Coffee House Guitars

Archive & Reference Platform

A specialist guitar platform carried from custom ecommerce through to a permanent, non-commercial archive of instruments, editorial content, reference profiles and original tools.

Ecommerce, reference and archive development

Work delivered for Coffee House Guitars

From a full platform migration and original AI applications to a substantial specialist-content directory and permanent brand archive.

4 completed projects216 preserved instrument records1,158 reference profiles

Project history

Development calendar

Completed work is listed chronologically, with each project linked to its relevant service.

Services:
01Migration & custom buildZen Cart to Shopify Migration & Custom Ecommerce Build

A specialist ecommerce experience for collectible guitars

We transferred the complete business from Zen Cart and built a custom Shopify storefront around the information required when buying high-value used instruments online.

  • Migrated products, imagery, pricing and existing ecommerce content
  • Created a visual guitar condition-grading system
  • Structured cases, accessories, paperwork and included items
  • Built technical specifications, metafields and custom product tabs
Service: Shopify & custom ecommerce development
02AI content platformGuitarist & Guitar Brand Knowledge Directory

More than 1,000 detailed specialist profiles

We designed an editorial directory operating like a guitar encyclopaedia, supported by an automated research and content-production system.

  • Profiles covering biographies, bands, playing styles, instruments and equipment
  • Manufacturer histories, notable products and production background
  • External APIs for websites, imagery and supporting information
  • Advanced AI used to research, structure and write substantial individual content
Service: Custom web platform development
03AI applicationAI Guitar Valuation Tool

Photo-assisted valuations for the used-guitar market

We built an online tool that combines customer-supplied details with AI image analysis and reasoning to estimate an instrument's market value.

  • Accepted photographs and known manufacturer, model and year information
  • Considered condition, modifications, specifications and accessories
  • Designed specifically around guitars rather than generic image recognition
  • Produced estimates considered notably accurate in practical use
Service: Custom AI web development
04Permanent brand archiveEcommerce Retirement & Permanent Brand Archive

A permanent home for the brand's history

After the premium-guitar market slowed and the shop closed, we converted the retired ecommerce site into a self-contained, non-commercial archive so its specialist knowledge and catalogue would remain available.

  • Preserved 216 instrument records with their original imagery, alongside the site's articles and reviews
  • Retained 1,013 guitarist profiles and 145 maker profiles as a permanent reference collection
  • Kept the specialist guitar valuation tool available
  • Added clear archive notices so historic listings cannot be mistaken for current stock
  • Removed the commercial journey and made the archive self-contained on the KGSITES platform
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