BPC Ventilation

Creating a scalable ecommerce platform for a complex trade business

About

  • Migration

BPC Ventilation is a Northern Ireland-based specialist in mechanical ventilation, supplying trade professionals, self-builders, architects and specifiers across the UK and Ireland. 

Alongside its core ventilation offering, the business has expanded into complementary product categories including heat pumps, underfloor heating and central vacuum systems, supported by a growing ecommerce operation and physical trade counter.

Brief

BPC had outgrown its Magento platform. The business needed a modern ecommerce platform that could support both trade and retail customers, while reducing the complexity and cost of managing the site.

The migration also presented an opportunity to rethink how the business was structured online. Alongside protecting SEO visibility across a large technical catalogue, BPC wanted to create dedicated storefronts for its growing product divisions, improve the customer experience for different audiences and give the team a platform that could support future expansion.

Approach

Migrating to Shopify Plus was only part of the project. We used the move as an strategic opportunity to redesign how customers discovered products and how the business managed its growing catalogue.

Rather than operating one increasingly complex website, we created multiple connected storefronts, giving ventilation, heating and other specialist product ranges dedicated online destinations, while maintaining operational efficiency behind the scenes.

The main ventilation store was designed around the needs of both trade and retail customers. Trade accounts, pricing tiers and quantity discounts sit behind a clean, intuitive customer experience, allowing installers, specifiers and homeowners to navigate the same website in ways that reflect how they buy.

Information architecture was equally important. Products were organised around technical intent, making it easier for customers to find the right systems, accessories and supporting documentation. Product pages combine specification data, installation guides, related products and clear routes into BPC's design and estimation service, helping customers make informed purchasing decisions while supporting long-tail organic search.

  • No loss of organic traffic following migration

  • SEO equity successfully preserved during platform migration

  • Optimised landing pages across all key product categories