Distortion

Working from the English Midlands, Distortion builds bespoke websites, mobile apps and online shops for startups, small firms and established brands. The firm describes itself as deliberately small but strong, with bases in Birmingham and Melton Mowbray, and it adds marketing and search work around the builds it delivers.

Online shops for traditional businesses

Distortion's e-commerce work is aimed at businesses that have sold offline for years and now want to reach customers online. The firm says the aim is to widen a client's customer base, bring more people through the door and let the business compete online by using the advantages it already has. Each shop is designed around the brand rather than a generic template, and the firm offers continuing search optimisation and marketing support after launch. Its e-commerce case study reports a 300% rise in online sales within three months of the work going live, and a 240% increase in search visibility.

Lettings agency websites with live property feeds

For lettings agencies, Distortion builds a brand-focused website connected to a live property feed, so listings appear on the website as soon as they are added to the agency's system. The package includes content management, video production and entry-level search engine optimisation. The firm reports a large increase in landlord enquiries for one lettings client and a 400% increase in search visibility, and it presents those figures as results for that client rather than as a promise for every project.

Apps and websites scoped around how a client's service runs

The firm says it designs and builds high-quality, engaging websites, apps and marketing solutions, and that its solutions are engineered to drive customers and increase profitability. App work is shaped around the way a client's service operates, and the firm keeps working with clients after launch, with ongoing development and aftercare as part of the relationship.

Digital work over more than two decades

Distortion says it has designed experiences, crafted websites, engineered software, built apps and developed branding and marketing strategies for brands, businesses and startups for over 23 years. Case studies it has published feature FundingRound, The Property Booth and Grasmere. A new project usually begins with a consultation, led by the firm's digital specialist, in which the team looks at a business's needs and challenges before setting out the requirements and options. The company says that step lets it fit each solution to the client rather than sell a standard package.