Portals
Membership portals, customer platforms, internal tools. If it needs to bring people and data together in one place, this is what we do.
101
Countries served through one portal (IAS)
10+
Years building portals on Umbraco
30+
Countries connected via LBMA
More than a website with a login
A portal is where your users go to get things done. Apply for membership, access resources, manage their account, collaborate with peers, track progress. The experience behind the login matters more than the homepage because that's where your users spend their time.
We build portals that are genuinely useful.
- clean interfaces
- logical workflows
- sensible permissions
Your users find what they need without reading a manual. Your admins manage everything without calling us.
We build
Membership Portals
Member registration, renewals, directories, resource libraries, event management, communications. Built for organisations where membership is the business model.
Customer Platforms
Self-service tools for your customers. Account management, document access, support, reporting. Reduces your admin overhead and gives customers what they want: control.
Internal Tools
Consolidating spreadsheets, emails and disconnected systems into one platform your team actually uses. We build internal tools that simplify operations rather than adding another system to manage.
Start with the user, not the feature list
Portal projects fail when they start with a list of features and no understanding of who's using them. We start with your users. What are they trying to do? What's frustrating them today? What would make them come back? The answers shape every decision from information architecture through to what goes on the dashboard.
Built to integrate, not to replace
Your portal needs to work with what you already have. CRM, payment systems, email platforms, third-party databases. We build portals that integrate with your existing tools rather than asking you to rip everything out. If the data lives somewhere else, we connect to it. If it needs to live in the portal, we migrate it properly.
Key technologies
Our portals are built on Umbraco CMS with custom .NET backends, hosted on Microsoft Azure. That gives you a content management layer your editors can use, a secure backend your developers can maintain, and infrastructure that scales when you need it to.
Our work
International Association of Sedimentologists
A membership platform and portal serving geologists across 101 countries.](https://appcentric.co.uk/work/international-association-of-sedimentologists/)
Greetings Card Company
A bespoke e-commerce platform replacing 20 years of in-house development. Card personalisation, multi-path order fulfilment, stock management and advanced reporting. Built on Umbraco.](https://appcentric.co.uk/work/greetings-card-company/)
Clear Insurance Management
A shared Umbraco platform supporting multiple websites for a rapidly growing insurance group.](https://appcentric.co.uk/work/clear-insurance-management/)
London Bullion Marketing Association
How we built a membership portal for the London Bullion Market Association, connecting banks and refiners across 30+ countries with Microsoft Dynamics integration.](https://appcentric.co.uk/work/london-bullion-marketing-association/)
Digostics
From pre-revenue startup to an international diagnostic platform, live across NHS trusts and deployed in healthcare settings worldwide.](https://appcentric.co.uk/work/digostics/)