Available for new projects — Q3 2026 Hey, I'm Niall — designer-developer

Niall Arnfield

Premium commerce sites for brands that move fast. Lighthouse-100 frontends, real-time 3D configurators and conversion engines — shipped in weeks, not months. Manchester, UK · remote.

Niall Arnfield
100Lighthouse score
+18%conversion lift · 3D
10+ yrsshipping commerce
Track record

A decade of shipping, measured.

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Years shipping commerce
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Production sites live
£0M+
Client revenue uplift
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Commercial contracts since 2019
The trajectory £3.2M+ annual client revenue uplift by 2024
Services

Three things, done well.

01

E-commerce builds

WordPress + WooCommerce and Shopify storefronts, full-stack — from wireframe to commercial launch, with WCAG-compliant checkout patterns built in.

WORDPRESS · WOOCOMMERCE · SHOPIFY
+15% conv typical · 4–8 weeks
02

3D product configurators

Real-time WebGL configurators for high-consideration retail. The 3D Configurator platform drove an 18% average conversion lift across 35+ live retail sites.

THREE.JS · PLAYCANVAS · WEBGL
35+ sites shipped · 8–12 weeks
03

Performance, SEO & CRO

Core Web Vitals, schema, conversion optimisation and the kind of focused audit work that pays for itself in the first weeks after shipping.

CWV · SCHEMA · A/B TESTING
−3s page-load avg · 2–4 weeks
Selected work

Recent case studies.

Praxis Digital website collage
Agency · 2019–25

Praxis Digital — UK commerce agency

Six years building, shipping and growing 20+ direct clients across 100+ live sites. Aggregate client revenue uplift peaked at £3.2M+ in 2024. Continued as DreamWeb Agency from 2026.

20+
Clients
100+
Deployments
£3M+
Peak uplift/yr
Real-time 3D product configurator
Product · 2021–ongoing

3D Configurator — WebGL platform

Real-time WebGL configurator platform. 35+ live UK retail deployments, +18% average conversion lift per SKU, 5,000+ transactions powered per month at peak. v4 in development.

−40%
Bounce rate
+344%
Dwell time
+18%
Add-to-basket
UK beauty brand storefront
Sprint · 2026

Major UK Beauty Brand — six-week sprint

A Lighthouse-23 frontend rebuilt in six weeks: Lighthouse 96, theme footprint cut 74%, five pillar pages rebuilt end-to-end. Solo design + engineering.

23→96
Lighthouse
−74%
Footprint
−70%
LCP
About

Browsers into buyers.

Storefronts that load fast, convert cleanly, and don't fall apart on Black Friday. Over a decade of real commerce experience, two First-Class degrees from Manchester Met — and everything important measured before launch.

2026 →

Lead Developer — DreamWeb Agency

Founded my agency (rebrand of Praxis Digital). End-to-end e-commerce, full-stack, CRO & 3D product visualisation.

2021–25

Lead Web & Systems Dev — Praxis Digital 3D

Architected real-time 3D product configurators across 100+ retail sites. WebGL/Three.js + .NET API.

2017–20

KTP Project Manager — MMU

Delivered a custom B2B e-commerce marketplace via a Knowledge Transfer Partnership.

2015–16

Junior Systems Dev — Fingertip Games

First commercial role — C++, Unreal Engine, real-time rendering.

Stack & skills

HTML / CSS / JSWebGL · Three.jsPlayCanvas .NET · APIs · SQLWordPressWooCommerce ShopifyUmbracoNext.js UX / UI · FigmaSEO strategyCRO · A/B testing Interactive 3DSystems thinkingWCAG audits

Qualifications

2020

MRes — Web Innovation & 3D E-commerce

Manchester Metropolitan University · 1st Class

2015

BSc — Computer Games Technology

Manchester Metropolitan University · 1st Class