and, of course, apps can be realised with Craft. The user interface in the backend is optimised for satisfied editors, not programmers. Craft CMS has a modular structure, so it is always implemented individually for each customer project. 
It is open source and therefore only involves low licence costs, a one-off payment of around £300, and approximately £100 for the current year, which is mainly estimated for corresponding system updates to ensure that your website always meets the latest security requirements. Last but not least, we have years of experience with content management systems and customised online-based web development. And finally, we are a well-coordinated, genuinely pleasant team of ordinary people with hobbies, families and holiday entitlements.

Beratung, Beratung, Beratung

We really want to talk to you about your projects, requirements, wishes and needs, and probably discuss them too. With the power of various online analysis tools, our experience from hundreds of online projects and the openness with which we approach every challenge anew, we look forward to exchanging ideas, preferably over a cappuccino. We listen to each other and then pursue the defined goals together. 

Craft Commerce Shops

Craft CMS offers a unique, clear and seamless integration and interlinking of content management and a complete premium e-commerce solution on the CMS market. With our in-house Craft Commerce, our customers can manage their shop and website in one system. This naturally interlinks the website content with shop functionalities. No more clicks on external shop applications that require you to leave the website.

API-development

The functional connection and smooth exchange of data between different data worlds such as CMS systems, CRM systems, e-commerce platforms, websites or any type of data hub works via APIs, also known as interfaces. craft unit analyses and programs customer-specific APIs and develops the appropriate plugins for them.

Web apps, flexible and scalable

When choosing between native apps and operating system-independent web apps, the price of development and maintenance is usually the deciding factor. A web app can be accessed via any browser, is easy to use and costs significantly less than a native app. We help you make the right choice. Craft offers a simple way to establish web apps on the market without the cost risk of a native app for development and, above all, long-term maintenance across operating systems and programming languages. This is an issue that is particularly well received by cost-sensitive medium-sized companies.

Professional web hosting

We are putting the often neglected topic of web hosting back on the agenda. Smaller and medium-sized Craft CMS projects can probably manage with the usual server products offered by so-called discounters. However, if the web application becomes more complex, e.g. due to multisite, shared servers can become problematic. We offer website creation and web hosting from a single source, on our own servers in high-performance data centres in Germany. No friction losses, a single point of contact, always up-to-date security software and 99.9% availability for our business customers.

Marketing, maintenance, service level – predictable, transparent and cost-efficient

After the project is before the project. In between, there is usually a lot of maintenance and service, optimisations and adjustments. We do this on a transparent, hourly basis with documented billing, agreed in advance, which means unique cost flexibility for our customers. Ongoing marketing support in the areas of SEM, SEO, email marketing, project monitoring, keyword analysis, competition analysis and content editing. FAQ We are available as a full-service internet agency. 

SEO / Mobile

Search engine optimisation is a central component of all our web projects and is optimally integrated into our Craft CMS solutions. All aspects of onsite SEO are taken into account, as is mobile-first display. Content is created in an SEO-optimised manner to improve visibility in search engines, especially for Craft CMS projects. We also help with the appropriate measures for offsite SEO optimisation.

Takeover critical Craft CMS projects

A very common scenario in our work is taking over (almost) failed Craft CMS web projects, which were often implemented by external partners/programmers/freelancers without sufficient Craft CMS expertise. If they do not have sufficient Craft CMS expertise and reach their limits when requirements increase, we offer support on an equal footing. No matter how good a web design looks, it is doomed to failure if the programming underneath is corrupt. When the customer and service provider decide to go their separate ways, the craft unit team steps in and takes over the existing setup (more on this SOS for Craft CMS) 

Code reviews / refactoring / loading time optimisation 

We conduct code reviews of Craft projects, e.g. when customers are unsure about the quality of their Craft coding. We identify errors, potential risks and security vulnerabilities. For problematic programming developments, we offer refactoring, either selective or comprehensive. We check loading times and server settings and offer solutions to problems. Overall, this is a good method for improving the quality of Craft programming code and enhancing scalability.

No-obligation initial consultation

An initial idea?

The marketing department is planning a new multisite, multilingual website, ideally with a shop, downstream customer support and an interface to CRM and logistics? 

Are you up to your neck in work with the ongoing Craft project?

A design draft that needs to be re-analysed in terms of concept and SEO suitability? 

A screening of various CMS technologies and systems?

Are you tasked with inviting three service providers to an agency screening?

We say hello and look forward to a free initial consultation. A programmer will also be on board to discuss initial ideas and requirements under practical conditions.