Akira Studio partnered with Joyland’s Billiards & Games, Stratford’s long-standing destination for billiards, puzzles, and tabletop games, to design and develop a modern WordPress WooCommerce e-commerce platform that seamlessly connects their physical store with their online presence.

The website was built to integrate directly with Joyland’s Square POS inventory system, enabling real-time synchronization of product inventory, pricing, and stock levels between the retail store and the online shop. This eliminates duplicate inventory management while ensuring customers always see accurate product availability when browsing or purchasing online.

Alongside the technical development, Akira Studio implemented a comprehensive SEO optimization strategy to improve the website’s visibility in search engines. Site structure, metadata, page content, and product categories were carefully optimized to attract customers searching for billiards equipment, puzzles, and specialty games both locally and across the region.

In addition to development and optimization, Akira Studio also hosts, maintains, and supports the website on our dedicated client VPS infrastructure, providing reliable performance, security updates, and ongoing technical support to ensure the platform continues to operate smoothly as the business grows.

The result is a fast, scalable e-commerce experience that reflects Joyland’s vibrant brand while connecting their in-store inventory directly with online customers.

Project Goals

Joyland approached Akira Studio with several key objectives for their new website:

• Create a modern e-commerce platform that reflects the brand’s vibrant in-store experience
• Connect the website directly with their Square POS inventory system
• Allow customers to browse and purchase products online with accurate real-time stock levels
• Improve search engine visibility to attract new customers searching online
• Build a platform that could scale with the business and support future growth

Key Features

Square POS Inventory Integration

Real-time synchronization between WooCommerce and Square POS ensures product inventory, pricing, and availability stay aligned across both in-store and online sales channels.

Custom WordPress WooCommerce Store

A fully customized WooCommerce storefront designed for easy product discovery and smooth customer checkout.

Search Engine Optimization

Comprehensive on-site SEO implementation, including optimized page structure, product schema, metadata, and search-friendly content.

Scalable Hosting Infrastructure

The website is hosted on Akira Studio’s dedicated VPS client servers, delivering reliable performance, enhanced security, and fast page load speeds.

Ongoing Support & Maintenance

Akira Studio provides continuous technical support, updates, backups, and maintenance, ensuring the platform remains secure, optimized, and performing at its best.

Results & Impact

• Seamless integration between Joyland’s retail POS system and online store
• Simplified inventory management across multiple sales channels
• Improved search visibility for games, puzzles, and billiards products
• A scalable platform capable of supporting future online growth
• Reliable hosting and ongoing technical support from Akira Studio

Client Feedback

“Our experience with Tony and his team at Akira Studio was amazing!!! This was our first website for our billiard, games and darts store; we weren’t sure what to expect or how the process would work, but Akira Studios made everything incredibly smooth and stress-free from start to finish.

Their communication was excellent; Tony was always responsive, clear and easy to work with. What really stood out for us was how well he listened; he took the time to understand exactly what we were looking for and brought our vision to life with a fun, interactive design that represents our store. He was very patient with all of our questions, revisions and ideas, never making us feel rushed or overwhelmed. We really appreciated how he explained all the technical and behind-the-scenes details in a way that was easy for us to understand. He guided us through the entire process, offered lots of helpful suggestions, and made sure we felt confident every step of the way.

The final result exceeded our expectations! Not only does the website look fun and engaging, but it runs smoothly and is very user-friendly. We’ve received great feedback from our customers.

If you’re looking for a creative, knowledgeable, and professional website designer who genuinely cares about their clients, we highly recommend Akira Studios. We wouldn’t hesitate to work with them again in the future! Thanks so much!!!”