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Hammer City Sports

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Hammer City Sports website by Becker Design
Fig. 01 — Hammer City SportsE-commerce
Overview

Web Design & Development Project Overview

Hammer City sells sports betting picks, and the whole product has a shelf life measured in hours. A pick is worth something before the game and nothing afterwards, which puts an unusual demand on the website: it has to publish constantly, date everything, and keep almost all of it locked.

The build handles that with a dedicated post type for picks — somewhere north of nine hundred of them now, each on its own dated URL, each behind the membership wall — against fifteen actual pages. Access comes in four lengths, from a single day to a full year, because somebody buying one weekend of football and somebody buying a season are not the same customer and shouldn’t be sold the same thing. A free pick sits one step inside the wall — a free signup, no payment — which is the sample.

Around it: a record of past results, an FAQ, and a payment setup that takes cards and E-transfer both, which matters more in this market than it does in most. Members land in an account area and run their own subscription from there. Everything else exists to move somebody from “who are these guys” to “unlocked” without a phone call.

Case study

Deep Dive

What actually went into Hammer City Sports’s build, decision by decision — and the service behind each one.

  • 01

    Nine hundred pages with a shelf life

    A pick is worth something before kickoff and nothing afterwards, so the site publishes constantly and dates everything it publishes. That is north of nine hundred individual entries against fifteen actual pages — an unusual ratio, and the reason the whole build is organised around one content type instead of around a menu.

    Where this goes deeperWordPress Design
  • 02

    A weekend and a season aren't one product

    Access comes in four lengths, from twenty-four hours to a full year. Somebody buying a single Sunday of football is testing the water; somebody buying the year has already made up their mind. Selling both the same subscription would price out the first and undercharge the second, so all four sit side by side without confusing anybody.

    Where this goes deeperDigital Readiness Assessments
  • 03

    The wall is the product

    Nearly everything here is gated, and it has to be — information that leaks is information nobody pays for. A free sample sits one step inside, behind a signup rather than a payment, which qualifies a visitor without giving away the thing being sold. Members run their own subscriptions from an account area.

    Where this goes deeperWordPress Security