Case Study

Recovery Kit

recoverykit.co.uk

Recovery Kit supplies cold and compression therapy equipment across the UK — primarily NICE machines used by medical professionals and patients recovering from orthopaedic surgery. They are a distributor working with physiotherapists, surgeons, and individuals.

Role

Sole developer — end to end

Duration

Sept 2025 — ongoing

Stack

Next.js, PostgreSQL, Stripe, Nodemailer

Scope

Design, build, deploy, SEO, automation

Monthly infrastructure cost

~£10.55/mo

Updated April 2026

Hosting, database, compute, storage, DNS, SSL, email, CDN, monitoring — everything it costs to run the platform. Not my fee; just the infrastructure.

Overview

Recovery Kit needed more than a website — they needed a platform that could handle the full complexity of their hire-based business model. Machines go out, come back, get serviced, go out again. Customers extend hires, change dates, need invoices. There are tasks to track, emails to send, machines to monitor.

I designed and built the entire platform from scratch: a public-facing e-commerce site with Stripe integration for one-off purchases, hires, and subscriptions; a comprehensive admin dashboard for managing bookings, tasks, invoices, fleet, testimonials, and business analytics; and the operational automation that ties it all together.

This isn't a project that was “delivered” and handed off. I continue to develop, maintain, and improve the platform — from SEO optimisation and new features to process automation and operational tooling. The platform grows as the business grows.

Live demo

An interactive demo of the admin dashboard, running against a separate database populated with realistic but entirely fictional data. No real customer information is shown.

What I built

E-commerce & checkout

  • Product pages with size guides and hire flow
  • Stripe integration: one-off, hire, and subscription
  • Automated booking hold system (30-min expiry)
  • Machine auto-assignment based on availability

Admin dashboard

  • Visual booking calendar with machine rows
  • 15-step automated task workflow engine
  • Invoice creation, PDF generation, and emailing
  • Fleet management with utilisation tracking

Analytics & reporting

  • Monthly revenue charts and capacity forecasting
  • Machine-level MRR and utilisation metrics
  • Referral source tracking and attribution
  • Wrap popularity analysis by type and size

Operations & automation

  • Task auto-generation from booking lifecycle
  • Email templates for each stage of hire
  • Extension management (up to 3 per booking)
  • Testimonial curation and public display

Platform timeline

Key milestones in the evolution of the platform — from initial build through to ongoing development.

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Search performance

Live data from Google Search Console showing organic search growth over the past 12 months — impressions, clicks, and average position.

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