Website proposal · knightkit.co.uk
Same business, same products, same photography, same twenty years of expertise — three genuinely different ways of putting it in front of a customer. Each one is a working page built on your live catalogue: real products, real prices, real stock.
Where we're starting from
Nothing here is a criticism of the business — the products and the photography are genuinely good. The problem is that the site is wearing a theme from about 2012, and it's getting in the way.
A narrow centre column with two stacked link boxes down the left was standard fifteen years ago. It pushes the products below the fold and gives half the screen to navigation nobody clicks.
Your product shots are dark, dramatic night scenes with glowing colour. On a light grey theme they look flat. On the right background they'd sell the product on their own.
You design and develop these products — the banksman wand was built for Tarmac. The site reads like a catalogue reseller. That's the single biggest thing being left on the table.
Prices, stock and sale flags aren't visible until you click into a product. Shoppers compare on the listing page or they leave.
The theme shrinks rather than rethinks. Buyers on site, in a van or on an apron need big targets and a fast route to the right product.
“What is a banksman?”, “Long or short wand?” — that's exactly what people search for. It's buried behind a News link in a sidebar.
The three concepts
These aren't three skins on the same page. Each makes a different bet about what wins you the sale — brand impact, buying speed, or expertise. Click through and use them properly: the filters, the search and the finder all work on your real 70-product catalogue.

Dark, cinematic, product-led. The whole interface gets out of the way so the photography — a marshaller lit by his own wands on a night apron — does the selling.
Best if you want Knight Kit to feel like a premium kit brand rather than a supplier, and you're happy for the shop to be the whole site.
Open concept A →
Light, loud and functional. Hi-vis yellow, condensed industrial type and a catalogue built like a trade counter — sector-first navigation, filters, search, list or grid, stock on every line.
Best if most of your value is repeat and trade buyers who know roughly what they want and need to find it in under a minute — including on a phone, in a yard, wearing gloves.
Open concept B →
Editorial and advisory. Leads with a working three-question tool that reads the real catalogue and recommends products — then backs it with your articles as a proper knowledge hub.
Best if a lot of your enquiries are people who don't yet know what they need, and you want the site to do the job you currently do on the phone — plus the strongest long-term search position.
Open concept C →Side by side
| A · Night Watch | B · Hi-Vis | C · Kit Finder | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The bet | Brand and desire | Speed and utility | Expertise and trust |
| Feels like | A premium gear brand | A serious trade supplier | A specialist who knows the answer |
| Front door | Cinematic hero, then the shop | “What's the job?” sector tiles | Three-question kit finder |
| Best for | New customers, one-off buyers, brand recall | Trade, repeat buyers, procurement | Uncertain buyers, organic search |
| Photography | Does the heavy lifting — needs your best shots | Supporting role, works with what exists | Editorial use, fewer but larger images |
| Ongoing effort | Low — mostly product upkeep | Low — catalogue driven | Higher — rewards regular articles |
| SEO upside | Moderate | Good (category and product depth) | Strongest (advice content plus products) |
Worth knowing
All 70 products, prices, sale prices, stock status and categories are pulled live from knightkit.co.uk. Anything you spot that looks wrong in a demo is worth checking on the live site too.
Every photograph is from your own media library, converted to WebP. That alone cut them from 13MB to 3MB — a large part of why these pages load faster than the current site.
These are design concepts. Basket, checkout and account stay on WooCommerce — “View on knightkit.co.uk” links go to the real product page.