LAPADA

Since its inception in 1974, LAPADA’s membership has grown to over 550 members making it the largest association of professional art and antiques dealers in the United Kingdom.

Alongside the LAPADA website, Benchmark developed a custom members’ area where dealers can manage the items they present on the website, including enabling them for online sale.

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The LAPADA website sits on top of a catalog of approximately 40,000 active listings and 100s of dealers and service providers which visitors need to be able browse and filter quickly and effectively. The website offers powerful search mechanics for this, including filtering by category, style and price for items along with expertise and location for members.

In order to manage these listings, the LAPADA members’ area was created as a custom Laravel application, providing dealers with control of the items listed on the LAPADA website. The site also serves as an ecommerce website, with Stripe integration allowing visitors to purchase certain items directly from dealers.

At the same time, the LAPADA website is a content repository with a wealth of posts ranging from events to collectors’ guides. The bespoke members’ area is paired with a custom WordPress website that provides the LAPADA team with control of website content. The result is a comprehensive website that seamlessly blends item and members search with content.

Benchmark continues to support the LAPADA team today, with hosting, website support and maintenance and ongoing development to add new functionality and improvements to the website and members’ area.

Services: Website Development, Website Maintenance
Industries: Consumer
Specialties: Ecommerce Websites, WordPress Websites