Gun store website design that sells online without putting the license at risk.
Selling firearms online isn't like selling anything else. Every firearm order has to route to a licensed dealer, respect the buyer's state and local rules, and clear a payment processor that accepts the category. We build stores around those rules from the first wireframe.
What we build for gun stores and FFL dealers
- Catalog e-commerce fed by your distributors, with live stock and pricing
- Ship-to-FFL checkout with a receiving-dealer locator
- Transfer pickup scheduling for in-store transfers
- Separate rules for firearms, ammunition and accessories
- Payment processing from providers that accept firearm sales
- Buy online, pick up in store
Compliance features we build in
- Firearms route to a licensed receiving FFL, never to the buyer
- State and local product restrictions checked against the destination on every order
- Ammunition shipping and age rules applied by destination
- Product, payment and ad-platform category policies checked before launch
We build the features that support your compliance program. Your license obligations, your counsel and your own policies decide the rules we configure. Nothing on this page is legal advice.
Why off-the-shelf store builders often don't work
Many mainstream store builders and payment processors restrict or prohibit firearm sales, and a store built on one can be shut down with little warning. We choose a platform and processor that accept the category, and we check their current policies before launch instead of finding out after.
Handled for you after launch
Hosting, security updates, content changes, inventory, listings and ads stay with us on a monthly plan. You send a text or an email when something changes. You get a short report each month, not another dashboard to babysit.
How a build works
- Intake: you tell us what should exist when we're done. A technical lead replies within one business day.
- Embed: one of us comes to where the work happens and maps how it really runs.
- Build: weekly working builds you can tap on. Compliance requirements go into the spec on day one.
- Deploy: we launch, train your staff and watch the first weeks of real traffic ourselves.
- Hold the line: we keep running it on a monthly plan.
Pricing
Gun store builds are quoted after we see your catalog, distributors and transfer workflow. A typical first deploy takes six to ten weeks.
Case study
Compliant firearm e-commerce platform
A custom online store for a licensed firearms dealer, built around transfer rules and state-level compliance from the first wireframe.
- FFL routing at checkout
- Firearms are routed automatically to a licensed receiving FFL, never shipped to the buyer.
- Dynamic restriction engine
- State and local product restrictions checked at checkout against the destination, every order.
- Catalog and inventory feeds
- Distributor catalog feeds and an automatic FFL dealer locator, wired into the storefront.
Questions we get
- Can you ship firearms directly to customers?
- No. Firearm orders route to a licensed receiving FFL the customer chooses at checkout, and the store never offers a ship-to-buyer option for firearms.
- How does the store know what it can sell to each state?
- A restriction engine checks every cart against the destination before payment. We set the rules up with you, and we update them when laws change.
- Can you connect our distributor catalogs?
- Yes. Distributor feeds keep products, stock and pricing current, so you're not entering inventory by hand.
- Which payment processors do you use?
- Only processors that accept firearm sales. Their policies change, so we confirm the current terms during the build.
- Can we sell ammunition and accessories online too?
- Yes. Ammunition and accessories get their own shipping and age rules, separate from firearms, so a holster order doesn't go through the same steps as a rifle order.
- Can you run ads for a gun store?
- The major ad platforms restrict firearm advertising. We work inside their rules and put more weight on search, local listings and email, which those rules don't block.
Selling firearms online, or planning to?
Tell us about your license, your catalog and how transfers work today.
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