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Case study · Drone photography · Doncaster

The site does the selling.He just flies.

Clear aerial photos and short video clips for estate agents, roofers and builders across Doncaster and South Yorkshire — and a site built to win that exact work. Behind it sits the part most agencies never hand over: a key-gated editor where the owner uploads, reorders and publishes his own portfolio shots from a phone. New drone footage goes live the same evening it was flown, no developer in the loop.

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Year
2026
Industry
Drone photography
Location
Doncaster
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skyview-aerials.vercel.app
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Overview

Clear aerial photos and short video clips for estate agents, roofers and builders across Doncaster and South Yorkshire — and a site built to win that exact work. Behind it sits the part most agencies never hand over: a key-gated editor where the owner uploads, reorders and publishes his own portfolio shots from a phone. New drone footage goes live the same evening it was flown, no developer in the loop.

Stack
  • Next.js
  • Vercel Blob
  • Client editor
  • Key-gated admin
  • WhatsApp-first
Our roleSite · Client photo editor · Hosting & care
What's in the build

The pieces that actually shipped.

  1. 01

    Pages that match real searches

    Services, areas and pricing structured around what his customers actually type — drone photos for estate agents, roof inspections, site progress shots. Local SEO by architecture, not by blog spam.

  2. 02

    WhatsApp-first enquiries

    His customers message, they don't fill in long forms. Every call-to-action opens WhatsApp with the context already in the thread — the same channel the job gets arranged in anyway.

  3. 03

    A portfolio that carries the pitch

    Real drone shots, full-bleed, fast. For a visual trade the gallery is the sales pitch — so the site treats photography as the main event, not decoration.

  4. 04

    His own photo editor

    A private, key-gated editor: upload new shots, reorder the gallery, delete the misses — from a phone, standing in a field if need be. Wrong key, no entry; no accounts to manage.

  5. 05

    Photos on a CDN, not in the code

    Uploads land in Vercel Blob storage and serve from a CDN. The portfolio grows without the site slowing down or a developer redeploying anything.

  6. 06

    No CMS licence, ever

    No monthly WordPress bill, no plugin updates, nothing to hack. One link and one key — that's the entire editing workflow he has to remember.