Gilsan Sports
Who are they?
Gilsan Sports are one of the leading shooting and fishing equipment dealers in the North of England with retail outlets in Ripon and Leyburn.
What was the job?
- Website Design
- Corporate Branding
- Website Development
- Website Marketing and SEO
- Website Maintenance and Hosting
The Root Solution
- Created a functional specification, guiding Gilsan Sports through every part of their website-to-be.
- Created mood boards to identify their corporate brand. This included logos, website design templates newsletter templates.
- Created a temporary website holding page, optimised for search engines prior to launch.
- Designed and implemented a Ruby on Rails application to manage and model the database throughout development.
- Built a complete eCommerce website. This included a full-featured admin section enabling Gilsan Sports to manage site content, products, orders (via Google Checkout) and shipping.
- Worked with Gilsan Sports to optimise the products in the store prior to launch.
- Provided website hosting, remote backup and ongoing care.
We will continue our passionate support for Gilsan Sports and their website. Watch this space for some exciting new functionality to appear in the coming months…
What they said:
“When we asked Root Solutions to build us an e-commerce website to blow away the competition, we thought they’d have their work cut out. But we were wrong…
Root Solutions were helpful and professional throughout the entire process, keeping us up-to-date and informed every step of the way.
The Gilsan Sports website is everything we ever wanted and more! Thank you Root Solutions!”




