UK PROJECT · MANCHESTER

THE CAR PLUG UK

A used-car dealership site with search, reservations, accounts and an admin inbox.

SectorUsed cars
LocationManchester
What we didWeb app design, Next.js development, Customer accounts, Admin tools, Transactional email
Timeline6 Oct 2026 → 8 Oct 2026
Live sitethecarplugmcr.co.uk

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The brief

The Car Plug UK sells used cars in Manchester and also buys, part-exchanges and sources vehicles. They needed more than a brochure: customers had to browse stock, reserve a car and manage their details, and staff had to handle every enquiry in one place.

What we built

We built a full web app on Next.js and Supabase Postgres. Visitors browse real stock, use the Smart Finder, view cars in a 360 viewer and request a reservation. Customers sign up with email verification, and staff get an admin area with announcements and a built-in email inbox so replies never leave the system.

Key features

  • Stock browsing by body type, plus a Smart Finder
  • 360 vehicle viewer and photo galleries
  • Reservation requests, saved cars, sell and part-exchange routes
  • Customer sign-up with email OTP verification, plus password reset
  • Admin area: customer approval, announcements and a split-pane email inbox with compose
  • Cookie consent, reCAPTCHA v3 and a Trust Centre
Next.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSResend emailVercel

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PROJECT TIMELINE

Milestones taken from the real commit history, from Oct 2026 to Oct 2026.

  1. Prepare The Car Plug UK for production deployment

  2. Fix gallery thumbnail row causing horizontal page overflow

  3. Migrate the data layer from node:sqlite to Postgres (Supabase)

  4. Fix sessions.expires_at type mismatch blocking all sign-ins

  5. Replace guest sign-in redirect with a reservation request popup

  6. Redesign transactional emails, rebuild admin inbox as split-pane, add SEO

  7. Redesign cookie/sold popups as centered modals, fix reCAPTCHA stacking

  8. Live at thecarplugmcr.co.uk.

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