HKBU Urban Producers

Urban renewal with the help of crowdfunding

HKB Urban Producers are specialists in the field of spatial planning. They help, with their knowledge, experience, and online platform, turn your idea into a plan.

HKB Urban Producers are specialists in the field of spatial planning. They help, with their knowledge, experience, and online platform, turn your idea into a plan.

Webkracht in turn helped HKBU set up the crowdfunding platform and successfully executed their idea.

The question

Crowdfunding was once new, but for years it has been a perfect way to keep your target audience engaged with your project and, through concrete or non-concrete rewards, request financial support.

HKB Urban Producers saw in crowdfunding an excellent opportunity to get urban renewal projects off the ground.

Initiators have the opportunity to start a project, and participants have the opportunity to make a pledge and contribute.

The challenge

For Webkracht, this project presented a great challenge. From the functional design and graphic design phase to the final build, testing phase, and delivery: there were plenty of challenges. But fortunately, just as many great solutions!

How can contributions from backers be fulfilled? What if a project is not fulfilled? Should money be refunded to participants? Do we need a third-party account?

What if a project has reached the end of its term but has not yet been fulfilled? Can it be easily extended? All these questions came up and were technically resolved optimally. We are quite proud of that!

The result

HKBU Urban Producers did not want to take any risks with the website development and therefore chose a proven platform. Hence, the choice fell on Exolog, a development platform built on Laravel.

Due to legal regulations, to ensure speed and guarantee scalability, a dedicated server with a clear maintenance contract was chosen.

Results

  • Original design
  • Optimally programmed
  • Fully scalable
  • Thoroughly tested
  • Flawless operation

Diensten

Web design Responsive website Custom-built application Extranet SEO (Google optimization) Application management Maintenance contract

Other projects

Illustrations and sketches for construction projects

Sketch design

Participation platform for Rotterdam residents

Gemeente Rotterdam

How can
we help you
further?

 Make coffee? Or prefer an online meeting?
Call 06 209 34 209 or email martijn@Webkracht.nl

How quickly can you get started?

Our motto is 'as quickly as possible!' That means we can often schedule a meeting the same week. This could be an online meeting, but also a meeting at our office in Tilburg, at your company, or somewhere in between.

The start of your project, so the beginning of the functional design or the design, always takes place within 2 weeks. We then proceed with programming, testing, and delivery to keep the lead time as short as possible.

Are you already a customer? Then we’ll of course help you on the same day if possible!

What do you expect from me upfront?

When you start your web project, it's helpful to think about a number of things. This also applies if you have a question about marketing, website translation, or improving your SEO or conversion.

We’ve also written a great blog post about five things you should know before starting a website.

Furthermore, we naturally expect that we can work together in a pleasant and productive way. In our view, we do this in the easiest and most transparent way possible. With us, you’ll always be talking to people who know their field inside out and are passionate about what they do.

Do you also offer hosting and maintenance?

Absolutely! We handle all technical maintenance for your website. This includes not only hosting, but also the maintenance of your website, application, or dedicated server.

Often, our customers choose to manage their website and content themselves. However, if you don’t have the time or simply prefer to outsource it, we can take care of that for you as well. 

Together with you, we’d be happy to set up, migrate, and maintain your website and social media.

Which software or CMS do you recommend?

Which software or CMS is best for you depends entirely on your needs. There is a lot of software available that you can use to set up great websites and web projects.

We prefer to work with open source systems, or systems where we have extensive experience, so that we can guarantee the quality of our work. We work with WordPress, Drupal, Magento and TYPO3, among others. We also work with the Laravel framework and the Laravel-based CMS Exolog.

Every system has its advantages and disadvantages, which we would be happy to discuss with you, so that you always make the best choice for your project. Do you have an interesting system, clever software or a great CMS that we should know about? Feel free to discuss it with us!

How much does my new website cost?

A good question, but a difficult one to answer, since the answer depends precisely on your wishes and needs. 

Building a custom-designed and programmed website is a different story than simply choosing and adjusting a template. Extensive websites, portals, extranets and webshops with various integrations naturally come at a significantly higher cost than simple websites. Please feel free to contact us with your question!