Tutorials, best practices and news on Django, Python and modern web development.
A shop that sells one-off products and subscriptions from the same basket needs a checkout that does both in one step, a customer area where subscribers can skip and swap, and stock that respects next month's renewals. How we build each part in Django with Stripe Billing.
Keep card data off your server with Stripe Checkout, treat the signed webhook as the only proof of payment, make every handler idempotent, and meet the UK rules on cancellation, VAT and the pay button. The way we wire payments into every Django shop.
A practical checklist for UK e-commerce product pages that convert: images and formats, copy, VAT-inclusive pricing under the CMA's rules, delivery and returns, genuine reviews under the DMCC Act, honest stock messages, accessibility, speed and a validated Product JSON-LD example.
Track stock as four numbers and derive what shoppers see, move every order through fixed states that are the only places stock changes, and record every movement with a reason. The inventory and order management workflow we build into Django shops.
Checkout flow best practice comes down to four rules: show the delivered cost before checkout starts, ask for nothing the order does not need, let people pay the way their phone already knows, and never lose what they typed. A checklist with the reason for each item.
A practical checklist for planning a custom online store in the UK: the brief, scope of work, Stripe payments and VAT, shipping rules, integrations, product data, SEO migration, architecture, timeline and what drives the budget.
A collectibles or hobby shop needs stock held the moment an item is added, drops that stay up, pre-orders with deposits, per-item condition and photographs, and bundles or made-to-order flows. How we build each one into a Django shop and the rules that apply.
Electronics shops are judged on model-number search, specification data, filters that do not create duplicate pages, supplier stock feeds and controls on high-value orders. What a gadget shop needs built differently, and the UK rules for selling electrical goods.