Historic Royal Palaces

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Let them eat cake. And buy gifts online too !

Historic Royal Palaces is the independent charity that cares for the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, the Banqueting House, Kensington Palace, Kew Palace and Hillsborough Castle and Gardens.
We are proud that their eCommerce website was built by our sister company, Screen Pages – a specialist eCommerce agency.

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A piece of history

Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) is the independent charity that cares for the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, the Banqueting House, Kensington Palace, Kew Palace and Hillsborough Castle and Gardens. Their aim is to help everyone explore the story of how monarchs and people have shaped society in some of the greatest palaces ever built.

Historic Royal Palaces has been working with Design Inc’s sister company, Screen Pages since 2010. And, after nearly a decade of working together, during which time Screen Pages designed and built a number of sites for HRP, they were commissioned to deliver a new, mobile-friendly website on Magento 2.

Magento is the easiest and smoothest implementation for any modern cloud commerce platform. It uses an open-source ecosystem. Flexible for B2C, B2B, and hybrid solutions, Magento extends beyond the shopping cart.

Regal retail solutions

The primary goal of this build was to move away from Magento version 1, which Adobe announced would no longer be supported beyond June 2020. Furthermore, this move would allow the charity to benefit from the additional eCommerce features available in the current platform such as:

Improved security for customers transacting online
Improved website management and merchandising tools for HRP
Improved performance for faster page load times
Improved navigation and search with Klevu
A new and improved checkout with multiple payment options
Streamlined purchasing process for mobile users

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