Case study

Bilvista Hardware

A catalogue site with a shopping cart that checks out to WhatsApp, plus a staff dashboard for enquiries and product editing.

Client: Billy K., Bilvista Hardware
Type: Website
Industry: Hardware & Construction
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Live: bilvistahardware.co.ke

Bilvista Hardware on a desktop and a phone

The problem

Bilvista supplies and fits gutters, flooring, turf and decking across 17 Kenyan towns, and most customers want to talk on WhatsApp before they buy. The business needed a site that turns browsing into a clear, itemised WhatsApp order, and that staff can keep up to date without a developer.

What I built

A fast catalogue of five product lines with filters, search and individual product pages that preview well when shared.
A cart that builds an itemised order and opens WhatsApp, with no payment taken on the site.
A quote form and a WhatsApp bubble on every page.
A staff dashboard: every enquiry and order in one inbox, one-click WhatsApp replies and CSV export.
A product editor where staff add, reorder and hide products and upload photos, which are cropped and converted to WebP in the browser.

Outcome

In daily use by the owner and staff.

Screens

Bilvista Hardware: Product editor, on a desktop — Product editor. Staff add, reorder, hide and publish products, choose what shows on the home page, and import or export the list.

Bilvista Hardware: Product editor, on a phone — Product editor. Staff add, reorder, hide and publish products, choose what shows on the home page, and import or export the list.

Bilvista Hardware: Enquiries, on a desktop — Enquiries. Every quote request from the website, WhatsApp and phone in one list, with its status and quote value.

Bilvista Hardware: Enquiries, on a phone — Enquiries. Every quote request from the website, WhatsApp and phone in one list, with its status and quote value.