CROWNMILL
Fine Belgian writing paper since 1870. A shop with 218 papers, in thirteen languages.
Crownmill has been making writing paper and silk-lined envelopes for over 150 years. Posthumus in Baelen distributes the brand in the German-speaking countries and needed a site as calm as the product.
History, products, ordering. The site tells its story first and sells afterwards. Writing paper, envelopes, occasion cards and made-to-measure paper each have their place, the shop stands behind them.
Thirteen languages run in parallel, from German to Czech, through one system. The site is pre-built and therefore loads instantly, on the phone too, where most cards are ordered.
The only site here that does not run on my server: Posthumus has its own server infrastructure, and the site runs there. That works if a business already has one. I prefer mine, for security, speed and because there I can roll out every visual change directly.
Crownmill has looked after texts, images and new content itself since then, in 13 languages. Website designed and built by Lacønis, web design from East Belgium, 2026.
Special features
What exists only on this site.
218 papers, 1,744 variants
Nine ranges, every colour in several paper types, formats and weights. The rectangular envelopes alone: 31 colours, 557 variants. Filter by colour, paper, shape and format, search in one field.
Thirteen languages
From German to Czech, all through the same system. One price, one stock, nothing is maintained twice.
Trade and private customers
Trade customers log in and order on their own terms, with a VAT number. Private customers buy directly in the shop, by card, PayPal or Bancontact.
Product images by AI
For hundreds of papers there were no photos. The images were generated by AI through an n8n pipeline, in one style, approved by the customer.
Catalogues as PDF
For each product range the current catalogue is ready to download: stationery, cards, printed goods.
On the Posthumus server
The only site here that does not run on my server: ContentCore is installed there on the customer's own infrastructure.
