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Dadoo

Books that spark little minds

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Client DADOO
Scope ESHOP
Role DEVELOPER
Design DIALOGUE
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Dadoo is a children’s bookstore and cultural hub, combining a curated selection of children’s books with educational and cultural activities such as storytelling sessions, workshops, and creative events.
The goal was to create a hybrid digital platform: an online bookstore and an event booking system under one unified brand identity.
With design by Have A Dialogue Studio and development by Kukarika, the new dadoo.gr ecosystem was built on WordPress + WooCommerce + ACF flexible content, offering both seamless e-commerce and event ticketing functionality.

A bookstore for children needs more than a catalog. The product had to scale across thousands of titles while staying child-friendly and accessible — and the platform had to host events alongside e-commerce.

01

Bookstore scale

Thousands of titles organized by author, publisher, and age group.

02

Events integration

Storytelling sessions and workshops booked alongside book purchases.

03

Child-friendly branding

Playful identity without sacrificing usability for parents.

04

Content flexibility

Editors needed structural control — not just text fields.

05

Scalability

Built to grow from launch through ten-thousand orders.

We built a unified WooCommerce + WordPress platform with custom ACF flexible content blocks — letting the Dadoo team manage the entire catalog, events, and editorial content without engineering involvement.

WooCommerce Bookstore

  • Structured product catalog (age, author, category, publisher)
  • Optimized search and filters for parents and educators
  • Smooth cart and checkout with secure payments
  • Inventory and stock management workflows

Event Booking System

  • Custom event post type with seat-based ticketing
  • Calendar UI and date-based filtering
  • Email confirmations and reminder workflows
  • Capacity management per event session

WordPress CMS with ACF Flexible Content

  • Modular page builder for marketing and editorial pages
  • Editor-controlled hero blocks, image galleries, testimonials
  • Reusable templates for new product launches and campaigns

Performance & SEO

  • Core Web Vitals optimization (LCP < 2.5s)
  • Schema markup for products, events, and breadcrumbs
  • Sitemap and structured data for Greek search engines

A community-driven digital presence that supports both learning and cultural participation — and a platform the Dadoo team can run themselves.

10k+ Catalog items
<2.5s Largest Contentful Paint
0 Engineering tickets to add a new event
  • Editors add new books, events, and campaigns without engineering intervention
  • Multilingual (Greek + English) from launch
  • WCAG-compliant templates for inclusivity
  • ESPA-ready infrastructure for compliance checks
  • Fully bilingual — Greek & English content management
  • WCAG-compliant templates for accessibility-first design
  • ESPA-ready infrastructure to meet compliance audits
WordPressWooCommerceACF Flexible ContentPHPMySQLCustom themePayment GatewaysmyDATAWPMLCloudflareAWS hosting
// Outcome

The dadoo.gr website is a hybrid cultural platform: a children's bookstore combined with an event booking system. With Have A Dialogue's design and Kukarika's development, Dadoo now has a playful, scalable, and community-driven digital presence that supports both learning and cultural participation.

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