we bake brands

Good ideas, freshly baked.

Websites, search and social for brands that want to be remembered. Designed and built by hand in Ireland and South Africa, served warm.

  • Creativity whisked to perfection
  • Strategy measured to success
  • Integrity that never drops the tray
  • Innovation proofed and ready to rise
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From the original Brand Muffin site, 2018
Pull up a chair

Pull up a chair.

We bring design, development and digital thinking to the table. You work directly with the people doing the baking, from the first conversation to the details that make your website feel like you.

You don’t need to arrive with everything figured out. Bring your ideas. We’ll bring a fresh pair of eyes.

House rules

  • You work directly with us. No hand-offs between departments.
  • Wherever you’re based. We start with a call or an email and take it from there.
  • Scope comes first. We agree what the work includes before it starts.
  • No ranking promises. Honest research, careful work and clear reporting instead.
Fresh from the oven

What we’ve baked.

Ten years of sites, shops and brands, from a first five-page build in 2016 to a procurement-connected B2B storefront in 2026.

The Lema home page: “Branded under one roof” in white and red on black, beside a trade-account panel listing negotiated pricing, quantity breaks, bulk ordering, one-click reorder and a named rep, above a grid of product ranges.

Lema International Trading

2026 → now

We replaced an unfinished bespoke shop with a B2B storefront that a corporate customer's procurement system buys from directly, and open-sourced two of its plugins.

WooCommerceB2BPunchOutOpen source
The Launch-SA home page: a mechanic's hands holding a red Launch diagnostic tablet over an open engine bay, under the heading “Vehicle Diagnostic Equipment”.

Launch Technologies South Africa

2017 → now

We built Launch's first website in 2017, rebuilt it as a full online shop in 2025, and have run its search, AI search, advertising and social media since November 2025.

WooCommerceSEOAI searchLong arc
The New Earth èiRe merchandise page: three black New Earth T-shirts printed with a triple spiral, a Celtic cross and a trinity knot, each at €25.00 with an Add to cart link.

New Earth èiRe and Space Connection

2022 → now

Since 2022 we have built and run the festival's website and its sister site Space Connection, with its ticketing, merchandise shop and email campaigns.

IrelandTicketingWooCommerceEvents
The Consafe home page: a worker in a yellow hard hat and safety glasses behind the line “Think Safety First, Your Leading PPE Supplier”.

Consafe

2023 → now

We designed and built Consafe's online catalogue, where trade buyers browse the safety equipment range and request a quote, with prices kept private.

WooCommerceCatalogueB2BPerformance
The Hard Hat Equipment Hire home page: a smiling worker in a blue hard hat and orange safety vest, holding rolled plans, behind the line “Hire Equipment for your next construction project.” and a Request a Quote button.

Hard Hat Equipment Hire

2016 → now

We built Hard Hat's website in 2016, with product photography and 74 product descriptions, and have looked after it ever since, including a full rebuild in 2023.

Long arcPhotographyCopywritingRebuild
The agedautomation.com home page: the Aged Automation logo and the line “Specialist sourcing of all your hard to get, old & obsolete automation hardware” over a sepia sketch of an old factory interior.

HNC Electric Africa to Adroitly, Adeptly and Aged Automation

2017 → now

One owner, four brand names and nearly ten years: we built the first HNC Electric Africa website in 2017 and have worked on every brand since.

Long arcBrandRebuildCatalogue
The Biki Uniek shop home page: a soft painted illustration of two women seen from behind, with gold-leaf accents and a rooster, under a menu of tumblers, bottles, gift combos, leather and engraving, woodwork, bags and home living.

Biki Uniek Wholesale

2024 → now

We designed and built a wholesale WooCommerce shop with members' access, commissioned illustrations and a catalogue structured to the client's own plan.

WooCommerceWholesaleMembershipIllustration

29 case studies, 2015 to now, sorted by year so you can see the progress.

See all the bakes
Ten years on the rack

Progress, one bake at a time.

We keep the early work on the shelf. It shows where we started and how far the recipe has come.

  1. 2016

    The first production site

    Hard Hat Equipment Hire: five pages, then a shop and a photo shoot.

  2. 2017

    The Brand Muffin opens

    MC Churro, ArtRageous, HNC Electric, The Alterations Company, Launch.

  3. 2019

    Bigger builds

    Like That property valuations and a white-label business directory.

  4. 2021

    Ireland

    My Compass, a directory for Ireland with a shop and newsletter.

  5. 2023

    Catalogues and communities

    Consafe, ECGMA with learning and membership, New Earth èiRe.

  6. 2025

    Rebuilds and retainers

    Launch rebuilt, Biki Uniek, Aged Automation’s catalogue.

  7. 2026

    B2B at scale

    Lema: trade accounts, bulk ordering and procurement PunchOut.

The recipe

Good things take a little care.

From the first scribble to the finishing touches, you work with the people doing the baking.

  1. Start with a conversation.

    Your brand, your goals, and the idea you’ve been turning over. We call you; no calendars to fight.

  2. Agree the mix.

    Scope first, in writing. You know what the work includes before it starts.

  3. Bake, taste, serve.

    Design, build and launch, then the care a living site needs to stay fresh.

Two counters

Ireland and South Africa.

One studio, two time zones that overlap for most of the working day. Priced in your currency, invoiced from your side.

Ireland

Dublin

For Irish and European brands: websites, search and social that read right at home.

Billing
EUR
Hours
09:00–17:30 IST
Entity
Noiz Technologies Limited
South Africa

Johannesburg

Where the first muffins were baked. Shops, catalogues and brands for South African business.

Billing
ZAR
Hours
08:00–17:00 SAST
Entity
The Brand Muffin (trading as)
What’s on your mind?

Tell us, and we’ll call you.

A new website, a fresh direction, or an idea that needs thinking through. No booking calendars. Leave a number and a good time, and a real person rings you.

info@thebrandmuffin.com
  • We reply within one working day.
  • Scope and price in writing before any work starts.
  • No ranking promises, no retainers you didn’t ask for.

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Or ask us to email you instead. Either way, it’s a person, not a bot.

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