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Our work

One story.
The full picture.

We don't show a portfolio of thumbnails. We show you what actually happens when we take on a problem — from first conversation to month six.

The client

VanderMeulen Keukens builds custom kitchens. Beautiful ones.
But their customers couldn't commit.

They had the craftsmanship, the reputation, the foot traffic. What they didn't have was a way to help people feel confident in a €12,000 decision without standing in a showroom. The result: long sales cycles, overwhelmed customers, and quotes that went nowhere.

3
showroom visits
before a decision
2
months
average time to commit
60%
of quotes
went cold

The customer journey — before

Browse website
Visit showroom
Get overwhelmed by options
Leave to think about it
Come back weeks later
Still not sure
Quote goes cold

What we saw

They weren't indecisive.
They were overwhelmed.

The problem wasn't the product. It was the gap between seeing a kitchen in a showroom and imagining it in your own home. Too many materials, too many colors, no way to feel what a combination would actually look like — without committing to a visit.

Customers needed a way to explore confidently, on their own terms, before they ever walked through the door.

What we shipped

A configurator that replaces the showroom visit.

Customers can now explore layouts, materials, finishes, and handles — see what their kitchen actually looks like — and request a quote in under three minutes. No phone call. No appointment. No pressure.

VanderMeulen · Kitchen configurator
L-shape · Oak · Natural matte
Custom kitchens · since 1987

Straight grain, warm tone. European FSC.”

Design your kitchen

11,200
Layout
Wood
Finish — Natural matte
Handles
No commitment · free consultationSave configuration →
Day 1

Deep-dive into the problem

Day 3

Architecture locked

Day 7

First internal demo

Day 10

Live — real customers using it

How it evolved

The product on month six is unrecognizable
from month one.

Every improvement driven by real data, not guesswork. This is what “we don't let go” looks like in practice.

Month 14.2% conversion

Core configurator live — first real data flowing in

Launched kitchen configurator with 3 materials, 4 colors, full quoting flow

Month 25.8% conversion (+38%)

Users compared options but left without deciding — exit rate spiked at material selection

Added side-by-side comparison view so users could see combinations together

Month 3Time to quote: −40%

Top configuration outselling others 3:1 — most users didn't know it existed

AI-powered popular configuration recommendations surfaced at start

Month 4Mobile conversion: 2×

34% of mobile users dropped off at color selection — touch targets too small

Rebuilt mobile flow from scratch with swipe-based color picker

Month 518 recovered quotes/week

60% of started configurations were never completed — no follow-up existed

CRM integration with automated follow-up on abandoned configurations

Month 69.1% conversion (+117% from start)

Returning visitors still saw generic defaults despite clear preference patterns

Personalized starting configuration based on visitor behavior and location

The result

+117%

conversion rate — month 1 to month 6

4.2% → 9.1%
quote request rate
−40%
time to first quote
18/week
recovered abandoned configs

“They understood our problem better than we did. In 10 days we had something live that actually converted. Six months later, it's the best-performing thing we've ever built.”

Thomas V.Founder, VanderMeulen Keukens

Beyond this story

Every problem is different.
The method is the same.

Customers get stuck in four ways. We build the thing that unsticks them — whatever form it takes.

Decide

Too many options, not enough confidence

Buy

Interested but the process creates friction

Book

Ready but can't get through without calling

Stay

Bought once but nothing pulls them back

Your problem is next.

Not a sales call. A real conversation about where your customers get stuck.