Web Portal
A platform with users, content and logic
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A web portal is a site with an active user base — people who register, post, read and interact. It needs deeper architecture than a typical company site. Real-world experience with a live portal — romb.co.uk, a UK free-classifieds platform.
What every project includes
Registration, login, user profiles and roles- Management of posts, listings, requests or content
- Search, filters, categories and pagination
- Admin panel for moderation, reporting and user support
What we need from you
Business model
Who the users are, what they publish, how the portal is monetised (subscription, listings, ads, commission).
User types
Guest, registered, premium, seller, buyer, moderator. Different roles with different access.
Expected scale
How many users and posts you expect — defines infrastructure and hosting plan.
Integrations
Payments (Stripe, PayPal), email, SMS, social networks, maps (Google Maps), AI tools, etc.
Key advantages
- Custom architecture — designed for your model, without off-the-shelf SaaS limits
- Scalable — designed for hundreds of thousands of users and records
- Experience with a real production platform — we know what users actually want
- No platform lock-in — code and data are yours, migrate when you decide
A portal is a long-term project — so we build it with architecture that can grow. Start small with an MVP, validate with real users and grow the feature set in the direction that actually delivers value.
From €3,000 for a limited MVP to €15,000+ for a full-featured platform. After the discovery phase we send a fixed quote. We recommend phased development — start with the minimum, then grow what users actually use.
MVP portal — 6-10 weeks. Full platform — 3-6 months. We recommend a phased release with v1.0 going live early and growth driven by actual usage.
A mix of automated filters (spam, forbidden words) and manual moderation via the admin panel. Moderators get notifications for new submissions and can approve / reject in seconds.
For a small portal — shared or VPS hosting from €15/month. For higher load — a 4+ core VPS with optimised MySQL. We can set up the infrastructure too (see our "Server Configuration" service).
