Online stores and booking systems in Formentera
Selling or booking from a phone, in several languages, without losing the customer along the way. WooCommerce, Shopify or custom development.
Where I workFormenteraIbizaIslas BalearesEspaña
In a seasonal business, every booking that doesn't close on a phone is one more call someone has to take.
And when July comes, that call doesn't always get answered.
I build online stores and booking systems so the sale closes on its own. In the customer's language, without anyone having to sit by the phone.
Where people drop off
Traffic usually isn't the problem. What fails is the last stretch.
The places where the sale gets lost are almost always the same:
- Long forms. Every field you ask for before payment costs you bookings.
- The group booking. If someone turns up with four friends and has to make four separate bookings, they don't make them.
- The price that isn't clear. If you have to write in to find out the cost, plenty of people don't write.
- Loading on mobile. People book from their phone here, often with bad coverage.
- The language. An Italian visitor who lands on a page in Spanish leaves.
At Love Bici, the electric bike store, what changed the result wasn't the design. It was rebuilding the store mobile-first and simplifying the group booking, which is where people were dropping off.
What I build
WooCommerce stores. For normal catalogues on WordPress. It's the practical choice when you want to manage it yourself and don't need odd rules.
Shopify stores. I trained on the platform and have built several stores of my own on it. It's the comfortable option if you'd rather pay a monthly fee and not deal with hosting, updates or security. What you gain in peace of mind you pay for in fees and in how far you can customise — we talk that through before choosing.
Custom bookings. When availability runs by dates and units: bike, scooter, boat or equipment rental. With deposits, contracts and fleet control if needed.
Digital contracts. Signing at handover instead of printing. At Love Bici this took a fair bit of work off the counter.
A connection to what you already use. So the booking reaches your calendar and your team without anyone copying it by hand.
How I work
I look at where the sale is lost. Before rebuilding anything. Often fixing two specific steps already raises bookings, and that costs a fraction of a new store.
Mobile first. It isn't a phrase: the design gets decided on a small screen and then adapted to the big one, not the other way round.
Fixed quote before we start. With what's included and what isn't.
It ships working and gets explained. With a walkthrough so you can change prices, products and availability without depending on me.
Getting started
Tell me what you sell or what you rent out, and where the bookings come in today.
That already shows whether you need a new store or whether fixing the process you have is enough. Both answers are valid and one of them is a fair bit cheaper.
Frequently asked questions
WooCommerce, Shopify or a custom store?
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WooCommerce if you already run WordPress and want to pay for hosting only. Shopify if you'd rather pay a monthly fee and forget about maintenance and updates. Custom when the booking has rules of its own, like availability by units, time slots, deposits or prices that change by season. I tell you which one suits you after looking at the case.
Can I manage the store myself?
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Yes. Part of the job is leaving you a dashboard you can use without calling me to change a price or upload a product. We do a walkthrough together before handover.
Does it work for rentals and not just sales?
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Yes, and it's the most common thing here. Bike, scooter, boat and equipment rental. The logic changes: there's availability by date, limited units, a deposit and a contract. That gets built on top of the store.
How do payments work?
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With a card payment gateway, and you can add Bizum or a partial payment with the rest paid on site. For rentals, charging part at booking cuts no-shows a lot.
Will it be in several languages?
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Yes, if your customers ask for it. Spanish, Catalan, English and Italian in the same store, with the right language for each visitor.
What if I already have a store that doesn't sell?
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The first step is looking at where people drop off. Often the problem isn't the whole store, it's two specific steps in the checkout. Fixing that costs much less than rebuilding everything.
